#396

i recently ordered a rasp pi 3 b+ for my build 1.4ghz 1 gb and wondering now if i should have gone with the rasp pi 4 with the 4 gb instead? any thoughts would be appreciated.

#397

You’re gonna be just fine with the 3b+ Remember, the Norns is built originally off of the 3b, so you already have a bit more horsepower under the hood (many people have upgraded the computer modules in their factory Norns to a 3b+, but that is besides the point).

The desire for the 4 is just in potential future proofing. ORAC 2.0 is not as curated of an environment as the Norns, and its future is more at the whims of the market, so to speak. So, a 4 is potentially insurance on that.

But, let’s be frank here, it’s REALLY easy to swap the Pi’s on the board and if some monumental new step forward comes along, you can just pop off your 3b+ and slap on a 4!

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#398

ahhh thanks so much for the concise response!
makes sense, if need be a swap out in the future sounds simple.

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#399

got mine in the mail yesterday and put it together today. i’m a novice at soldering but never felt in the weeds while putting this together. i’m honestly real proud of it and stoked i got it all working without having to resolder anything! thanks again @okyeron! :grin:

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#400

:tada::tada:

hope you didn’t lose those screws :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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#401

hahaha! i misplaced one and the other wouldn’t fit because i could only trim the top of the display header pins so low because i didn’t have the right tool. will have to pick up an extra 6mm screw and some better snips soon.

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#402

I just put 2 together last night and they work great, except that the “we” folder scripts don’t show up in the select menu. They showed up before I expanded the memory, and once I did, they disappeared. on my factory norns, each script that are in the folder show up. I cloned the ‘we’ folder again into my dust, but still nothing.

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#403

this is a small bug in norns.

You should be able to pull the current norns version from github and get it fixed

So…SSH into the fates pi and do this

cd norns
git pull

(also impressed you were able to get a screw in there on the top left of the display - that’s tight fit up there :grin:)

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#404

haha, yeah it wasn’t easy, but the philips head was JUST about small enough:) i’m going to have an enclosure cut this week in pasadena and it’ll be all great. thanks again for the project!

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#405

Forgot a step above - you’ll wanna do SYSTEM>RESET or reboot after updating norns via the git pull

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#406

thank you! yeah i just did that anyways by instinct. it worked, yay!

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#407

So I’m having a problem with a new SD card I reckon, I’m getting a SUPERCOLLIDER FAIL message.

so after I’m SSHed in

cd norns
git fetch
git pull
./waf configure
./waf

Getting an build fail error evwrytime

Rebooting the fates will run awake but no sound!!

Any idea how to fix this?

#408

couldn’t find any info about how thick the case is. I am trying to get a lasercyt plywood case this week, and need to know the thickness to source the right materials.

#409

3mm ( you can confirm on the design by looking at width of cutouts on top

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#410

In the first post there is a photo of a Fates with 5 encoders (not 3, not 4).
Is this a new design?

#411

Hm. The sizing does not match up(3mm) in the illustrator doc from github. Might Just be that my illustrator document setup is incorrect but could I just resize it to Make the cutouts 3mm? Or does anyone have a document that is print ready?

#412

4 encoders (one without a cap) and three buttons.
Without a case, the button caps are tall and look a lot like encoders.

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#413

Ups! Sorry! I was confused.

#414

Make sure your rules are set to mm

Which specific file from GitHub are you trying to use?

There’s an illustrator file with “bigger holes” in the name which has cut outs for 3.25mm material if you need bigger

#415

Fall back and reinstall the disk image?

Fwiw - you should not need the “git fetch”

Otherwise is this build working with the disk image?

If not, the DAC chip likely has soldering issues.