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@secretasianman it me

@cmdln extraordinary test of patience here

i just picked up 67 replacement displays for MNT Pocket Reforms. they are packed better this time. we're starting to test but notice that they sent FPC cables that are somehow different (top cable). turns out the contacts are flipped, we can't use these cables asdfasfajkhgfdk

@annika i am now in this moment on the way to pick up the replacements for those!

@bnys guns blazing!

bizarre things i have to deal with on a daily basis, part 314:

@johnlogic @xtaran @jacqueline i hope writing this reply helped you with that anxious feeling!

@mntmn: Meh, it just seems one of the accessories I ordered with the MNT Pocket Reform. The 5G Antenna just switched to "Actually shipped on Oct 24, 2024 PDT".

And the "ix Industrial Ethernet RJ45 adapter cable" switched to "Ships within three business days." — I'm surprised they ship these separately. (And of course still surprised that the DHL notification came about a ¾ day before Crowd Supply noted the shipment on the according order page.)

I am saddened to report that using a high precision silicon nitride bearing in a trackball is absolutely decadent to the touch, oil-on-glass smooth with the perfect slight hint of heft in the motion, looks absolutely amazing and does not work well at all.

we had @bnys over at the MNT studio this week and had a blast, we're gonna miss him! safe travels back to the US!

@xtaran @jacqueline maybe it's one of the 51 pocket reforms that arrived at mouser this week...

current mood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1j71Mf3-mA

@xtaran @jacqueline nothing to be seen in your CS account in your order list?

being bitten by this chromium+panfrost/rk3588 bug at home and wondering what it actually is https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/11244#note_2627657

@gsuberland good point!

getting to the finish line with MNT Reform Motherboard 3.0 (yeah, bumping the major rev). many little changes and cleanups today. for example the 5V supply rail size and capacitance for USB has been greatly increased. there's a new direct power header. there's a dip switch to select which console UART you want on USB-C PD port for debugging (plus System Controller UART). i'll probably add a qwiic (i2c) header for access by the SoC tomorrow.

also there's a ton of unused GPIOs there... any ideas for useful uses for them?

thanks for all the input, after checking all the (pretty complex/big/expensive) options i settled on CY7C65215-32LTXI and a DIP switch to select on of two UARTs that can have the console depending on the chosen CPU module (most use UART 1, but on some like BPi CM4 and 8mplus i had to use UART 2).

also this is the next level of "don't accidentally swap RX/TX!"

@met sure

is FTDI too evil to put on a MNT Reform motherboard? need a well supported quad (actually just triple) USB UART chip that can handle 1.5mbit on two of the UARTs.