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    From Big Bad Bob@3:770/3 to All on Mon May 24 18:40:55 2021
    anyone lse seeing this?

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  • From Richard Jones@3:770/3 to Big Bad Bob on Wed May 26 19:21:06 2021
    On 25/05/2021 02:40, Big Bad Bob wrote:
    anyone lse seeing this?


    What country are you buying in and what model(s) are you having trouble
    in obtaining?

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to Richard Jones on Wed May 26 20:20:43 2021
    On 26/05/2021 19:21, Richard Jones wrote:
    On 25/05/2021 02:40, Big Bad Bob wrote:
    anyone lse seeing this?


    What country are you buying in and what model(s) are you having trouble
    in obtaining?

    Pi hut in the UK is out of about half the models

    COVID 19 has really disrupted things

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Wed May 26 23:05:41 2021
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 26/05/2021 19:21, Richard Jones wrote:
    On 25/05/2021 02:40, Big Bad Bob wrote:
    anyone lse seeing this?


    What country are you buying in and what model(s) are you having trouble
    in obtaining?

    Pi hut in the UK is out of about half the models

    COVID 19 has really disrupted things

    It it just that, or something to do with the current chip shortage
    (supposably the result of many combined factors)?

    Anyway, Farnell still have a few. I'm not sure whether they normally
    have more in stock, in general they tend to have many items on back
    order. RS don't seem to have much stock but it's harder to check on
    their site.

    Core Electronics here in Australia still seem to have plenty.

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  • From Anssi Saari@3:770/3 to Computer Nerd Kev on Thu May 27 09:21:54 2021
    not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 26/05/2021 19:21, Richard Jones wrote:
    On 25/05/2021 02:40, Big Bad Bob wrote:
    anyone lse seeing this?


    What country are you buying in and what model(s) are you having trouble
    in obtaining?

    Pi hut in the UK is out of about half the models

    COVID 19 has really disrupted things

    It it just that, or something to do with the current chip shortage (supposably the result of many combined factors)?

    I'd guess it's the chip shortage. I recently ordered a CM3+ from China,
    the same seller had hiked the price to almost double in the few weeks
    since. I did find someone else with the old prices though (about 40
    euros for the 32 GB model). A local seller in Finland said his
    distributor estimates October for delivery.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to Computer Nerd Kev on Thu May 27 08:31:54 2021
    On 27/05/2021 00:05, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 26/05/2021 19:21, Richard Jones wrote:
    On 25/05/2021 02:40, Big Bad Bob wrote:
    anyone lse seeing this?


    What country are you buying in and what model(s) are you having trouble
    in obtaining?

    Pi hut in the UK is out of about half the models

    COVID 19 has really disrupted things

    It it just that, or something to do with the current chip shortage (supposably the result of many combined factors)?

    Well in the RealWorld™ nothing is ever 'caused' by just one thing, but
    COVID led to a surge in purchase of tech and chip supplies are stretched
    with some factories under normal production levels due to lockdown
    etc..double whammy.

    I buy a lot of stuff from China, and there also things are out of stock
    that normally are not

    Anyway, Farnell still have a few. I'm not sure whether they normally
    have more in stock, in general they tend to have many items on back
    order. RS don't seem to have much stock but it's harder to check on
    their site.

    Core Electronics here in Australia still seem to have plenty.



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  • From A. Dumas@3:770/3 to Big Bad Bob on Thu May 27 10:07:47 2021
    On 25-05-2021 03:40, Big Bad Bob wrote:
    anyone lse seeing this?

    Apparently not: "The current global semiconductor shortage — which
    you’ll almost certainly have read about by now — is constraining our
    supply of the original PoE HAT. In general, we’re weathering the
    shortage very well, and the supply of mainline Raspberry Pi computers,
    Zeros and our other products have not been affected (we’re very good at pipelining). Unfortunately, the first-gen PoE HAT uses silicon that’s in short supply."

    https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/announcing-the-raspberry-pi-poe-hat/

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  • From Kerr Avon@3:770/3 to Anssi Saari on Sun May 30 12:17:43 2021
    On Thu, 27 May 2021 09:21:54 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:

    I'd guess it's the chip shortage. I recently ordered a CM3+ from China,
    the same seller had hiked the price to almost double in the few weeks
    since. I did find someone else with the old prices though (about 40
    euros for the 32 GB model). A local seller in Finland said his
    distributor estimates October for delivery.

    Yes I think chip shortages are impacting globally all sorts of supply
    chains now :(

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  • From Big Bad Bob@3:770/3 to A. Dumas on Tue Jun 8 18:44:28 2021
    On 2021-05-27 01:07, A. Dumas wrote:
    On 25-05-2021 03:40, Big Bad Bob wrote:
    anyone lse seeing this?

    Apparently not: "The current global semiconductor shortage — which
    you’ll almost certainly have read about by now — is constraining our supply of the original PoE HAT. In general, we’re weathering the
    shortage very well, and the supply of mainline Raspberry Pi computers,
    Zeros and our other products have not been affected (we’re very good at pipelining). Unfortunately, the first-gen PoE HAT uses silicon that’s in short supply."

    https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/announcing-the-raspberry-pi-poe-hat/

    the place I'm currently working on RPi with has several thousand systems
    to ship in the next few weeks (the RPi is a touch screen controller for
    them). They were able to find some, but at a significantly higher
    price. The normal channels all ran out and have apparently told most of
    their customers to extend lead times by several weeks.

    So maybe they're just out of _INEXPENSIVE_ ones...


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    (aka 'Bombastic Bob' in case you wondered)

    'Feeling with my fingers, and thinking with my brain' - me

    'your story is so touching, but it sounds just like a lie'
    "Straighten up and fly right"

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