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Re: SBITX assembly

 

The Raspberry Pi Foundation appears to be policing its trademarks and logo effectively. I haven't seen any non-authorized knockoffs that have those things.

There are, however, plenty of things out there that claim Raspberry Pi compatibility but do NOT have the official marks. Those may be good products, or not. In this specific case, buying one of those would not be a good idea because it would likely be incompatible with the case; the sBitx requires a specific physical design.

Sparkfun offers free US shipping on orders over $100. If you're in the US and you also want some other items from them, they?would be a good source. If nothing else, you could add a second display for a friend who also wants to build an sBitx. They also have plenty of other Raspberry Pi-related products, though like everybody else they don't have stock of any of the boards other than the Pico.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 10:03 AM Don--AE4DW <AE4DW.Don@...> wrote:
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 07:59 PM, Shirley Dulcey KE1L wrote:
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The Amazon link provided by?msamis@...
is also the correct display. The distinguishing mark is the Raspberry Pi logo in the center of the board that is attached to the back of the display.
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The displays get redistributed by a number of companies. For example, I have one that I got at Micro Center a while back with the OKdo brand on the box. That's the one I plan to put in my sBitx. I have also seen them from element14 and RS. So long as you are getting the official display it doesn't matter which brand is on the package.
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Thanks..thats good to know. As I was googling looking for price and availability, I was seeing a lot of the rebranded displays, and was skeptical about knock-offs.

Sparkfun also has a bunch, but their shipping is brutal, eliminates any savings..:

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