In Columbus, Ohio, USA: MicroCenter has Teensy 3.1 on a shelf, $16.99, retail price. MicroCener is making a real effort to satisfy the burgeoning DIY/maker market: 3D printers, Arduino, Beagle, MinnowBoard, Nvidia Jetson (!!), PCduino, components, parts, etc. I am optimisitc that their approach is sustainable, since it's a real convenience.
That would be nice. Unfortunately MicroCenter closed their only store in the bay area, which seems like it would be the best place to be for that business model.
Speaking of the SF Bay Area, there's a store called Anchor Electronics that is wonderful for discrete components, connectors, and small ICs like opamps.
Ouch. Here's a page about how to connect to the USB test points on the bottom side. It won't replace the USB connector, but at least you'll be able to make use of the board.
http://forum.pjrc.com/threads/19336-How-to-repair-a-broken-off-Teensy-3-0-USB-connector
Please, can you confirm to me if I've to weld this areas on 3.1 (because the layout is different). Thanks!
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I just checked with Laen at OSH Park... it's not a mistake, they really are trying a low $17 price.
http://store.oshpark.com/products/teensy-3-1
My guess is this price might not last very long. Then again, when he started custom PCBs at $5 / sq-inch without any setup fees or shipping, I figured that couldn't last either.
Edit: These really are genuine Teensy 3.1 boards from PJRC. I know Laen, and I personally delivered these boards to him last Friday. Normally you should be suspicious of such a low price, but in this case, I can assure you, it really is real. Well, at least for now. We'll see how long it lasts.
Having 2 'spare/backup' boards at a good fair price, is quite liberating. WEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee )
My guess is that Anchor would be a better candidate as a new distributor for PJRC.
In the Boston area, in the two stores that carry electrical hobby stuff (Micro Center and You-do-it), I don't recall seeing any official Arduino boards there. You-do-it first started carrying OSEPP clones, then added with the Sparkfun redboards, and recently has started carrying some Adafruit stuff and Teensy 3.1's. I don't think MIcro Center yet carries Teensys, but they do carry rasberry pi, digispark and tinyduino as well. The only brick & mortar place I've seen official Arduino boards for sale is Radio Shack. Of course maybe they are in the other stores, and my eyes just glaze over them.If anyone in the bay area really wants to see this happen, it might be worthwhile to go chat with them, perhaps even taking a project built with Teensy. Like many stores, they probably feel sticking with Arduino brand is safest. A little feedback from real customers can often make quite a difference.
Brazil and Italy have the slowest postal systems of any developed countries.
We've seen 4-5 weeks as normal delivery time to Brazil, so I would guess your package is likely to arrive soon.