Hike News
Hike News

【IC】New production run of Elmo AEK II USB aek2_usb PCBs boards for AEKII

类型: IC
作者: linuxleah
发布时间: 2021-05-27 10:42:27
更新时间: 2021-09-21 00:45:45
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113053.0


Thanks to posts in https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=94144.50 alerting me to the existence of Elmo’s excellent AEK II USB boards ( https://github.com/kb-elmo/aek2_usb), I am now getting another run of these boards made.
The replacement PCBs will be BLUE (Elmo’s original run were black) and RoHS compliant.
Costs will be:
/* Bare board: $9.83 plus actual shipping. This is at-cost to what I pay. (This includes NO components, you bring your own)
/* Full DIY kit: $24.70 plus actual shipping. This includes ALL required components— the microcontroller, socket, diodes, resistors, caps, etc. Includes everything else on the parts list from https://github.com/kb-elmo/aek2_usb. Keyswitches and keycaps NOT included, obviously!)
Quantity for the first run is limited to 25.
I am also enquiring with a local PCB manufacturer about pricing for pre-assembled boards with all the diodes etc. already soldered on for you; just add keycaps. This will be hella posh and priced accordingly. It may prove too expensive to be worth doing.
UPDATE: If you want to record your interest in one or more of these boards, please fill out this form! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZv0mbfkkH6BeQkU43G1b9p5FE97ppBlUwAV_HLBnr3wlVlA/viewform
UPDATE 2: Boards are IN PRODUCTION!
UPDATE 3: Posted bill of materials for board kits. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xIoi1NY4xEUkBVAmCkfbwOEND9K612d9HyyrWwcvM5A/edit/#gid=0
UPDATE 4: Boards SHIPPED! ETA Tuesday, Jun 8.
UPDATE 5: 21 of the 25 boards are tentatively spoken for! (18 from form respondents; I’m keeping 3). If you’re interested, please get your input in NOW before all 25 are spoken for! Form is at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZv0mbfkkH6BeQkU43G1b9p5FE97ppBlUwAV_HLBnr3wlVlA/viewform
UPDATE 6: BOARDS HAVE ARRIVED! Still waiting on some of the kit parts, then will open purchases to people who’ve responded to the form above.
UPDATE 7 (Friday, Jun 11, 2021): ALL THE KIT PARTS ARE IN! Emailing the 20 respondents to the Google Docs form above to collect payment and pre-shipping info.
UPDATE 8: All the kits that have been paid for have been shipped! Once it’s been confirmed that none were lost in the mail, excess boards will be made available for purchase at-cost.
UPDATE 9: Build guide (still being finalised) posted at https://docs.google.com/document/d/19sqwCu7ACE26SjBONydI9nCl92Ab2S-r_NPaC7f-ITk/edit :)
UPDATE 10 (Monday, Sep 20, 2021): Second run (green!) PCBs are now available; interest check at https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=114675.0 !

,