Prop-powered Commercial Products
Mickster
Posts: 2,693
Problem #1:
When going up against the big-names (in my case, Siemens, Omron, etc.), the product needs to have that big-name look and feel. There are some very nice project boxes out there but at the end of the day, they still scream "hobbyist quality".
Problem #2:
Not all of us are circuit board designers. We just want to write code and to be able to easily interface with whatever needs to be interfaced.
Tibbo have a great solution for this; not only do they offer pre-built modules but they also offer empty enclosures for custom designs. I am not too crazy about their own motherboard because their C/BASIC languages have some silly omissions such as a clock/timer with millisecond resolution.
Now a P1/P2-based motherboard would allow budding entrepreneurs to develop/launch Prop-based products in no time.
The Tibbo Project System
Currently available modules (more under development)
Enclosures
Parts
When going up against the big-names (in my case, Siemens, Omron, etc.), the product needs to have that big-name look and feel. There are some very nice project boxes out there but at the end of the day, they still scream "hobbyist quality".
Problem #2:
Not all of us are circuit board designers. We just want to write code and to be able to easily interface with whatever needs to be interfaced.
Tibbo have a great solution for this; not only do they offer pre-built modules but they also offer empty enclosures for custom designs. I am not too crazy about their own motherboard because their C/BASIC languages have some silly omissions such as a clock/timer with millisecond resolution.
Now a P1/P2-based motherboard would allow budding entrepreneurs to develop/launch Prop-based products in no time.
The Tibbo Project System
Currently available modules (more under development)
Enclosures
Parts
Comments
From an enclosure perspective, I will definitely recommend Polycase. They offer machining and silkscreening at good pricing with orders of 50+. Some examples that I have used:
DIN Rail mount enclosure:
https://www.polycase.com/ek-50mbt
Extruded Aluminum enclosures:
https://www.polycase.com/extruded-aluminum
Handheld
https://www.polycase.com/vm-series
Desktop (but the AG-54 feels really good in your hands as a handheld remote control enclosure which is what I have for one of my robots)
https://www.polycase.com/ag-series
Here's a link to the customization details. We use some heavily customize JB series cases for a customer at work. They look really nice and end up in some big name datacenters.
A couple of Polycase based projects on the forums:
https://forums.parallax.com/discussion/comment/1407537/#Comment_1407537
https://forums.parallax.com/discussion/comment/1027245/#Comment_1027245
https://forums.parallax.com/discussion/120831/propeller-based-handheld-metronome
These guys have some nice enclosures and other products.