As I said, I donāt think they did go with a ācheap chineese distributorā. That is not what they have shown to do in the past, even with some really expensive parts we worked with on another project.
It is very hard for them to see it is not original if they do not have one to compare and the one they get works as it should. I doubt they even see the components before the drivers are delivered. Most of the time the assembly house sources these things and then just delivers the final drivers.
Just ask anyone here to look at a chip by eye with nothing of reference and tell if it is a fake, same thing with lumintop. Heck I could not tell it is a fake without them side by side.
On top of all that, if it does what it is supposed to do, why would they even look? They would just assume that the parts delivered were the parts they ordered. I bet if I looked at the prototype drivers they sent me they would have the same MCU, I didnāt even notice because the MCU worked as intended so why assume that it was not the right one?
While it is not ideal, it works and has not had any issues. Lots of possible explanations, could even just be old stock from 10 years ago with different markings for all we know.
Lastly that is a GT-mini driver, not a GT70 driver. So isnāt this the wrong thread anyways?
ok, i logged into the internet using my phone & cell carrier to get it to work. Just curious, is the short tube still available for the GT, and will the conversion GT70 kit still work with a the single battery carrier in the short tube with the GT70 kit? ( not sure if i missed the info on that mentioned before as this tread is huge.
Even the marking has a spelling error
its always been a 20SU code for size and while the fake shows 20U
and there is no MCU that has not the triangle on it
Fireflies had the excact same fake MCU from a chineese distributor and huge programming issues with it
receiving prototypes with it I was also not able to flash it
all Atmel MCUs even the cheap 13A have always markings on the back side
I had completely forgot to order the short tube when it came available as i was going through a family disaster and away out of town during that time i believe, so i missed it. >.<
I ordered a NW kit, too bad I entered my address incorrectly. Not sure if I did it or the website glitched. It ended up being a mix of my billing and shipping addresses. I contacted Lumintop via their message feature with the correct address. I hope it makes it to me lol.
The website is pretty crappy. Iām hoping the correct address comes through. I entered it twice, but it shows up incomplete on the order site.
Also after entering the discount code and hitting return on my Ipad, it instantly placed an order (without the discount). Fortunately I could cancel the incorrect order on the website.
Hope all goes well and I have a nice superthrower soon!! Thanks for the groupbuy TA :+1:
Edit: All the correct address info is in the confirmation email. Just not in the correct order, but I think the mailman wil sort it out