In the middle of October we shipped the Maple components off to Gold Pheonix for assembly. It was an exciting day and we could hardly wait the two weeks to see the finished product. As we tracked our package across the world our excitement turned to panic. The components spent a few stagnant days in customs – I naively called this “customs glitch.” Days turned to weeks, our 15 day turnaround went from a plan to a fantasy to an impossibility. However, I am pleased to copy below the update i posted on the home page:
After a VERY long stint in customs, Gold Pheonix has FINALLY received the components for assembly [sometime between friday afternoon and monday morning]. We expect a one week turn around on this. We had originally allocated 15 days lead time for manufacturing our first run of 100 Maples – due to bureaucratic overhead and some naivete on our part, 15 days proved to be a massive underestimate. However, were are pleased to learn that the first run of Maple’s are currently under the pick and place being assembled!. We offer our sincerest apologies for the delay. To those who have contacted us directly about this issue, thanks for your understanding and support!
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on November 17, 2009 at 9:04 am
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hoooray !!
Hows the arduino port or native app coming along ? Will it be ready by the time Maple starts reaching doorsteps ?
on November 17, 2009 at 11:09 am
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Thanks for the update! (I was wondering what was delaying Maple.) I’m eagerly awaiting mine. — Larry
on November 17, 2009 at 1:50 pm
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Good news about the build finally finishing for the 1st batch, customs can be a bitch!
Also have you see the Bugblat’s Cortino :
http://www.bugblat.com/products/cor.html
Should be of interest to you, came to light via the xduino project. Could provide an alternate hardware supply for your projects as they build OEM, worth a look at least.
regards
Al