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   From: news@analogconsultants.com   
      
   On 2016-04-29 17:28, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
   > Beautiful Layout Hunchback ...   
      
      
   Everyone wants to see a photo now :-)   
      
      
   >                    ... and I are doing an experiment: building an   
   > actual product and seeing if we can sell it.  If so, we'll build more.   
   >   
   > This one is a quantum-limited photoreceiver for low level signals.   
   > LTspice and a few pages of math suggest that it'll be shot noise limited   
   > above about 7-10 nA in a 1-MHz bandwidth, which is pretty good as such   
   > things go.  We're planning two versions: a free-space silicon one, and a   
   > fibre-coupled InGaAs one.   
   >   
   > It's a small box with the usual 1/4-20 threads for optical mounts, a BNC   
   > output, and a 15-20V wall wart power input.   
   >   
   > If demand develops, it might be a good candidate for "fulfillment by   
   > Amazon", which appears very attractive for small, high-value products.   
   > (At least ones that thieves can't fence.) ;)   
   >   
   > Fun.   
   >   
      
   I found that most larger companies do not consider buying at Amazon.   
   They or their SOPs require sources that work via purchase orders, not   
   credit cards. With smaller companies that's easier but even there I   
   first saw wide eyes when I suggested to buy an Asian oscilloscope or arb   
   gen at Amazon ... "Where? Really?" ... Until they saw the price and it   
   was 1/10th of what they had expected from the mainstream manufacturers.   
      
   Another option would be distributors like this:   
      
   http://www.edmundoptics.com/   
      
   --   
   Regards, Joerg   
      
   http://www.analogconsultants.com/   
      
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