Re: Night Vision Monocle (kopin based one from wildplanet)

From Wear-Hard Mailing list Archive (WH) Maintained by R. Paul McCarty

--===============0263002173==
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; 
	boundary="----=_Part_22629_8940518.1139518047276"

------=_Part_22629_8940518.1139518047276
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

Last night I went on Kopin's website and disovered that they no longer have
the 320M (the display that thing uses) in production. That may be a reason
why they've stopped production of that toy.

On 2/9/06, Tom Longson (nym) <> wrote:
>
> I just got off the phone with the PR Manager for Wild Planet, the
> company that produces these. Unfortunately they are no longer
> producing them, and they do not know of any companies that have them
> in stock. This is a bit of a blow as I personally was looking to buy
> one of these. Hopefully they'll come around at some point and start
> making these again.
>
> Sorry about potentially causing any hype around this with my blog. I
> was just a bit excited about the technical details being released.
>
> nym
> http://igargoyle.com/
>
> On 2/9/06, Tony Havelka <> wrote:
> > We have the capabilities to do this in house.  OEM display kits are wha=
t
> we
> > mostly do now. (RS170, O1 and O2 modules)
> >
> > Drop me a line and I can get you a quote.
> >
> > -Tony
> >
> > > Does anyone know of a company that will do short-run surface mounting
> of
> > > components (prototyping?). After gathering Motorola asics and
> displays,
> > > the hurdle is building the board for the asic. Preferably the company
> > > could do the pcb printing as well. I have, through the graciousness o=
f
> > > others on this list, the pcb graphics, etc. The best I've been able t=
o
> > > do is find a friend that could do it by hand, but I know it's hard an=
d
> > > prone to error with such high pin count components. I currently have
> 40+
> > > asics and 40+ displays to prototype with. I'm willing to get rid of
> > > these to people on the list, but I'm hesitant to do so until I know
> > > those folks aren't going to just be stuck in limbo with this project
> > > like I have been.
> > > Alex
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wear-Hard mailing list
> > 
> > http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wear-Hard mailing list
> 
> http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard
>

------=_Part_22629_8940518.1139518047276
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

Last night I went on Kopin's website and disovered that they no longer have=
 the 320M (the display that thing uses) in production. That may be a reason=
 why they've stopped production of that toy. <br><br>
<div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 2/9/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">T=
om Longson (nym)</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:">=
.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I just got off the phone with th=
e PR Manager for Wild Planet, the<br>company that produces these. Unfortuna=
tely they are no longer
<br>producing them, and they do not know of any companies that have them<br=
>in stock. This is a bit of a blow as I personally was looking to buy<br>on=
e of these. Hopefully they'll come around at some point and start<br>making=
 these again.
<br><br>Sorry about potentially causing any hype around this with my blog. =
I<br>was just a bit excited about the technical details being released.<br>=
<br>nym<br><a href=3D"http://igargoyle.com/">http://igargoyle.com/</a><br>
<br>On 2/9/06, Tony Havelka <<a href=3D"mailto:">tonyh@=
tekgear.com</a>> wrote:<br>> We have the capabilities to do this in h=
ouse.  OEM display kits are what we<br>> mostly do now. (RS170=
, O1 and O2 modules)
<br>><br>> Drop me a line and I can get you a quote.<br>><br>> =
-Tony<br>><br>> > Does anyone know of a company that will do short=
-run surface mounting of<br>> > components (prototyping?). After gath=
ering Motorola asics and displays,
<br>> > the hurdle is building the board for the asic. Preferably the=
 company<br>> > could do the pcb printing as well. I have, through th=
e graciousness of<br>> > others on this list, the pcb graphics, etc. =
The best I've been able to
<br>> > do is find a friend that could do it by hand, but I know it's=
 hard and<br>> > prone to error with such high pin count components. =
I currently have 40+<br>> > asics and 40+ displays to prototype with.=
 I'm willing to get rid of
<br>> > these to people on the list, but I'm hesitant to do so until =
I know<br>> > those folks aren't going to just be stuck in limbo with=
 this project<br>> > like I have been.<br>> > Alex<br>><br>
><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Wear-H=
ard mailing list<br>> <a href=3D"mailto:">=
aven.org</a><br>> <a href=3D"http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-=
hard">
http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard</a><br>><br><br>________=
_______________________________________<br>Wear-Hard mailing list<br><a hre=
f=3D"mailto:"></a><br><a href=3D"http=
://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard">
http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard</a><br></blockquote></div><=
br>

------=_Part_22629_8940518.1139518047276--

--===============0263002173==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Wear-Hard mailing list

http://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard

--===============0263002173==--