On Aug 17, 4:44 pm, "Dan Luke" wrote:
"Neil Gould" wrote:

Sounds to me like a component issue rather than a design issue

Yep. The nightmare of all mfrs that pull components from all over the world
into a complex, integrated product.

As a G1000 owner, I know I own a perishable system. How long before the
unavailability of a critical component makes it unmaintainable?

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

You better hope that Garmin does a lifetime buy on critical end-of-
life components to be able to support it for decades to come. All big
avionics companies do this as a matter of course since their product
life-cycles tend to outlast commercial electronics by many
generations. Processors and memory ICs tend to be the parts that have
the shortest life-cycles and need to be stockpiled.

Dean W
AeroLEDs LLC
www.aeroleds.com