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Re: TI and future Jaguars

Posted in-line again because I can no longer edit my post above and further when I shift focus dividing the posts makes the entire thing easier to follow IMHO. So when one of you chooses to give me negative feedback about multiple posts in a forum with timeouts beyond my control again...well you have no one to blame except yourselves if you have administrative access.

That out of the way:

I've contacted FIRST KOP and they consider this project unlinked from their intent to have someone manufacture and support the Jaguar speed control nearly precisely as TI had done. So therefore the May 11th deadline in the original link of the RFP/RFQ does not apply to this community project. They would however appreciate as much documentation and information as we can produce as fast as we can produce it.

I've also indicated to them some of the basic details, such as 2 part modular design, one interface part, one high power part, an intention to make a PWM interface, a priority to make a CAN interface, the possibility of a 'custom circuit module', the goal to be able to produce a nearly finished prototype by the deadlines (which could be this year or next), the intention to provide the units outside of the KOP, the intention to have contract assembly houses assemble our parts on demand, and my personal intention to insure that at least 50-100 of them are available at the start of whichever season for delivery (regardless of existing orders for the units...if we start getting orders we can make whatever we need).

I've been running around between getting together data collection tools for Monty Madness, securing my time for Monty Madness and taking care of an emergency or 3. It's on my priority list this evening to get back to finishing up a site for this project so we don't burden ChiefDelphi.

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