Depending on your price point, I'd be interested in a few of these (populated or otherwise). Any guide on that?
Also, would be a good idea (if at all technically feasible) to be able to handle more than two boards .... 6 even 10 would not hurt.
Where did you get the PCB's done? OSH Park are dirt cheap (and I'd use them for shipping boards) but DirtyPCB's could beat them on both price and turnaround time (and I'd use them for protos)!
About pricing: All depends on quantities and shipping.Connectors are biggest cost (5.12€ +shipping/board) if I buy them,let's say,10-30 boards.I can buy quantity of 200 connector (100 boards) and price would be about 1€/board. But I doubt that I would never sell more than 10 to 20 boards.And shipping from Finland is expensive.I think it will be just under 5€ economy shipped.Then add another 5€ for the rest of the parts including heat sink.Then it's close 15€ for one board and that doesn't even include my expences (shipping costs,PCBs).So I think I'll ask
20€ per board fully populated and tested.It won't give me profit but I should't lose either (except my time).
About controlling more than two boards: Yes that is my goal.As a matter of fact,I have one that controls four blades.But it's more complex since level-shifting is done with IC.It is also possible to do with additional components (and cheaper) but then drawing PCB would be much more difficult for me.I spent 3 nights drawing this! And there are only few components and connectors.If some-one with better capabilities could help with drawing PCB,I'd be happy to give schematics. Everything could be done better (adding step-down for 12V to 3V3 etc.) but this is designed to be easy to construct by any-one and cheap as possible.I'm planning to lift that PIC up from S1 ctrl-board to drive 4 boards.Kind of C1 controller.That's why I'm eager to buy C1 controller (to tweak it). Even broken one would help.But it's just for fun,it's not exactly DIY-project for every-one.Soldering and desoldering those PICs isn't done so easy.
I finally received more blades and my first original cables for S3.Here's couple of pics.As you can see, I have to bend the other cable. That's because I didn't have original cables and designing board without actual components is very challenging (for me atleast). And hashing here with PS3 wifi-antenna!