New 4 Channel Highside driver

[slicklasers]

Andy,
AFAIK he isn't replying to anyone. I have 5 that I ordered 2 months ago off Ebay that never shipped, no reply from Ebay, PL, or Email and have been asking him for another 20 of them. Also, Phready1 has also ordered 4 over 4 months ago and not even as much as a reply there either. Looks like Badpip took everyones money and ran. I still have one driver that I had gotten from him 8 months ago that came not working, and so I'm gonna find out if I can clone it since I really need good drivers and he refuses to reply.

Rick

[Phredy1]

Hey Thomas (Badpip).....FUCK YOU!

At least I got my money back. Thanks for totally fucking up my project.

[slicklasers]

I agree with Phready1, after talking to Gene, Thomas refunded his money on Ebay right away, so he is still getting emails, just not replying to us.

[planters]

Apparently, I am one of the last who received one of the quad drivers after a lengthy wait and RMA. I have recently lost a couple of expensive IR diodes pumped by these drivers and so I am going to replace them with a pair of Wavelength Electronics drivers. Hopefully, alternative drivers will become available soon.

[andy_con]

i received a large order from thomas last week, i have been in ontact with him only last week

[Phredy1]

Without spoiling the surprise, a respected member of this forum is working on having drivers available shortly.

An interesting note to getting my money back from Badpip was, within 5 minutes of disputing my Ebay claim with Thomas - he refunded my money.

Apparently he is getting all the messages and emails and ignoring them.

[slicklasers]

Andy, If you talk to him, can you please ask him to send my drivers and reply to me? I mean really, I'm trying to give the guy a couple thousand dollars, you would think he would reply....

[andy_con]

currently not responding to my messages

[planters]

I'm trying to give the guy a couple thousand dollars,

Careful. With all the above posts this has the impression of a "not too good idea".

Without spoiling the surprise, a respected member of this forum is working on having drivers available shortly.

Depending on which member you are talking about, I have heard this too. But, keep in mind we are STILL waiting for even a beta version on the promised Pangolin scanners.

[slicklasers]

I have officially given up on Badpip drivers now, and have a friend who is going to design a driver I will be able to get locally made. As for the Pangolin scanners, it's not that avenue, it is another member that hasn't posted anything about it yet. I think that there should be MULTIPLE options for laser diode drivers, especially a ready to plug and go option, so that's what I'm gonna lean to on my design.