2024-02-20.log

vagrantchrm. one screw is just not going in on the trackball sensor board00:00
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vagrantcapparently the issue came down to "if force doesn't work, you're not using enough of it"00:02
vagrantc:/00:04
joschdid it work in the end?00:05
vagrantcdon't know yet ... but the connection seems reasonable-ish00:15
vagrantci was hoping this bad cell would at least start to charge, but it is not.00:16
vagrantci have a few other 18650 lifepo4 cells ... but not sure what AH rating they are ...00:16
vagrantci'll just force a 26650 cell in and see what happens :)00:18
vagrantcor rather, not.00:18
joschspeaking of cells... can somebody recommend a solution that lets me test the capacity of my lifepo4 cells so that i can choose cells which offer most similar remaining capacity depending on their age?00:18
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digitalraynethere's ways to "jump start" them and maybe revive them if you're interested in potentially starting a fire and have a high appetite for adventure (and potentially destruction)00:19
digitalraynere: batteries00:19
joschyeah, i did that once with li-ion pouch cells which gladly didn't explode XD00:20
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digitalraynesuccessful adventure!00:21
vagrantcdigitalrayne: supposedly this charge can detect this ... but it is not00:21
digitalraynedid you manually check the voltage on the cell already?00:22
digitalraynecouldn't see in backscroll00:22
vagrantcback when it was in the pack, it was reading 0.67v ... but last i checked it was just plain 0v00:22
digitalrayneah ok the once I've done are < 1v and i just charge them as NiMH for a few minutes, but I don't think I've tried that for completely 0v cells before00:23
digitalrayne*the ones00:23
digitalraynenot official advice, do not do this, usual disclaimers00:24
digitalraynei also have only ever attempted this with a fire extinguisher nearby, outside in my workshop00:25
vagrantci have some used 1.5AH cells around here somewhere ... but the ones that came with it are 1.8AH00:25
vagrantcof course, once it hits 0v ... it is never going to see 1.8AH again :/00:26
vagrantchrm. well, i should have 6 of those 1.5AH batteries ... can use those till i find some better ones ...00:35
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vagrantcdoes it make more sense to use 7 of the 1.8ah cells that came with the mnt/reform and 1 1.5ah cell ... or 6 1.5ah cells with two 1.8ah cell?00:37
vagrantcoh, i actually couild scrounge up more of the 1.5ah cells ... and use the remaining 1.8ah cells in those00:38
minutevagrantc: the smallest capacity cell will determine the total capacity00:45
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vagrantcminute: yeah, although when dealing with essentially un-used 1.5AH cells vs. 1.8AH used cells ... it's a bit of guesswork01:05
minutein german wie say "probieren geht über studieren!"01:06
minuteand with that, nighty01:06
vagrantci went with two used 1.5AH cells and six essentially un-used 1.5AH cells ... i don't think these used ones have ever been seriously drained ...01:06
vagrantcACTION waves01:06
vagrantcACTION almost has all the parts back together01:07
vagrantchah. and thanks to the clear bottom, i can easily tell that i forgot to plug the battery cables back in01:10
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vagrantcwhoah. trackball is hugely improved.01:29
vagrantcwhat three ballbearings can do.01:30
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Twodisbetterthat is great, and I agree. The ball bearing make the rolling feel like butter. 09:35
Twodisbetterthat is great, and I agree. The ball bearings make the rolling feel like butter. 09:35
joschThat, and regularly cleaning the ball bearings.09:38
joschI did that for the first time last week and my trackball is so much better than it was with all the accumulated dust around them. :D09:39
vkoskivI wonder if a thin layer of felt adhered to the retaining ring would help prevent dust ingress10:06
vkoskivI haven't had issues with dust, but I'd like to look into ways to reduce the vertical motion of the ball when I'm using my laptop in bed and it's a bit more vertical10:07
vkoskivI could also try printing a modified retaining ring that leaves a smaller gap there10:07
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kuno@minute hello!  any chance we can get a backup update on crowdsupply for the pocket reform?14:37
kunobacker*14:37
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grimmwarethe bearings on the trackball are fixed in position and just low friction right? Or do they actually roll freely themselves?17:38
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joschgrimmware: they are glued into the plastic18:27
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minutekuno: hello! we just published one!19:09
kunocool, thanks!19:10
joschwhat was the struggle to "tune everything right with the screws"?19:17
minutejosch: counterbores for countersunk screws in 1mm and 1.2mm PCBs are kind of hard to get right19:18
minuteso that the screw heads don't stick out19:18
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joschHah i even struggled with regular M2-sized things like screws, bolts and insert. :D Most things are only sold M4 and larger it seems.19:21
