11-17-2016, 04:04 PM
Yes, it probably legitimately is easier to scrap the whole thing. I'm also working in industrial automation. Really, I just like to reuse and adapt what's already there, rather than use something new. I always feel it's less wasteful, even if a fulsome analysis could show otherwise. I tend to try to design things more like lego, where you could more easily swap bits and pieces out and reconfigure them, like the idea for the Google ARA phone.