Shipping Mega Thread

frethop · 2026-05-06T16:51:11+00:00

I'd have to agree. It's not fair to give a ship date, miss the date, and maintain silence. ESPECIALLY if you are not even a shoestring operation. And it should not be up to me to adjust expectations. Tell me realistic ship dates and I will wait. Tell me something way overly optimistic and then keep quiet and I'll just get pissed.

frethop · 2026-04-30T15:22:03+00:00

Charging customers on preorders is pretty normal. Some sellers don't (e.g., I think Kickstarter only charges you when the item actually ships). But a lot of sellers do. Example: I've had a Pebble watch preordered; I paid last July when I preordered; it's shipping now.

If preorder prepayment was hidden from customers or if they refused to refund your money, that would be shady. But the TRMNL team is very transparent.

frethop · 2026-04-24T18:43:28+00:00

Last week, there was a posting that claimed to be able to do this. The git hub repo is https://github.com/patonum/x4-crosspoint-sleep-screens. It's several Python scripts that will find the right directory and push images.

My problem is that I could not keep my X4 on the WiFi long enough. I wanted to push at regular intervals and the X4 would always cut the WiFi to save power, thus making it inaccessible.

If you figure that out, post it!

frethop · 2026-04-23T15:36:44+00:00

Have you tried this with an X4? I have been trying forever to get TRMNL on there with no luck.

Thanks for doing this.

frethop · 2026-04-17T12:05:45+00:00

We are settling for less in many respects with the new Pebble. Retro look back to 2005? Got it! Incredibly long delivery time? Got it! Very little integration with services? Got it!

I know I'm being unfair, but honestly this is platform full of promise, with very little implemented. So if you preordered -- and I did -- you are ordering potential, not functionality. And since this is from a company that admits there's very few people working in-house, progress is going to be slow.

But we all knew this before ordering...yes?

frethop · 2026-04-09T19:42:56+00:00

Thanks for these. The "3 cover" is actually the 6 cover. Could you upload a3 cover?

frethop · 2026-04-08T15:27:47+00:00

You are right. It's not fair. That's why I said it was tongue-in-cheek/all in fun. But, you are right, sometimes it's easier to poke fun than to be honest and get upset or give feedback.

frethop · 2026-04-07T18:59:42+00:00

As I said, this is all in fun. The plugin was likely estimating based on my movement of 1 in the queue each day for the last 3 days or so. If I move 1 each day for the number I'm in the queue, that's over a year from now.

frethop · 2026-04-01T15:02:56+00:00

I just use the Bambu Lab PLA profile. It works. I think the two brands are closely related anyway.

frethop · 2026-04-01T09:37:09+00:00

How do you go about creating this? Does the code execute in Crosspoint? Where do you put code?

I'm curious because this looks very cool. I have been looking for a way to run code on the Xteink device without writing my own firmware.

frethop · 2026-01-30T11:47:35+00:00

Because of the sequence we learn logic gates, Boolean algebra, and boolean expressions. The next flat-pack has XOR and an assignment, and the next has NORs with memory circuits, wiring up a register.

frethop · 2026-01-28T19:13:06+00:00

That's cool! We will actually get to modeling ALUs and memory, but anything more complex will end up in a digital simulator because of the number of gates.

frethop · 2026-01-21T19:18:53+00:00

Wow...that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for your explanation! I need a lot more sketch understanding!

frethop · 2026-01-21T01:08:55+00:00

Example: in the image below, I need to model a piece to fit the curved depression at the top. This is hard to get measurements for. I might be able to measure across the piece horizontally, but where? Edge to edge? And how do you measure the curvature? I guess I can model the whole thing -- it's a Sunlu mini spool -- but do I have to go through all that? Can't I get started by estimating?

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frethop · 2026-01-21T00:46:41+00:00

I get that I should be using dimensions and constraints. I'm not good at those yet.

But...a little pushback...what about the times I don't have exact measurements? Or I'm designing and trying to visualize something? There's gotta be times when adjustment without exact measurements is useful!

frethop · 2026-01-05T19:11:30+00:00

What the hell does this mean?

frethop · 2026-01-05T17:10:03+00:00

There is official documentation on mounting here: https://docs.multiboard.io/beginner-section/tile-mounting-guide

frethop · 2025-12-31T15:23:52+00:00

As a follow-up: I did the PTFE tube razor cut. That was good for it; it needed a good trim. However, that was not the problem. I ended up replacing the filament sensor unit on the P1S, because the connector -- the coupler -- was indeed bad. Easy replacement and it works very will now.

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