In my experience, the beagle bone black has been very difficult to get. Most places get their supply from adafruit. So your best chance is to go directly to them Ken KC2IDB Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Eric Westbrook K5BFC <apprptusers@westbrook.com> Date:04/17/2014 3:25 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com>,app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Outstanding! So, it sounds like now is the time for interested parties (e.g. me) to get a head start on obtaining hardware. I see there are multiple "distributors" listed on http://beagleboard.org -- What has your experience been like, and what are your recommendations? Thanks! Eric K5BFC On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com> wrote: I am very happy to report that the BeagleBone Black is working well running Allstar.
Board orders are generally limited to one per order. You can get on a list to receive notification when they arrive. MCM and adafruit are two good choices.
From the adafruit website....Board Shipments We have shipped a total 147,031 boards to date.
April 2014 Shipments.......5,808 March 2014 Shipments......12,698 February 2014 Shipments...13,050 January 2014 Shipments....13,575 December 2013 Shipments....7,192 November 2013 Shipments....9,298 October 2013 Shipments.....7,698 For community members we have a few distributors who have agreed to limit the numbers of boards sold per order to give more people an opportunity to get boards. We are expecting to add a European distributor in the next day or two as well. We are working to get weekly shipments out to the distributors. They may or may not show stock depending on whether you are early or late to their websites, how long they last, and whether or not they have been taking back orders and have a bag log on their books. Some of the distributors listed are not taking back orders. We suggest that you check them regularly. 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:06:52 -0400 From: ken@kc2idb.net To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar In my experience, the beagle bone black has been very difficult to get. Most places get their supply from adafruit. So your best chance is to go directly to them KenKC2IDB Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Eric Westbrook K5BFC Date:04/17/2014 3:25 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Doug Crompton ,app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Outstanding! So, it sounds like now is the time for interested parties (e.g. me) to get a head start on obtaining hardware. I see there are multiple "distributors" listed on http://beagleboard.org -- What has your experience been like, and what are your recommendations? Thanks! Eric K5BFC On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com> wrote: I am very happy to report that the BeagleBone Black is working well running Allstar. _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.
Amazon.com says they have 5 BeagleBone Black Rev B from "Special Computing." Not sure if this is the same Bob kk6ecm _____ From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Doug Crompton Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 6:43 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Board orders are generally limited to one per order. You can get on a list to receive notification when they arrive. MCM and adafruit are two good choices.
From the adafruit website....
Board Shipments We have shipped a total 147,031 boards to date. April 2014 Shipments.......5,808 March 2014 Shipments......12,698 February 2014 Shipments...13,050 January 2014 Shipments....13,575 December 2013 Shipments....7,192 November 2013 Shipments....9,298 October 2013 Shipments.....7,698 For community members we have a few distributors who have agreed to limit the numbers of boards sold per order to give more people an opportunity to get boards. We are expecting to add a European distributor in the next day or two as well. We are working to get weekly shipments out to the distributors. They may or may not show stock depending on whether you are early or late to their websites, how long they last, and whether or not they have been taking back orders and have a bag log on their books. Some of the distributors listed are not taking back orders. We suggest that you check them regularly. 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio _____ Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:06:52 -0400 From: ken@kc2idb.net To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar In my experience, the beagle bone black has been very difficult to get. Most places get their supply from adafruit. So your best chance is to go directly to them Ken KC2IDB Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Eric Westbrook K5BFC Date:04/17/2014 3:25 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Doug Crompton ,app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Outstanding! So, it sounds like now is the time for interested parties (e.g. me) to get a head start on obtaining hardware. I see there are multiple "distributors" listed on http://beagleboard.org -- What has your experience been like, and what are your recommendations? Thanks! Eric K5BFC On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com> wrote: I am very happy to report that the BeagleBone Black is working well running Allstar. _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.
Bob, Version B is the current production version. There is only one BBB in production. The C model is due out next fall and will have a larger eMMC and will cost slightly more. For those considering using the BBB I would try to get the current model B over the next few months. You can always upgrade to the C later if you wish but the B is fine. I suspect most will not use the internal eMMC but rather a larger external microSD card which will work fine with Allstar and allow an easy swap if there is a failure in the SD card. See - http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack for full info on the board. I cannot vouch for the boards you describe. I myself would buy from a reputable distributor and not pay more than $45. Both Adafruit and MCM are out of stock but expect deliveries in a week or two. Adafruit has an email notification list and MCM is taking back orders. It is also a good idea to buy a case unless you intend to install it in your own enclosure. Cases run around $10. 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio From: kk6ecm@gmail.com To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:59:33 -0700 Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Amazon.com says they have 5 BeagleBone Black Rev B from “Special Computing.” Not sure if this is the same Bob kk6ecm
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