[peteforde]

This is really cool. I would love to switch from using the SoM I'm currently using to the Radxa CM3 but I cannot find even a single unit actually available for purchase on any of the "international" distributor options.

Can you speak to how you're sourcing these, and from where? (And would you sell me one?)

[interfeco]

I buy them on AliExpress.

[peteforde]

Every variant comes up as not available.

This is the listing, right?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007516847708.html

[interfeco]

Yes, this was it, looks like it is gone now. According to the CM3 datasheet [0] "Radxa CM3 will remain in production until at least Sep 2029", so there should be inventory hopefully.

[0]: https://dl.radxa.com/cm3/docs/radxa_cm3_datasheet.pdf

[peteforde]

I've been talking to them since before my first comment to you, and they are unable to sell even a single unit to a verified engineering team.

They told me that if I am willing to commit to at least 300 of the 4GB/32GB eMMC + BT/Wifi then they could produce them for me on demand.

I told them that it was insane to expect anyone to commit to developing a product around a platform that they would have to buy USD$30k worth of to see if it could (for example) support a particular display panel configuration using eDP.

Having this kind of chicken-and-egg problem is a quick way to doom a SoC, which is super frustrating because I definitely want to use it.