[nonameiguess]

> Now, as long as printing the PCB and soldering tiny components does not sound scary, anyone can build their own Time Card for a fraction of the cost of a regular time appliance.

Doesn't sound scary, but not a lot of research labs and data centers are going to want to build their expansion cards from parts, even given free access to instructions. I understand if there isn't enough of a market for this to make it a viable commercial product, but when you have more money than God anyway, what's the reason not to make a few extra and donate or sell them to the small number of users who can use it?

[abyagowi]

Of course we are not going to build the card in the lab with assembling SMD parts. This was more a way to explain that building such a card should not be out of access for anyone

[myself248]

I mean, you can buy a syringe of solder paste for thirty bucks and do the reflow in a toaster oven. Anyone not doing it simply isn't trying.

[abyagowi]

You are right. This sentence was not supposed to be a literal description of what is the best way to build the card. It was more referring to the fact the building this card is not that hard since the main goal for this project was to liberate the time appliances from being a closed source box.

[Shish2k]

From https://github.com/opencomputeproject/Time-Appliance-Project...

> Where can I get one?

> […] we are currently working with several suppliers and will have their contact info soon available to allow you to puchase an out-of-the-box ready Time Card.

[abyagowi]

I sent send you a prototype if you are willing to help with some bug hunting