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Andy, where are the Ultimarc Aimtrack guns?!
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AndyWarne:

--- Quote from: Encryptor on June 20, 2010, 10:13:02 pm ---I'm curious about this as well. When you come up with an idea, say for your spinner. Do you tell a designer what you want the product to do and the other specs (ie.. dimensions, voltage requirements etc) and they design the circuitry and such or do you actually design the circuit boards and just have them manufactured elsewhere?

Encryptor

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The actual SpinTrak is not a good example because thats one of the few products which I didnt design. I specified customization of a manufacturers existing device. We dont buy anything else from this manufacturer.
All the other PCB type products I designed in full. The PCB plot files and Bill Of Materials go to the manufacturers and they work from these. The manufacturers we use do not have any knowledge of what the product does, they just make them.
AndyWarne:

--- Quote from: Joey Butafuko on June 20, 2010, 11:42:34 pm ---Since we're being curious, I'm pretty curious about the actual number of sales of each product to understand how big this market is ;D
I assume Ipac's and joysticks will sell more than light guns and videocards. What kind of numbers should I be thinking of, 1000, 5000, 10.000?

Are pushbuttons the real bread and butter and the more exotic products keep the market fresh and alive? How does this work?  :angel:



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The MAME-related market is not huge so we, and other suppliers in this market are on tight margins on some products because pricing is relatively low for what are essentially market-specific items.
But we also sell some more generic products outside of the MAME community in relatively large numbers, which is more profitable.
Also do client USB project design, one example is this:
Encryptor:

--- Quote from: AndyWarne on June 21, 2010, 03:23:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Encryptor on June 20, 2010, 10:13:02 pm ---I'm curious about this as well. When you come up with an idea, say for your spinner. Do you tell a designer what you want the product to do and the other specs (ie.. dimensions, voltage requirements etc) and they design the circuitry and such or do you actually design the circuit boards and just have them manufactured elsewhere?

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The actual SpinTrak is not a good example because thats one of the few products which I didnt design. I specified customization of a manufacturers existing device. We dont buy anything else from this manufacturer.
All the other PCB type products I designed in full. The PCB plot files and Bill Of Materials go to the manufacturers and they work from these. The manufacturers we use do not have any knowledge of what the product does, they just make them.

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Very good. Thanks for the info Andy.

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AndyWarne:
These are now in the store:

http://www.ultimarc.com/JShopServer/section.php?xSec=2

The information page (not linked from the rest of our site) is here:

http://www.ultimarc.com/aimtrak_gun.html


Note we dont have as many of these kits as we would like. They will probably not be here very long.
jasonbar:
Sweet.

To make sure I understand, if I want 2 full sets, I'd want to order the following:

2x Aimtrak Light Gun Kit: $44 each

2x Gun Housing Kit: $39 each


Total: $166


Am I interpreting that correctly?


Thank you very much,
-Jason

PS--The kit & gun look sweet.  Assembly looks easy--nice instructions--I'd definitely prefer to do this assembly rather than buy the finished gun!

PPS--Can a clear polycarbonate or acrylic window be added to the front of the gun to protect the Aimtrak, without affecting performance?
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