scientress, 3 months ago

@xan JLC / LCSC sells them starting from 1pcs and they have 10 in stock.
https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/Mezzanine-Connectors-Board-to-Board_HRS-Hirose-BM14B-0-8-24DS-0-4V-51_C5577268.html?

xan, 3 months ago

@scientress omg omg omg thank you so much! Google would not have pointed me in their direction in a thousand years at this rate

scientress, 3 months ago

@xan you are welcome :)
I looked it up at ocotopart and they pointed me to them.

xan, 3 months ago

@scientress pog! If this pans out, I will have a design for a Meshtastic messaging device that might be a bit more compact than the Lilygo T-Deck if I do a good job with the enclosure.

Xantw0, 3 months ago

@xan Not trying to distract you into not making it (really curious about it 👀)
But have you checked the Beepy? Because it seems very close to what you're attempting to create (but PiZero based)

https://beepy.sqfmi.com/

xan, 3 months ago

@Xantw0 1. yes, I've checked them out

2. no, i have not held one in my own hands because they're perpetually unavailable

3. i specifically am making a device around the nRF52 chip because it is extremely power sipping compared to alternatives

scientress, 3 months ago

@xan oh that's cool! Please post about it, I'm very curious :)

xan, 3 months ago

@scientress You bet! I'll also be taking the occasion to learn PlatformIO since that's what the Meshtastic firmware is founded upon, which I suppose will be pretty neat!

scientress, 3 months ago

@xan Nice! PlarformIO is handy.

And these days the VScode plugin doesn't even destroys itself anymore every 2nd update. /s

xan, 3 months ago

@scientress Too scared of trying VScode and not using Emacs again, so I'm sticking with the Python CLI :P