just patched my wii console yesterday, quite easy ;)
Well, I'll just add that it's not so difficult to assemble a CF, it's just that it requires real tools and real experience. I solder since the age of 10 or so, and the pitch of certain parts is < 0.5 mm. You definitly need experience. I'm not the only one able to do that, but people having this very skill and experience are "rare" in the sense that you need to be a person doing that on a daily base, what I do since I build custom boards and prototype as a day job. You don't need that for casual soldering of SMDs and small parts, it will take you like a day to build a CF, taking your time.
But then again, about the "kit" version, it's "no", for many reasons :
- support & failure : how many people will take the kit and ruin the thing then email me ?
- parts... they're big like 1x1.5 mm for some of them. How do you think I'm going to retail the kit since my parts come on tape & reels. Would mean that I'll have to COUNT every parts then tape then on paper and then label each one on paper cause most of the references are not readable exept using side light and a magnifier ? when people ask the question, most of the time (not saying moon drag is included), they think kit like velleman or paia kits, with parts you can read and touch, not parts you need tweezer to manipulate.
- programming : the firmware has to be flashed after the assembly.
- copy : how long do you think my design will last if I send the firmware file in the wild ? ::)
no offense taken, just a classic question :)