On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:16:31PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: > You're not only getting the readymade board, but also full source > code, which is way more than e.g. M-Audio provides. And with buying > the unit, you also support the developement of the source code as free > software. Plus: It's probably a very small run with not a big number > of units produced. >From pictures of the Maker Faire, it looks like the buttons are custom made as well, and that the PCB is huge. Add those two items onto it being a small run device, and that even more explains the price. I'm aware of some off the shelf buttons that have a LED in them. However, it an exposed LED, not something that makes the entire button glow nicely, and these off the shelf buttons have a fairly cheap feel to them. If anyone cared for building their own cheaper knock offs, I could ask the hardware engineers what those buttons are. -- Joshua D. Boyd jdboyd@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.jdboyd.net/ http://www.joshuaboyd.org/
