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Old 09-12-2022, 10:55 PM
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As I was involved with the EWDS, I'll field this question. Yes Joe, you are correct. A decision was made to sunset the product.

We enjoyed favorable response and excellent performance of the product and reached a point where the printed circuit board supply ran low (there are two per unit). To continue offering the EWDS, a significant order of custom made PCBs from an offshore source became necessary. Being custom made, the quantities involved for decent pricing were, in a word, excessive.

There were several other factors involved but the PCBs were the tipping point. The discussion went on for a while and the decision was not made easily. A factor in the timing was to still have enough PCB supply on hand to support products in the field for a very long time.
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