So the kit costs €2300 for all the parts. Looking through the BOM, I feel there's a good bit of fat to be trimmed actually. They splash €85 on a linear regulat

So the kit costs €2300 for all the parts. Looking through the BOM, I feel there's a good bit of fat to be trimmed actually. They splash €85 on a linear regulated power supply (you can get something similar giving clean power for $20 in bulk), and the camera setup (sensor, lens, related hardware) costs more than €600 in total. While there's a good reason they picked the lens they did [0] I feel the sensor (might) be replaceable by a new Raspberry Pi setup (also C-mount) - that'd save $400! Then there's a lot of money (couple hundred) in fancy plastic/aluminum parts. Manufacturing in higher quantities could save quite a lot there. There's some stuff that is much trickier to push down in price much: laser stuff/dichroic mirrors, filters, etc are tough. Still, though, I feel that this has potential to eventually come down a good bit in price, and I really look forward to seeing that eventually happen! [0] http://www.thepulsar.be/article/raman-imaging-lens-upgrade/ http://www.thepulsar.be/article/raman-imaging-lens-upgrade/