[Elecraft] P3

[Brett Howard]

We buy a few of the headless pieces of equipment... But usually the
price delta isn't great enough to warrant inconvenience.  

~Brett

On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 22:02 -0800, Alan Bloom wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 09:12 -0800, Richard Thorpe wrote:
> > Could the P3 be offered without a screen? and I hope thats a RS 232  
> > passthrough on the back in the Orlando pictures.  Without a  
> > screen( small computer screens are dirt cheap) the P3 would be a  
> > better kit and cheaper, plus no "screen vendor" problems to hold up  
> > delivery.
> 
> The plan is to make an optional VGA board at some point, although it
> won't be available at introduction.  I suppose that would theoretically
> allow offering a "no display" option to save some cost.
> 
> When I was working at HP (that became Agilent Technologies) there were a
> few instruments that were offered with no front panel.  The idea was
> that much test equipment is used in automated test systems in factories
> where all instrument control and data output is via computer so that the
> front panel isn't needed.
> 
> However it turned out not to be a very popular option.  Having a working
> front panel is very handy for designing and programming a test system
> when it is first being set up.  Even after the system is in operation,
> troubleshooting problems is much more difficult if the instrument does
> not have a front panel.  I don't think we ever sold very many of that
> option.
> 
> Alan N1AL
> 
> 
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