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Anyone knows what is the reason for 7i96 and 7i76E shortage? 

When I asked Mesa directly about availability, I got this answer from Katharine Wallace:

"/.../ Due to the chip situation we are currently redesigning in new chips in all our our most selling products estimating two months per board. We will be building both types depending which chip comes first."

This was on 2022-01-25.

Edit: "the chip situation" referring to the global shortage of semiconductor devices apparently caused by reactions to covid-19.

Yep, almost all FPGAs, many microcontrollers, any Ethernet chip,
many optocouplers, many power supply chips ~30 to ~70 week lead times

We also wrote to Katharine, she said that 7i76 is out to end of 2022
Thats horrific.
I need to get 4 kits 6i25+7i76, and urgent.
I even agree to buy used cards to solve problem.
Can anyone help with?

We do have 7I76's just a very limited number of 7I76E's

Hmm..
Transition to 7i76e looks not painful)
I'll wrote to sales. Thanks

Hi hedonistcat
I have 5 7i77+5i25 plug N go kit. It's brand new but 10 years old stock. I bought it in 2012 May. Board are stocked in India, Mumbai. I can sell it to you or anyone interested. One kit was used to check only. Not used on actual machine.

I have Following items (All brand new except one checked) 10 years old stock.

Asking $1,550 for all shipped anywhere in the world possible.

5 Nos 7I77-PLUG-N-GO 5I25+7I77+IEEE1284 cable 6 FT kit
1 7I66-8-ROHS 16 in 8 out isolated 10-32V input/output 2.5A
1 7I70-ROHS 48 input isolated 5-32V remote real time I/O
1 7I71-ROHS 48 output isolated 5-32V 300 mA remote real time I/O
1 7I73-ROHS pendant controller LCD/keypad/encoder/analog
1 7I74-ROHS 8 channel RS422/485 interface + RJ45 breakout

Please be aware that it's not easy to send single board or kit to USA or other country. So, only interested to sell everything at once. Will honor cross check requirement from buyer.

Any updates to availability of the 7I76-6I25 PLUG-N-GO KIT ?

The 6i25T will not be available until mid 2023 (chip availability issues)

Other options with similar I/O are:

7I92TM +7I76 (2 weeks or less) or

5I25T + 7I76 (1 Month or so)

7I96S + 7I84 ( Stock )

Thanks for the reply.

The MESA website indicates: "The 7I96S requires LinuxCNC version 2.9 or greater."

It seems the current version is 2.8.4

Also, do you know the difference between the two 7I92TM boards listed (other than the $30 difference) ?