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donmck

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Posted: 02:11am 23 Jul 2011
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I just saw someone asking about these in another thread.

We have 20 coming this week, and 80 coming next week.

see:

http://www.dontronics-shop.com/maximite-sm1.html

Cheers Don...
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Glenn

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Posted: 03:17am 23 Jul 2011
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Don, where are you getting the SD card holders from?

Altronics are out of stock im Melb. and list low stocks on web page. Staff seem unhelpful in getting them into store. The DE15 is another problem. The specified one has wide spaced pins. No stock. We did manage to fit the more common narrow spaced pin type, by bending the pins ouwarsd though.

Not trying to tell you what to do for a PCB, but I would try to add provision for alternate components where possible, if a blank pcb is to be sold. The SD card holder seems to be a case in point. Possibly the DE15 and power switch too.

I got 5 PCB's from Ben and we can't finish them, because of the SD card holder problem. Farnell list a swag of them but nothing i can find that's the same footprint. Jaycar have a plastic one and won't fit. Most of them seem to have connections at the rear, while the specified one has some internally.

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donmck

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  Glenn said   Don, where are you getting the SD card holders from?

Altronics are out of stock im Melb. and list low stocks on web page. Staff seem unhelpful in getting them into store. The DE15 is another problem. The specified one has wide spaced pins. No stock. We did manage to fit the more common narrow spaced pin type, by bending the pins ouwarsd though.

Not trying to tell you what to do for a PCB, but I would try to add provision for alternate components where possible, if a blank pcb is to be sold. The SD card holder seems to be a case in point. Possibly the DE15 and power switch too.

I got 5 PCB's from Ben and we can't finish them, because of the SD card holder problem. Farnell list a swag of them but nothing i can find that's the same footprint. Jaycar have a plastic one and won't fit. Most of them seem to have connections at the rear, while the specified one has some internally.

glenn



Hi Glenn,

The Maximite SM1 is not my design. It was done by Richard from tctech, so I don't know where he gets his stock from.

And Sorry, I have no control over alternative components, or anything else, as it is Richard's design.

Cheers Don...
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Glenn

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Posted: 05:49am 23 Jul 2011
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OK Don, I thought it was your PCB etc.

Does anybody have a source of the specified SD card holders for Maximite ?

Glenn
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donmck

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Posted: 01:38pm 28 Jul 2011
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  donmck said  
I just saw someone asking about these in another thread.

We have 20 coming this week, and 80 coming next week.

see:

http://www.dontronics-shop.com/maximite-sm1.html


The 20 that are coming this week, may arrive tomorrow, or they may arrive Monday.

Sorry folks, yes they are coming. When they do, I will put a notice on the product page.

Cheers Don...
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sparkey

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Posted: 07:16pm 28 Jul 2011
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these are a gret version of the maxi with the possabilty of addon "rtc"and flat pack battery if your chasing a maxi you should check it out i have one running
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sparkey

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Posted: 02:39am 29 Jul 2011
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hi don .. got the embedded up and running my switching cct and also got a sandisk 2 gb card in it "micro s-d" thanks shouldent be long before i have the boards mounted in the rear of my crt .....got the micro s-d card from altronics at 12 bucks....
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donmck

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OK, great Sparkey.

That is the only trouble with the microSD card, you are still paying a premium price for them.

I figure op shops should be giving away older low capacity standard SD cards for about $1 a wheel barrow load.

Which is about the same price as a mains to USB +5V power supply from China.
Including postage of course.

Cheers Don...
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donmck

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29-July-2011 Update: 18 boards are being shipped overnight to me today, which means I won't get them until Monday. We hope to be able to ship these first 18 on Tuesday. We are also hoping for another 82 next week. I will keep the page below fully updated on any new information.

http://www.dontronics-shop.com/maximite-sm1.html

One day in the future, there will always be stock. I just don't know when that day will come.

Cheers Don...
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haiqu

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Posted: 02:19am 30 Jul 2011
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  Glenn said   OK Don, I thought it was your PCB etc.

Does anybody have a source of the specified SD card holders for Maximite ?

Glenn


SD Card connector
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donmck

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Posted: 03:58am 01 Aug 2011
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  donmck said  
29-July-2011 Update: 18 boards are being shipped overnight to me today, which means I won't get them until Monday. We hope to be able to ship these first 18 on Tuesday. We are also hoping for another 82 next week. I will keep the page below fully updated on any new information.


The 18 came in today, shipping tomorrow, and we actually ended up with three spare.
Several going to Europe, and the U.S.

See:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/maximite-sm1.html

Hopefully we get another 82 this week.

Cheers Don...
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haiqu

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Posted: 05:28am 01 Aug 2011
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Woo-hoo! Looks as if I just scored one from the first batch out the door.

Thanks Don!
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