blm 16x16+x Costs - Calculation

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EDIT: ui ui… @admins > wrong forum-section: could someone please move this to the BLM-Section… thanks

 

Hi

i took some time to calculate the total costs from all parts, inclusive build time, from the last BLM16x16+X Variant.

i have done this because someone offered me 300€ for a working - not used- unit (excl Case), and i thougt its a bit too less , so a calculated…:

here is what i got, for the whole unit:

| 16x16+X Cost |
| what | from | pieces | price | Forreign | EUR |
| 4x4 softbuttons | adafruit | 18 | $4,46 | $80,28 | € 71,45 |
| DHL EXPRESS WORLDWIDE | adafruit | 1 | $29,67 | $29,67 | € 26,41 |
| PREPAID DUTIES AND TAXES | adafruit | 1 | $24,37 | $24,37 | € 21,69 |
| electronic components | mouser | 1 | € 253,00 | € 253,00 | € 253,00 |
| 523-T3507-000 8pole Din-connector | mouser | 1 | € 8,72 | € 8,72 | € 8,72 |
| spacer | formular | 1 | € 49,43 | € 49,43 | € 49,43 |
| shipping | formular | 1 | € 12,50 | € 12,50 | € 12,50 |
| Main BLM PCB | midibox | 1 | $75,00 | $75,00 | € 66,75 |
| shipping | midibox | 1 | $12,00 | $12,00 | € 10,68 |
| case | midibox | 1 | $270,00 | $270,00 | € 240,30 |
| built time | phatline | 15 | $20,00 | $300,00 | € 267,00 |
| Shipping the ready thing 2 you | country? | 1 | € 20,00 | € 20,00 | € 20,00 |
| STM32-Variant |   |   |   |   |   |
| Core STM32F407G-DISC1 | Mouser(1x) | 0 | € 17 | € 0,00 | € 0,00 |
| core pcb | smashtv(1x) | 0 | € 10 | € 0,00 | € 0,00 |
| core parts | smashtv(1x) | 0 | € 13 | € 0,00 | € 0,00 |
| midi io pcb | smashtv(1x) | 0 | € 7 | € 0,00 | € 0,00 |
| midi io parts | smashtv(1x) | 0 | € 7 | € 0,00 | € 0,00 |
| built time | phatline(1x) | 0 | € 20 | € 0,00 | € 0,00 |
| Core-8-Variant ca. | midibox(1x) | 1 | $25,00 | $25,00 | € 22,25 |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
| SUMMED |   |   |   |   | € 1.070,17 |

Its round 800 if you DIY Soldering and Assamble the whole device

its round 550 if you CNC the case yourself

…You can play arround by download the open-office-document here:  16x16 costs.ods

however i endet up that 300€ its too less… maybe that helps to get some overview what comes to you when you want to built your own the next run…

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Hi Phat,

moved it to the BLM section, no problem!

And you are right, such a big BLM is quite expensive, mostly because there are a lot of parts required.

Andy is currently designing a new and improved version for the v4+ (that will also work nicely with the v4 sequencers), but it will still take a bit of time.

Have a nice weekend!
Many greets,
Peter

 

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3 hours ago, Hawkeye said:

Andy is currently designing a new and improved version for the v4+

With a redesigned white casing too?
 

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2 hours ago, Antichambre said:

With a redesigned white casing too?
 

Of course!

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Yes this cost is spot on. I have been looking at these for a while trying to figure out how to get the cost down and have not come up with something better yet closest thing is getting two of the Adafruit  Hella and putting a new board in them but it would not be as good of a design as this. but would put the cost of the pads and case at only $400. Adafruit has boards for the pads using the RGB pixels too that look interesting but I remember reading here that scanning a matrix this size in RGB would be too much bandwidth.  The app is really nice too but there is just something about having real buttons. Looking forward to building the new design.

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I’m also looking forward to the new design :slight_smile:

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yep I’m also in for sure!

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Definitely in for the new design. How is progress coming along btw?

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It’s getting there! Next in the pipeline is the LoopA, then the BLM.

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+1 on this :slight_smile:

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Is there any news about the status of the new BLM?

 

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8 hours ago, Tom71 said:

Is there any news about the status of the new BLM?

 

Yes, all PCBs are final, filming of the tutorial video is starting and we are waiting for a final case from Adrian for validation! :slight_smile:

If there are no delays, we hope to be able to have it in shop for the christmas season :slight_smile:

Many greets,
Peter

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Happy new year in the hope of tne new BLM CI

Pierre

 

Spoiler

 

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It’s coming in early 2021 - sorry, in these times everything takes longer than before and longer than anticipated - here’s a super-short  teaser video for you (you can watch it also without a facebook account):

https://www.facebook.com/257188091723567/videos/867640500697077

Best regards and have a happy 2021! :slight_smile:
Peter