Zenithink 10" Touchscreen Android 2.1 Tablet (ePad) $163.49 incl. S&H
Although, a tablet isn't really required (our PIC32 has sufficient capabilities), I nevertheless feel that it must be included for the setup to be usable. A device with 10" screen will not fit in the space where the gauges are located, but as delivery will take 3-5 weeks, I'll have lot of time to come up with a solution. The worst case scenario is that I'll save ~$60 by substituting a 7" tablet, as I was planning on getting a 10" tablet anyway, to replace an unused (bad battery) and unusable (Intel Atom) netbook.
Today's lagniappe:
Irony? It's like goldy and bronzey only it's made of iron.
- Baldrick
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Originally Posted by backinthesaddleagain
Build the bottom end like a diesel, put rotors in from a wankel engine, add a rotary valve from an old 2 stroke kawi, and change the cylinder configuration to resemble a Guzzi, and fabricate an ECU from an old cell phone.
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People have succeeded in making all sorts of weird contraptions, such as bar-stools capable of going 90mph, but since backinthesaddleagain is too much of a coward to ever try, we'll never know whether he can or not.
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Could you use two cell phones to cut costs?
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He should consider using at least 1,000-5,000. After that, ordering stuff in bulk doesn't get much cheaper and the cost for financing and storage becomes prohibitive.
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Originally Posted by backinthesaddleagain
Eric, I could probably do it in an uninterrupted (except for a 6" sandwich from subway) 8 hour day, for $1,900. However my father has all my tools right now as he is opening his pool, and the kids have extra bicycles in the garage.
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I'd like to know what trick you think of using to do it in that time-frame with those tools. The only thing I can think of is the following:
Unit cost of manufacturing, e.g. a Kawasaki 250r, is considerably less than $1900, so if your father happens to own a production facility for motorcycles with the stated specifications, then your garage is probably large enough to fit to all stages of the pre- and final assembly modified for a single worker. Assuming two 10-minute breaks, a half hour lunchbreak and 5-minute stages, would mean that if you memorize 86 (admittedly rather complex) work-instructions, I wouldn't think it's impossible for you to accomplish the task in 8 hours.