[MinnowBoard] Export restriction of Minnowboard to some countries.

Schuyler St. Leger schuyler.st.leger at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 22:35:46 UTC 2014


I am from Phoenix, Arizona.

Schuyler St. Leger


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Ferchu R <chamac2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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