[MinnowBoard] Export restriction of Minnowboard to some countries.

Ferchu R chamac2 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 22:01:17 UTC 2014


Hi Schuyler. Where are you from?


2014-08-01 13:23 GMT-05:00 Schuyler St. Leger <schuyler.st.leger at gmail.com>:

> Why would the MinnowBoard (and BeagleBone Black) be subject do export
> controll? Does it have anything to do with cryptography and it being
> considered a weapon?
> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12076
>
> Schuyler
>
>
> On Friday, August 1, 2014, Ferchu R <chamac2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave.
>>
>> Thanks for your answer. I am located at Colombia-South America. It´s some
>> weird as I am purchasing chinese ARM boards from a US based reseller almost
>> every month. Besides that I have purchased the old Minnowboard and a Gizmo
>> kit few months ago without an issue. Our country even has a Free Trade
>> Agreement subscribed with US for the last two years.
>>
>> By the way, I don't know if it is related with the supposed restriction,
>> but I just received an e-mail from Mouser (after we asked them why our
>> boards have been not shipped yet):
>>
>> "Our apologies for this issue.  The manufacturer CircuitCo has not
>> provided the export information needed in order for Mouser Electronics to
>> release this product 595-MINNOWMAX-DUAL and the 595-SHARKSCOVE1.  We are
>> awaiting as CircuitCo has launched the products."
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> 2014-08-01 11:52 GMT-05:00 David Anders <danders at circuitco.com>:
>>
>>>  Ferchu,
>>>
>>> there should be very limited restrictions on which countries that the
>>> max can be shipped to. what is the destination country?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/01/2014 10:48 AM, Ferchu R wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a couple of Minnowboard Max on back order from mid July. However,
>>> from today I see on Mouser this message:
>>>
>>> "Restricted Availability Due to US Government export regulations, Mouser
>>> is unable to sell this product in your country".
>>>
>>> I hope that some one can clarify me what does that mean.
>>>
>>> What countries are included on this restriction?.
>>>
>>> Why can I purchase similar products (ARM based dev boards) from other US
>>> based stores, on regular basis without a problem.
>>>
>>> I hope that someone, maybe at CircuitCo knows about this issue and can
>>> help us to those that are waiting for our boards outside USA.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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