RGB Backlight

[sour marlin]

hey @dawn hazel does rgb backlight damage your flipper zero

[dawn hazel]

It can if you fuck something up

[sour marlin]

is it easy to fuck up

[dawn hazel]

Very

[sour marlin]

is it recommended not to try then

[dawn hazel]

How much soldering experience do you have?

[sour marlin]

idek what soldering is my guy

[dawn hazel]

This will also void your warranty

[sour marlin]

ahh

[dawn hazel]

Then deff do not try, i have some pre modded flipper sitting around though

[sour marlin]

as in ur selling?

[dawn hazel]

Lemme check with the team to see if its okay to sell em here

Wrench said he would get back to me tmr kittens

[lime tinsel]

Oh ok

Lol

[dawn hazel]

XD

[lime tinsel]

I was gonna say likely no cause of the rules

[dawn hazel]

Thats what i thougt

But wrench said maybe

@brisk hawk

[brisk hawk]

yeah im gonna ask tomorrow

[dawn hazel]

Didnt know if you were in this thread

[lime tinsel]

Lol we're in all threads

even in your walls

[dawn hazel]

My walls?

You dont wanna be in my walls

trust me

[sleek narwhal]

MOOMMMMMM there is a cat in out walls

[cursive violet]

i love being in your walls

[dawn hazel]

Wha

[cursive violet]

[lime tinsel]

[sleek narwhal]

@bronze flame i wonder what they are up to lol https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipperzero-firmware-rgb/tree/release

[bronze flame]

This is a branch of Astra, one of the developers

[sleek narwhal]

ahh

[dawn hazel]

Did Astra do the modification?

[bronze flame]

She also built herself an RGB backlight

She uses the same firmware that I have, only changed the control port to A2

[dawn hazel]

I wonder why, not just use vibro

[frozen nebula]

Vibro superior gang

[dawn hazel]

Shoot me a dm

[sleek narwhal]

I can shoot you

[cursive violet]

shoot me instead <_<

[sleek narwhal]

Nu

[dawn hazel]

No dress

[sleek narwhal]

Im gonna move soon so you better hurry

Then you wont have my dox lolololol

[dawn hazel]

Heh

Yes i will

[lime tinsel]

why are we shooting people

[sleek narwhal]

Shooting dms?

[lime tinsel]

I was joking about this lol

[sleek narwhal]

Lol

[frozen nebula]

yooo just got a @dawn hazel face reveal

[dawn hazel]

[redacted]

[frozen nebula]

[nocturne totem]

do i just have to install the firmware or i also have to do something else?

[cursive violet]

no. you have to replace the backlight pcb.

https://github.com/Z3BRO/Flipper-Zero-RBG-Backlight

[nocturne totem]

seems a bit complicated i think i would break it when i do that

[cursive violet]

yeah, i'd probably advise against doing it if you aren't comfortable. it's not too difficult imo but for sure some points that you can damage your flipper. especially with soldering or even the ibutton pins

[nocturne totem]

yeah idk i will think about it thanks

[cursive violet]

[dawn hazel]

Feel free to shoot me a dm

[nocturne totem]

thanks appreciate that

[dusk karma]

I broke my ibutton pin off however do I care no

[frozen nebula]

Just solder it back on

[dusk karma]

I’ll never use it so no point trying

[frozen nebula]

Same

But it's fun to lick

[fluid tinsel]

what

[sleek narwhal]

I agree

[sleek narwhal]

I want see

[frozen nebula]

You can slightly shock your tongue by licking it

[sleek narwhal]

another good idea:
lick a 9 volt battery

||please don’t it will most likely kill you||

[frozen nebula]

What weak world do you live in?

[sleek narwhal]

bro people die every year licking batteries

[frozen nebula]

Wah wah wah

A 9 volt battery gives you a tingle

[sleek narwhal]

are you talking out of experience?

if you are then you belong in a mental hospital

nobody in the right mind would lick a battery

[frozen nebula]

I need someone to support me here

A 9 volt battery is nothing

@lime tinsel back me up

[lime tinsel]

Hmm

[frozen nebula]

I feel like you would do it

[sleek narwhal]

do not lick a battery

[lime tinsel]

thanks

[frozen nebula]

Yw

[sleek narwhal]

why is that a compliment

[lime tinsel]

Yes I have licked one.

No, it isn't safe/healthy.

[frozen nebula]

But like seriously, licking a 9v batter is fine right?

Like it won't do brain damage

It's just a lil tingle on the tongue

[lime tinsel]

Doing it once isn't gonna cause permanent issues unless it's covered in battery acid

[sleek narwhal]

what is wrong with everyone

[lime tinsel]

[sleek narwhal]

You, quit licking batteries

[lime tinsel]

Yeah I don't recommend it though. People should not lick batteries

I only did it once cause my mother told me to

So that was like...20+ years ago lol

[sleek narwhal]

is your mother a psychopath?

[lime tinsel]

Yes

Lol

She used to fake electrocute herself because she thought it was funny we were scared

So.... Yes

~•°trauma°•~

[sleek narwhal]

I generate static electricity during class and shock people when they walk by me

[lime tinsel]

Heh

[frozen nebula]

You start

[frozen nebula]

And btw I am in my right mind

I just like it

[cursive violet]

wait omg this is genius! free shockies

[fluid tinsel]

no thanks

[dusk karma]

Tbf how else are you supposed to test a 9v battery in a quick amount of time

[upbeat lantern]

She damaged vibro pin and decided to use gpio

[dawn hazel]

Haha, if flipper staff can damage it must be easy to break

Do you know how they damaged it?

