#724

standoffs/mechanicals posted to the bottom of README at https://github.com/monome/norns-shield along with mcmaster order numbers

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#725

The Presi-dip screen headers are out of stock, and my screen did not survive.

Will this SIL Header work as a replacement?

I’d like to get back up and running sooner rather than later.

#726

Just ordered at mousers and helped myself with looking for 1x20 header at ebay…seems to be the same, costs about 2 eur for 5 pieces… (Preci-dip 20 pin ultra low profile)

Your link shows male to male while i you ll need m to f according to the githup pictures

#727

Could you share a link to the ebay item please? I’m also in Europe.

Thanks!

#728

And yes! Totally right about the male to female thing!

#729
#730

Anyone have a link for a yellow OLED screen ? The one posted earlier in this thread is out of stock

#731

direct from manufacturer:
https://www.newhavendisplay.com/nhd2712864wdy3-p-9542.html

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#732

Here’s my build so far. Working good internally but waiting on spacers for the enclosure.

Just for info I bought some grey button caps and black ones from mouser both of them fit. When I read the description I wasn’t sure if the black ones would fit but ordered anyway.
Mouser P/N 611-PVGY for grey caps. Mouser P/N 611-PVBK for black caps.

Hope that helps someone :smiley:

Norns
Norns2737×2343 2.06 MB

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#733

Any way i can turn off or modify timer on automatic screen turning off? It does not seem like a usefull feature on Shield.

#734

I am brand new to this and am very impressed with the norns shield and this community. So first, thank you. I built the kit and am using it with a RPi 3 B+. So far everything works beautifully, except…
I have an issue with the display, and I can’t find any posts about it. It looks like some of the pixels aren’t drawn, and at first I thought it was an aliasing issue, but doesn’t seem to be. Screenshots are perfect, but often (not always!) there are gaps in this one vertical area. When this is scrolled, the issue scrolls with it, so it’s not dark pixels. Is this likely to be a hardware issue? Any hints of where to look?

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#735

try fiddling with the orange ribbon cable and see if the pixels flicker.

#736

not sure why it would be less useful on a shield - its main purpose is to avoid burn-in on the OLED, which is a real problem. (both permanent burn-in and temporary image retention.)

anyways, the most direct way is to disable the screensaver timer in norns/lua/core/screen.lua… i’m not sold on making this part of the public API since it does affect hardware lifetime?

if you’re writing scripts and want the screen to wake up in response to specific actions, use screen.ping().

#737

Thanks for your suggestion. When I try fiddling I am seeing no flickering or change. Not sure how aggressively I should fiddle, though…

#738

seems the screen needs replacing. email help@monome.org

#739

I was wrong then assuming that it’s mainly to preserve battery on Norns. Good to know.

#740

2 posts were split to a new topic: Norns pset/pmap file locations

#741

You nailed it - it was the screen. This machine is now perfect. Thank you very much.

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#742

Probably a silly question, but if I swap the SD card with one containing a standard Raspbian build, would it work OK as a standard RPi, with the Norns shield installed?

My young son has discovered Minecraft and it would be cool if he can still play it, after I’ve installed the Norns shield.

#743

So it seems like i made all the idiot mistakes one can do with the first bit of soldering…
The oled pins didnt fit the little distance header so i left it away…decided to deal with the inconvenience…but in all genius affect i managed to solder the old on the wrong side of shield pcb as i think someone prior in this topic did too… i have no idea how to get the oled off again… motivation > concentration ouhh… crp

Tried clipping the solder points but not the right tools for this tiny…