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Thanks for your questions and encouragement. Answers: 1. ~1.9kg fully loaded with batteries, WiFi card and SSD. 2. Currently you need to rebuild the firmware

by mntmn 6y ago

Thanks for your questions and encouragement. Answers: 1. ~1.9kg fully loaded with batteries, WiFi card and SSD. 2. Currently you need to rebuild the firmware, which is "make" and then "flash.sh", but it's absolutely feasible to make a nice keymap editor. 3. The connector itself is generic and cheap (SO-DIMM), you stick a bare PCB in it (card edge). There's currently no other SoM with this pinout, though. We'll work to change that. 4. Haven't run into issues yet, and opened and closed mine many many times. 5. Simplicity. 6. Type-A is still much more common. The next version could have Type-C or a mix possibly. 7. Totally hackable. The sources are already in our Git / on GitHub but I'll post an article about this during the campaign.

zenexer 6y ago
1. That's pretty damn good, especially given the size. 2. Since it's all in git, I'd consider `make && ./flash.sh` fine; that's not really any more difficult than a config file. 3. I particularly like the potential for switching architectures without needing a whole new device. 4. Awesome 5 & 6. I've been refusing to buy new portable electronics unless they have Type-C ports and support USB-PD, since it's simplified my life a lot--one charger for everything. That being said, I'm normally making that decision under the assumption that I won't be able to upgrade what I buy today, and I don't want it to hold me back tomorrow. That's not an issue with your device, but I'd definitely love to see USB-PD down the road, even if it's an external accessory or a DIY guide. 7. That's definitely something I'd love to learn more about. From my perspective, the integrated-yet-fully-hackable HIDs are key selling points.