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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : CMM2 IN AMERICA
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| CHARLIEG Newbie  Joined: 24/12/2025 Location: United StatesPosts: 1 |
I want to purchase more CMM2 computers. Bought the ones I have from RICTECH LTD in New Zealand but cannot now. Can anybody tell me where I can purchase them? Thanks! EDIT: Moved to correct forum. (Grogster) Edited 2026-01-30 15:01 by Grogster |
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mclout999 Guru  Joined: 05/07/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 499 |
Put this over in the related Forum. Topic. Microcontroller and PC projects They call me Shai-Hulud (The maker) |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9863 |
I've moved the thread. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9863 |
Just in case anyone is wondering why, it's cos of the new American tariffs. Well, not the tariffs themselves per se', but the extra mountain of paperwork that I have to now complete here at my end, if I want to send anything into USA. If I were a private individual sending a parcel to USA, that's pretty simple, but as I am a company entity, the amount of new extra red-tape I have to complete - because I am a company exporting to the USA - is so annoying and frustrating, that I have basically given up on sending things to USA now. It would be a different story, if I were exporting hundreds of thousands of units or something, but you still have to do all the hoop-jumping, weather it is 1 unit or a million units, so it becomes financially uneconomical to spend all the extra time and fight the bureaucracy around this, for fifty or sixty units per year. I keep planning to talk to someone at New Zealand Post about this, but actually getting to talk to a HUMAN who knows what they are talking about with this, and not a equally frustrating dumb AI chat-bot zombie, is much harder then you think. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8484 |
I doubt if you could get pre-built units into the US now. Any components sourced in China come, of course, from the very gates of Hell and mustn't be allowed onto good, God-fearing US dirt at all. Even the case is from those despicable people in Canada that won't give the US the water from the Great Lakes. 1000% tariffs on everything or I'll spit my dummy out of the pram again! The best I can suggest is to try to source the components within the US and produce a US version with the PCB manufactured there. You may need a new PCB layout and the cost will be way more expensive, but that's what you get from having a convicted felon in charge. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3579 |
You suggest you want more than one. The best bet is to buy the pre-assembled boards direct from JLCPCB. I don't have the link to the gerbers and parts list, but the last CMM2 I got (in Canada) I got when vegiPete ordered 5 assembled boards and sold some. Grogster could probably tell you where to find the files. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8484 |
That's an import from China though.... Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3579 |
So far, I've been getting JLCPCB imports (including another batch of your Pear boards) with a bit of increase in cost and shipping, but no mention of tariffs. Recently ordered 5 boards, each with 2 snappable PCBs with JLC grouping for $11+ including shipping. Maybe the big tariff hit will come, but it hasn't yet. Arrived moments ago. 10 RP2350-Zero boards for $11, with LCD, RTC, and SD (totally untested so far).  Edited 2026-01-31 05:34 by lizby PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9863 |
As I understand it, you're pretty much OK, if you are importing things as a private citizen. Tariffs may still apply, but they aren't much, and places like JLC would charge that for you in advance - that's how I have to do it, if I sell anything into USA now. If I was to do it. The issue FOR ME, is that I am a company. Companies have all this extra red-tape BS to go through, before they can export anything to USA - private citizens don't have that problem, generally speaking. So, it's a company-level issue of red-tape BS. Yes. That is the way to do it if you are in America these daze. JLC do have a minimum of 5 boards though for their assembled service, from what I remember. You can't just order one. @ CHARLIEG: If you're interested in that idea, flick me a PM and I can send you all the files so you can just get them made yourself. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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calcmandan Newbie Joined: 24/07/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 12 |
I've tried to get some boards made from the manufacturer suggested by Geoff but they're out of stock on one of the capacitors for now and I'm contending with a question about a part mismatch between the board and BOM. But if I manage to get these things ordered, I'll work with you to get one from my stack. calcmandan sysop : air & wave bbs finger : calcmandan@bbs.erb.pw |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9863 |
 Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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