It honestly doesn’t even sound like a minor issue, it sounds like a virtual non-issue. Still, sadly, it could have been easily fixed had it been reported, with better communication.
Maukka discovered it and told me about it. I had a fix tested and committed to the repository 20 minutes later. So it was fixed quickly and easily… but not until after the first drivers had been produced. It’s not a big deal though, just a minor inconvenience for one specific UI flow.
It can’t connect the 7135’s big thermal pin directly to the outer ground ring like usual because it has a switch contact ring in the way. Driver layout was a little weird with the switch ring there.
As it says in the layout file, that’s the optic nerve. It can see. I did a video about it two years ago, around the time the FW3A project was starting, and it ended up being included in this driver design. But after looking into it more, it turns out to not be very practical so I didn’t make use of it in the FW3A firmware. It’s still there for anyone who wants to try it though. I’d still like to do more development with it sometime, but it hasn’t been a priority.
I completely missed this programming interface, even though it is rudimentary or not enable right now. This is some next-level gadgetry you guys built!
If there was a single LED optic that would fit, and allow more Aux LED’S that would be perfect for this light, IMO. I’d really love to see a focus on adding more Aux LED’s and different channels for different colors. Then we’d be able to have all kinds of funky modes that my daughter and I could have fun with.
Those lights came out at the same time, not a year apart. This means they are unrelated. No one copied anything. It’s just two somewhat similar lights coming out at about the same time.
I know this has been covered, so if you have any threads that you could suggest, that would be appreciated. Two legs are for power, and the 6 free legs are used for? Is the biggest hurdle in using some of the newer MCU’s just designing and building drivers? I understand that we don’t have firmware for them, but from what I gather it’s fairly easy to port the Attiny85 firmware.