[MinnowBoard] Export restriction of Minnowboard to some countries.

[Schuyler St. Leger]

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
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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