So we got back, recovered from Covid, parts started arriving, and we started assembling and listing Tarot badges for after-con sales. The ones we listed were snapped up immediately.
There are a lot of folks still on the waitlist at Tindie. Well, Tindie flagged the sudden influx of orders as suspicious activity, and they held those orders up for a couple of days, suspended ordering and disbursements. Eventually they let the orders flow through, at which point they were packed into mailing boxes and prepared for shipment. But they still haven’t unlocked disbursements. Normally they release money for disbursement as soon as we provide tracking. Maybe they’re waiting for USPS to scan their arrival? (shrug).
In any case, we had been beta-testing our own e-commerce and shipping platform here at the website, and so far it’s much more pleasant to work with than Tindie — primarily because it supports shipping. Tindie has always been a hassle because of the manual process of getting the addresses from Tindie into the shipping software and the tracking numbers back into Tindie. The new shop here handles the whole process from start to finish. So if you haven’t gotten one yet, consider buying it here instead of Tindie. We will stock some on Tindie later this week for those on the waitlist that don’t get the memo.
Some notes on the badge:
- Touch and hold the Sun symbol, for longer than you’d expect to have to, to interrupt the demo and reach the main menu. Scroll the menu options using up/down, then select the Sun symbol again to choose the option.
- Yes, the front board has the outline for a SAO connector. No, don’t connect an SAO connector to it. The next batch will be fixed — the currently released batch has power and ground reversed and might fry your SAOs.
- Best practice, hole the board by the bottom half. Those headers that connect the front and back boards, the six pins on the left near the top, those carry the signals for the capacitive touch sensors. If your hand touches one of those, or some of the pico pads on the bottom of the board, it could interpret those touches as menu navigation and cause confusing results. If you hold it by the bottom half, it should avoid those situations.
- This is a new creation. If you notice anything that doesn’t seem to work right, let us know, and we’ll get our developer to look into it. We’ll probably release a couple more versions of the firmware.
Any questions? DM @dc540_nova on Twitter or join our Discord.