Product Updates
Opto Endstops
This is bad news with a bit of good/optimistic news. The bad news is that we’ve bought out all of the H21LOI chips from every North American supplier. Lead times from the manufacturer are about 34 weeks. The good news is that we managed to buy about a thousand opto isolators, and the RRRF is doing great. Our project is strong.
If you have a source for these parts that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg (ie: overseas suppliers) please let me know!
In the meantime, here is our solution: we’re switching to the H21LOB which is the H21LOI’s brother, but its output is inverted. We’ll be doing a new rev of the board as to eliminate confusion. It should be out within the month.
Complete Electronics Kits
I managed to order the last 87 H21LOIs from Digikey. Unfortunately we will have to start rationing the opto switches until the new board is out. We will only be sending out 3 endstops (instead of 6) for each order. Once I fill the outstanding orders, I’ll double check inventory and post the remaining ones on the site.
Lasercut McWire Cartesian Bots
I must apologize because it is taking a while to get the parts lasercut. It’s been nearly impossible to get to the FabLab to lasercut lately, and life has just been busy. Fortunately, NYC Resistor, the local hackerspace that I helped start has bought a lasercutter, and its being installed this week. Expect to see many new and exciting lasercut items coming out soon.
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