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Ipac2 VS. Ipac4
Zakk:
I think I second that, (speaking for cholin too). It's pretty impressive to be able to code and produce a chip yourself! I get confused trying to figure out which way a plug goes in a wall sometimes, much less ever hope to be able to pull off something like that!
I guess (for me) the only real benefit to an all-in-one board is simplicity of repair. I keep a spare one in my tackle box, and if a machine goes flukey, I can just swap it out. However, I suppose it isn't that crazy to keep 2 boards on hand, especially at those rock bottom prices[/sales pitch] :)
Dangit, now people are going to think that I'M Randy too! ;D
kelemvor:
What is the difference between the IPAC2 and the KeyWiz 1.5? Like how do they work, how do they connect, etc. Do they both do the exact same things or does one do things the other doesn't and vice versa...?
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: kelemvor on February 02, 2006, 12:40:47 pm ---What is the difference between the IPAC2 and the KeyWiz 1.5? Like how do they work, how do they connect, etc. Do they both do the exact same things or does one do things the other doesn't and vice versa...?
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Search the forum or read my page linked above.
I-PAC/2 supports USB and an ACTIVE keyboard Pass-thru.
KeyWiz is 32 inputs, I-PAC/2 is 28, (I-PAC VE is 32).
KeyWiz is SDRAM, I-PAC is EEPROM.
I-PAC supports keyboard LED's.
I-PAC has 27 shift buttons, KeyWiz has 24.
Shift function is implemented slightly differently between them.
One-button shift adapters are simpler to implement on the KeyWiz.
Probably several differences that I left out. Basically, they do the same things, just a different implementation. FWIW . . .
cholin:
Little harsh Randy?
That is the thing about philosophies.... everyones got a different opinion, and since you make the product, yours counts... I get it. My philosophy is that if it's got the power, why not use it? I dont mean completely re-do anything, I just think that there should be 3 lines: optical; digital; and then the mix of both, which costs more, but less than both of the others put together....
--- Quote ---Tell me, was there a reason for this question?
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Obviously... Im personally doing alot of coding for microchips in C and I figured hey, maybe Randy knows what hes talking about! Wonder if he codes them himself or maybe he pays someone to do it for him, like alot of other companies do. So now how obvious was that? You think everyone codes their own chips? Doesnt happen that way.
--- Quote ---I can't speak for Cholin (even though I am, but then again, I'm also RandyT according to some members of the board), but I took it as simple curiosity. Not everyone here will know whether the chips have to be programmed or if they come pre-programmed and you just pick out one that will do what you need and then design a board and connector layouts and mount it together.
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Exactly, simple curiousity... interest even! I know they do have to be programmed but I wonderred who actually does it. Always nice to ask something as simple as "do you code them yourself" and get a smart assed answer like someones a complete idiot because they asked you something completely understandable.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: cholin on February 02, 2006, 04:23:59 pm ---Little harsh Randy?
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I thought so too, but then I'm him, so . . .
--- Quote ---I just think that there should be 3 lines: optical; digital; and then the mix of both, which costs more, but less than both of the others put together....
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What RandyT said (and I'm surprised he did, but now that he has, I can comment) is basically (my words, not his (unless you think we're the same person)) that he thinks the mini-pac processor is overtaxed, and he feels he has chosen the proper chips for the proper task. Sure, he could come up with a larger PCB and mount the Opti-Wiz and Key-Wiz components to them and sell it as a Combi-Wiz, but there wouldn't be any cost savings or component savings. (He could also probably come up with a single chip that was as powerful as both the Key-Wiz and Opti-Wiz chips, develop code for it, and make a single chip board that would save some space and possibly cost, but I think he would rather work on new projects than create something that would just be the same as selling two of his current products.)
--- Quote ---Always nice to ask something as simple as "do you code them yourself" and get a smart assed answer like someones a complete idiot because they asked you something completely understandable.
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OTOH, in Randy's defense - he takes a lot of flack on these boards from people wanting to know the in's and out's of every product he introduces - how does it work?, why does it work? would it still work if I suspended it in a vat of electric jello and stood on my head when using it? (well, maybe not), but . . . If I buy a new computer, I walk into the big electronics store and pick up the machine and take it home. If I asked if the computer manufacturer programmed the graphics chip themselves - the sales guy wouldn't know, and the computer tech support would likely tell me that that was proprietary data and they wouldn't divulge it without a subpeona. In that sense, you are lucky you even got a real answer on a public forum!!!
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