Greetings All -
It has been a busy last three months around here working on pushing some production, product updates, and new products through the pipeline.
On a personal note, mixed in with all that was a cervical spine surgery, hospital stay, and recovery.
I wanted to update you on the status of several of our products and pre-announce a few coming rapidly down the pike.
The ECG-DR4s are finally tested and ready to ship. We will be sending email invoices to everyone in the queue today and tomorrow and start shipping them on Monday 4/11/11. We do not have the ARE in place so our Australian friends will need to get direct shipments.
The M32MX pre-production run is a great success. We have 5 of the boards sitting here tested and humming along and are placing a large production order today. We expect them to be ready in about 3 weeks. These will be used to send, gratis, as an upgrade to all ECG-DMXRen8 owners, as stock for new ECG-DMXRen8 orders, and as the master controller for several new products in the pipeline.
With some of that said we would like to open the curtain and let you know a little about some of the things that are coming very soon. If the new items cause some of our current ECG-DR4 'tentative' orders to no longer be needed we understand and there is no problem if people want to change their minds for this or any other reason on 'tentative' orders they have placed via email so far this year.
We expect to receive a prototype run of ECG-PIXAD8 PCB early next week and will build them up and test them and post photos as rapidly as possible. The ECG-PIXAD8 is a 3oz copper PCB signal and power adapter board that sits under an ECG-M32MX to provide fused power distribution connections to 8 pixel strings. The strings are split into two groups of 4 with a fuse on each output as well as the input of each group. The traces and parts are spec'd to handle 8 amps per string and 32 amps total per group. We will probably provide 7.5amp and 30amp fuses or possibly offer the more conservative group of 5amp and 20amp fuses. It uses standard automobile ATO fuses so field configuration and replacement should be easy.
We plan on initially supporting 6803, 2801, and 1804 pixels and will support either ArtNet II or E1.31 inputs. We will provide support for other pixel chips as demand warrants and time allows. The system will include our usual html configuration screens.
So as soon as we have confidence in our prototype we will order more PCBs. We are considering offering this as a kit and/or assembled and tested. It uses all through hole parts and should be a quick 1 hour build. The PCB is 5.65in x 3.85in with the ECG-M32MX sitting on top. All of the connectors for power and distribution are along one of the long edges.
We are considering a slightly smaller (and a little less expensive) ECG-PIXAD4 for the times when you only need 4 strings of control. Customer comment would be appreciated. We are also designing an enclosed ECG-PIX4 in a similar case to our DR4 units. This is for the more consumer oriented clients that are scared off by bare board technology.
Everyone wants to know the price. We are targeting $90-100 for the ECG-M32MX/ECG-PIXAD8. The ECG-M32MX/ECG-PIXAD4 should be about $15 less.
We are in final design for our first pro offering. The ECGpro-DMX1 will be a small (6cm x 8cm) aluminum encased product available in either POE or external adapter models. It uses Nuetrik XLR style RJ45 and 4 pin connectors and includes transorb protection on the DMX signal lines. We hope to have working prototypes in the next 30 days.
Thanx for all your interest in our products. Stay tuned, you ain't seen nothin' yet!
-Ed
It has been a busy last three months around here working on pushing some production, product updates, and new products through the pipeline.
On a personal note, mixed in with all that was a cervical spine surgery, hospital stay, and recovery.
I wanted to update you on the status of several of our products and pre-announce a few coming rapidly down the pike.
The ECG-DR4s are finally tested and ready to ship. We will be sending email invoices to everyone in the queue today and tomorrow and start shipping them on Monday 4/11/11. We do not have the ARE in place so our Australian friends will need to get direct shipments.
The M32MX pre-production run is a great success. We have 5 of the boards sitting here tested and humming along and are placing a large production order today. We expect them to be ready in about 3 weeks. These will be used to send, gratis, as an upgrade to all ECG-DMXRen8 owners, as stock for new ECG-DMXRen8 orders, and as the master controller for several new products in the pipeline.
With some of that said we would like to open the curtain and let you know a little about some of the things that are coming very soon. If the new items cause some of our current ECG-DR4 'tentative' orders to no longer be needed we understand and there is no problem if people want to change their minds for this or any other reason on 'tentative' orders they have placed via email so far this year.
We expect to receive a prototype run of ECG-PIXAD8 PCB early next week and will build them up and test them and post photos as rapidly as possible. The ECG-PIXAD8 is a 3oz copper PCB signal and power adapter board that sits under an ECG-M32MX to provide fused power distribution connections to 8 pixel strings. The strings are split into two groups of 4 with a fuse on each output as well as the input of each group. The traces and parts are spec'd to handle 8 amps per string and 32 amps total per group. We will probably provide 7.5amp and 30amp fuses or possibly offer the more conservative group of 5amp and 20amp fuses. It uses standard automobile ATO fuses so field configuration and replacement should be easy.
We plan on initially supporting 6803, 2801, and 1804 pixels and will support either ArtNet II or E1.31 inputs. We will provide support for other pixel chips as demand warrants and time allows. The system will include our usual html configuration screens.
So as soon as we have confidence in our prototype we will order more PCBs. We are considering offering this as a kit and/or assembled and tested. It uses all through hole parts and should be a quick 1 hour build. The PCB is 5.65in x 3.85in with the ECG-M32MX sitting on top. All of the connectors for power and distribution are along one of the long edges.
We are considering a slightly smaller (and a little less expensive) ECG-PIXAD4 for the times when you only need 4 strings of control. Customer comment would be appreciated. We are also designing an enclosed ECG-PIX4 in a similar case to our DR4 units. This is for the more consumer oriented clients that are scared off by bare board technology.
Everyone wants to know the price. We are targeting $90-100 for the ECG-M32MX/ECG-PIXAD8. The ECG-M32MX/ECG-PIXAD4 should be about $15 less.
We are in final design for our first pro offering. The ECGpro-DMX1 will be a small (6cm x 8cm) aluminum encased product available in either POE or external adapter models. It uses Nuetrik XLR style RJ45 and 4 pin connectors and includes transorb protection on the DMX signal lines. We hope to have working prototypes in the next 30 days.
Thanx for all your interest in our products. Stay tuned, you ain't seen nothin' yet!
-Ed
