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Happy New Year – New International Pricing

Yann — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:13:24 +0000

Happy New Year to everyone! We have been busy fulfilling all of your orders and questions, leaving little time to make posts on the blog. Thank you to everyone who has ordered, making the Copper our best selling product yet.

On the business front, we are announcing new international postal service pricing. You can now get your package delivered to anywhere* in the world for a low fixed price in 6 to 10 days via USPS Priority Mail International. The base price for this service starts at $16. Our old pricing was automatically computed, but often times would return wildly inaccurate prices and overcharge you, causing us to issue partial refunds for shipping. This new flat rate option should simplify everything.

(* You’re out of luck if you’re in a US Trade Embargo country – sorry)

First Revision Megavore in stock (XMega board without MRAM)

Yann — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:44:49 +0000

The first revision Megavore boards are now available in the store!

There is one caveat to the board: the Arduino shield function does not work well as the pin spacing is incorrect. As such, we have labeled the board the “Non-Arduino” version. However, if you are looking for a general purpose XMega development board, pick one up today!

We are also critically low on male pin headers – more are coming but orders may become delayed.

Magnetovore pre-orders, Megavore and Copper coming soon

Yann — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:41:12 +0000

Just a quick update for those of you following the blog: we have made the needed design changes to the Magnetovore PCB to fix the silly errors we made (including the classic TX and RX pins being swapped, how embarrassing). We are also finalizing the pricing for the production PCBs and setting up the last parts of the store (including credit card processing).

To add to the announcement, we are also introducing the Megavore, which is a Magnetovore sans the external SRAM/MRAM interface. All pins are broken out in convenient headers, with an option for Arduino-style female headers (the Sullins PPC series) or no headers (since they’re a pain to remove non-destructively). Pricing is significantly lower than the Magnetovore due to simplified construction and part cost.

Lastly, we’re introducing Copper, the AVR32-on-a-DIL module. Includes the AVR32UC3B1256 (256KB flash, 32KB SRAM), USB port, JTAG header (no need to use it, as the USB based device firmware upgrade can easily program the processor), voltage regulator and crystal. It fits in a DIL-32 0.6″ spaced formfactor, making it perfect for breadboard use. Coupled with the excellent AVR32 Studio, its a quick way to get off the ground with 32-bit microcontrollers.

We will also be adding some fun toys from our parts collection to the store, perfect for prototyping and project purposes.