Re: Small proto boxes with LCD and buttons?

$125 selling price doesn't imply a $5 case/display/switches, that
company was offering a variety of different instruments all with the
same case/display/switches, but with a large difference in price.

The display is probably custom, 1000 units of a custom display is not
pretty, I have no idea what volume these guys are doing, lets assume
1000's.

I suspect the case/display/switches/assembly are about $35, with the
electronics/sensors in the lower priced instruments less then $10,with
a 3x parts markup for selling price. So the lion share of the cost is
the case/display.

For the $500 instruments the lion share of the cost is the
electronics/sensors, reusing the case/display/switches.

The only way display/case/switches cost less then $5 is when you make
millions, like pagers, cell phones, electronic toys etc, here I am of
course assume China manufacturer not US/Germany.

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