The anti🚫-derailment🚃 & thread🧵 hijacking🔫 thread🧵 ⁉

XEMON · January 30, 2025, 5:19pm

Maybe, but not going into boot is worrying …
Plugging it in today and the right side still doesn’t go into boot, but I got most of the functionality back.

I pulled the big guns this morning and checked the health of the diodes and they’re all good

This is what I got (blue tape is the keys that don’t work.
On the left I randomly get the keys to register once in a while. The switch close …
On the right, the h key is not working, can’t figure out why … It doesn’t go into boot, but it work-ish minus “h” for now …

Hamspiced · January 30, 2025, 5:30pm

You have a bent pin.

Switches work in a grid so check the top or bottom of that row and it’s likely one of the switch pins at vent and grounding out to the ground plane

XEMON · January 30, 2025, 5:36pm

i removed all teh switches and inspected them, they are all good. Also i can see the pin from teh back side. and i dont get anything when shorting the socket from teh back side either
I am wondering if i could have a dead connection in the hot swap socket?

Jammyjellyfish · January 30, 2025, 5:41pm

Do you have a cold solder joint somewhere? Do all the traces on the board look undamaged?

Jammyjellyfish · January 30, 2025, 5:42pm

Easy to check, just bridge the socket solder pads with a wire

Hamspiced · January 30, 2025, 5:50pm

It would either be a dead diode or reversed, a pin that’s jumping the ground plane in the switch matrix. Or a broken trace to the ECU that would kill that line or the ECU has a cold joint on that trace

XEMON · January 30, 2025, 6:22pm

That’s why I pulled the v-i grapher, all diodes have a good response

The PCB looks in good shape, but doesn’t mean there isn’t a bad trace somewhere …

I’ll pull the schematic and reflow that column.
I’ll also re-build and flash the firmware now I understand the process a bit better

Edit:
I re-built and flashed it, it worked for 10 seconds and went back …
I reflowed the diodes and sockets, no go …
I did the same on the right side, no go either …
Then i noticed i missed s solder on the jack pin, soldered it and now it works
I dont get why the solder on the optional jack plug is making a whole raw die and 1 switch on the other side, but so far so good
The right side is still not going into boot mode, so it still got the old firmware

the keycaps got delayed a week, so ill have to wait to really put it to work.

Not · January 30, 2025, 9:57pm

2 of 2!

Thinking I’ll make the display piece out of these… They may not be a NExT or an xMagic in size or function, and they are not implants, but they will certainly do if only as an explanation of how the real things do look.

Hamspiced · January 30, 2025, 9:58pm

now you need a field generator to make em pop.

Not · January 30, 2025, 10:02pm

I was thinking the same thing

I was looking at your “Field Generator DIY” for the project. This would solve the HF xFD, but I’d still need a solution for the LF one.

Hamspiced · January 30, 2025, 10:15pm

Once i get a good functional LF repeater i can do a Generator easily. it would just be swapping the 13.56mhz crystal oscillator with a 125k one and ill make some 125k antenna’s to add to it. The problem is the antennas atm. I have one that has promise. i just need to order it. been crazy busy with work and the kids. In fact im supposed to be dropping a release to DT club soon.

Hamspiced · January 30, 2025, 10:33pm

You were quicker than most i litterally just published that.

Not · January 30, 2025, 11:04pm

I have been watching for the range extender specifically, but to be blunt you make cool shit so I often visit your site

mrln · January 31, 2025, 1:23am

Digiwell (german DT RESELLER) is now selling fucking Opioids and Benzo derivates.

Not · January 31, 2025, 2:34am

I knew about the DMT alternatives and other hallucinogens, but… Ew

amal · January 31, 2025, 7:11am

Using Apple vision pro VR headset to map out your house for construction purposes. Crazy but also pretty awesome.

Not · January 31, 2025, 2:56pm

Messing around a little with the Lodestone PICO + my xG3-v2 to see how sensing is coming along (getting better!), and I’ve noticed that I can hear my xG3 vibrate at times, especially in the higher frequencies. Is this normal/common?

Edit: Nevermind, looked through the github and saw the “stick your finger in your ear” trick. That’s fing sick.

Az_F · January 31, 2025, 4:40pm

First of all, LET IT HEAL! But seriously, it it makes sounds you’re probably pushing it

Second, do you mean hear as in it makes noise and you hear it. Or your brain interprets the stimulation as a sound and you can “hear” it in your head?

Both are possible.
The first is just your skin acting as a speaker membrane.
The second is your brain making connections to figure out how to interpret this new thing.

Not · January 31, 2025, 6:38pm

I feel called out right now

This is the second time I’ve used the lodestone with it. I want to keep track of progress for “science”, but if that’s a bad idea I’ll throw the lodestone in a drawer until the 14 day mark.

And I mean makes sounds, not my brain. Running an automatic test in Haptic Analytics (I did NOT submit results, not going to mess up the averages for everyone, just trying to get a feel for it), I could hear the actual tones used. Higher frequencies seemed a bit easier to hear. Like a hissing noise.

I have always been a bit better at hearing than others in my age range and I’m usually in a very quiet environment, if that helps. The sounds are not particularly loud.

amal · January 31, 2025, 6:42pm

ok well after a few fits and starts, the forum is updated!

had to remove the retort plugin which allowed the little icon reactions to posts… it was no longer supported with the new version of Discourse
added reactions plugin to take the place of retort, but haven’t figured out how to use it yet
had to expand the application disk size to accommodate an upgrade to the database engine

So now the forum should be stable and reliable for a while