I will have two sabers this would be perfect for as a test run!
Awesome. Sorry I am tired and I was looking for stuff… And wondering if it was available yet. and it is!!! and let me know I have some builds that could use it in.
Great news! I know what I say might seem a bit of a stretch, but I will anyways. What if you did away with the USB connector and just left the 4 pads? I’ve been doing so many extensions lately that just soldering the USB connector might actually make it easier. Or at least a layout version with just the pads so we can send out to make a batch. Incidentally, also a possibility for V3.7. But I would love to hear your opinion. And yes, I understand this will require some soldering and an adapter before even being able to program it.
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I honestly wouldnt hate this idea. Though I know it would not be good for a lot of users.
Users need a simple and reliable way to program the board, it doesn’t have to be a USB connector, but there has to be something that is easy to use. Soldering pads are not easy to use. A smaller connector, pogo pins, or edge-connectors have all been considered, but I haven’t found anything that I think is significantly better yet.
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I’m someone that would prefer a USB port, but to play devil’s advocate… We’re already going to be soldering the board. What’s four more wires? I would say making the M2 as compact as possible, and offering the full size board with USB would still make sense.
I wouldn’t pretend to have the official M2 be done without the USB connector. But may be you could add the option in the files, say, by turning off a couple of layers and turning on another, to have the four USB contacts just like the ones on the other side of the board. Then, we could pony-up with some installers for a batch of those, or even talk to somebody doing a batch of the normal ones to add to the order some of the connector-less (which should be cheaper).
You’re always free to do that yourself.
I don’t want to do it because I don’t want to support it.
Boards like that would cause a lot of users a lot of problems if they were sold directly to end users, and I don’t have the means to control what is sold to who.
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Incidentally, do we have an ETA on the M2? Something like within the next 6 months vs a 2024+ thing?
No ETA yet, stay tuned.
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Since the M2 was mentioned on the pogo PCB proffie idea thread… It’s been almost a year since the last reply. Is this still in work or are mini alternate proffie form factors moving on to brighter horizons?
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It’s still something I’d like to do, but it’s not really clear if or when that will actually happen.
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Not to revive a dead thread, but is this project still in the works? Been thinking about doing some blaster installs that I think a regular proffie would be a bit overkill for but theM2 would work well for.
It’s on the back, back back back burner, but it’s not dead.
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So you’re telling me theres a chance?
Jokes aside, looking forward to any updates whenever those may be
like what? I am always wondering what others have plans for a smaller proffie
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No particular plans as of yet, but I do plan on branching out toward blasters and smaller form factor is always a plus for smaller work areas. Also I would like to try making some half scale lightsabers just for fun.
Though do have a warhammer lasgun project on the horizon that I think it would be a great test bed for.