Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
On 7/26/2018 10:40 AM, Paul wrote:
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Thank you for your encouragement, Paul.
It's my feeling you should prototype the
idea first in "glass", and test it for
a while, and see whether the idea flies
in actual usage.
That way, you don't commit resources to no
good end.
If the concept proves out, your "glass" prototype
can be used to impress investors.
If the investor is too far away, they can buy
touch screen panels like the ones you prototyped
on, and run your test code for themselves, to
try out the idea. See if the layout or extra keys
are helpful or not.
There is a limit to how large a PCB you can
make, from a soldering perspective. You will
have to keep that in mind, when making your
largest assemblies. In one project I worked on,
it would have taken four passes through the soldering
machine, to process everything. The actual
laminate materials, in bulk form, are much larger
than a soldering line can handle, and are always
cut to size. The larger the keyboard you make
(if a monolithic assembly), the harder it
will be to make a stiff housing for it.
This is what your competition is making.
https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-3RA-00022-Surface-Ergonomic-Keyboard/dp/B01MFCTRZM
And look carefully at the review comments for that item.
Do you see how whiny the customers are ? Yes, that's
what your customers will be like. You have to please
people like that, to be successful.
Now, look at the feedback on boutique keyboards.
Same thing. The tiniest mistake in the feature set,
can doom the product to non-sales. To be successful
in the keyboard market, you have to be on the top of
your game. It's like the entire HID market. Mice or
trackballs. People either love your stuff or hate
it with a passion - then when they love it,
they expect you to offer it for sale at a
$20 price point. You're dealing with an impossible
to please customer base.
Paul
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