Also, both have excellent customer support that won't let you down. On Jul 8, 2015 8:43 PM, "Ytai Ben-Tsvi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are two manufacturers I can vouch for (meaning that I reviewed their > manufacturing practices and standards and made sure they have a good test > setup that's applied on every unit before shipping). These are SparkFun and > SeeedStudio. Both have world wide shipping as well as local resellers in > many places. They're also the only ones courteous enough to pay royalties. > On Jul 8, 2015 8:39 PM, "lennart rolland" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I was not aware there were such a thing as untrusted manufacturers. That >> was a big tip. Thanks! >> On Jul 9, 2015 5:34 AM, "Ytai Ben-Tsvi" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Why did you repeat the same mistake of buying from untrusted >>> manufacturers? Get one from Seeed for about the same price and have peace >>> of mind. >>> These low quality manufacturers are nothing but bad reputation... They >>> didn't even get the LED colors right. >>> On Jul 8, 2015 8:27 PM, "lennart rolland" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> OK, so I ended up returning the device to supplier (dx.com) And since >>>> the RMA proces was extremely lengthy I decided to buy two new devices in >>>> the mean time. They arrived yesterday. This time I bought devices with >>>> bluetooth dongle included. They still look exactly the same (white PCB with >>>> IOIO otg branding). >>>> >>>> This time I did not solder on the pin headers on one board to make sure >>>> it was 100% vanilla before testing. This did not matter. >>>> >>>> So on the last board the ioiodude command did not work at all, however >>>> on these two devices it works (shows version numbers) for applications mode >>>> but NOT for bootloader mode. When I enable bootloader mode the device >>>> starts acting up during enumeration (device shows up in /dev once every 10 >>>> times I run ls /dev/IOIO*), and ioiodude hangs indefinitely when trying to >>>> list versions. This time I have also tried it on a third laptop (Lenovo >>>> T61) to no avail. Also clearing the usb timing did not help (work at all)? >>>> There is mention in documentation about a quick flashing yellow light when >>>> synchronizing but my board seems only to have a green power led and a red >>>> stat led. Also the documentation is really fragmented between v1 and otg >>>> models. Before using ioiodude i did the whole ioiomanager app thing first >>>> before finally reading in the fine print that it would only work for v1 >>>> devices. Could this be the reason why my devices are bricked? >>>> >>>> I am at loss here. The thought of having to go through dx.com RMA >>>> process again sends chills down my spine but I guess I have no choice. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "ioio-users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "ioio-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ioio-users/u4LPOxBvVuo/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ioio-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
