I will soon have between 6 and 8 Sympatico Beta kits (2 channels each) for sale from our initial board run. All testing so far has proved successful, without exception, so we are calling them Beta, but don't foresee any changes to the board for the large production run. The idea behind selling these kits is to get some more feedback before we order a huge batch.

The kits will include:

-> Two Sympatico boards with all SMD parts pre-mounted
-> All non-SMD parts for each board bagged and clearly labeled (except the two 15000uF/50V caps)
-> Mounting hardware for the boards (will not include screws for mounting the chip to the heatsink)
-> A piece of Bergquist K-10 Kapton thermal pad for mounting the LM4780 to your heatsink (you will need to cut it to size)
-> PC-mount Faston tabs for all power, input and output connection, along with insulated crimp connectors
-> A drill guide for drilling the mounting holes for the LM4780 in your heatsink

See the pictures on the Sympatico page...

We are thinking the final kits will cost $249. We will be selling these early kits for $219 to get some early feedback. There will probably also offer another kit (at lower cost) without the pre-mounted SMD parts, but not for this Beta run.

I should have these ready to go in the next few days and will make an announcement of when I will put them up for sale.

Edited by user Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:24:21 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified