Get a FREE Microsoft Azure Sphere Starter Kit .....for $75?? Fraud or Spam

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Dear Element14, What the heck is this? I'm interested in the Azure Test Kit but don't say Free and then put $75 on the only way to get started. Complete loss of trust here:

danzima · Answer

Hi folks! I'm sorry if this was confusing, in emails you often have to pare down your language to fit so things can get lost.

There will be two opportunities to receive this $75 USD kit for free.

First, there is the RoadTest, which is enrolling currently and works like any of our RoadTests. All of the details are at that link.

Second, we will be hosting Design Challenges around this kit, and those who join the Design Challenge receive the kit for free, though they will be responsible for shipping costs. Information on this is coming soon!

danielzima1 · Answer

Hi Derek, in addition to the opportunity for a free kit from the RoadTest program (which has now closed), we have just launched a Design Challenge around the Azure Sphere starter kit from Avnet, and you can register for a free kit to join that challenge if you're in an eligible country. Check out the details here . dbinsd peterk1 mnimbach

michaelkellett · Answer

I ordered one and paid £0.01 - close enough to free for me ! MK

balearicdynamics · Answer

Me too. I suppose that for some silly mechanism of the server the discount can't be 100% If you need help to pay your part just let me know, we can start fundraising on Facebook Enrico

rsc · Answer

I ordered one. I still have some click boards around from the days of Hexiwear. Scott

michaelkellett · Answer

Have you a plan for yours ? I haven't quite seen enough documentation for the M4s to know what it can do but it looks quite capable if enough pins can be accessed. MK

hevangel2 · Answer

Yeap. It is free. When you register, you will get a coupon code. Enter the coupon code at check out, it will gives you $75 credit, so you only have to pay for shipping. I just ordered mine.

balearicdynamics · Answer

Hello Michael, yes I have a (sort of) plan. But it is just a direction where I am pointing the sight as I need to read all the documentation, webinars and the plenty of material that E14 provided to design the project. Indeed, there are some fixed points like the use of the AWS cloud as I have already registered on it and I own an AWS EC2 by years where I store all my stuff, repositories, sites and I have a lot of gigabytes free on an external disk and more. The second point is that I have a number of robots and reacting stuff, most of them coming from the Art-a-Tronic last exhibition that I should connect plus a couple of new things. The general idea is to focus a real smart home fully interactive but as I said I need more details on this board to make a serious design. I appreciated that the challenge is divided into two parts where the first is essentially focused on our own learning curve. The last but not less important is a binding condition I will follow in all the design. It should be modular and replicable (as a matter open-source) as it will be part of some chapters of the second volume of the book I am writing, dedicated to the Raspberry PI. Enrico

immehulsolanki · Answer

India, Problem resolved. now Voucher code is working. And purchased the board. Surprisingly too quick! Thank you!

danzima · Answer

Hi there, are you not seeing the button to register for a free kit in the Azure Sphere space? Please be sure your country is set to Singapore on the community, that is on the top right of the page if you're on a desktop browser.

Get a FREE Microsoft Azure Sphere Starter Kit .....for $75?? Fraud or Spam

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