That’s unfortunate. Was it a picking error or a quality control issue you think? Do keep us updated on the repair.
I can now report:
PCB Way sent me some replacement LEDs and with a bit of futzing around I managed to replace the defective components.
If you are going to succeed in your group buy, I suggest you amortise the cost of 10% failure rate over the total number and then do a giveaway draw if there are good units left over.
I managed to get a Nest Mini 2nd Gen cheaply – broken wifi but I assume the ESP32 will replace that.
Before I buy 5 assembled units from PCBWay, I wanted to check no-one has a spare they’re wanting to sell (in UK)?
Anyone reading this still interested in a group buy still or is this thread dead? I am looking for 2-3 pcbs
Are you in the UK?
I think I have 3 left from my order. I can find them if you are interested.
Ash
EDIT: I just checked and I only have two, still in the anti-static bags. Not tried or tested but the rest of my batch worked fine.
This thread’s a couple of months old but does anyone in the UK have any for sale?
I’m in Belgium but am rather often in the UK for work and have 3 for sale (SWMBO doesn’t want mics around the place)
I’ve built 3 speakers based on the pcbway pcb and Google nest mini (albeit with eu plug, but that’s easily solve by either sourcing a UK cable or a converter plug).
Feel free to reach out in case you’re interested