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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7767 is a reply to message #6513]

Tue, 09 June 2020 07:17

djmartins
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just4fun wrote on Wed, 04 September 2019 04:05

I've done an "easy link" to order a small batch of PCB (min. 5pcs) here: https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/uTerm_S_stamd_al one_RS232_VT100_terminal_with_VGA_PS2.html

I am still waiting for boards from them I ordered in March!
It's been over 70 days at this point so I do not recommend them to anyone.

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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7768 is a reply to message #7767]

Tue, 09 June 2020 08:54

gkaufman
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Delivery from China for everything has been super slow lately. It may be the shipping and not PCBWay. China Post previously was about 10-14 days to ship, now I have packages that are 60 days out.

I've been using jlcpcb.com lately. They offer DHL for about $17 - and you can combine several small boards for the same shipping. As most of the boards I make up are tiny they are often $2/5 or $5/10 and I can ship 40 boards for the $17 cost.

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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7769 is a reply to message #7767]

Tue, 09 June 2020 08:57

kman
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Registered: February 2019
Location: Germany

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70 days, ...that's by fare too long, You should query your order, I'm pretty shure that there's something gone wrong.

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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7770 is a reply to message #7764]

Tue, 09 June 2020 15:30

djmartins
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gkaufman wrote on Sun, 07 June 2020 23:52

STM32F030F4P6's are back ordered by the various vendors I routinely use. Any direct substitutes you could suggest.

Mouser?
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/STMicroelectronics/STM3 2F030F4P6TR?qs=MavH1QghrkE4yfyLOfvVsw%3D%3D

Digikey is out of them.
Is this part being discontinued?

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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7771 is a reply to message #7767]

Tue, 09 June 2020 19:00

wsm
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Registered: February 2017
Location: AB, Canada

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Quote:

Quote:
I've done an "easy link" to order a small batch of PCB (min. 5pcs) here: https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/uTerm_S_stamd_al one_RS232_VT100_terminal_with_VGA_PS2.html
I am still waiting for boards from them I ordered in March!
It's been over 70 days at this point so I do not recommend them to anyone.

I've been using PCBway for the last couple of years without any problems. Yesterday I received a package from them via DHL ... 6 days from files sent to boards in hand for two designs, 10 boards each (11 boards of each actually received). They're blue versus default green which sometimes adds a day or two to production.

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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7772 is a reply to message #7770]

Wed, 10 June 2020 07:35

gkaufman
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Registered: October 2015

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Both Digikey and Mouser have no stock, although Digikey now lists a 6/12 arrival so things are improving!

- Gary

djmartins wrote on Tue, 09 June 2020 15:30

gkaufman wrote on Sun, 07 June 2020 23:52
STM32F030F4P6's are back ordered by the various vendors I routinely use. Any direct substitutes you could suggest.
Mouser?
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/STMicroelectronics/STM3 2F030F4P6TR?qs=MavH1QghrkE4yfyLOfvVsw%3D%3D

Digikey is out of them.
Is this part being discontinued?

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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7774 is a reply to message #7772]

Wed, 10 June 2020 09:45

djmartins
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When I posted the Mouser link they had over 1,000 of them in stock.
Shocked

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Re: uTerm-S: a little low cost VT100-like terminal [message #7807 is a reply to message #7771]

Thu, 18 June 2020 07:11

scruss
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Registered: December 2015
Location: Toronto, Canada

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wsm wrote on Tue, 09 June 2020 22:00

I've been using PCBway for the last couple of years without any problems. Yesterday I received a package from them via DHL ...

I heard via a popular electronics blogger in China this morning that DHL is pretty much the only way kit is getting out of China at the moment. China Post is potentially backlogged for months.

> Does anyone know what each of the pins on the 6502 CPU chip in the Apple II Plus does?
They all plug into the socket on the motherboard to keep the chip from drifting away. - c.s.a2 FAQ of yore

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