> Some of you that are on the Oakley mailing list have seen Tony's recent
> announcement that he is selling off all the current stock of modules and
> ceasing
> production. This is based on 2 things: economics and RoHS compliance
> (which
> takes effect July 1 2006).
I am really sorry to hear this. Tony is a good guy and I enjoy my two Oakley
modules very much.
> a) I'm not changing anything until June, 2006. For all I know, the EU may
> just
> say "Hey, we were just fooling around!"
This is not entirely impossible, given the current somewhat shaky relations
in the EU.
> It may be, for example, that 1% resistors are offered so
> all the
> resistors in the kits would switch over to 1% which some of you uber-
> DIYers do
> anyway
FWIW, I ordered parts from Mouser about a month ago. All of the 1% resistors
were marked as RoHS compliant on the invoice.
> I can't do
> both
> because assembled modules have never exceeded 7% of sales.
7%? Is that a typo? 93% are kits? I'm surprised.
--Adam