Jag beställer lite komponenter från USA till hösten på söndagskvällen. Man måste försöka få dötid att jobba för en också såklart. Ingen konstigt med det. Men det som är imponerande är att paketet levereras till vår dörr nu på morgonen. Det tar alltså inte ens en vecka att få det hit från Amerika. Ingen av mina Europeiska eller i det flesta fall Svenska) leverantörer av komponenter klarar att hålla den leveranstiden. Blir lika imponerad varje gång.
Företaget jag använder mig av heter Digikey och det ligger i Thief River Falls i Minnesota, USA. Orten som företaget finns på är inte större än Edsbyn i storlek (+8000 invånare) men företaget har blivit världens största elektronikkomponentförsäljare. De har tagit sig dit genom att ge kunderna vad de vill ha, definitivt inte genom att gnälla över den lilla ortens tillkortakommanden.
Något att ta efter för andra.
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I like the Digikey.They deliver components within one day to Lithuania as well.The only problem is where to put the production after that. Many European countries ban the import of electronics for small companies.
Hi Ged,
which are the countries in Europe with that regulation. It sound utterly stupid to have such a rule and will force everyone to China. But is’t it easy to loop through also by letting someone else by components, as if I bought components for your projects? Anyway it sounds stupid. But there ia a lot of such rules that mas top go away in EU to let small companies grow big.
I buy from Farnell and TME to and it works fine also but this was ESP-C3 modules and they where much cheaper at Digikey. Strangely also they delivery is faster than both Farnell and TME and the rest.
Do you generate your own electricity now?
My company (like many EU sellers) was banned from marketplaces like Ebay and Amazon from July 1 because I don’t have German WEEE (for electronics) and LUCID (for packaging) codes.German WEEE code costs from 1200 EUR per year for every type of electronics device.And you can’t get it like foreigner.Only via local company in Germany.The same situation with Austria and France today.Small companies and startups are prohibited from selling electronics in EU.
I also cannot sell any electronics directly from my e-shop for B2B or B2C customers.
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/extended-producer-responsibility-business-sellers/german-packaging-act-business-sellers?id=5336
https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/forums/t/reminder-to-submit-your-weee-reg-nrs-to-amazon/596814
My solar power plant is working perfectly. At this moment 6.2 MWh of electricity has been generated fom January 1.
My annual demand is 6.5MWh ( For my house and my mom flat).
Sounds like a real win in the times we live in.
This was totally new to me. But then I understand the Chinese and American trends to license products from small manufacturers.
It is so stupid that it sounds unbelievable. Must be a way around this other than move production and sales outside of Europe.
When I look around it does not look like Olimex, Adafruit, Sparcfun, Microe and others do have weee compliance wither. As I understand it they need it or local representation that have it to sell in most EU countries. None of ythe local distributors state they have this either. How are they able to sell there stuff? At least Olimex is located inside of EU to. I get confused by this. As far as I understand even companies that sell Chinese stuff should handle this also if not a distributor for someone that does and I doubt many are/do.
Strange
These companies are not small.They have representatives in DE and pay them annual payments.In most cases Chinese companies for VAT and WEEE use this company registered in Germany http://www.evatmaster.com/en
Yes they are large but with the amount of cards and varieties this would still be VERY expensive and take away most of the profit for many cards companies like Adafruit for example have. No problems for the big selling cards of course but they have many many that don’t sell that much and still is in the market and I am not sure this is. Sounds strange IMHO.
Annual fee for DE from 700 EUR.So IMHO companies like Adafruit or Olimex have the ability to pay.
For all products or for each?
For one type device: “Small IT electronic device <50cm”
If you have +300 products it adds up… 🙂
In Sweden we have a system where we pay per kilo produced goods. Even I can handle that.
The main problem is not money, but accounting in each country. For example in Lithuania it is very complicated. I have to hire an additional company.
For once (first time ever probably) the system is easy here but I can imagine how it is in the different countries.
Electronic waste is only one side of the coin here.There are still packages. You also need to count them and pay taxes.
It is always something is’t it?