[upbeat lantern]

She's a developer, not a mechanical engineer or smth

[dawn hazel]

Ahh ok

[upbeat lantern]

Vibro pin is quite fragile

[dawn hazel]

Pad just ripped off maybe

[upbeat lantern]

Exactly

[dawn hazel]

I forget its supposed to be used for testing with pogo pins

Not to have wires soldered to

Im surprised i didnt break it

[sleek narwhal]

IM surprised I didn’t break it

[dusk karma]

I’m not surprised I broke it

[frozen nebula]

What did you do?

[dusk karma]

Just broke off the ibutton pads

Nothing major

[frozen nebula]

Bozo

[sour marlin]

can u change colours without modding it

[dusk karma]

No

[sour marlin]

oh

[plucky rapids]

Is it hard to invert the filter on your flipper? Just curios on how people done it and if it's easy or not

[dawn hazel]

You basically have to scrape the polarizer off the display with a razor blade

Then replace with a new one

[plucky rapids]

ah ok thanks

[dusk karma]

A little late but there is plenty of videos on how to do it on YouTube also just look up how to change lcd polarization

[warped vapor]

I ordered some PCBs, LEDs, and capacitors to try this mod, wish me luck...
Did we ever determine if the different versions of the FlipperZero (R02,R04,etc.) makes a difference in the LEDs/capacitor spacing? Or it shouldn't matter?

[dawn hazel]

The difference between R02 and R04(01) models have no impact, but the difference between R04(01) and R04(02) is huge and there will need to be modifications made on R04(02) LCD displays

[warped vapor]

Ahhh... good to know, thanks

And I take it the newer Flippers that are being sent out right now are the R04(02) versions?

[dawn hazel]

Its completely random, some people get R04(01)'s and others get R04(02)'s

[dawn hazel]

@winged pivot ask here

[eternal pivot]

@dawn hazel do you have pcbs ready

[dawn hazel]

Not yet, im currently waiting on some solder paste

[eternal pivot]

Ok, if you remember, message me when your in stock.

[eternal pivot]

Or If it’s ok with you, I’ll message you in a few days

[rare gyro]

^im interested as well! I don’t have a good space in this tiny apartment to try and solder lol

[frozen nebula]

I don't have much room in my tiny room to solder either. Didn't stop me from using leaded solder with no ventilation.

[rare gyro]

fair, im erring on the side of caution mostly because of pets- last thing I need is a cat jumping and getting fur fried off lol. There's not really anywhere for me to separate from them unfortunately

[modern moss]

need to just not kill your lungs lol.
https://www.amazon.com/YaeTek-Adjustable-Absorber-Extractor-Soldering/dp/B07BGTMQKP

[sleek narwhal]

I eat lead on a daily basis anyway

[primal thorn]

How did u get that? I mean the first step...

[dawn hazel]

Wdym?

[primal thorn]

❤️

[dawn hazel]

@primal thorn please stop shitposting

[frozen nebula]

[near sentinel]

how hard would be for new person to do this mod

new to solder and not break electronics inside of product

[heavy swan]

I have no experience with this mod personally, but I would definitely practice on scrap components such as old computer parts so that you can get a better feel for it.

[dawn hazel]

extremely hard

[near sentinel]

i see posted you done before , can pay for it from you LOL

[dawn hazel]

i mean sure lol

[near sentinel]

oh , how much

should take to dm or this chat

[dawn hazel]

id do it for $120 + shipping

[near sentinel]

how much are total for parts?

[dawn hazel]

you can look up yourself\

i dont know off the top of my head

[near sentinel]

hm if it is here next paycheck i might do it haha

i rather have professional install it then me LOL

can i dm?

[dawn hazel]

sure

[dawn hazel]

@bronze flame what is the reason for bridging the - for the backlight to rfic carrier gnd

[worn igloo]

to make your life terrible when using trash solder

https://youtu.be/5zaDRNvif9M

[dawn hazel]

Lol

[bronze flame]

I did not understand the question

[dawn hazel]

What is reason for bridging that?

[bronze flame]

It is necessary that the backlight power goes around the old backlight driver. If you leave the connection as it is, then the RGB backlight will work unstable

[dawn hazel]

Is any ground pin inside the flipper ok for use?

EX gpio ground

[bronze flame]

Yep

It's just that this GND port is the closest

[dawn hazel]

Thats what i figured

[dawn hazel]

@upbeat lantern im recieving an error when trying to order new pcb's, it says no drill layer.

[upbeat lantern]

You can open the project and generate it by yourself, I'll fix this later

[rich topaz]

JLCPCB texted me this:

There is no drill layer in gerber file, is that normal? Normally we need Excellon drill file(s) with drill holes size and coordinate in a file.

I replied with: that's normal, there is no need for drill holes

[upbeat lantern]

Have you received working PCBs from this order already?

[rich topaz]

Haven't received them yet. Just got the shipping confirmation.

[grizzled flower]

I think I bricked my flipper doing this mod

Haven't soldered in a while so definitely on me

[dawn hazel]

Ahhh damn, what happened?

[grizzled flower]

Not exactly sure. I plugged the battery back in and it won't turn on

Can't find my multimeter either

[dawn hazel]

Hmm

Try connecting it to usb power

[grizzled flower]

Did that. No LED light from the board

tried the whole reboot sequence too holding down the back button

I'm gonna try to remove the wire connections I made to see if that's interfering with something. I'm just scared I burned a component on the board or something

[sleek narwhal]

The static pink mod was 2022-07-25 and the amount of questions about it made me wanna make a howto video, but also wanted to 1up it, so I did it on camera on 2022-11-10 but never edited the hours of footage... but finally again working on it now

[tame pine]

and that fix the problem or no?

