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   minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2025 04:09:11 JST minute

   RCORE R-2 (the adapter board for Firefly RK3588 modules for the MNT Reform series) is finally technically done, just some checks and small polishing left for tomorrow. aside from minor bugfixes, a bigger change is the WIFI/BT connector. i exchanged SDIO/UART for PCIe and made that pinout largely compatible with the PCIe port of RPi 5, but with some extra pins for a USB 2 lane. the goal is to be able to support a 3rd M.2 slot in Pocket Reform (2nd in Next) for faster Wi-Fi/BT cards.

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     minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2025 04:18:17 JST minute

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     there are also some small details like:
     —mux to switch between DDC/AUX for the HDMI FPC connector so that it can switch to eDP (to be tested)
     —reset signal for classic Reform DSI->eDP converter connected to support DSI on older motherboards without change
     —some ethernet strap fixes

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     minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2025 04:18:17 JST minute

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     for people who already have RCORE (esp for pocket reform) but desire to use PCIe+USB Wi-Fi+BT, there will be an as-cheap-as-possible upgrade option (only this adapter needs to be swapped out, you can reuse the main RK3588+RAM module)

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