Re: Opportunity for kit manufacture

From: jiva_at_humboldt1.com
Date: 2001-04-30 03:25:27


--- In buildcheapeeg_at_yahoogroups.com, "Rob Sacks" <editor_at_realization.org> wrote:

> I just noticed that Creative Control Concepts,
> the company that manufactures and sells the
> HAL-4 EEG kit, has stopped doing so because
> it lost the circuit board diagram.

Uh ... doesn't that sound a bit odd to you?
Especially when folks are doing everything they
can to pass images of the board around, etc.
I'd say there must be or have been other issues
here.

> According to their website:
>
> "Production of the HAL-4 has been suspended
> indefinitely. Due to the inadvertent loss of the PCB
> design file, we are unable to produce anymore
> HAL-4 kits due to a lack of circuit boards. At this
> time, we do not have the resources to design a new
> one as we concentrate on our core home automation
> business. We may at some point in the future design
> a new board and resume sales of this popular kit."
>
> It occurs to me that this company might jump at
> the opportunity to replace their old HAL kit with
> a new kit based on Joerg's design, which is far
> superior to the antiquated HAL. (Joerg's design
> is also superior to the BrainMaster, in my
> opinion.)
>

the HAL-4 KIT was $279.

That said ... I guess it can't hurt to ask.



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