Just ordered this little FV-1 board

[KarenColumbo]

https://sklep.avt.pl/avt5159.html
It seems to be (I don't speak Polish) a FV-1 board that only needs a USB-to-Serial cable to program. And it costs about 40 USD, so it's a snap.

They seemingly just ship to Poland, but I answered their confirmation E-Mail - will see if they update my order to ship to Austria, too. Will keep you posted if you're interested

[potul]

Looks great. I've been looking for something similar. Does it come already built, or as a kit?

Let us know if you succeed to have it shipped outside of Poland. I might want one for Spain myself.

Mat

[potul]

I've seen here that someone ordered to UK successfully.

https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1538999


I would love to try it,... buy my SMD soldering skills suck....

[Ice-9]

Pretty amazing, it is priced at 140zl which works out at £29. To buy a single FV-1 chip in the UK cost £17 ish. So that is a bargain.

[Digital Larry]

Original article dates from 2008 so maybe they're blowing out their inventory.  DB-9 connection is a little 20th century.

[jverne7]

https://sklep.avt.pl/avt5159.html
It seems to be (I don't speak Polish) a FV-1 board that only needs a USB-to-Serial cable to program. And it costs about 40 USD, so it's a snap.

They seemingly just ship to Poland, but I answered their confirmation E-Mail - will see if they update my order to ship to Austria, too. Will keep you posted if you're interested

I have one of these boards and I'm really dissapointed. It looks great, it has a lot of options...but it doesn't work. The screen doen't work at all, the software can't upload any presets to the eeprom.
I have update the firmware with a file I found on an old forum and now the screen works, but not the software, so you can only play the 8 preloaded presets. And there is a lot of noise coming out.

[potul]

Thanks for the info.... I will probably stay away from it.

Anyway I have some other FV-1 PCBs on the way. (I will need to practice my SMD skills)