[tame pine]

what did you done so

[rich topaz]

They manufactured them and I already received the PCBs. Haven't had the chance to solder them. Will update when i did the mod.

[grizzled flower]

Just received my replacement flipper. @dawn hazel not sure where I saw it, but was there something about the RGB mod not exactly working or the process being different with the newer flippers? My original flipper was a kickstarter one.

[dawn hazel]

The current pcb is not compatible with R04(02) displays without some modification to the display, it is random which model you recieve

[grizzled flower]

any way to check it without cracking it open?

[dawn hazel]

Yeah, your model number

[grizzled flower]

Just says R04 at the end. No (02) after it

should be fine then I assume

[round ravine]

They don't denote difference models past the region, so depending on when it as manufactured it could be either

[dawn hazel]

Wronggggg, ittl say what if its (02) its fine then

[round ravine]

I didn't think it was labeled just an internal change

[dawn hazel]

Nope, it says it on the box

[round ravine]

Oh fun, okay

[dawn hazel]

Its kinda weird tho, the only difference is the display/backlight assembly

But they still produce both models

[grizzled flower]

could it be sourcing parts from two different suppliers?

Or two different manufacturers

[lapis vortex]

trying a thing

[tame pine]

and the end its fine or no?

[rich topaz]

Solder Paste + Hot Air Station 👌🏻

[rich topaz]

after thinking about it, I realized what the drill layer is for, the holes connect the 2 layers together. PCBs are not working 🤦🏼‍♂️

[dawn hazel]

A new design for the pcb's are in the works, ill be sure to ping you when the files are released to the public

[rich topaz]

great to hear, thanks.

[grizzled flower]

current PCBs are no good?

[rich topaz]

I think the PCB Gerber file is missing drill layer or JLCPCB changed something

[rich topaz]

Please update if the PCBs work or if JLCPCB is sending you a message. Thanks.

[dawn hazel]

Those are the new test pcbs, we will make an update to the repo if they work

[dawn hazel]

The no resistor version has missing drill files

[grizzled flower]

ah

[rich topaz]

Which resistors do I have to Order?

[dawn hazel]

@lapis vortex might be selling prebuilt pcb's if the new files work

[dawn hazel]

None, just bridge the gap with solder

[lapis vortex]

this is the plan

[rich topaz]

Oh ok, Haven't ordered them yet. I think I will fix the PCBs without the drill points mit thinn wire brides 😅

[rich topaz]

Got it working with wire brides. Next up, is adding solder mask and than, hopefully successfully mod the backlight haha 👍🏻

[tame pine]

..? litterally

[tame pine]

how did you fix it haha

[lapis vortex]

i don't like looking at this but if it works it works

[grizzled flower]

how'd you test it externally?

[lapis vortex]

i'm unable to test my own (as i do not have them yet) but i was thinking about using a firmware from before they changed the pin from A7 to the vibration motor

then just add wires in power, ground, and A7

[dawn hazel]

yep, this is p much the easiest way

[rich topaz]

Connected the PCB to an Wemos D1 mini running wled. The LEDs run on 5V

[dawn hazel]

This is also a great option

[upbeat lantern]

That's what I was expecting:)

[tame pine]

this pcb is without the drill file..? so its not good or what

[rich topaz]

You can drill the surface off the solder pads that the copper is exposed, where the drill holes are supposed to be, and then solder wires connecting the two sides. If you scroll up in this thread you can see a video of how i done it.

[regal isle]

I want to do this asp as a i have never done any soldering any tips I should follow?

[dawn hazel]

Don't

[rich topaz]

Success 😁 had to file down the plastic frame so the one capacitor has a slot so sit flush and the PCB won't bend. Removing the screen and original PCB was sooo sketchy, was sweating like crazy trying to not break something. But if you know your skills and have a hand for this it's definitely doable and worth it. To someone that doesn't have experience in device repair, micro soldering and doesn't have the right tools i don't recommend doing this. The possibility breaking something is just too high. Many thanks to @dawn hazel and the great people for making this possible.

[lime tinsel]

Nice!!

[lapis vortex]

[dawn hazel]

Please tell me you didnt leave that pcb like that

[lapis vortex]

nah

dumped more flux just for good measure

[rich topaz]

I used thicc rosin on the desolder wire instead of solder flux. That's why it looks so messy. Cleaned everything up with isopropylalkohol changed the wire run to vibro pad under the flex cable and tacked it down with solder mask. Don't worry it's clean again on the inside 😉

[worn igloo]

just hook it up to GPIO ground and ez mode

[dusk karma]

Please tell me you also see the super melted component can’t even tell what it is

[lapis vortex]

thisun?

oh yeah that's

that's about medium-rare in my book

[dusk karma]

I may be wrong but that looked very melted

[lapis vortex]

it definitely looks hurt

[dusk karma]

My question is how

[lapis vortex]

i'm just trying to figure out what component it is

[dusk karma]

I don’t think it is a component anymore tbh

Just plastic

Very melted plastic

[lapis vortex]

it seems to have been an inductor in its previous life

part of the power circuit

[dusk karma]

I have so many questions…

[lapis vortex]

i have one question, not for you

when will i get my rgb boards

[round ravine]

Never soon enough

[lapis vortex]

why did it go to las vegas

[round ravine]

Gamble it all, double or nothing

[lapis vortex]

60 boards and two stencils?

[round ravine]

Oh, it has the stencils too; Already have the components?

[lapis vortex]

i dont have anything yet

a certain raccoon is providing me with components though

[round ravine]

Amazing tech trash panda

[rich topaz]

It's not melted haha. When I have my Flipper disassembled again to replace my buttons with resin printed ones i send a photo of the perfectly fine inductor. As I said this was only (German word is: Kolophonium) or solder rosin. And it cleaned right off.

