Troubleshooting • Re: Replacement DA9091 PMIC

Cost of DA9091, 50p. Cost of equipment to fit component, £1500. Cost of someone capable of using equipment £350.

I was talking to someone who is more active in the "Right to Repair" movement than I am and they said it's not just having the right to repair which is required; having the ability to repair is essential in that. That includes -

• Manufacturers making spares available with short delivery times and reasonable pricing.

• Manufacturers providing enough documentation to allow a repair to be carried out.

• Manufacturers having to appoint official repair service providers or undertake repairs in-house, at reasonable cost with repairs carried out within a reasonable time frame.

Basically it means ensuring all those things manufacturers don't want to do when their goal is to see product replacement rather than repair.

The argument for providing datasheets on components under "Right to Repair" is to allow a component to be replaced with something else when that component is no longer available or difficult to obtain.

Statistics: Posted by hippy — Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:35 pm

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