Josh Cook's dual USB-C expansion card

Creators & Developers Expansion Card
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Would it make sense to split discussion of Josh_Cook’s card into a separate thread? It feels like this thread, which had been a discussion about card development, has turned into essentially a product sales thread for an entirely closed design. That makes sense, considering how useful such a card would be and the impressive features that it may end up having, but the understandable exuberance in the sales discussions does perhaps risks drowning out everything else.

I’d continue to be interested in seeing the development of tbe’s design, or another dual design that was not completely closed, regardless of PD support or higher cost.

I think there are a fair number of us who would be interested in that, actually.

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Agreed. This discussion is now in its own thread.

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I’ve sent my order for one of your cards. However I have a few questions involving both the device and its closed-source chip design:

  1. Do you plan to manufacture multiple batches using this specific design?
  2. In the future, is there any plans for opening up the plan/design/specs, with the manufacturer’s blessing of course.
  3. Will the expansion card come with a case?
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Yes.
Probably not but I’ll see
Yes.

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When do you think we’ll be able to see a specsheet and or photos of the final result? Furthermore any estimate as to when those who preordered will be reciving theirs? Lastly do you know hom much this card effects battery life in comparsion to just a plain old USB-C expansion card?

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EU-Germany: awesome – count me in for taking two!

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any update on when the next batch will be shipping?

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Nope, though EPR support has been confirmed so FW16 can charge through this expansion card.

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Just to make it clear… the FW16 can charge other devices through this expansion card, but not the opposite a.k.a. can get charged through this expansion card, right?

Or does this mean, that it can be charged, but with only 65W max. instead of the power adapters max. of 180W?

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This means you can charge your FW16 through this expansion card up to 240W

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Pre ordered one too to the UK! @Josh_Cook Awesome work man, while hiding schematics is not ideal I totally understand the compromise here. Happy to just get a working module. If you personally stop producing them would it be possible to then release the schematics or even to the official framework engineers so they can continue production? Would suck to not have these available for the future. Any estimate for when you can ship the first modules? really eager to test them.

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has anyone been charged for the full amount of the card? I preordered awhile back and haven’t been charged

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I don’t think they’re even shipping yet man. It’s best to just be patient. This project is moving fast, but not that fast.

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Awesome, then I’ll keep one in port 5 all the time.
Thought I’d be limited to ports 3 and 6.

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Remeber that Josh Cook is not a multinational cooperation designing electronics. It’s just one kid from Australia ordering things from chinese PCB mills. Just getting the PCBs made takes weeks.

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totally get that I just wanted to make sure I hadn’t missed anything on my end (:

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@Aurelien_D
Could you reconfigure the vote to show total numbers and not percentages?
That way it’s easier to confirm the order count.
I reckon, if everybody who pre-ordered also voted, at this point it should be around 140 cards total.

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I think this card is the perfect card for the non display out charging port on the framework laptops😁

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I believe it’s around 90 people right now, the actual number of cards ordered is probably closer to 200 cards

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I can get them pretty quick, but this is a complex project.

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