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Wireless 802.11 NMEA server
(Larry W4CSC) wrote in message ...
Are you actually making this, or are you relabeling off-the-shelf stuff as someone says? Are you using this "Virtual Serial Port" software B&B is selling? Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" Hi Larry, Making versus relabling is a really grey issue when it comes to computer hardware. Just look at your wireless access point. They're using a CPU and board from one company, having the case manufactured by a different overseas company, and then using someone else's (probably prism based) 802.11 card and external antenna. Some access point manufacturers write their own firmware and others use linux (e.g. the Dell 802.11 access points). We're doing the same thing, very similar to Dell in that we have a domestic supplier we work with for the CPU and case, another vendor for the wireless transmitter, andenna, and solid state storage, linux as the embedded platform, and then our own embedded software on top of that. We currently do the assembly in-house. With regards to the virtual serial port software we currently use our own. With our beta program we will be evaluating our own virtual serial port software against another vendors and whichever comes out on top is what we will include with the final marine wireless navigation server. Best, Todd -- Marine Wireless http://www.marinewireless.us |
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Wireless 802.11 NMEA server
What you describe is very typical. Very few of the high tech companies in
the Boston area actually "manufacture" in the sense that I knew it as a kid in Chicago. They never cut metal or paint it. They don't fab, stuff, solder or test PC boards. They just put things together that others make to spec. Recently even the putting together is offsite. As more and more of what's important in products like radars becomes the software, we'll see more products that differ only in software. My choice of Furuno for our big radar (I think, tune in later when I actually buy it) is based entirely on software and user interface. In truth, I haven't even looked at the antenna specs to see if there are any differences between Furuno, Raymarine, and Simrad. There's a fair amount of this in marine electronics. JRC made the Raytheon 41XX -- seems strange, as Raytheon is one of the premier radar companies in the world, but that's the way it was. Airmar makes most of the industry's depth sounder transducers. And so forth. -- Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com .. "Todd" wrote in message m... (Larry W4CSC) wrote in message ... Are you actually making this, or are you relabeling off-the-shelf stuff as someone says? Are you using this "Virtual Serial Port" software B&B is selling? Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" Hi Larry, Making versus relabling is a really grey issue when it comes to computer hardware. Just look at your wireless access point. They're using a CPU and board from one company, having the case manufactured by a different overseas company, and then using someone else's (probably prism based) 802.11 card and external antenna. Some access point manufacturers write their own firmware and others use linux (e.g. the Dell 802.11 access points). We're doing the same thing, very similar to Dell in that we have a domestic supplier we work with for the CPU and case, another vendor for the wireless transmitter, andenna, and solid state storage, linux as the embedded platform, and then our own embedded software on top of that. We currently do the assembly in-house. With regards to the virtual serial port software we currently use our own. With our beta program we will be evaluating our own virtual serial port software against another vendors and whichever comes out on top is what we will include with the final marine wireless navigation server. Best, Todd -- Marine Wireless http://www.marinewireless.us |
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