Why are a bunch of FLORA sensors discontinued?

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Why are a bunch of FLORA sensors discontinued?

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The FLORA Accelerometer/Gyroscope/Magnetometer, Lux Sensor, and Accelerometer/Compass are all discontinued. Why?

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Re: Why are a bunch of FLORA sensors discontinued?

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I am also a customer. I assume (and also hope) that these products will come back in improved versions.

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Re: Why are a bunch of FLORA sensors discontinued?

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I believe the chips used on these sensors may have been discontinued. We have many other breakouts with equivalent functionality: they are just not round :) . See especially the STEMMA/QT sensor breakouts, which use a socket and plug connection mechanism which is more reliable than using conductive thread or the like with the Flora-style sensors.

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The flora doesn't have a STEMMA QT port...

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Re: Why are a bunch of FLORA sensors discontinued?

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This could be handy in that case: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4398. Or you could use another one-connector JST-SH STEMMA/QT cable and solder the wires onto the Flora.

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