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ksec · 2020-01-14 01:43:39+00:00

Interesting Question. I will have to look up on the BOM cost difference.

ahaucnx | karma 3596 | avg karma 8.56 · | 2023-06-28 04:58:55

Comparable products are typically 3x or more the price. A lot of costs are not BOM related, e.g. costs for tooling (e.g. plastic mold), certifications, testing & calibration etc.

MrsPeaches | karma 1875 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2024-06-11 21:54:25

Electronics in these systems are a low % of the BoM cost though, so wouldn’t expect it to make such a big difference.

soulbadguy | karma 1282 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2023-03-31 12:30:27

I am curious as to how much higher the BOM cost would have been for valves had they decided on a better screen .Surely it can be that high

otterley | karma 9624 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2018-10-15 21:51:56

The difference in price.

system2 | karma 1517 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2020-08-14 10:57:55

Was there a big cost difference?

melling | karma 20591 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2024-04-09 16:54:09

What is the cost difference?

bhu1st | karma 133 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2022-08-31 21:20:12

Great resource. Thank you so much.

How much price difference are we talking about here between the two approaches?

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brohee | karma 2645 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2019-11-29 10:56:42+00:00

The precisely curved mirrors are expensive, and likely dominate the BOM.

And tanks to economy of scales, electronic systems are now often cheaper than mechanical ones.

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mattwritescode | karma 728 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2014-05-09 11:48:08+00:00

And how does cost compare?

wmf | karma 46152 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2022-04-15 22:24:37

I think cost is the main difference.

replies_to_all | karma 1 | avg karma 0.01 · | 2016-02-26 13:57:19

A lot more expensive. There will be no comparison in cost, or at least that is the wrong comparison to be making.

sliverstorm | karma 24708 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2013-02-04 05:19:13+00:00

Seems to me like the costs are wildly different though.

ryanobjc | karma 1747 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2018-06-01 12:02:36

surely the 2 orders of magnitude cost difference suggests they are more different than alike?

wodenokoto | karma 15554 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2022-09-09 04:18:00

Yes and the difference of those adds to the difference of the end price.

joshuahedlund | karma 3762 | avg karma 5.02 · | 2012-05-18 16:55:50+00:00

Can you give some numbers for some of the "vast" cost difference we're talking about (even if they're ballpark figures)?

kube-system | karma 21374 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2022-10-04 09:31:38

You can have nicer things, you just have to pay for it.

But because of economies of scale, you don’t just pay the difference in BOM cost, you pay that difference plus the difference in fixed costs divided by a much smaller unit run.

USB UPSes exist, and they’re really not that niche. Amazon has one for $50. That’s mass-market pricing as far as electronics are concerned.

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travisporter | karma 853 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2023-06-01 10:29:22

According to this website it’s really only a $7-8 difference.

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=300&year1=2022...

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minimaxir | karma 67739 | avg karma 7.48 · | 2024-05-13 19:20:34

But may not be better enough to warrant the cost difference. LLM cost econonmics are complicated.

sgerenser | karma 2174 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2024-02-19 20:50:01

That’s a lot more expensive.