Hey guys. How’s everyone doing. I haven’t been on here much due to work, but thankfully that’s freed up recently.
he’s healthy & well but extremely busy. He was also nice enough to loan me a
to play with.
I missed the last 15 (?) pages of this thread, but thought I’d respond to the more recent comments. However, I feel obligated to put the post under a spoiler because it’s not an ‘official’ update, rather just my own personal take on things. Last I remember there were some people who would only accept updates from an ‘official’ source, so you may skip/disregard this post if you’re one of them.
Also, this post does not contain info regarding replacements/reships as I forgot to bring the topic up, but will do so when I go return the prototype.
(Yuktsi) has his own Alice GB he's been handling last couple weeks, he had to put up the threads, organise everything, go through entries, verify them, schedule machining, pick and order materials, etc so surely it's understandable that he hasn't been able to get around to shipping things himself and/or updating us here.
Not to mention doing a post-grad course with finals just round the corner.
I also have it in good standing that Juahenza is actually not dead outside of Geekhack
He's expecting his first child soon. I think that has to take priority over everything else.
...but from what I can tell he is paying for things out of pocket now, so Exent will only be moving forward as long as someone can afford to move boards. And if Alice provides some extra income to help out with Exent in the long run then maybe it'll be ok.
Jua & Yuktsi have been paying for things out of pocket since last year. On my end, I've even sent people WS2812Bs, lengths of wire, bumpons, screws and Cherry stabs from my own stash while covering the shipping cost (it is literally not my responsibility, I'm also a GB participant like you) before I started getting too many requests.
To be fair, some people have courteously offered to repay me for the parts, but I am reluctant to accept because it would have meant that they're double-paying. Besides, it’s only a few bucks.
There are a couple TGR GBs lined up over the next few months, obviously I can't say how the revenue will be utilised, but earning some extra $ can't hurt at this point.
What is the main issue with moving forward? It seemed like most of the production was done. For some kits, just needed some minor things. Is it mostly a money issue? If i have to throw in a few extra bucks to get my items, then so be it.
It's a manpower issue.
This post describes it quite well.
It would be nice to know how many orders were sent/received compared to total orders.
From a purely “sent” perspective, the figure is actually quite high, but takes a hit if missing stabs + orders with issues (faulty PCB/cracked bottom) are factored in.
Do you have to flash the pcb for your computer to register the key-presses or should it come with a basic mapping?
Mine is unresponsive out of the box. Anyone experience this or can point me in the right direction?
I had to use https://github.com/catweewee/Exent-Bootmapper and followed instructions there, default had no keys mapped.
TGR GB PCBs usually ship without a keymap, so flashing one wasn’t part of our consideration. We assumed that people would know how to do it themselves. In hindsight, that wasn’t a very smart assumption to make, and I personally will be learning from it.
...i guess i dont have much good news but all i can say is that they are coming and will be shipped eventually.
Yes
Guys, I need some help with my PCB, unfortunately my _- , [{ , ;: , / ? \ and Left arrow column is not working at all and does not show up on Bootmapper. Should I touch up some pins on the MCU, if so any pointers about which ones would be really appreciated.
Are you using screw-in stabs? I believe a workaround was discussed a few pages back.
