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hi Damon,<br>
<br>
Firstly, apologies to everyone who is waiting for their OHMC2022
hardware to be delivered. We've dropped the ball on both prompt
delivery and (unacceptably) on communicating the on-going state of
play.<br>
<br>
Q: What's up ?<br>
A: For a number of reasons, there has been a very long delay. We
stalled, but have not abandoned the project.<br>
<br>
Q: Did it ever get build ?<br>
A: Yes, completely built ... with one key function not tested (FPGA
audio codec IC).<br>
<br>
The hardware delivery is for 40 kits and we have ...<br>
<ul>
<li>51x SwagBadge2022 (ESP32) built and tested, waiting for MVP
firmware</li>
<li>41x Rocking (FPGA SAO) built with 25 tested and 16 to be
tested, MVP gateway ready</li>
<li>>40x ThePartyButton (simple SAO), some of which require a
hardware patch</li>
</ul>
<br>
Q: Did it ever get delivered ?<br>
A: Not yet.<br>
<br>
We didn't want to ship without the FPGA peripherals being fully
tested. Having to deal with too many failures and returns would be
very difficult.<br>
<br>
The attached PDF covers the current testing status on the Rockling
(FPGA SAO) PCB. The key untested part is the complete operation of
the SGTL5000 audio codec IC over I2C / I2S by the FPGA. Testing
this part of the project turned out to be significantly more
difficult that anticipated.<br>
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Over the past few weeks, we've considered the causes of the delay
and the pros-and-cons of delaying shipping beyond this point versus
100% complete testing. We've decided that based on the testing we
have done, that the risk of a show-stopping flaw is low ... and we
should deliver the hardware as built, as soon as we can.<br>
<br>
The last detailed project update is here ...
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openhardwareconf.org/wiki/OHMC2022_Project_Status">http://www.openhardwareconf.org/wiki/OHMC2022_Project_Status</a> ...
which I'll update again, then notify on this email thread.<br>
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As a side note: currently, all of your money for this project is
being held in trust by Linux Australia. We do not want to receive
payment ourselves, until the hardware is delivered.<br>
<br>
regards andyg<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/5/2022 22:09, Damon Permezel via
linux-aus wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;"><span>I paid for
the LCA2022 SwagBadge from last conference.</span>
<div>All I got was an email saying it would not be ready in time
for the conference.</div>
<div>Attempts to follow up with various parties has resulted in
nothing.</div>
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<div>Anyone know whats up?</div>
<div>Did it ever get built?</div>
<div>Did it ever get delivered?</div>
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