I'm curious if there is any more information on this.  Mouser has an 100 on 
order with no delivery date.  Will some xm's hit distributors soon or have 
we seen the last of them?



On Monday, September 8, 2014 1:59:45 PM UTC-4, Gerald wrote:

> Well, all the data is out there to build their own. It is hard 
> to justify building these 10 at a time for people. Shutting down a line for 
> a day for setup and re-setup is expensive.If everyone gets together and can 
> get the quantity up to 500 and get a distributor to place an order, then we 
> can build,000 boards and make it possible.
>
> I guess me saying not for use in products and the reasons why 
> were valid after all. Again, all the information is there for anyone to 
> build as many as they like. I think we have a build planned for 500 for 
> Digikey, but I am not sure when.
>
>
> Gerald
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected] 
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 8 Sep 2014, Gerald Coley wrote:
>> >
>> >> Unless the distributors order boards, we do not build boards. We
>> >> don't get orders but rarely every now and then. Lead time is about
>> >> 12 weeks. We cannot build one or two boards. If we did it would cost
>> >> about $500 board. We need a large order to make it worth doing.
>> >
>> >   i'm curious ... given the regularity with which people ask for a BB
>> > xM, what exactly is the appeal of that board? are there not newer
>> > boards that bring the same features to the table?
>>
>> I know there's a few users who built their end product around the
>> xM's.. (as it's still cheaper then a few of the som's available for
>> the dm3730)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
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