This is a very interesting and quite surprising development! I had hoped a manufacturer would pick up the design, just not yet :) I would be somewhat amazed if they built 2000 boards without checking for production readiness, but it is fair to say they must have a different business model to what I am used to.
For the record, I've had no contact with Geetech. They have obviously not followed the BOM too closely, there are PTCs instead of fuses, I guess the PCB layout is unchanged.
For anyone buying the Geetech boards, unless Geetech did some in-house testing I am not aware of, you should be aware that the design is not fully proven and so they should be regarded as experimental prototypes. There may be some hardware mods required to get all the features working.
However, for $30 a piece, I am tempted to buy some to do some stress testing.
For the record, I've had no contact with Geetech. They have obviously not followed the BOM too closely, there are PTCs instead of fuses, I guess the PCB layout is unchanged.
For anyone buying the Geetech boards, unless Geetech did some in-house testing I am not aware of, you should be aware that the design is not fully proven and so they should be regarded as experimental prototypes. There may be some hardware mods required to get all the features working.
However, for $30 a piece, I am tempted to buy some to do some stress testing.