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Store Update

Yann — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:57:45 +0000

We have decommissioned our old Magento based store, in favor of a more streamlined shopping experience straight from our main website.

If you had a previous store account or order, and wish to lookup any information pertaining to it, please contact our support at support@stackfoundry.com. All pending orders were either shipped or transitioned manually.

We now have stock of the AVR32 Copper development boards, our best selling item, which is often backordered. Lead times are approximately 3 days depending on options ordered.

Our new products are currently in testing – more updates will be provided soon!

New Product Roadmap

Yann — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:23:26 +0000

Its been a busy time in the back room at StackFoundry. In the past year of selling our development boards, we have fine tuned our delivery and manufacturing cycles. More products, faster, with less out of stock problems.

We have a line of new products being released in the coming months as part of our refresh cycle.

First off, the following products are “end of life”.

Megavore XMega Development Board
Magnetavore XMega Development Board

There is no replacement in place for these products. If you are still interested in MRAM based hardware, please contact us as we still have inventory.

New products include:

EntropyKing – LPC1343 based, USB-key formfactor, open hardware design, true random number generator device.
USB Gadget Collection – Test automation and debug tools for engineers, including a HID input device (make your own kiosk or test stand with big buttons!), digitally controlled voltage regulators, and more
Ultra-low Power Development Hardware – Including the ARM Cortex-M3 based EFM32 Gecko family of processors.

We will continue selling the AT32UC3B156 based Copper board. If there is sufficient interest, we are discussing including a floating-point version based around the AT32UC3C processor.

Look for our store re-launch soon.

We have production AVR32 UC3L Parts

Yann — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:05:16 +0000

More information on supporting boards coming soon!

(And yes, this order was placed over 10 months ago…)

AVR32 Copper Backorders Shipping, New Inventory Available

Yann — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:05:43 +0000

We are now in the process of shipping all of the backorders for the AVR32 Copper!. Starting next week, we will have a limited inventory of boards available to ship from stock. Any customization such as adding headers or not including the processor usually adds to the lead time – if you’re in a hurry, let us know and we can accommodate your schedule.

Holiday Hours and AVR32 Update

Yann — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:16:10 +0000

The StackFoundry office will be closed from Tuesday, November 23rd to Monday, November 29th for the holidays. All orders through this time will start processing on Monday.

Our stock of AVR32 processors has arrived – expect the first shipments mid next week as production finishes up the boards.

Important Note on AVR32 Availability

Yann — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:01:17 +0000

Our current stock of the Copper AVR32 module is almost depleted. Currently, Atmel is very behind on the manufacturing and delivery of numerous parts (AVR, AVR32, Dataflash) – our order for more AT32UC3B1256-AU parts is currently scheduled into March of 2011, meaning that once our existing stock runs out we will be unable to ship [...]

New Products – Beagleboard Hardhat – Industrial Process Control I/O for the Beagleboard

Yann — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:40:06 +0000

We’ve been busy in the labs cooking up a series of new products which will be launching in the next few months. The first of four is the subject of this post – Beagleboard Hardhat! The Beagleboard Hardhat is an industrial analog and digital I/O expansion board for the Beagleboard. Features 4-20mA transmitters and inputs, 0-10V outputs and inputs, along with RS485 and a set of dry contactors.

Hardware On-board

12bit 4 channel Delta-Sigma ADC with programmable gain amplifier, over I2C bus.
12bit 4 channel DAC with EEPROM (keeps state after power cycle), on the I2C bus.
Connectors on board: All connectors utilize pluggable terminal blocks for ease of use and prototyping.
2x Highly accurate 4-20mA sourcing transmitters (up to 600ohms in the loop) with common ground capability, powered by a 12bit DAC (full range 4-20mA input requires a minimum of 21VDC input voltage as the voltage source is a high accuracy 19V regulator)
2x Highly accurate 0-10V analog outputs at up to 10mA each.
2x 0-10V inputs, on the 12bit ADC.
2x 4-20mA loop sensors (150ohms loop resistance), 12bit ADC.
2x opto-isolated dry-contact outputs, protected up to 250V nominal (BeagleBoard GPIO)
2x dry-contact inputs (GND to 3.3V) (BeagleBoard GPIO)
RS485 2-wire interface, tied to the BeagleBoard USART2.
24V DC input with switching buck converter, powers all analog circuits as well as the BeagleBoard 5V system.
All needed level converters (I2C, UART, GPIO) and supplies (5V, 19V, 3.3V)

The design is Open Source Hardware under the Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution License.

More pictures will be posted soon, along with pre-order information. Pricing starts at $79 with connectors and mounting hardware

New Payment Option: Google Checkout

Yann — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:06:36 +0000

The online store now accepts Google Checkout in addition to the normal credit card processing. In your cart, you should see the big Checkout button under the Proceed to Checkout Button.

At this time we have discontinued the Amazon SimplePay option as it has caused numerous problems for customers.

Copper AVR32 Module – New sale price of $30.99

Yann — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:38:57 +0000

For the month of May, we will be offering the Copper AVR32 module at a new low price of $30.99. Copper is an AVR32 UC3B1256 mounted on a DIP32 breadboard friendly module, giving you the smallest AVR32 development board available (and one of the cheapest!). Features integrated voltage regulator, USB connector, and in-system programming via [...]

Copper – Expected ship date 2/26/2010

Yann — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:15:29 +0000

Our Copper AVR32 Stick stock is expected to be ready to ship on February 26th! A bit later than we had hoped unfortunately. We are also transitioning to a full make-to-stock system, which should dramatically reduce the time to ship. Previously, we had been customizing each board based on your selections, which added in a 2-5 day delay from order processing to shipping.

Coming soon: new products!