I was just curious why none of my usual distributors have any BeagleBone Black boards in stock and most are reporting lead times that are beyond belief. Has there been some supply chain disturbance I have missed? Shortage of a key component?
Just seems strange…
I’m evaluating a potential use but if there are going to be supply issues going forward, that is a concern.
Newark may show them in stock, but I’ve been back-ordered with them for three weeks and the stock and availability don’t look good. Adafruit is out too, but their availability is more optimistic.
Well, the advantage is that you can plan your builds of your custom board based on your needs and you don’t use the parts for the BeagleBone Black production nor rely on where the boards go into distribution Contact sales@circuitco.com for more information.
Last week, I ordered one from SparkFun electronics, they showed they had them in-stock. I Found out today that wasn’t the case and it’s backordered until an iffy mid February. Very disappointing.
I’m in the same boat. I went through all of the listed suppliers, and now I’m bidding on a sole BBB on eBay. Not in a huge hurry, since this is for a pet home project. It really seems that the BBB has hit a sweet spot in terms of capability and price. I have an HP server running my network that costs me $25-$30 a month in electricity, and I believe a BBB + a Synology NAS could to the same job for a fraction of the power consumption. Just a DNS cache, NTP server, RADIUS/NIS/AD auth and SAMBA/NFS shares. Maybe Asterisk.
I checked the MicroCenter retail store in my area and they had 5 in stock. Certainly not enough for a project but enough for the “I need on to play with right now” issues.
Good call! I went online to check the stock in my nearest store and it says they have five as well. It’s an hour drive, but probably worth it. I just need one for my “project”
Doesn’t help if you are in Australia. None of the suppliers here having been showing in stock since at least november.
I ordered one from RS in November and each time I check on the order they give a different expected delivery date.
Obviously bulk orders are getting priority and the individual just has to wait.