With careful comparison and choice of shipping , Mouser may be cheaper for overseas as they have more and less expensive shipping choices. The time difference could be nothing more than a couple of days if Mouser desires to gain and keep customers.
Generally Parallax uses only UPS which Mouser shows as the most costly overseas choice.
Mouser offers a big savings via Postal, about 66% lower!
As far as waiting, just order a 40-pin DIP direct if you cannot wait. Everything else will ship apparently later.
The IDE is already in use by the documentation writers and the object programmers, so it is functioning - but evolving. By the time you get your chip, you can have an operational board already constructed.
And there is plenty of reading here. Take a look at the May 2006 Nut & Volts that has been early-released.
Product development and technical writing are tedious, high-pressure work.
While I get a bit over-enthusiastic, we really have to let these guys do the best job that they can.
The more they feel that we appreciate their efforts, the better it gets.
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"When all think alike, no one is thinking very much.' - Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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One of my other customers (David W.) has purchased every Parallax product and kept it in original packaging. He says he operates a Parallax museum, but he's the only guest permitted to view the collection. When I told him we didn't do a very good job archiving our own products each year he started to buy more stuff for his museum. He even has one of the early Toddlers with the individually machined legs, like the one I believe you also own.
El Paisa
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·I ordered my development board last night from Mouser.
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I saw the post and?
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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax
My point is:
Parallax $149.95, Mouser $195.95
My hope is to receive the board sooner
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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax
Generally Parallax uses only UPS which Mouser shows as the most costly overseas choice.
Mouser offers a big savings via Postal, about 66% lower!
As far as waiting, just order a 40-pin DIP direct if you cannot wait. Everything else will ship apparently later.
The IDE is already in use by the documentation writers and the object programmers, so it is functioning - but evolving. By the time you get your chip, you can have an operational board already constructed.
And there is plenty of reading here. Take a look at the May 2006 Nut & Volts that has been early-released.
Product development and technical writing are tedious, high-pressure work.
While I get a bit over-enthusiastic, we really have to let these guys do the best job that they can.
The more they feel that we appreciate their efforts, the better it gets.
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"When all think alike, no one is thinking very much.' - Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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Apparently he couldn't wait! Thanks for the order!
Ken
The chips and their invoice may someday be a collector's item. After all you are making history.
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"When all think alike, no one is thinking very much.' - Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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- Ken