[rich topaz]

Help, inductor L13,L14,L15 looking burned but my Device is still working 🤔

[lapis vortex]

fuck you

de-henry's your inductors

[rich topaz]

But at least you guys made me open in up again and clean the PCB better 👍🏻

[bronze flame]

С:
Made a small upgrade of printed circuit boards

[sleek narwhal]

that's a well-done

hmm... I might wanna give real rgb backlight a try as well, but I'd do it without custom firmware ^^

or is that already done too?

So there seem to be at least 2 display PCB versions. If I design a custom board solution, I'd want compatibility with both (and my flipper is using the older one). Does anyone know the exact PCB width on both variants? (Would a little QFN microcontroller fit onto it?)

[dawn hazel]

Very nice! Could i see them close up? I would love to see your design

[sleek narwhal]

oh, nice docs https://github.com/quen0n/flipperzero-firmware-rgb

saved me from taking mine apart again to measure ❤️

package too big

if only there was a way to somehow make it smaller...

[sleek narwhal]

stupid idea, but it might work

oh, pin 0 is pad

[sleek narwhal]

wait a second, is there even a real reason why the PCB can't be wider?

perhaps it might be possible for it to be like 1mm wider until it collides with the black inner shell

[sterile escarp]

any way of getting one nowadays?

[dawn hazel]

Very nice!

[lapis vortex]

sooo astro made a stupid mistake (again)

i accidentally connected the power rail to the data in

trivial enough to fix by cutting a trace though

done

theoretically should work, still waiting on components

[lapis vortex]

solder reflow plate works great

[jaunty kelp]

that looks great

[jaunty kelp]

How hard do you guys say it would be to do this RGB backlight?

I'm guessing i'd need a saudering thing

[lapis vortex]

if you've never soldered before, nigh impossible

[jaunty kelp]

thanks 👍

[lapis vortex]

plus if you screw up you have wasted $170

[jaunty kelp]

[lapis vortex]

i've heard of people having game console modchips installed by repair shops, you could ask someone at one of em

[jaunty kelp]

yeah possibly

[dusk karma]

I mean pretty easy if you get a already made rgb board

[lapis vortex]

well yeah, but it's not the easiest mod in the world

wouldn't recommend it to a beginner

[dusk karma]

Would be a kinda interesting experiment to see how bad it would go tho

[lapis vortex]

@sleek narwhal

[sleek narwhal]

Hello

that is a back plate no? im looking for the normal color to be changed

[lapis vortex]

of the screen?

[sleek narwhal]

Yes

[lapis vortex]

yea that's what this is

[sleek narwhal]

oh

[lapis vortex]

see here

[sleek narwhal]

like this but diff color

ohhhhh

i see let me research this, Thank ya!!

[lapis vortex]

i have a board designed that should work but am still waiting on components for it mail is annoying

[dawn hazel]

Cope

[lapis vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/furry-death-pan-hit-funny-gif-21581306

[dawn hazel]

[lapis vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/liam-gallagher-oasis-gif-21388900

[cursive violet]

you don't like my pink?

[sterile escarp]

Can we set white as back color?

[dusk karma]

However it technically is a very light blue due to how leds work

[tame pine]

hi, how did you do that

[dawn hazel]

?

i just wired the backlight externally and used the old fw that uses pin a7 as control

[tame pine]

I mean how did you change the color of the pcb by connecting to pcio

[dawn hazel]

^

[tame pine]

because before unmounting my flipper etc i just want to be sure that the pcb work

do you have a link for this frmw

please @dawn hazel

[rich topaz]

You can test the PCB with an Arduino or esp8266 or really every dev board. Use the neopixel or fast Led Library

[tame pine]

k thanks

[winter badge]

where can i buy a rgb pcb?

[dawn hazel]

!rgb

[lapis vortex]

me

[dawn hazel]

FUCK

[dawn hazel]

He in eu

[winter badge]

ohh easy

[lapis vortex]

o

[dawn hazel]

I can send ya one buddie

[winter badge]

Astro can i send you a dm?

[lapis vortex]

NO

kidding go ahead

[dawn hazel]

Bruh

[winter badge]

WHO HAS THE RGB BOARD FOR MEEEE

[lapis vortex]

since you're in europe though i'd ask z3bro

[dawn hazel]

I do

[winter badge]

alright

[lapis vortex]

though... i might try something

i'd like to see how they fare being mailed in a regular envelope

[round ravine]

With a piece of cardstock? I'd chance it

[lapis vortex]

want one? :3

[round ravine]

Yes, I would. Thanks

[lapis vortex]

i shall mail you one in an envelope

and if it doesn't arrive in one piece i shall send another another way

[lapis vortex]

[lapis vortex]

i am unable to get all three LEDs to turn on

only the first one ever turns on

[lapis vortex]

look at it. it is beautiful

[dawn hazel]

https://github.com/Z3BRO/Flipper-Zero-RGB-Backlight/tree/main

Everything has been updated! huge thanks to @vagrant flare for fixing the patch

[tame pine]

Hi anyone have a link for an older firmware who use a7 pin for the backlight control? i dont find it

[lapis vortex]

i do, mind if if DM you?

[tame pine]

np dm me

[lapis vortex]

i should maybe try to make an app to control the LEDs externally so i don't have to flash firmware every time i wanna test em

[round ravine]

Can you use the led flashlight app?

