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Non-Tech : Alternative energy
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To: Eric who wrote (10250)3/10/2011 3:16:43 PM
From: Doren  Read Replies (1) of 16955
 
> (inverters) not rocket science

I'm just making an educated guess here. Not nearly as knowledgeable as Eric.

It looks like inverters are going to increasingly use microprocessor. However they don't need big boys. The microprocessors they use are small, pretty generic and dirt cheap. The operating system/application are small. Probably a basic UNIX kernel and a small dedicated application.

In other words there is nothing proprietary to differentiate one from another when it comes to "smart."

Same with power handling, although Eric might correct me here. The devices are made with off the shelf parts in general.

One company might make a better inverter but they have higher cost to do so. No one company is going to have a huge advantage. It's all in market efficiencies.

I'd say they are going to be pretty generic products. No huge profit margins in this business.
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