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    Thread: SD-Card holder bent and eventually broke my card
Post: RE: SD-Card holder bent and eventually broke my ca...
My suggestion as a workaround to navigating this is to use microSD cards with SD card adapters - that way the SD card adapter is the one "taking the fall". IIRC, my SD card adapter is also developi...
 taivlam General 7 48 2026-02-23, 08:16 PM
    Thread: escaping from apple ecosystem - bluetooth speakers?
Post: RE: escaping from apple ecosystem - bluetooth spea...
I can't say that JBL speakers are the best for escaping the Apple ecosystem, though JBL speakers are so far the only BT speakers I've used so far. They seem pretty decent for their intended purpose (...
 taivlam Electronics 4 328 2026-02-23, 08:13 PM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
What 3D printer did for the first batch of Tangarine buttons? (I didn't know the initial batch of buttons were using TPU.) [hr] Firmware v2.0.0 introduces production release support for Tangarine: ht...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-12-14, 05:29 PM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
01010111 Wrote: (2025-06-25, 10:21 AM) -- I was finally able to get my Tangarine working! Even though I run Ubuntu and am comfortable coding in python, I had a lot of trouble getting this to work. Th...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-11-17, 03:09 AM
    Thread: Printing a new battery cage?
Post: RE: Printing a new battery cage?
I received the prints this weekend. So the ABS print probably allegedly could've used some XY-compensation to mare sure it didn't warp when cooling.  So, it is very tedious to make the cage fit whe...
 taivlam Hardware 3 24 2025-09-03, 04:25 PM
    Thread: Printing a new battery cage?
Post: RE: Printing a new battery cage?
This is where the break occurred in the battery cage: https://i.ibb.co/mC6v1DJx/photo1.jpg Currently my battery cage is in two pieces: https://i.ibb.co/j9wb6Q3p/photo2.jpg Not that I h...
 taivlam Hardware 3 24 2025-08-27, 03:12 PM
    Thread: Printing a new battery cage?
Post: Printing a new battery cage?
I had some thoughts/questions about the battery cage for Tangara: I'm pretty sure the battery cage is 3D printed.  I had a yellow battery cage (as it was from Batch 1).  Also IIRC from asking around ...
 taivlam Hardware 3 24 2025-08-26, 01:57 PM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
I do hope the input.lua pull request gets accepted sooner rather than later.  Although I don't see anything since in the standard Tangara firmware that would make/break the overall UX, I would like to...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-08-26, 01:40 PM
    Thread: birdwatching [tangara pic thread]
Post: RE: birdwatching [tangara pic thread]
Here's my Tangara, with the Tangarine (https://codeberg.org/bloop/tangarine) faceplate mod from @emily, which is available on Tindie (https://www.tindie.com/products/_emily/tangarine/). https://i.i...
 taivlam General 7 1,240 2025-06-15, 12:28 AM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
emily Wrote: (2025-05-30, 12:12 AM) -- I can't test at the moment, but taivlam, can you try the latest input.lua (https://codeberg.org/bloop/tangarine/raw/branch/main/input.lua) when you have a chanc...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-06-14, 03:16 PM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
redshift Wrote: (2025-03-23, 04:32 AM) -- I love that I can tweak the input.lua to do different things, and even scroll faster through my large library. -- Hi redshift, did you ever test that the b...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-05-29, 08:09 AM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
emily Wrote: (2025-05-03, 03:57 AM) -- If it's a hardware problem, you could try just... pushing the button really hard to nudge it back into working. I had to do that occasionally on my original pro...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-05-17, 12:35 PM
    Thread: I packaged tangara-companion for Arch
Post: RE: I packaged tangara-companion for Arch
I also recently discovered that Tangara Companion is also on Alpine Linux (Edge release, Testing repo): https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/testing/x86_64/tangara-companion
 taivlam General 28 293 2025-05-17, 12:24 PM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
So, is there a way to tell the difference between if the bottom right/southeast button on my Tangarine is physically broken vs. if the firmware isn't working as intended?  Right now, I can't use the S...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-05-02, 04:57 AM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
The last step to allow Tangarine to work properly is to save this `input.lua` file into the root directory of your Tangara's SD card: https://codeberg.org/bloop/tangarine/src/branch/main/input.lua ...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-05-02, 04:17 AM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
emily Wrote: (2025-05-01, 04:36 PM) -- (This is also why the Lua input PR has been languishing recently. There's one very tricky memory corruption bug remaining, and I have not had the chance to sit ...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-05-02, 02:55 AM
    Thread: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangara
Post: RE: Tangarine: a button-based faceplate for Tangar...
emily Wrote: (2025-03-31, 01:19 AM) -- Quote: -- Is this considered the default orientation for Tangarine's buttons? -- To the extent I get to define a default, sure? It means that in the defau...
 taivlam Hardware 47 2,558 2025-04-10, 01:16 PM
    Thread: May have accidentally bricked during firmware update
Post: RE: May have accidentally bricked during firmware ...
Last week I accidentally bricked my Tangara while flashing firmware v1.3.0 when my Tangara disconnected when I wiggled the USB-C plug of the cable being used (which I usually don't use).  My Tangara's...
 taivlam General 6 140 2025-04-10, 01:11 PM
    Thread: Carrying case recommendations for Tangara?
Post: RE: Carrying case recommendations for Tangara?
redshift Wrote: (2025-02-09, 08:12 PM) -- The most specific recommendation I've seen was on Mastodon (https://cloudisland.nz/@fincham/113933219260100293), where they recommended the Pelican i1010, sa...
 taivlam Hardware 11 650 2025-03-29, 11:09 PM
    Thread: iFixit guide for Tangara?
Post: RE: iFixit guide for Tangara?
jacqueline Wrote: (2025-03-17, 04:20 AM) -- The screen protector is a 35mmx40mm piece of 0.75mm thick plastic. We get PETG sheets cut locally for them, but if you can source clear polycarb of the rig...
 taivlam General 8 11,462 2025-03-29, 10:21 PM