[lapis vortex]

that's just on/off

[round ravine]

Yeah I thought you just wanted to check power continuity

[dawn hazel]

Its also nice to check that all the colors work, sometimes some colors are broken

[lapis vortex]

i had two blues not working earlier

[dawn hazel]

L

[lapis vortex]

also

don't have to pay a premium for white soldermask if you just use white silkscreen

[dawn hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/think-about-it-use-your-brain-use-the-brain-think-brain-gif-7914082

[tame pine]

when i tried quickly to test it its not working

[lapis vortex]

try 3.3V

[tame pine]

ok 2 sec

[lapis vortex]

for power obviously

[tame pine]

but the last time i tried with 3v3 the light just burn lol

i will try later

[lapis vortex]

o

where did you get the backlight?

[tame pine]

wdym

[lapis vortex]

like, did you get it from someone here? or did you make it yourself?

i had burning issues at the beginning of making mine, it turned out i had the LEDs oriented the wrong way

[tame pine]

…wait it have a way for the les to be oriented

[lapis vortex]

[dawn hazel]

Yes

[tame pine]

i didnt see that anywhere lol

how i find the good way

[dawn hazel]

Look at the guides lol

[tame pine]

hm ok

[dawn hazel]

https://youtu.be/N64fDjziTaE?si=jlTca6CMZCoYHC5O

[lapis vortex]

here's one of mine- there's a tiny square chip on one side of the LED

[tame pine]

oh ok yes is not the good way

but if i tested it on the 5v does the led are dead?

they havent burned

[lapis vortex]

uhhh, whenever i did mine wrong it was very obvious they had died

so they might still be alright

[tame pine]

ok

i will change the orientation and try again thank

thanks

[lapis vortex]

[tame pine]

thanks

[dawn hazel]

Glad to see its working!

[tame pine]

Yes 🙂

wtf the screw are fucking hard to remove on the flipper

[lapis vortex]

uhh... have you stripped it by chance

[tame pine]

not yet

fiou its ok

any tips to remove the screen

[lapis vortex]

do you have a solder sucker?

[tame pine]

@lapis vortex

[lapis vortex]

Uh could you show the reverse side of the board?

and also maybe unplug the battery for now

[tame pine]

its ok

i just plug it to test it

and yes i will show you after i cleaned that lol

[lapis vortex]

also is that foil

[tame pine]

yes

[lapis vortex]

i recommend removing it from the vicinity of your opened electronic device

[tame pine]

yes

i think i brick it, i tried to update it to a newer firmware but an error happened and now its a green led with nothing

ok no its fixed

and why disconnect the battery

[lapis vortex]

i just saw the battery screen on it

thought something was wrong

[tame pine]

oh ok

its not clean but that is the other side

[lapis vortex]

do you have a multimeter? the four pads underneath "RFID_CARRIER" aren't all ground pads

make sure your wire only touches the two on the right side

[tame pine]

yes on first the wire was touching three of those but i fixed that

(it was no display before i fixed it)

but yes i hahe a multimeter

[lapis vortex]

ah yeah, i was just gonna ask you to check continuity between the sides of those pads

[tame pine]

its ok

[lapis vortex]

and you're using a firmware that supports the rgb backlight over the vibro pad?

[tame pine]

i tried another firmware and its not working too

so i asume yes

wtf why is not working it have continuity on the 2 cable

@dawn hazel any idea

ping me if so

[tame pine]

mine its not working do you think it’s because i purchased the pcb with resistor and just added a blob to the resistor pad?

[lapis vortex]

Uhh. i think yea

could you show a picture of your board outside of the flipper?

[dawn hazel]

No, that is not the reason, that is the best way to do it as of now

[lapis vortex]

oh

board with resistor? @dawn hazel

[dawn hazel]

The other pcb file was fucked

And you told me not to publish yours

[tame pine]

hmm but why the 5v was not working

only the 3.3 i don’t understand

[tame pine]

sorry the lcd is welded i dont have any picture

[dusk karma]

Could you get a closer pic of the Vibro pad

[tame pine]

fixed, i just connected the + to 3v3 instead of the 5v and now its working

(the big cable was only for testing)

[lapis vortex]

[sterile escarp]

are u selling them at the moment?

[tame pine]

wtf is this fucking piece of shit i just resemble it and its not working dudeee

[tame pine]

not this one

[sterile escarp]

planning on sell or do a commision?

[tame pine]

idk

[tame pine]

do you know what the ext_3v3 pad is for

[lapis vortex]

@sterile escarp want one?

[sterile escarp]

mhm

i wanted one but z3bro stopped doing them and i cant solder so im fucked

and tech guy told me it will be so $$$

ill see what i can do

[lapis vortex]

well if you can't solder then learn to 😶

but if you'd like i could send you one of mine

[sterile escarp]

i m buying tech things slowly since in house parents arent trought their best...

and today i discovered my mother has a small debt on bank

but we solved it

so we should be good

[lapis vortex]

ah that's no fun,,

hmm, i'll see what i can do

[sterile escarp]

ty

ill buy more stickers soon im running out of them

:)

[tame pine]

@lapis vortex do you have any idea… im so tired of trying everything wtf

[tame pine]

i repluged every wire exactly like this picture but now its not working

[lapis vortex]

so it works, it's not a problem with the backlight itself...

[tame pine]

Wdym

[lapis vortex]

well the backlight itself works, just not on the pads as expected

[tame pine]

no i mean now the backlight dont work anymore

[tame pine]

on the same patern as this vid

[lapis vortex]

oh weird

[tame pine]

i just puted the plastic cover and after that it stopped working for no reason

[tame pine]

Fuck off the board just died idk how that happened but its that

[tepid garden]

That sucks lol

[tame pine]

Finally after rebuilding a new pcb, it was working i assembled the flipper and one hour after the backlight stopped working like the first time 🙄

[lapis vortex]

would like some assistance gathering data- can more people confirm how their original backlights look from the backside? the top one is R04(01), the bottom is R04(02)

it should be the same throughout the two different models, then people can determine their model even without the box

[dusk karma]

The led placement is slightly different too right?