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joschminute: if the device tree name "MNT Pocket Reform (i.MX8MP)" is to remain the same i could add some code to the reform-tools scripts, making them ready for the pocket.19:22
minutejosch: great. yes, that seems like a fine device tree name19:23
minuteit is indeed time to start building an image for pocket19:23
joschminute: because the others are named "MNT Reform 2 with BPI-CM4 Module" or "MNT Reform 2 with LS1028A Module"19:23
minutei seee hm19:23
minutewe can change it to "MNT Pocket Reform with i.MX8MP Module"19:24
joschminute: unless of course the device tree was already submitted to mainline with that name?19:24
minuteno, no mainlining happened so far19:24
minutethere isn't even hdmi support merged in mainline yet ;)19:24
joschokay, then as a first step, i'll quickly change the name in our patched kernel19:25
joschif nothing has been upstreamed yet, that should be fine19:25
joschi'll also have to adjust this MR against flash-kernel: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/flash-kernel/-/merge_requests/4819:25
joschah right, indeed in that MR vagrantc argued that we should be sure about the dtb name remaining stable19:26
minuteoh yeah19:26
minutewell yeah, then we can be consistent19:26
joschgood that vagrant didn't press the merge button yet XD19:26
minutethen there will be MNT Pocket Reform with BPI-CM4 Module and so on19:26
minuteMNT Pocket Reform with RCORE Module ;)19:26
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joschrcore?19:30
joschoh the adapter for rk3588?19:31
minutejosch: yeah19:32
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joschindeed the only mainlined dtb seems to be arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-mnt-reform2.dts19:39
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joschah now our flash-kernel patch also looks a bit nicer: https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform-debian-packages/-/blob/main/patches/flash-kernel?ref_type=heads19:53
SarioThis was exciting to see https://liliputing.com/mnt-pocket-reform-mini-laptop-should-begin-shipping-by-late-march-open-hardware/19:54
minutejosch: bpi is not yet mainlined? probably still in merge hell19:55
minuteSario: yay!19:55
joschminute: i only checked the master branch of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git -- didn't look much farther than that19:56
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vagrantchuh. i could not find higher capacity cells (e.g. 2000mAH) anywhere20:14
vagrantcordered a fresh batch of 1800mAH cells ... and using 1.5AH cells for now20:14
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vagrantcwhen i put the trackball back together ... the left button is really prone to popping off ... which happens to be the one i use the most ... are there any tricks to getting it to stick?20:15
vagrantcof course, now that i ask, it seems fine again. :)20:16
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minutevagrantc: thin layer of glue on the leg and letting it dry, perhaps21:34
vagrantcmakes sense ... will see if it keeps acting up :)21:35
joschminute: do you have a repo for the pocket u-boot?21:38
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shdwjust compiled and flashed the reform keyboard firmware to my new keyboard. great piece of hardware so far!21:45
minuteshdw: nice!21:54
minutejosch: indeed not, so far i used the preflashed uboot i think :D21:54
joschah :)21:55
vkoskivThe Verge showing off the pocket reform, nice 8)23:00
minutevkoskiv: huh? where23:02
vkoskivhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/sZ2MSPFZoBE23:03
vkoskivNot exactly the right audience, apparently it should cost no more than $150 :D23:03
minuteohh that was like a year ago on instagram23:04
minutedid they put it on yt shorts now?23:04
vkoskivOh, the comments are from 10 months ago too. I guess youtube just decided it was time to show it on my front pagfe23:05
minuteNIN lyric comes to mind "God money, let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised"23:05
vkoskivI generally avoid shorts, just a really annoying experience, but had to check this one out23:05
vkoskivI prefer to stay on this side of youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfelmQOKYK423:08
minutelol nice23:10
minutewill you go to revision btw?23:10
vkoskivI need to book my flights23:11
vkoskivAlready have a place to sleep, I think23:11
minuteaha!23:11
vkoskivI'd say 90% likelyhood at this point that I'll be there. Would be hard to miss it now that I've experienced it :]23:13
minutei'm kind of wanting to go but it's unlikely that i will at the moment23:17
vkoskiv2023 was nice, 100% recommend. Very high reform/normal laptop ratio23:19
vkoskivWe got 3 together for that pic, I think truck had a 4th one but I didn't see it23:19
minutenice23:20
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vkoskivGuessing you can't just go ask the boss for a few days off, right? :D23:21
minutehaha not really no :D23:21
vkoskivOne of the joys of running a business23:21
minuteyeah ;__;23:21
minutebut it's ok, we're catching up with backlog, and i can't wait to get rk3588 stuff going, and to ship pockets23:22
vkoskivI'd be willing to bet you could sell units at the event :D23:23
vkoskivMake it a work thing, partially of course23:23
vkoskivHigh % of people who already know/would be interested23:24
vkoskiv(I have no idea how revision handles commercial stuff)23:24

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