Not really. I've looked at this a few times - one of the things I've played with in the skunkworks is a "SiteMonitor Pi" which wouldn't hide what it was - a base unit, with a pi compute module instead of the normal CPU, and running a Raspbian based distro.
Between power consumption, undefined temperature range, and questionable availability, I decided that this project was something to back burner - not saying that it isn't going to see the light of day sometime, but at the time, too many ways for this to crash and burn. I will say that the availability does seem to have improved as the popularity has increased. On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:45 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Too funny. When I considered using Pi, I discovered that there was a > severe limitation in obtaining production quantities. Has that changed. > > -----Original Message----- From: Vlad Sedov > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:11 AM > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you serious, Cambium? > > This is a finished product, minus lid (see pic) > > Most of the code is just opensource OS for the Raspberry Pi. I imagine > there's a proprietary USB driver for the injector and controller > software.. big deal. > You're already paying over a grand for the CMM5 injector itself.. > Charging that much for what amounts to a glorified homebrew management > solution is a bit insulting. > > ...and the only reason I opened it, was because something was rattling > inside as we took it out of the packaging. I opened it up to find the > 5VDC connector just dangling, not connected to the Pi. A drop of hot > glue could have fixed that. Hell, I hot-snot the crap out of all my > Arduino projects by default, to keep this shit from happening. > > > Vlad > > On 2/17/2017 10:55 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > >> You couldn't write the software for it for $100. >> >> Are you looking at a prototype or a finished product? Link? >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Vlad Sedov" <v...@atlasok.com> >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: 2/17/2017 11:53:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you serious, Cambium? >> >> No doubt, but for $800, I would expect something a bit more um.. >>> rugged. I can build this for about $100. >>> >>> >>> Vlad >>> >>> On 2/17/2017 10:36 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>> >>>> Just like you, they're in business to make money. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>> From: "Vlad Sedov" <v...@atlasok.com> >>>> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> >>>> Sent: 2/17/2017 10:31:01 AM >>>> Subject: [AFMUG] CMM5 controller.. Are you serious, Cambium? >>>> >>>> $700-900 for a $35 Raspberry Pi controller, a DC-DC regulator, and >>>>> a metal box? >>>>> Looks like OpenWRT-type Linux distro with LuCI web interface, and a >>>>> module to control the CMM5. >>>>> >>>>> Seems a bit steep, no? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> peace >>>>> >>>>> Vlad >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