[lapis vortex]

yep, and there's only one resistor on the new one as opposed to three

[lapis vortex]

heres the front of the backlights, new one is on the bottom

ignore the green one 🥴

[tepid garden]

hey @bronze flame @dawn hazel @sleek narwhal
in the latest rgb cfw are we still using vibro pad or did it change again?

sorry for pinging

[lime tinsel]

Please don't bypass the word filter

It blocked your first message for a reason

[lapis vortex]

and yes, the vibro pad is what's currently supported

[tepid garden]

ok

[tepid garden]

thanks

does the ground i use matter?

[dawn hazel]

No

[tepid garden]

okay because i cant get the fricken rfid square

[dawn hazel]

Gpio ground is easiest to solder

[tepid garden]

what one do u recomend?

[dawn hazel]

Uhhhhh lemme look

Pin 11

[tepid garden]

ok

[lapis vortex]

here's what mine looks like

[tepid garden]

what gauge wire did u use?

and can i use 14 guage for the ground

i think thats one of the few wires that i got

@lapis vortex

@dawn hazel

sorry

[dawn hazel]

Holy fuck 14ga?

[tepid garden]

yeah i might have 20 gauge somewhere

[dawn hazel]

I used 30 and 36 ga

And some 28ga on some other installs

But i prefer 30

[lapis vortex]

isn't 14 gauge like a half inch

[dawn hazel]

0.08in

Or ~1.63mm

[lapis vortex]

ah

am stupid

[tepid garden]

ill just look for a higher gauge then

thanks

[dawn hazel]

Yeah 14 ga would be wayy too thick

[tepid garden]

found 22 ga

we good

[tepid garden]

why is plugging the battery connecter in the hardest part 😭

[tepid garden]

ive spent the last 16 mins trying to plug it in

painm in the ass. even worse than removing the lcd

[lapis vortex]

did you maybe bend pins inside the connector?

[tepid garden]

no

its getting power but noit fully plugging in

[lapis vortex]

oh weird

[tepid garden]

oh shit

part of the pin broke off inside it

[lapis vortex]

[tepid garden]

nvm the last pin is just bent to the left a little bit

@lapis vortex yk how i can unbend it?

[lapis vortex]

uhh, toothpick or a thin pair of tweezers should work

[tepid garden]

ok

[lapis vortex]

just be careful not to damage anything AND DONT POKE THE BATTERY

[tepid garden]

got it lol

[lapis vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/minayoecn-battery-battery-exploding-yass-grenade-battery-gif-gif-23923751

[tepid garden]

pov: me doing the mod

ok i did it and it worked and as a bonus i am not missing my house

[lapis vortex]

that's quite the relief

[tepid garden]

but the colors not exactly right on the lcd

the whites kinda blueish

[lapis vortex]

yea, most RGB LEDs have trouble with pure white

[tepid garden]

ok

[lapis vortex]

i should try messing around with the color values

see if downing the B value makes it any better

[tepid garden]

yeah u should try that

[dawn hazel]

Neopixels have a blueish tint

Not much you can do about it

[tepid garden]

alr

im not even gonna be using that anyways so its fine w/ me

[tepid garden]

i wish the rgb color would save over reboot

[lapis vortex]

it should?

do you have an SD card in your flipper?

[tepid garden]

yes

it doesnt for me

nvm it saves lol

i just tried it

[dawn hazel]

[lapis vortex]

hmm

[tepid garden]

New flipper!

[winter badge]

when are you restocking? in trying to mod my Flippers

[round ravine]

soon™

[lapis vortex]

is now good?

[winter badge]

if you can, sure

[lapis vortex]

alrighty, i'll put my last three up

[winter badge]

Whooo

[round ravine]

Soon accomplished

[lapis vortex]

they are up

[winter badge]

Ty👌👌

[tepid garden]

How do you do the gradient? That’s cool

[tepid garden]

@lapis vortex how did you manage to do the gradient effect?

[lapis vortex]

oh it's a new feature on a different firmware i can't name here

[tepid garden]

can u dm me the name please?

[exotic quest]

astrOS

[sleek narwhal]

@dawn hazel Hey brother im looking into putting a rgb backlight in my flipper and someone told me to come to you to see about getting a pre soldered board to put in. Would that be possible?

Also @fiery flint idk if your the right astro but 🤷‍♂️

[dawn hazel]

Yes! Where are you located? Both me and astro make pcb's.

[sleek narwhal]

Louisiana

Is that okay?

[dawn hazel]

https://www.tindie.com/stores/astrowave/

You can buy them there once astro has more in stock!

[sleek narwhal]

Oh lit i was also wondering bc i also have 0 soldering experience if i could have you install it for me

[dawn hazel]

Astro can do mail in installs

@lapis vortex

Contact her

Im eu based right now, so only doing installs for eu customers

[lapis vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/indiana-jones-he-chose-poorly-choice-choose-poor-gif-5056977

itll take me a couple weeks before i can make backlights or do installs again- gotta get settled into college

[sleek narwhal]

Ok just lmk but pls contact me first b4 anybody else🙏

How much would a send-in cost?

[sleek narwhal]

Thank u for your help

Actually i have another question because im getting a feeling i can switch to more than one different color is that true?

[dawn hazel]

yes!

[sleek narwhal]

Oh fr

With a submenu in a custom fw i assume?

And the colors are red green and blue?

[tepid garden]

There’s a lot more than that

On a specific CFW which I can’t say, has a gradient effect

[sleek narwhal]

Oh shittytt

Could you dm me the name?

