Notices by Robin ╰(ಠ_ಠ✿)╯ (buzzyrobin@chaos.social)

More Tangara jig stuff! I’ve been working on the faceplate+display solder and stick-down jig.

With this version, you:
- Put the PCB in the cradle to the left, the display upside-down in the holder on the right, and solder down the ribbon cable.
- Close the hinge, make sure the PCB is aligned by having the spring pins stick into the mounting holes.
- Take the paper off the adhesive strips, the flip the display over and down into the C-shaped hole.

(Last pic is of an earlier prototype.)

good news everyone

a few things on this board make me smile every time I look at it

sticker update

(CC @tenzochris)

@mntmn if you don’t mind me asking: how are you finding Ondsel?

(I’ve been uhh very cagey, given how ‘open core’ has turned out for me in my career, let alone VC-flavoured open core, but I am still curious.)

adjusting some clearances for a better fit

alright, finally updated my dev unit with the newer case revision, to match the updated production PCBs

(Printed in translucent PLA, with some honeycomb infill and some carefully-reoriented rectilinear top and bottom layers; done while I wait for the real polycarbonate cases to show up.)

On a related note: it feels really good to get the FreeCAD port (the source of truth going forward, shifting over from @ErinRose's excellent efforts in Fusion) done with reference PCBs, fittings, and fixings, with the technical drawings (to make sure the tolerances are dialled in) the only important part still in flight.

Tangara prototyping! Just churning out some different shapes and detailing to see what feels or looks nicer.

(feat. black tangara stand-in PCBs + displays + touch wheels)