Canon's price for the 250mp APC sensor development kit

RichA wrote:
$16,000.


OK!

You convinced me, I won’t be buying one.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On 2020-03-26 16:55, RichA wrote:
On Thursday, 26 March 2020 01:27:42 UTC-4, Savageduck wrote:
RichA wrote:
$16,000.


OK!

You convinced me, I won’t be buying one.

I guess they see it as being a very low-volume sensor, hence that kind of price for a development kit. And I thought $4000 was high.

Vendor development kits are not final products. They are bootstrap
systems around the product (the sensor) to allow a product developer to
rapidly get his product developed (hardware, firmware, software) before
his final product is ready.

Such kits typically include more than the sensor. Probably a board with
the sensor in place, possibly a simple functional lens (or mount),
support electronics, board level power supply/regulation, comms ports,
programming ports, diagnostic, and so on.

These development kits are made in very low volume - often 1 at a time.

In that sense, it's not a bad deal at all - it's just not at all for the
general public.

On 2020-03-26 19:43, RichA wrote:
On Thursday, 26 March 2020 17:07:11 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2020-03-26 16:55, RichA wrote:
On Thursday, 26 March 2020 01:27:42 UTC-4, Savageduck wrote:
RichA wrote:
$16,000.


OK!

You convinced me, I won’t be buying one.

I guess they see it as being a very low-volume sensor, hence that kind of price for a development kit. And I thought $4000 was high.

Vendor development kits are not final products. They are bootstrap
systems around the product (the sensor) to allow a product developer to
rapidly get his product developed (hardware, firmware, software) before
his final product is ready.

Such kits typically include more than the sensor. Probably a board with
the sensor in place, possibly a simple functional lens (or mount),
support electronics, board level power supply/regulation, comms ports,
programming ports, diagnostic, and so on.

These development kits are made in very low volume - often 1 at a time.

In that sense, it's not a bad deal at all - it's just not at all for the
general public.

Texas Instruments used to charge between $100-$400 for their CCD development kits.

It depends what's in the kit.