[lapis vortex]

it's RGB, so you can make the screen pretty much any color

and it requires some form of custom firmware, yes- there's a fork of OFW that supports it, but most CFWs do support it or have versions that do

[tepid garden]

At least 2 popular cfw’s do support it

[sleek narwhal]

Ofc thank you guys so much for all the info

[tepid garden]

Np

[sleek narwhal]

Are you sire it would take a couple weeks i got 100$ on me rn i can buy the board and give the rest to you to do it asap🤷‍♂️?

[exotic quest]

Let the deer get settled in.

[lapis vortex]

well, thinking about it, it probably won't take me that long

but i'll need to make sure the boards i had made actually work

and it definitely won't be $100

[sleek narwhal]

More than or less than?🙏

[sleek narwhal]

Ofc brother this is a very elegant deer. Wait wouldnt it be a doe?

[exotic quest]

I don't deerscriminate.

[sleek narwhal]

The pronouns brother🙏

[sleek narwhal]

But fr tho more or less than 100$?

[lapis vortex]

i was thinking more round $50, not including shipping

and for the record deer would be the gender neutral term 🙃

buck and doe would be male and female

[sleek narwhal]

Just so im clear what would you prefer? And what gender are you/do you identify as?

[lapis vortex]

meh i don't really mind, i usually go by she though

[sleek narwhal]

Fs

[sleek narwhal]

So no rush, im just wondering what a ballpark estimate would be like of when the earliest you could do it would be? I will pay extra if you take it in quicker

The offers there if you want it

[lapis vortex]

if you'd like to put your flipper in the mail right now, it'll probably be here by the time i'll be ready to do it

well.. not right now but you know what i mean

[sleek narwhal]

Yeah ofc just send me all the info i woukd need to ship it out and ill see when i can🙏

[lapis vortex]

alrighty!

[sleek narwhal]

Yeah just dm me the info whenver you can and maybe accept my friend request🤷‍♂️

[fair yarrow]

So soldered up my RGB board
Haven’t soldered it to the flipper yet
Anyway to test it with the flipper before installing?
Seeing people use A7, 3v3 or 5v, and gnd to turn it on but mines not doing anything (I do recall seeing something about switching from A7 to the vibro pad but I want to test not install yet haha)

Assuming I also soldered it correctly lol
(Did burn one out mixing up gnd and 3v3 trying to mess around lol)

[dawn hazel]

You have to flash your flipper with a special version of the firmware to test via pin A7

[lapis vortex]

speaking of rgb, i finally got the rest of my components from aliexpress, so assuming everything works i can sell finally

[round ravine]

Yeee

[fair yarrow]

ahh thats probably what i need haha

[dawn hazel]

REALLLY?????

[lapis vortex]

yes !

[fair yarrow]

do the files on your git have the A7 firmware?
the Update Files folder?

[fair yarrow]

Hmm still not lighting up
But again swap it around it’ll burn out

[lapis vortex]

coould you send a picture of your rgb board?

[fair yarrow]

There ya go!

Is the first time I’m doing SMD soldering
Tho I don’t have a microscope sadly (probably would help a lot lol)

[lapis vortex]

the images are a bit hard to make out- lemme try something

[fair yarrow]

LED’s should be the 1515

Ahh lemme try a better pic

[lapis vortex]

there's a sort of rectangular chip one one edge

[fair yarrow]

Ahh on the back side of the LEDs?

[fair yarrow]

Oh yours is a bit different than mines laid out

[fair yarrow]

Ahh yep
Was looking at that

[lapis vortex]

and yeh its my own design

[fair yarrow]

Should be the right way
1515’s

[lapis vortex]

hmm... i'm not really sure then

i had a few of my LEDs burn out when they were oriented wrong

[fair yarrow]

That might be a bit better

Those are the blown boards tho lol

[lapis vortex]

yeah i was about to say.. that bottom one does NOT look happy

[fair yarrow]

Haha
Had to find out one way

[fair yarrow]

Fresh board
Same thing hmm

[dawn hazel]

Which firmware are you running? Did astro send the A7 firmware?

[fair yarrow]

used the one from your github

[dawn hazel]

Lemme dm you the right one

[fair yarrow]

OFW 0.87.0

kk
i hope thats the issue and not my bad soldering haha

works fine now!!
thank you z3bro and astro!!

[dawn hazel]

after forever and ever, @lapis vortex's backlights are finally ready! She has listed a bunch for now, but if you aren't able to get one don't worry- more are on the way soon!
https://www.tindie.com/products/astrowave/rgb-backlight-for-flipper-zero/

[lapis vortex]

i was about to send that

[dawn hazel]

Too bad

[bronze flame]

Cool

[dawn hazel]

@hoary flax i dont really do dms, but we can talk here!

[hoary flax]

Ok sorry.
In your YouTube video you said to message you about possibly doing the rgb install.
Do you still do these?

[dawn hazel]

In some instances yes, where in the world are you based?

[lapis vortex]

pokes head in

[dawn hazel]

I do primarily eu installs, and astro does primarily usa installs

[hoary flax]

Pittsburgh, PA

[dawn hazel]

I would contact @lapis vortex then, she does installs for us customers.

[fair yarrow]

do you know of anyone who can do it in canada?

tried to do it today
couldnt get past the main screw that hold the PCB's together (seems stripped from factory)
rather just not waste my time and send it in at this point instead of damaging it by mistake

would tighten
but never loosened

[dusk karma]

What screw exactly?

