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[Chris Walker]

First, the best news: all customers who pre-ordered Netduino Plus(es) before today should receive them by the holidays. 100% of pre-orders are being shipped to resellers this week, along with some extra units.

If you did not pre-order a Netduino Plus, there will be more available in the next few weeks. Supplies will be limited for a month or two, but more units will be shipping every week or so.

A note on "public beta" vs. launch Netduino Plus hardware:

• The launch units and the "public beta" units are identical.
• We have been able to increase the available code space (flash) on the Netduino Plus from 48KB to 64KB.
• All launch units ship with 64KB available for code.
• All "public beta" units can be upgraded to take advantage of this extra space. This requires a full erasing and re-flashing of the Netduino Plus (using the ERASE pad, SAM-BA, and MFDeploy) and possibly a Windows XP/Vista PC. We'll be happy to walk community members through this procedure here on the forums.

I have felt a bit guilty playing with my Netduino Plus these last two months while so many in the community have been waiting patiently for the November 30th launch. It has been a lot of fun, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all build.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and support,

Chris
Secret Labs LLC

[crawf]

Awesome news! I've been waiting patiently for November 30 to come around. Can't wait to get my Netduino Plus!

[neonsonicboy]

Kinda wish I'd bought a Plus now I have found a VGA switch, some components and some wire though...

[spur]

Now I wish I had preordered, but I was waiting for Amazon to get them because I have Prime. Any idea when Amazon will have them in stock? I can't wait to get one

[Chris Walker]

Now I wish I had preordered, but I was waiting for Amazon to get them because I have Prime. Any idea when Amazon will have them in stock? I can't wait to get one

[I'd highly recommend purchasing from one of the other US-based vendors. Netduino Plus inventory at Amazon is looking pretty thin until January.]

Chris

[JonnyBoats]

Just yesterday (Nov. 30, 2010)customer service at SparkFun emailed me that they had not heard of the Netduino Plus. This seems rather strange and I would like to know if they will be getting some or if I should find another vendor.

[spur]

[I'd highly recommend purchasing from one of the other US-based vendors. Netduino Plus inventory at Amazon is looking pretty thin until January.]

Chris

It seems that Proto Advantage is no longer taking orders? The havey a message about backordered units being available Dec 3rd, but it wont let me checkout. It just takes me back to the cart with this message: "Products marked with No Stock dont exist in desired quantity in our stock. Please alter the quantity of products marked with (No Stock), Thank you"

Wish I had know that I HAD to preorder one in order to actually get it... Been waiting since right after missing out on the beta hardware.

[Chris Walker]

JonnyBoats, spur: MakerShed should also have some units available by early next week. They may go quickly, and we'll continue shipping more units to resellers throughout December. Chris

[ClosedEyesSeeing]

I was able to get a backorder from UAM Czech Repulic. I can't wait.

[molly]

JonnyBoats, spur:

MakerShed should also have some units available by early next week. They may go quickly, and we'll continue shipping more units to resellers throughout December.

Chris

any word when this will be available on MakerShed? I've been watching and saw they now have the netduino mini, but no plus

[Chris Walker]

any word when this will be available on MakerShed? I've been watching and saw they now have the netduino mini, but no plus

They just received them today, so I would guess that they're checking them in now (or will be doing so within a day or two). Unless they have some sort of schedule for bringing a bunch of new products online at once...

Thanks for your enthusiasm,

Chris

[molly]

They just received them today, so I would guess that they're checking them in now (or will be doing so within a day or two). Unless they have some sort of schedule for bringing a bunch of new products online at once...

Thanks for your enthusiasm,

Chris

Anyone else that will have them available before Christmas? I just called Makershed and they are saying due to some production issue it'll probably be the first of the year before they have them available for purchase. I thought it was weird, but thats what I was told. Thanks!

[spur]

Anyone else that will have them available before Christmas? I just called Makershed and they are saying due to some production issue it'll probably be the first of the year before they have them available for purchase. I thought it was weird, but thats what I was told. Thanks!

That's the info I got from them as well

"Thank you for contacting Maker Shed. The Netduino Plus is expected to be available for sale around the first of the year."

[Chris Walker]

Wow, did they run out that quickly? Chris

[molly]

Wow, did they run out that quickly?

Chris

As far as I can tell they haven't been for sale yet. I've been watching since Monday morning and haven't seen them posted available yet. The lady I talked to just said that due to a production issue they wouldn't have them available for purchase til the first of the year.

[molly]

Makershed is saying they won't be available til the start of the year and you can't find them in the inventory, but my husband the computer programmer was looking around and by changing the inventory in the url was able to find them and they became available in that url today. We're hoping they'll ship and it'll all work fine. If anyone else wants to try, the url is https://www.makershe...ductCode=MKND02 My husband ordered 2 today. Hopefully they'll actually ship and we'll have it before Christmas!

[spur]

Makershed is saying they won't be available til the start of the year and you can't find them in the inventory, but my husband the computer programmer was looking around and by changing the inventory in the url was able to find them and they became available in that url today. We're hoping they'll ship and it'll all work fine. If anyone else wants to try, the url is https://www.makershe...ductCode=MKND02 My husband ordered 2 today. Hopefully they'll actually ship and we'll have it before Christmas!

Clever

I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

[molly]

Clever

I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

So far it's working. We got the confirmation email and the account says we can't change it because it's in the final stages of processing. Hopefully it'll still work for you and show them as available.

[spur]

So far it's working. We got the confirmation email and the account says we can't change it because it's in the final stages of processing. Hopefully it'll still work for you and show them as available.

Mine too, hope they actually ship

"This order has already shipped or has reached the final stages of processing. Therefore this order is no longer editable."

[Charles]

Somewhat unrelated question.... Given that the N+ and the Mini are now officially released, I thought links would appear on your web site. However, when I go to www.netduino.com and click Hardware, only the regular Netduino shows up. To the info on the N+ or Mini I have to actually know and type in the URL. Will this be changed soon? I'm spreading the word to friends and colleagues but it's annoying to have to tell them "but that's not all... Here are two more URL's" over the phone.