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Spike 1 CPU board

By Ashram56

1 year ago



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    #1 1 year ago

    Good morning,

    Spike 1 CPU board seem out of stock everywhere, which is understandable given the supply situation. However I would like to know if Stern has actually planned to build any more of these in the long term (if anyone would know) ?

    Also, do you know what is the difference between US and Europe versions of these boards ? All US website clearly articulate that it can only work on US machines, but I'm puzzled as to why.

    Thanks

    #4 1 year ago
    Quoted from PinRetail:

    You can contact Stern Technical support, and ask these kinds of questions.
    Nobody but Stern knows about their future plans.
    There are very few Spike board technicians, again, Stern might be your best place to look for information on the differences in machines produced for the European market.
    Good luck!

    I asked my importer to contact Stern about it.

    Also wonder if anyone has tested with a Spike 2 CPU board, after all as I understand it's the same SoC

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    #6 8 months ago

    Thanks, reached out by direct message

    That said... I realized it's probably a US Spike 1 board, and I seem to recall there's a modification required so it can operate in Europe ?

    #7 8 months ago

    So I checked, and indeed it seems spike 1 and spike 2 are region locked (more precisely they detect 60hz).

    And I have no idea how they do it.... Since the cpu board power supply is DC (through the meanwell Psu), how in the world can they even detect AC frequency?

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