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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Friday I made a batch of 20 usb-serial boards described at </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://dorkbotpdx.org/blog/feurig/a_single_sided_ft232rl_based_arduino_programming_board">http://dorkbotpdx.org/blog/feurig/a_single_sided_ft232rl_based_arduino_programming_board</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you want one you should add the following parts to your order this week. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">QTY <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Supplier <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Part number <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>description <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>cost</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">1 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DIGIKEY <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>604-00043-ND <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>IC FTDI FT232RL USB-SRL 28-SSOP <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4.02</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">1 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DIGIKEY <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>151-1121-ND <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CONN USB JACK TYPE B HORIZON R/A <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>.85</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">1 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DIGIKEY <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>490-1035-1-ND <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>FERRITE CHIP 30 OHM 1000MA 0603 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>.06</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">3 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DIGIKEY <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>399-1169-1-ND <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CAP .10UF 50V CERAMIC X7R 0805 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>.15</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">2 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DIGIKEY <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>RHM220ARCT-ND <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>RES 220 OHM 1/8W 5% 0805 SMD <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>.07</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">2 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DIGIKEY <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>475-1400-ND <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>LED 3MM 570NM GREEN CLR RADIAL <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>.12</font></div><div><br>Don.<br><br>On Apr 4, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Mr.T wrote:<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Fellow pdx dorks:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Since there are so many new people on the lists I thought I would send out<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">a more verbose reminder about the group buys.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have been coordinating a batch style group order to the various<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">component distributors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I will be accepting parts lists to go into a group order to Digikey,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mouser and Newark today to be ordered on monday.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Why would you want to do this? Two reasons:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1. Saves money (should eliminate handling fees on small orders, shipping</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cost is spread across all people in the order, possible volume discount)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2. Saves resources (less packing used, less fuel used)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">How this works (this is new and subject to change):</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On the Monday of the week before a meeting I will aggregate and place</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">orders. I will send out via email the order totals plus their share of the</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">shipping. People can either bring cash to the meeting or pay pal their</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">share to me (adding 2.9% + $0.30 for the fee that paypal charges me).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">orders should arrive that week and I will break out components into</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">individual orders. On the day of the meeting I will bring the orders for</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">distribution.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you are the only person that orders that week I will contact you to see</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">if you want me to wait until the next order cycle to put in with others,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">or forget it altogether .</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">How to place an order:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Initially orders can be placed by sending me an email (</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:drtwist@aracnet.com">drtwist@aracnet.com</a> ) with the following information: quantity, vendor,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">exact distributor part number, part description.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Looking like this:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Qty 1 , Digikey, ATMEGA168-20AU-ND, Atmel ATMega 168 MCU</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The order goes out on April 7, 2008 at 5pm and every 2 weeks there after.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">have questions please drop me a line. If you have placed an order and are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">not going to make it the meeting let me know. The money to place these<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">orders comes out of my pocket so if you aren.t sure you.re going to pay me<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">please don.t order them, I will be unlikely to order for you in the future<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">if you don.t.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Have fun,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-Eric</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_____________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Drtwist:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:drtwist@aracnet.com">drtwist@aracnet.com</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org">dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber">http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>