Definitely watching the rollout, but there’s very little specification or pricing info on the horticultural LM561 chip yet. Strangely, the announcement includes a color spec on the hort chip as “white”. No CCT info, which is just baffling for a description of their first hort-tuned full spectrum diode. Suggests the mighty Samsung is still wrapping their heads around the hort lighting market. Where’s the CCT spec? Where’s spectral distribution chart? Hopefully we’ll get this information, along with pricing and supplier info, soon.
Samsung has been raising prices with its new chips, and holding steady on its older chips, so I wouldn’t expect to see any price drops on the LM561 or 301b chips soon. And, while “cheap” by the piece, LED diodes make up about 2/3 of the cost of a typical LED strip or board, so diode costs are critical, a few cents per diode can make a big difference in the final production cost.
I’m with @Stusatwork on this. Having actually researched producing bespoke mid-power LED PCBs, the costs per piece just get crazy fast unless you already are an experienced electrical engineer with a very well stocked home electronics lab. Even then, toaster-oven reflows tend to be very poor quality with SMDs. Its one thing to solder a few 5 watt mono chips on some stars, its quite another to flow a few hundred LM561 chips no heavier than confetti onto a 1 x 16 inch PCB stencil. One sneeze or some sweater static can ruin the whole day…