Is it worth buying a spare ER-301 CPU board?

ER-301
#1

Given the continual supply constraints and component shortages, do you think its worth me buying a spare Olimex CPU board for my ER-301?

Or does @odevices keep plenty in stock in case of disasters? I’m pretty careful with my ER-301, but it does get moved from case to case fairly regularly, and I don’t want to fry it and be stuck for spares. I’ve recently read from other manufactures that key chips are simply unobtainable, so if a module dies that could be it.

#2

FYI, I do not have any stock.

#3

Enough said.

I think I’ll reach out to my fellow Australian ER-301 owners and suggest a group buy.

#4

Now that I’m thinking of this too, I looked for the AM3352-SOM from Olimex at Mouser here in the U.S. and they don’t have any stock. I found variants at different suppliers but not this specific part number. Anyone have a lead on where to find a board?

#5

Are we starting to see these fail due to mean-time-to-failure type scenarios?

Or is it just that in an unfortunate power incident, this is likely what gets damaged and is user replacable?

#6

Just to clarify, my question was in no way in response to any perceived failures out there. It arose in relation to this discussion over on monome’s lines forum:

Also, I’ll be out performing live again before too long - with my ER-301 doing a lot of heavy lifting - and felt it was prudent to make sure I had some kind of spares in case of disaster.

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#7

Just bought one board straight from Olimex. They only have the industrial one available now(just handles more heat otherwise the same), it’s only 3€ more.

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#8

Is there an fgpa in the er301 or am I totally remembering that incorrectly?

#9

No FPGAs were harmed in the production of the ER-301.

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