Anecdotally, I’ve been ordering a bunch of stuff this year - hardkernel/radxa/friendlyarm/pine64.
Apart from PINE64, I’ve been able to get almost every board I’ve had my eyes on - in due time. They can go in and out of stock in intervals of weeks or months.
This is all ordering directly from vendors. Domestic redistributors seem to be dry all
over though. I guess you could say seeeed falls in the middle of those.
Basically if you can afford to wait and subscribe to when things come back in stock (if you’re unlucky), you’ll usually get your stuff in due time.
It takes some discipline to not be part of the problem by ordering extras just in case.
These small Asian vendors are very agile and have swapped out NICs and stuff to make up for missing components.
On the slightly more industrial side it’s ridiculous, though. Due to Intel NIC shortage, PCEngines APU has been out of stock globally for I think 6 months and the manufacturer was transparent from the beginning that it would be a year or two before they are available. I think all of 2022 is already reserved.
Apart from PINE64, I’ve been able to get almost every board I’ve had my eyes on - in due time. They can go in and out of stock in intervals of weeks or months.
This is all ordering directly from vendors. Domestic redistributors seem to be dry all over though. I guess you could say seeeed falls in the middle of those.
Basically if you can afford to wait and subscribe to when things come back in stock (if you’re unlucky), you’ll usually get your stuff in due time.
It takes some discipline to not be part of the problem by ordering extras just in case.
These small Asian vendors are very agile and have swapped out NICs and stuff to make up for missing components.
On the slightly more industrial side it’s ridiculous, though. Due to Intel NIC shortage, PCEngines APU has been out of stock globally for I think 6 months and the manufacturer was transparent from the beginning that it would be a year or two before they are available. I think all of 2022 is already reserved.