Now, the bright side of the overall situation is that being forced to wait for electronic components is quite compatible with the slow pace of our donation campaign, so please, continue donating!! MXM Video Cards We all hope that the situation will get better by the time the full batch production starts. We currently cannot tell if the market prices will go back to lower prices, and, moreover, when the current electronic components shortages will be finally over. Long story short, we have to increase the campaign goal from 12500 to 13500 euros. Even the well established Raspberry Pi foundation was forced into increasing their prices (see )Īs a result, every prototype increased its final cost by around 300-320 euro including 22% local VAT, for a total amount of 1000 euros including PayPal fees for the three prototypes. We are a group of hobbyists that have zero power to sit down and bargain with electronic companies. Thank you very much!ĭuring our surveys on the electronic markets last September, we observed a skyrocketing increase of the prices. We are very happy about the generous participation of all donors that allowed the prototype campaign to exceed 90% of the final goal. Unexpected increase of 1000 euros for the prototypes Additionally, we are also looking for a solution for the larger batch production.

We are urgently looking for 3 pieces of this connector for the 3 prototypes. If you are able to help us find such a connector, please contact us. In particular, we are facing problems getting the HDMI connector (part number 2041481-1) that could fit inside the Eclipse notebook chassis. The production factory has not yet received all the required components that we already ordered, and there are still that so far cannot be found anywhere on the market. Soon we will publish the resulting updated PCB design reporting all new components. The hunt is still ongoing for the remaining forty components left, and finding them is crucial not to miss the October deadline.”Some of the power management components are currently unavailable, so the electronic designer had to search for their replacements. Back in July, we informed you that “98% of more than 2000 components are now secured and will be delivered on time. As already stated a few times, we are still victims of the electronics industry supply-chain difficulties.

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