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  • Author Author: KennyMillar
  • Date Created: 6 Mar 2010 10:00 PM Date Created
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The customer knows just one thing.

KennyMillar
KennyMillar
6 Mar 2010

So I have this customer.

They don't know the final spec of this thing they want.

They don't know if it's to be RS232 or RS485.

They can't tell me if the IR that it needs to decode is modulated or demodulated.

They can't me if the PSU is mains, 12v DC or 24v AC.

They can't tell me if it has to be CE marked.

 

But they do know they need it yesterday and they've sold 50 of them to their customer.

 

Hey ho, nothing new I don't suppose. It's always like this.

 

Isn't it?

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  • KennyMillar
    KennyMillar over 13 years ago in reply to awinning

    Ah, if only it were that simple. Life would be good.

    Actually, with this particular customer of mine it wasn't so bad.

    They knew they needed to control a bunch of AV equipment, projector, screen, DVD player etc - but they weren't sure they knew what all the control protocols were, but they did know they's sold 50 units and needed it built asap!

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  • awinning
    awinning over 13 years ago
    Sounds as if they gave you a lot of room for manouevre?
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