Nordic Is Getting Involved in RISC-V

Re:Nordic Is Getting Involved in RISC-V by boesboes on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:47AM (#38219491)

Definitely! And make sure to sell to consumers too if you want to compete. Anecdotal, but I wanted to build a 3D printer, most parts are simply not available in the EU if you are normal person. Even stuff like hex-bolts and t-nuts are impossible to source in the EU outside of specialty webshops where the markup is 2000%.

And that was just the mechanical parts...

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Re:Nordic Is Getting Involved in RISC-V by ihattendorf on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:28AM (#38220031)

Do you not have anything like Home Depot/Grainger/McMaster-Carr in the EU? A quick check shows 3/8"-16 T-Nuts are $10/10, $15/50, and $33/100 respectively, with the first two available within a 15 minute drive of my location in the US.

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Re:Nordic Is Getting Involved in RISC-V by Qwertious on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:18AM (#38220684)

I think the above comment is talking about domestically produced items?

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Re:Nordic Is Getting Involved in RISC-V by dvdkon on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:46AM (#38221080)

I don't know about any such EU-wide store.

The small local hardware store near me is great for common things like M3+ screws, but understandably doesn't stock slightly exotic items like M1.6 threaded inserts. There's larger e-shops that sell those, though I can't speak to the markup. Larger parts are generally easier to find.

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