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STN1170 Bluetooth OBDII Reader<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The STN1170 Preorder has completed. \u00a0If you would like to order a reader, please see the STN1170 OBDII Reader<\/a> page instead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The time has come to try a Kickstarter type of project for the STN1170 OBDII Module ($1040<\/strong>\u00a0raised so far)! Unfortunately I cannot do an official Kickstarter project as they don’t allow automotive projects. \u00a0Anyway, I have a design ready for production that has been tested by myself and a customer who has access to newer vehicles w\/ the MSCAN and SWCAN interfaces in them. I just need the funds to make this happen!<\/p>\n

Essentially I do not have funds to do an official production run of this unit. Over the past year, I’ve built nearly 100 STN1110 by hand, and with the added complexity of the STN1170 module, I can’t afford the time to hand assemble them, thus resulting in the need for paying for assembly. Shown in the pic above is the fully working STN1170 Bluetooth OBDII Reader prototype. This definitely isn’t vaporware; it is a real project just waiting for funds to make a bunch of them.<\/p>\n

So here’s how this will work. There are three different donation\/purchase options available for you to choose from:<\/p>\n

Option 1 (expired):<\/b>\u00a0This option is just a “donate money to the cause” button. Donations of this type do not have a limit as to how many are available. Donating any of the three amounts ($20, $40, $60) will get you a big, awesome thank you from me (woohoo!) and PDF versions of the schematics and gerbers of the STN1170 module emailed to you (provide a real email address please). I have yet to decide whether or not to open source the design, but regardless of this, the design files wouldn’t be posted until probably June or so 2013. This donation option is really just a “thanks for providing the STN1110 design free of charge and support for the design”. Amounts over $20 don’t result in receiving anything additional to the $20 donation. This donation is not refundable once the PDFs are emailed to you.<\/p>\n

Option 2 (expired):<\/b>\u00a0This is an option for you to preorder one of the STN1170 Bluetooth OBDII Readers from the first production run that this fundraiser will fund directly. There are 20 donations of this type available. Purchasing this option guarantees you one of the first 20 units back from production. If you would like multiple units, purchase multiples at the full price and I’ll refund the excess shipping (shipping refund applies to non-USA countries ONLY). You will also receive the same PDFs as Option 1 above. This option is partially\/fully refundable if the deadline outlined below is NOT met. In the event that the deadline is not met, you will be refunded your donation amount minus $20 (if PDFs have been provided). Please specify “no PDFs” or something to that effect in the checkout note if you would like to maintain the ability to receive a full refund of your donation (no schematic\/layout PDFs provided).<\/p>\n

Option 3 (sold out):<\/b>\u00a0This option is the full-featured donation. Selecting this option gets you a STN1110 OBDII Bluetooth Reader along with items from Options 1 and 2. USA orders will have the STN1110 and STN1170 modules shipped separately, unless you’d rather they shipped together when the STN1170 module comes back from assembly. Non-USA orders have the option of combining shipping or an additional cost option for shipping individually (since shipping internationally costs me $24 a shipment). This option is fully\/partially refundable depending on what items have already been provided to you. In the event that the deadline is not met, your money will be refunded as follows: Full refund if you combine shipping of the STN1110 and STN1170 and request no PDFs of schematics\/layout (make a note in checkout), partial refund of the donation amount minus $20 if you wanted combined shipping and PDFs were provided to you, partial refund of donation amount minus shipping and full price ($90) of the STN1110 module if PDFs not provided and STN1110 module shipped, or no refund if STN1110 module has shipped and PDFs were provided to you.<\/p>\n

Deadlines:<\/b>\u00a0Option 1 will expire once units are received back from production (end of April 2013 at the latest). Options 2 and 3 have a deadline of reaching $1200 (total of Options 1, 2 and 3) by March 10, 2013. Once $1200 is reached, refunds will not be given. Options 2 and 3 expire when they run out of available donations, or when March 11th comes around. If $1200 is not reached by March 10th, full refunds will be give on March 11th for any items that have not been provided electronically or physically.<\/p>\n

In general, this Kickstarter-esq fundraiser is safer than Kickstarter is in the sense that refunds are available depending on options chosen. Regardless, this money goes fully to the development of the OBDII Modules and not for other things. Paypal is being used so that refunds are easy to make to you. You must understand that once something is provided to you, the cost of that item is not refundable. I’ve enjoyed interacting with the various people that have purchased my STN1110 units over the past 1 and a half years, and I hope to continue this with the STN1170. Above all, have fun with the readers and the information you can access from your vehicle!<\/p>\n

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