On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:51 PM, 0 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It would be a good thing to take cheap displays, make a USB to SPI >>> convertor board, a bay mountable fixture possibly with buttons. >>> Overall cost budget should be pegged at $12-13 which is achievable. >>> Typical components and prices are LDO $1.5 ( 5V to 3.3V), a >>> microcontroller with a USB device (PIC or MSP $1.5) and board would >>> cost approx $1 with passives. >>> >> >> Yes. Sub $15 is my target too. >> > > I am definitely buying one! > > Do you guys know what will be the power consumption like ? The display > is the one that worries me.
Meant for headless PCs powered from the mains and so power should not be a worry. Nevertheless, i think under 30milliamps budgeting 25milliamps for the display. -- Mohan Sundaram _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
