https://matrix.to/#/!orFwLtOAmHWlvoSoQn%3Athe-apothecary.club/%24Bm7hRAdrlRD... some time ago i ordered a freeeeg32 on crowd supply (open source 32 channel brainwave reading equipment https://www.crowdsupply.com/neuroidss/freeeeg32 ). i waited and waited and eventually checked up on it. it turns out due to a chip shortage they were never produced. the fundraiser i contributed to was a year or two out of date and still waiting for this chip to be produced. (edited) i thought well maybe i’ll assemble it myself. i looked everywhere for this chip and even after two years every manufacturer had a stock of 0 with a year left estimated filling backorders. i eventually looked at free test samples, and i found fifty of them available as free samples. i filled out a request for a sample and they said they’d get back to me. (edited) i thought well maybe i’ll assemble it myself. i looked everywhere for this chip and even after two years every manufacturer had a stock of 0 with a year left estimated filling backorders. i eventually looked at free test samples, and i found fifty of them available as free samples. i filled out a request for a sample and they said they’d get back to me. (edited) [photo of part of labeled mylar bag containing adc chips and shipping notice containing text “end equipment: non-medical eeg for learning”]