Surprise good news, a pallet of IO plates arrived today out of the blue, so the deluxe kits are a go! We're still waiting on our product boxes but they're on the way

Overall, Base and Q January flippydrive units likely to ship this month although may have plain boxes. Deluxe may not make end of the month, depends entirely on when the IO plates arrive (which supposedly are about to ship to us), software updates continue to roll out regularly

We have been rolling out software improvements about once per month with the features like the desktop disc compressor, Memcard pro support, much faster boot times, etc. and should be able to continue that pace for a while

We're moving ahead on the April batch with some things (like Ethernet modules) already done, and component procurement underway for the flippy itself. The flex connector suddenly has an extremely long lead time, although we can source through alternative channels if need be

Rear IO plates for the deluxe kit still have not shipped. They're 4 weeks overdue and promise me they'll be shipping within 24 hours. We did get samples in December which looked great and supposedly the run is fully produced, so it may/may not affect the deluxe kit dates

Now the problem children: The product boxes are still stuck in customs, we have a backup plan to get more made domestically if these do not get unstuck in a few days and should not impact the end of Jan ship date

We have the flexes, screws, mounting frames, esd bags, and all the other ancillary things in hand. Ethernet modules for Jan and April batches are also here and have been tested out

Flippydrives for Jan batch all safely arrived and we're about half way through programming and testing. The new automated test rig is much improved and tests the fusing, software install, SD card, and every single flippy is booted with a cube as a final test

Alright so it's been 32 days since I submitted the last update and it's still not live, so I'm going to be doing updates here I guess 1/N

The six crates of batch 2 FlippyDrives for January have safely arrived and we're getting started testing, programming, and packaging!

I finally found the bug that broke Flippydrive WiFi when adding Ethernet support a few versions ago, so it'll be released in 1.3.1 shortly. Also added whitespace support in SSIDs because some of you apparently like pain

Ethernet panels look good too!

So that's what 18000 flex PCBs look like

Batch 2 Flippydrives are getting assembled now! We're about 2 weeks ahead of schedule

Since quite a few flippies are arriving soon, make sure to look over the install notes. Definitely pay attention to the angry red text as each one is where somebody did a bad thing https://t.co/jmhpFbKKVy

Flippies at Mouser Shipment should be imminent I need a pizza

I would say no thanks to elon shitting light pollution all over the sky. Image stacking is mandatory now as you can't even look through a telescope for 30 seconds without seeing starlink streaking across

comep

The November batch of 1000 flippydrives are off to Mouser! They'll likely ship to individuals next week

The instant camera she told you not to worry about