On 03/28/2018 04:21 PM, Terry King via TriEmbed wrote:
Hi Pete,
You said, " why I went with the overseas order was to get some very interesting
Arduino
Uno-compatible boards to
use for a teaching gig"
What was interesting / unusual about them??
They have ESP-32 modules on them instead of Atmega chips.
If it's any help, I can ship these immediately from Vermont USA:
http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/YourDuino-RoboRED
What ages of people are you teaching?
Just one extraordinary 10 year old.
We'll be swapping out RoboRED boards for these new boards. But the
reality is we'll be swapping back and forth while porting all the
software. I don't expect this to just drop in and play nicely with all
our stuff. And we may abandon the Arduino runtime and make the jump to
FreeRTOS. But in either case I'll have my two RoboRED boards back for
other use!
Your RoboRED boards are so much better than Unos it's hard to enumerate
all the improvements and extra features. Being able to flip a switch and
go from a five volt to a 3.3 volt system is just amazing.
All the best, Terry!
-Pete
Regards, Terry King
...In the Woods in Vermont USA
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-The One who Dies with the most Parts LOSES. What do you need??
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1. DX Extreme order adventure notes (Pete Soper)
2. Re: DX Extreme order adventure notes (Glen Smith)
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:47:09 -0400
From: Pete Soper <[email protected]>
To: Triangle Embedded Computing Discussion <[email protected]>
Subject: [TriEmbed] DX Extreme order adventure notes
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I thought it might be interesting to share some details of my most
interesting offshore trade adventure so far. This has different wrinkles
compared to the epic "order before Thanksgiving, receive in early
February" episode with the several week sojourn in US Customs that I've
shared in the past.
On the 7th I ordered stuff from dx.com and it was split three ways. One?
SKU had a bizarre "LP" tracking number that finally appeared via USPS
with a proper tracking number from Kentucky but with half the ordered
quantity in the box. I beat the Internet bushes hard trying to get a
clue to decode the "LP" tracking code. The dx.com site had a decoder
ring but it lacked the LP flavor and there was no way to send a message
asking for explanation. Several polls of their "chat line" during their
biz hours (12 hours in our future) always yielded a "not available, try
again later" page. I submitted a ticket about the missing item and will
call them on the phone if they don't respond by tomorrow late night.
Two other packages went to Amsterdam 10 and seven days ago respectively
according to the USPS tracking they were linked to. As far as USPS is
concerned they are still in Amsterdam. However I just found a cute
little popup on the dx.com site informing me that one package left
Amsterdam on the 22nd. I'm not sure if I just haven't noticed that popup
or if there was a long lag before it was added to their system. But the
package that, according to USPS, was still in Amsterdam starting on the
18th (*before* the one that's sailed) has not been updated.
The impossible to decode "LP" tracking number dx.com gave me is what I'm
blaming for my current anxious state. That, and the fact that, in
perfect accord with Murhpy's Law, the missing item is one of the two
night vision security cameras that were half of the original motivation
for the whole order. The other half of why I went with the overseas
order was to get some very interesting Arduino Uno-compatible boards to
use for a teaching gig. Which box has those boards in it? The one that
got to Amsterdam first but appears to be leaving last, of course.
But, as exhibit C, I submit a screen shot I just took from their site
showing what they are publishing as their current date and time. They
obviously don't want to be pipped to the post by other April Fools jokers.
Pete
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:51:25 +0000
From: Glen Smith <[email protected]>
To: Pete Soper <[email protected]>
Cc: Triangle Embedded Computing Discussion <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] DX Extreme order adventure notes
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Pete,
In my various orders from China I have found that different tracking
websites work better for some numbers over others. I don't know which ones
you have attempted, so I will post the two that I usually use, plus an
extra I found referred to on my flashlight forum:
https://www.17track.net/en
https://packageradar.com/
http://www.track-trace.com/post
Sometimes you need to click into the proper carrier (which is hard when you
don't know what it is!) in order for the tracker to find it.
Good luck!
Glen
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 1:47 PM Pete Soper via TriEmbed <
[email protected]> wrote:
I thought it might be interesting to share some details of my most
interesting offshore trade adventure so far. This has different wrinkles
compared to the epic "order before Thanksgiving, receive in early February"
episode with the several week sojourn in US Customs that I've shared in the
past.
On the 7th I ordered stuff from dx.com and it was split three ways. One
SKU had a bizarre "LP" tracking number that finally appeared via USPS with
a proper tracking number from Kentucky but with half the ordered quantity
in the box. I beat the Internet bushes hard trying to get a clue to decode
the "LP" tracking code. The dx.com site had a decoder ring but it lacked
the LP flavor and there was no way to send a message asking for
explanation. Several polls of their "chat line" during their biz hours (12
hours in our future) always yielded a "not available, try again later"
page. I submitted a ticket about the missing item and will call them on the
phone if they don't respond by tomorrow late night.
Two other packages went to Amsterdam 10 and seven days ago respectively
according to the USPS tracking they were linked to. As far as USPS is
concerned they are still in Amsterdam. However I just found a cute little
popup on the dx.com site informing me that one package left Amsterdam on
the 22nd. I'm not sure if I just haven't noticed that popup or if there was
a long lag before it was added to their system. But the package that,
according to USPS, was still in Amsterdam starting on the 18th (*before*
the one that's sailed) has not been updated.
The impossible to decode "LP" tracking number dx.com gave me is what I'm
blaming for my current anxious state. That, and the fact that, in perfect
accord with Murhpy's Law, the missing item is one of the two night vision
security cameras that were half of the original motivation for the whole
order. The other half of why I went with the overseas order was to get some
very interesting Arduino Uno-compatible boards to use for a teaching gig.
Which box has those boards in it? The one that got to Amsterdam first but
appears to be leaving last, of course.
But, as exhibit C, I submit a screen shot I just took from their site
showing what they are publishing as their current date and time. They
obviously don't want to be pipped to the post by other April Fools jokers.
Pete
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