Uses for an Expired Cypress?

[bloody_trauma 2]

why cant airtec just replace the components that they suspect of wearing down over time?

Fly it like you stole it

[xlh883 0]

My first guess would be liability or safety.

[bloody_trauma 2]

na i just looked it up on the website, has something to do with not being economical... right cuz silicon costs sooo much these days. but ive been wrong before

Fly it like you stole it

[PhreeZone 20]

If they need to replace just a single sensor on the system then you might also have to replace 4 other parts due to them all being intergrated with each other. So that $50 pressure sensor now has to be replaced with a $25 board, a $35 linking board and a few other parts too. Throw in the cost to make sure the software is written correctly for each version of the system that is built and you are looking at potentially another $400+ in repairs in addition to the battery at almost $100. You could either pay that $500 cost or you could take the money and put it towards another unit at $1200.

Also by having a lifetime they are forcing users to look at new technology. By having a Cypres that is "dead" they now get to get a unit that has all the new technology that has occured in the last 12 years. New sensors are developed all the time, same thing with sampling software and even propellents for the cutters.

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[bob.dino 1]

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na i just looked it up on the website, has something to do with not being economical... right cuz silicon costs sooo much these days. but ive been wrong before

It's not the cost of the silicon. It's the cost of the time spent diagnosing the problem, the labor in replacing components (many of which would need to be desoldered, and at least some of which are likely SMT), and the difficultly in obtaining drop-in replacements 15+ years after the original design was finalised.