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Could you estimate the price of this thing, as the FBI told him it was expensive (and at least the batteries seem to be).
by evilpie 15y ago
Could you estimate the price of this thing, as the FBI told him it was expensive (and at least the batteries seem to be).
- 18pfsmt 15y agoOff the cuff BOM for this thing is on the order of $30 in 1K quantities (maybe add 20% for government bureaucracy).
- kwiens 15y agoFor the manufacturer, maybe. But then you have to factor in bribes to the federal procurement officers and junkets to Atlantic City to land the contract, and then medical payments for the workers who burned themselves hand-soldering resistors on that board. That's gotta up the price to at least $3K/unit or so! :-)
- HeyLaughingBoy 15y agoCan't really. Cost of BOM bears no relationship to selling price. His post below says it costs about $30 in 1k quantities. So estimating about $50 in 10pc prices, if I were building a few for a government agency/large corporation, ignoring NRE charges I'd probably price them upwards of $1000 each. This is not exactly something you can purchase at Best Buy...