This is something *anyone* should check. Always. But of course it doesnt happen 100% of the time. Much easier than waiting x amount of time for the new one to arrive, not to mention now you're out ~$60 US.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:02 PM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Brian Heckathorne <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 3:48 PM > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: RIP Never Used BBB > > John no worries my friend I hope you didnt take offense im a Texan to boot > and was only thinking outloud. Wasnt implying anyone made a mistake or how > smart they are or are not. Ive been quite surprised how on top of > everything Gerald is. No doubts John hope you didnt take offense or think I > was downing the product any. Was NOT the case. I think its a great product > and cant wait to see whats next. > > Don’t worry so much, nobody gets too serious here. Gerald explained his > thinking a while ago and I was just giving him a break because he is really > busy working on his next project. > > Regards, > John > > Personally I wish the support for bonescript was larger but that will take > time. > On Jul 30, 2014 5:27 PM, "John Syn" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> From: <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 1:11 PM >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: RIP Never Used BBB >> >> I wasn't saying make it bullet proof, just some simple goof proofs. Like >> on the 5v plug, that kind of thing. I get the whole cost thing and by and >> large agree. >> >> I'm sure to try and cover everything would cost a bit, Not sure why >> anyone would be putting 220v to the 5v plug, but i could understand reverse >> polarity on the 5v plug. Not sure it needs to be gone to the extreme. >> >> How hard/costly is it to fix something like reverse polarity or blown >> gpio? if repairs are easy enough, perhaps protection isn't worth it. >> >> Think economics and not technical. Since there were very few returns >> because of reverse polarity, it isn’t cost effective to add the protection >> to each board. For example, circuitco has shipped 177,000 BBB multiplied by >> $10 protection is $1,770,000. Less than 20 returned because of reverse >> polarity at $55 each is $1,100. The solution is obvious. Gerald is very >> smart and he knows what he is doing ;-) Users just need to be more careful. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:00:10 PM UTC-5, john3909 wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 12:50 PM >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [beagleboard] Re: RIP Never Used BBB >>> >>> I think I would of paid 10 - 12 extra bux for a BBB that had some >>> protection. Feels like at any moment my BBB might suddenly spontaneously >>> contract "magic smoke" disease and all it's electrons fall out. >>> >>> Since there are very few of you who have done this, why should the rest >>> of us have to pay the extra cost. I think there are less than 20 out of >>> 150,000 boards shipped. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:42:01 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> hello people, please excuse my for my Tarzan English. >>>> first connect my BBB with a 5V supply 4A with the negative in the >>>> middle, might have killed her so easily? >>>> now with the positive in the middle got hot and nothing more happend. >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/iiqYyjTuGHM/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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