Hello,
I was reviewing the last update on Crowd Supply for the EOMA68 campaign [1], and taking information from that and from discussions on this list, it seems that the following timeline was being followed:
15th June: Crowd Supply update, prototype tested, DRAM tested and ordered, HDMI not tested
Late July: DRAM manufactured ("about a month to have the 8 Gbit 1600 MHz DDR3 x8 RAM ICs manufactured"), assembly begins (working from "three months after getting the cards back from assembly before shipping begins")
Late October: "delivery of the first units" (presumably "delivery" is the same as "shipping", meaning "dispatch" from Crowd Supply)
I hope that things have been proceeding as anticipated. August was a quiet month on this list, and I imagine that Luke has been very busy with all his projects, but I wonder if there is any news about whether the DRAM manufacturer came through, whether assembly could start, whether testing might have begun (and was hopefully a success), and so on. I imagine that there is also the awkward matter of getting the boards from China to the US, related bureaucracy, and other complicating factors.
Anyway, I hope everything is going well, that Luke isn't overworked, and that I didn't miss something that would have made the current state of the schedule a bit clearer.
Paul
[1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/2-7-5-samples-recei...
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:36 PM, Paul Boddie paul@boddie.org.uk wrote:
Anyway, I hope everything is going well, that Luke isn't overworked, and that I didn't miss something that would have made the current state of the schedule a bit clearer.
hiya paul, thanks for the prompting: the latest update i wrote just yesterday, and it doesn't pull any punches. i've had to take contract work and it's a 100% full-time distraction. the DRAM's fine, new 2.7.5 samples work great (or maybe it's 2.7.6 i can't even remember). i'm in europe: i have absolutely no equipment here.
i have to arrange to get mike a laptop with a remote-accessible tunnel, so i can copy OSes to it etc. that's going to take time.
l.
Looking forward to reading the update. :) despite the work/money/time situation of compromise/distraction. i look forward to hearing the news anyway :)
On Wednesday 12. September 2018 11.13.51 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
hiya paul, thanks for the prompting: the latest update i wrote just yesterday, and it doesn't pull any punches. i've had to take contract work and it's a 100% full-time distraction. the DRAM's fine, new 2.7.5 samples work great (or maybe it's 2.7.6 i can't even remember). i'm in europe: i have absolutely no equipment here.
i have to arrange to get mike a laptop with a remote-accessible tunnel, so i can copy OSes to it etc. that's going to take time.
Sorry for the delay in acknowledging your reply to my earlier message! I guess that Crowd Supply still have your update in the queue, unless the update was published elsewhere and has nothing to do with them. In any case, I hope you are managing to juggle your different projects satisfactorily and will be able to work more closely with Mike again in not too long.
Whilst perusing the Crowd Supply site, I saw this interesting news:
"Mouser acquires Crowd Supply" https://blog.crowdsupply.com/2018/10/03/crowd-supply-has-been-acquired/
I didn't realise that Mouser already carried Crowd Supply products, but I guess it increases their reach.
Paul
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 3:42 PM Paul Boddie paul@boddie.org.uk wrote:
On Wednesday 12. September 2018 11.13.51 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
hiya paul, thanks for the prompting: the latest update i wrote just yesterday, and it doesn't pull any punches. i've had to take contract work and it's a 100% full-time distraction. the DRAM's fine, new 2.7.5 samples work great (or maybe it's 2.7.6 i can't even remember). i'm in europe: i have absolutely no equipment here.
i have to arrange to get mike a laptop with a remote-accessible tunnel, so i can copy OSes to it etc. that's going to take time.
Sorry for the delay in acknowledging your reply to my earlier message! I guess that Crowd Supply still have your update in the queue,
yep... they're so busy
unless the update was published elsewhere and has nothing to do with them. In any case, I hope you are managing to juggle your different projects satisfactorily and will be able to work more closely with Mike again in not too long.
getting there...
Whilst perusing the Crowd Supply site, I saw this interesting news:
"Mouser acquires Crowd Supply" https://blog.crowdsupply.com/2018/10/03/crowd-supply-has-been-acquired/
cool!
I didn't realise that Mouser already carried Crowd Supply products, but I guess it increases their reach.
yeah neither did i. huh. ok so that could solve the issue of trump being a moron by trying to get into a pissing contest with china over trade....
l.
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