Notices by mntmn (mntmn@mastodon.social)

MNT is restarting development of Spacedeck, a web-based realtime visual collaboration tool originally started by Martin Guether and me in 2011: https://spacedeck.com (now open-source software). The new version is now in early beta. You can ask me for the invite code if interested in beta testing the hosted version.

Reform 2 trackball and battery PCBs are here. now just missing the trackball sensor flex PCB that is made by OSHpark

first reform2 case prototyping test

it’s a working system. the only thing left to validate is the charger / battery monitor. then it’s time for board rev 2, finishing the case design and kick off the crowdfunding

Reform 2 bringup progress: wall & battery power, usb, ethernet, audio, hdmi, reset all work. what doesn’t work: PCIe (no link), SD card (only some older, full size SD cards work). untested: MIPI DSI->eDP. most scary part because only experimental drivers exist.

video of battery-powered Reform 2 accessing USB floppy disk

got the sample of Boundary Devices Nitrogen8M i.MX8M SOM we’re gonna use as the first CPU/GPU/RAM module in MNT Reform 2. pretty high end process on this one.

also nice: 1. all component references on silkscreen 2. various testpoints with labels 3. full schematics for download on website (!)

recommendations for FOSS time tracking tools, preferably web-based or iOS app?

weston, gnome/wayland running on latest linux kernel with etnaviv on i.MX8M/GC7000 GPU

MNT Reform v2 keyboard is in business

I wrote an article about the redesign of MNT Reform https://mntre.com/media/news_md/2019-05-20-reintroducing-reform.html

i really want a workstation-level Reform but i don’t know what chip to put in it

soldering the cherry ML slim mechanical switches into Reform keyboards. every key has a diode which prevents ghosting and allows for n-key rollover (NKRO). the controller is atmel mega32u4, the firmware is FOSS and based on the LUFA library.