Have a coffee in our new office
Mar 10th
Eric.Pan might have told you that we were going to move to a new office, since we already had almost 2 dozens people in SEEED, we found that even breathing has became a difficult thing. The new office is right next to our old place but got triple size, finally we had some place to sit down and have a coffee, even play Table Tennis in our new land.
Fusion PCB service simplified
Feb 26th
For easier and faster process, we simplify the procedures of fusion PCB service. Also, the average cost is reduced.
A major change is that open source works are not supported in a refund-resell way, which cause a lot procedures which stress our capacity. Now you just place order and send us the gerber files (compatible with guidelines) w/ order number, we will process for your work and ship in 4-6 days.
For 5*5cm 2 layer PCBs, the cost is adjusted from 30$ close innovation and 17$ open source work to unified 20$ service, now only 5 out of the 10 PCBs are went through e-test by default. Similarly the price for 10*10cm 2 layer PCBs are 40$ for either open source works and close innovations.
It’s not an easy decision, but we would suspend the open source PCB pool for now. It’s taken a lot of resource in inventory and management, but having less customers benefiting from these ready made PCBs. On the other hand, kits would be easier for most people, we will allocate more resources to Fusion Kits service in the near future, please keep posted.
Seeed is back!
Feb 22nd
Hi Guys, we are finally back from holiday. Your orders are getting processed and shipped ASAP, sorry for the loooooong waiting! 
We will be moving to new address next week, please use following address if there is any mailing to us:
Room 0728, Bld 5, Dong Hua Yuan,
NanHai Ave. NanShan dist.
Shenzhen 518054 China
恭喜发财！
Seeed Studio on magzine
Feb 2nd
Few days ago we received this magzine from Mr.Shigeru in Japan, and we were quite happy to see our picture printed on this nice magzine. This feeling is something like we saw ourself on TV when we were kids. lol
DIY Magic mirror kit Available
Jan 28th
Take that extra PC you have lying around and turn it into an Interactive Magic Mirror. You build the hardware using an Arduino and some sensors following the instructions onhttp://diymagicmirror.com and then install the DIY Magic Mirror Software which runs on the PC, Mac, and Linux.
You can get this kit from here
Before Chinese New Year
Jan 20th
… we are having the busiest days for the past two months, good news is that the upcoming Chinese New Year will give us a deep relax.
For 2009, I don’t want to mention the great support from our dear customers and partners,
or the keep increasing stock like Seeeduino family/ Electronic Bricks/ Various modules/Bee series…,
or the exciting Rainbowduino Carnival,
or the pushing to limit 13$ PCB service,
or the cooperative projects with Hackaday, Where labs and etc,
or the hot DSO nano and helpful community,
or our internal management difficulties and how we managed to handle but facing more…
Let’s just embrace 2010, year of Tiger!
Web platform kits started shipping, Assembled boards next monday
Jan 14th
Sorry guys, the shipping of Web platform delayed again. The scheduled shipping time should be at 10th, but we had some trouble in getting one of the ICs. Good news is, now we got the IC and have arealdy started shipping kits. If everything goes normal, assembled boards will finish manufacturing this week and start shipping on next monday.
Bus Pirate firmware v3.6 released
Jan 12th
Bus Pirate firmware v3.6 is available for download, this is a minor bug fix release. Update using the normal firmware upgrade procedure. This release does not reach into the upper memory page, so there shouldn’t be any upgrade issues. Changes include:
- Fixed version string. v3.5 displayed ‘Firmware 3.5′ instead of ‘Firmware v3.5′. This caused issues with Bus Pirate support in AVRdude.
- Added pause with lit MODE and VREG LED to self-test.
Since release v3.1 the Bus Pirate v2go and v3 share the same firmware. Upgrade v2go with the firmware for v3.
Seeeduino Next Generation-Stalker coming soon.
Jan 12th
Seeeduino Stalker is an extensive Wireless Sensor Network node, with native data logging features and considered modular structure. It could be conveniently used as sensor hub or integrated data collector for monitoring, tracking and etc.
Features:
- Arduino compatible, based on Seeeduino
- Native RTC, On board CR2032 battery holder
- Native micro SD card socket
- Easy stackable I2C pin header
- Dual voltage (5V/3.3V) I2C hub
- Standalone and shield mode
- User defined button and LED
- B” series socket (2*10 pin 2.0mm pitch, same as Xbee)
- Interrupt evoking ready
- Serial interface with DTR for auto reset during programming
Documents:
The Seeeduino Stalker is already on the way, will be available in near days.
Blizzard halts mail delivery
Jan 7th
Due to the Blizzard attack at part of areas in US and EU, some flights were cancelled, parcel processing might delayed until it backed to normal. Meanwhile, it is the end of the year, we just had a nice christmas, new year party, and now the spring festival is coming. All these festival will generate large amount of mails, which will make HongKong post office extremely busy.
By the way, many people were asking about the difference between Free shipping and Air mail. Actually all order over 50USD from our depot will get free shipping service, their orders will be shipped with HK post air mail, both with tracking number. It sounds like a perfect way, you can get item from us with good quality, amazing price and free shipping! But my suggestion is: Please choose couriers like DHL or FedEX for faster delivering if you are in hurry, or you can just use the cheap air mail. Probably you will find it’s very slow, but do not worry. If your order by air mail is notified as “shipped” for 30 days without reception, please contact your post office and notify us. We will follow up closely to track the parcel, and refund/ reship in the worst case.
So, please, before you get angry, just have a little more patient.
All the best
Seeed Studio
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