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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 05:01:55 JST minute

   spent the second half of today working on the second rev of the MNT Reform Next motherboard, where i decided to bring the connectors to the back side and also reorder them to minimize crossings (and mess) of the flat cables in the device in this upside down orientation. also made the board 5mm shorter to solve mechanical conflicts between the motherboard cables and the keyboard edge. a lot of work, but it'll pay off for sure.

   this also means that i had to mirror (flip) all pins of these FPCs.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 05:04:31 JST minute

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     here's a pic of the messy situation before doing this adjustment. it will also be much better to be able to (dis)connect the connectors when they're on the other side.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 05:05:40 JST minute

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     having (custom) FPC with exactly the right lengths will also help a lot.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 06:26:27 JST minute

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     • jacqueline 🌟

     @jacqueline yeah it would be :3

   • jacqueline 🌟 (jacqueline@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 06:26:28 JST jacqueline 🌟

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     @mntmn are you gonna get custom ones that bend too so you don’t have to fold them? that’d be slick