Hi, if the price is not too high, I will be interested with 1.
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After having my Framework 13 AMD laptop for 1 week, Iāll definitely put this expansion on the bottom-left slot, which doesnāt support DP-Alt.
Until we have news of this expansion, Iāll keep yelling at clouds.
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I just had a look at the schematic. It is a 4 port hub. Is it possible to add a few pads connected to one of the usb ports of the hub so that we could solder a unifying logitech receiver (we remove the plastic shell of the receiver and keep only the pcb and solder the connector of the usb-a receiver to your board, even if we might trim it to reduce the size of the usb-a contacts with a dremel)) ?
Maybe it is possible by increasing the size of the daughter board holding the male usb-c connector, we could put the unifying receiver PCB there ?
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Guess what project got named dropped in New Yearās Eve Mastadon post from official accountā¦
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Got a link? TIA
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Soā¦ Can I buy 2 yet? 
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Definitely down for 1. Read the whole thread. @tbe massive props to you for pulling through, finding the time and energy to overcome the obstacles along the way and making what started out as an idea, a reality! 
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Hello, just wanted to check back in.
I had a little much to do at work and had a few other things going on so I didnāt have too much energy recently to continue this project. But Iāll focus on getting the design to a in-theory production-ready state and would like to publish it.
Not sure yet how itāll go from there since making a real product out of it and going through all the certifications required to sell it legally is way out of my financial (and most likely also technical) capabilities.
Iāll keep you updated 
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Thank you for updating us! Good luck.
It would certainly be great if there was someone who could step forward to help with thisā¦ I also have no know-how about this.
Thanks for the update!
Im a big fan of this project and the possibility of having a dual usb-C card! Lots of respect and appreciation for your work!
Have you had contact with framework regarding these issues? I havent been active on the forum but believe reading a long time ago that they are open to supporting community initiatives on these fronts.
That would be great! By publishing, do you mean the design will be open-source? At least under a non-commercial license?
I guess that might be a significant hurdle, and I would hate it if such a great project got stuck on thatā¦ Iām not familiar with the regulations, but would it perhaps be possible to get around the standard requirements by selling the PCBs as a āUSB-C development kitā, plus a separate enclosure that would happen to convert it into a Framework expansion card? 
By the way, I run a small EU-based e-shop specializing in DIY mechanical keyboard kits, so I would be happy to help offer the cards for sale in the EU.
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I would love to buy from the eu! Do you ship to switzerland?
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Yes, we ship worldwide (with just a few exceptions).
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As much as Iād love to force you to work on this I have to say that you should 100% take all the time you need! Donāt hesitate reaching out for help or taking some time off if it gets too stressful. I think I speak for the others as well when I say that we are immensely grateful for your work so far and donāt want you to feel pressured! 
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I very much like this idea of regular USB and PD.
While itād be really cool to have USB-PD working with this, Iād love to have one, maybe 2, of these regardless as long as itās USB 3 or 4 speeds. Mostly just to have a few extra ports.
Without completely reading the entire looong thread, it seems itās not quite done and ready for more than prototype construction? Iād love to buy 1 or 2 when it is ready. Even though I wonāt have my FW 16 for another few months at a minimum.
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In case you missed it in the long thread, the current board does not have USB-PD. And adding USB-PD seems unlikely, due to space limitations and what one would have to fit in to enable USB-PD.
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Making this product fully PD compliant would obviously require maximum integration/minimization, ie. an ASIC that integrates all functionality(power conversion, protocol handling, USB Hub, etc.) into a single IC. Iām not aware such a thing exists or that thereās even sufficient demand for some chip manufacturing company to actually make and sell one.
Still, with the current proposal by @tbe it is very useful to many. Thanks for the work
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Nah, kind of. Itāll be a PD device to get 3A from the laptop (so you can draw ~1.5A per connected device), without PD negotiation it will limit the current to 1.5A total. You canāt charge the laptop through the hub tho.
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