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jpc:


Quote from: KNSSoftware on Today at 16:00:35
Is this not suppose to be an open source project though?  As much as I would love to follow the experience of getting a custom display designed and produced, does it not go against the point of this particular project, if we can't build our own one without buying one of your custom displays?

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Open Source just refers to the licensing applying to the design and says nothing about the availability of components.
mariush:


--- Quote ---In that case, the Arduino Uno wouldn't be open source, because you gotta use an ATMega328 on it, and it is only manufactured by Microchip (so strange to even write this).

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But you can buy the part from multiple sources, while you would only be able to buy the part from Dave and he could impose artificial restrictions like 1 part per household to make sure you're not making custom versions to sell them.
In contrast, I can buy the Atmega328 from lots of places.

With such parts like made-to-order display, you'd force someone to also spend money and order a compatible display in volume and pay tooling costs. Not cool.. not illegal, not against open source and all that, just not cool.
 
ataradov:

--- Quote from: mariush on October 19, 2017, 04:59:52 pm ---With such parts like made-to-order display, you'd force someone to also spend money and order a compatible display in volume and pay tooling costs. Not cool.. not illegal, not against open source and all that, just not cool.

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Or Dave can just close source the whole thing and not have to deal with open-source whiners.

Custom display is a cool feature, and I'm looking forward for the practical description on how to order one. To use in my open projects.
mariush:

--- Quote from: ataradov on October 19, 2017, 05:04:27 pm ---Custom display is a cool feature, and I'm looking forward for the practical description on how to order one. To use in my open projects.

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That's easy. Go at companies like Digikey, Mouser, Newark/Farnell and make a list of companies that sell lcd displays, then go on alibaba / aliexpress and make a list of companies that sell lcd displays in volume
then find email addresses or phones for every one of them and send emails / call and ask about custom lcd displays and how much would cost, minimum order quantity and all that.

It's not rocket science, it just takes a lot of time and research.

Whatever Dave picks may not be the best for you anyway, he'll most likely pick something that's convenient for him and his location (Australia) , just like he does his circuit boards in New Zealand or somewhere close to him.
ataradov:

--- Quote from: mariush on October 19, 2017, 05:19:16 pm ---It's not rocket science, it just takes a lot of time and research.

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Exactly. And I'm looking for someone to do this research.

Anyway, this is OT here.
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