#863

These are the other 90 degree adapters I use to split trs to 2 channels of ts.

Wpeng 3.5mm 1/8 inch Female to 2 Dual 1/8 inch 3.5mm Male Right Angle 90 Degree Adapter Cord Y Splitter Cable - 6 inch(3.5F/2M) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LWVSR3K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_iM9bEbT7XY37W

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#864

Excellent!! Thanks for the tips folks :slight_smile:

#865

Pardon my ignorance here, I’ve never worked with Raspberry Pis before. With the Fates firmware flashed to an SD card, will the card need to be inserted into one of the usb slots at every power on, or can it be written to the Pi so it loads automatically?

#866

There’s a built in slot specifically for the micro SD so no need to take up a usb slot with a reader or anything like that.

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#868

Ahh perfect, thanks! Couldn’t see one in any of the pics of the Pi boards.

#869

Do not run today’s norns update yet. ( Norns: update 191230)

IT WILL BRICK YOUR SYSTEM

If you already ran the update and bricked yourself like I did… here’s a possible fix. You need to remove the SD card, put that in another computer and replace the /boot/config.txt file with the correct one for Fates.

Here’s a replacement for pi4 (I’ve not double checked this is the same for pi4 or pi3 - but i think they are the same)
config.txt (2.0 KB)

EDIT - Although - getting SUPERCOLLIDER FAIL after replacing config. :frowning:

EDIT EDIT - Unfortunately I was not able to get my “updated” card fixed and I don’t have a recovery method for this yet. I had to start with a fresh image and then recover my dust directory from the bricked sd card (with a usb card reader).

I’m working on uploading new disk images tonight/tomorrow.

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#870

I’ve booked a timeslot for a lasercutter in my local library for tomorrow. Just took a look at the .ai files – should I go with the “bigholes” version or the regular version? What’s the difference? Sorry if this is a dumb question. =)

#871

The “bigger holes” are in reference to the tab-slots that join the pieces. I had some material that was slightly larger than 3mm and would not fit together. So I made the holes a wee bit bigger (~0.25mm)

So it depends on your actual material thickness.

Use the bigger holes version if you’re not sure.

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#872

Strongly advise. I had to file down all of the tabs and still ended up with cracks in the material.

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#873

Ok - I’m nervous as first serious SMD work, but I’m going in…!

Quick q on the Pi board - the 3b+ I got has a header preinstalled as marked. Is it ok to clip these pins to enable a flat mating with Fates PCB?

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Thanks

#874

Those pins on the raspi are for Power over Ethernet. It’s a normal feature to have that header there.

You should not have to clip or do anything with those to properly mate the pi to the fates board. If something is in the way, pehaps you’re trying to mount the pi the wrong way round?

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#875

Thanks for the super quick response!

I don’t think I’ve got the Pi misaligned, but definitely can’t get it to mate with that header:

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Apologies for the basic level question!

#876

you need a header there (out the bottom of the fates board)

one of these: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2222

once the header is there, you mate the pi to the header and those other pins will clear

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#878

Doh! I was being daft and thought they mated directly - totally makes sense now. Have one of those from the BOM. thanks so much. and first two components mounted while you’ve helped me along… much appreciated!!

#879

@okyeron, is it safe to update from inside the system menu since your GitHub commit yesterday? is there a different update procedure I should run? Is it best to just make a snapshot of my machine as it is now (via pibaker or similar) before I make any attempts?

EDIT: Ah, didn’t look at your edited post from yesterday upthread yet. Will hold off for now.

#880

So yeah… making a backup/snapshot is probably a good idea

Best update method right now is to do a git pull on the norns directory, and then recompile. However, this might throw an error if you do it manually.

So I’ve got a script for you (as a temp fix to get updated)…

SSH to fates and do the following:

cd ~/fates
git pull
./install/norns/scripts/pull_norns.sh

Then do SYSTEM>RESET

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#881

I just tried this but it is stuck compiling 43/49 “crone/src/softcut/softcutvoice.cpp”. Frozen currently. What next?

Edit: it just stopped. I could not get it to respond to the shutdown command, so I just cut power to it and when I rebooted, it loaded right up with no errors.

I followed your steps again and it notified me that build finished successfully. It’s working well now, thank you!

#882

Did it error or just stop (like for how long)?

Probably cntrl-C then try to run the script again?

EDIT: Just did a followup test on Pi3B+ and it worked ok for me here.

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#883

thank you for this! :grin:

#884

Works like a charm, thanks @okyeron