[fair yarrow]

Top left short screw
Getting ready to head to work so I plan on drilling it out there

[tepid garden]

good luck

[worn igloo]

make sure u have the right screwdriver, you need a pretty long zero for it. I've taken both of mine apart a number of times and never had any issues with anything stripping as long as u take ur time and avoid letting your fists be too hammy

[fair yarrow]

seemed stripped from factory sadly

[sharp kayak]

I just finished this mod, it was my first DIY project in years and it was an absolute train wreak for a few hours, everything ended up ok though

[dawn hazel]

Glad to hear it all worked out!

[sharp kayak]

It almost didn’t, I ended up on. 3 hour hunt for a de-solderer cause I figured I could do it without one

[tepid garden]

yeah that’s kinda important

[foggy grail]

What is preventing it from running as a FAP? An RGB FAP.

besides having it in the settings menu

[lapis vortex]

my programming knowledge

i'd love that so i can test my boards easier but

[foggy grail]

Must.. not.. undertake.. new side project

I looked at the diff and it didn't look impossible, minus it living in the settings.

[tepid garden]

i’ll try that

i’m okay at c and c#

[frozen nebula]

You don't need those

[sharp kayak]

I tried doing it without one but I couldn’t get all the solder off

[worn igloo]

sometimes u gotta add solder to remove solder

[lapis vortex]

@sleek narwhal i don't really accept DMs, but my RGB boards fit every model of flipper

they also have a data output pad in case someone ever makes another rgb mod that needs to use it

[plucky rapids]

Does anyone know why, I did the rgb mod and it wasn't working for awhile. When I reinstalled the firmware it worked for probably 20 seconds. The backlight turned on and it look amazing. If anyone knows what I can do that would be greay

Ignore the black wire🤣 I put electric tape

Thanks to @lapis vortex for getting me here, I'm just so confused because it was on and working and it stopped working after I either picked it up or just after 20 secounds

Any help will be appreciated

[dusk karma]

I advise just doing your wiring like this.

You don’t need to connect it to the 3v like you have on the right and from what I can tell you have no ground

[lapis vortex]

the connections are all good- it seemed like he burnt out the backlight power supply as well, so i recommended the extra 3v wire

also, i hate that picture since it's really hard to solder to the rfid_carrier ground

[dusk karma]

I mean that’s true it’s easier to solder to the ground on the gpio don’t know why they never put that as a option

[lapis vortex]

"it's closer"

[dusk karma]

10% the size also

[lapis vortex]

this is what i usually do

[dusk karma]

I just hope that the extra 3v didn’t cause the led to be over volted and burn out cause the fact it was on then not anymore sounds like the leds went out

But your way is also smart

[lapis vortex]

the component underneath the power pad also got damaged on his i believe, so it wouldn't have power anyways

[dusk karma]

Think a multi meter would be the best bet to find out what’s happening

[plucky rapids]

I will try to find mine today

[plucky rapids]

Do you think I should try that?

[plucky rapids]

But I could still do other stuff to make it work? Or can I buy another one of that compoment?

[plucky rapids]

It looks like a capacitor

[tepid garden]

replace the capacitor or just get a new led board

and do it correctly the next time

[plucky rapids]

We don't know yet if that's not making it turn off

[plucky rapids]

I could try that if u want me too

[dusk karma]

Sorry was out all day but see if you could check the voltage being sent to the board

[plucky rapids]

Ok I will check

[dusk karma]

You have a multi meter to check the voltage being sent to the backlight

[plucky rapids]

I will buy one cause j font have one, I lost two💀

[dusk karma]

Alr lmk

[regal isle]

someone wanna do it for me?

i’ll throw in the iphone 15 pro max💀

[dusk karma]

iPhone 16 pro max ultra a year early and you got a deal

[plucky rapids]

Ok, is there any other things i can do without the multimeter to fix it?

[dusk karma]

Have you tried wiring it properly already

[plucky rapids]

Isn't this good or should I try something else?

[plucky rapids]

I have to buy one off of Amazon so it would take a day. I don't know when I can buy it.

[dusk karma]

Try removing the extra positive wire and also are you able to take a pic of the leds

That one

[plucky rapids]

I got you

I'll do that later today,

[plucky rapids]

Should I also change the other one to this?

[dusk karma]

You can just to be sure ig

[plucky rapids]

Alr👍

[plucky rapids]

i tried that now it says sd card mmounting failed

i didnt burn anything all i did was solder it to grnd

[dusk karma]

Picture?

[plucky rapids]

nvm i fixed it

damnt

The flipper corrupted the sd card somehow

i gotta format it lmao

[plucky rapids]

Hey, I'm gonna buy another rgb backlight. That's probably the problem

In the beginning when I was soldering yhe input part of the backlight was like half on, next time I will know not to burn it

Actually I don't know yet

[plucky rapids]

Is there anywhere I can buy thr original backlight? Using it as a backup

[dusk karma]

Wym?

[plucky rapids]

nevermind, astro was very kind to ship me an orginal backlight and the rgb one too!

[deep crown]

when i downloaded the rgb firmware my backlight doesnt turn on anymore

thoughts?

[round ravine]

Did you do the rgb physical mod?

[deep crown]

lol no if I needed to i missed that. I have had this thing for 5 hours

just trying to find cool stuff to put on it

reverted back my firmware and it fixed

[dusk karma]

You need rgb leds to have rgb colours the leds on the board are just orange from factory

[deep crown]

i guess i thought it was part of the base board. and we just needed to like "unlock it" or something

[rich topaz]

I tried the Rainbow LCD option in CFW today. When enabled and the rainbow effect is set to wave or changing my Flipper makes really quiet clicking sounds. What could be causing this ?

[cursive violet]

that is normal. the vibro motor is being turned on very briefly while it changes. due to the fluctuation in voltage, it tends to briefly get tripped. i wouldn't necessarily say it is good for your flipper though.

[rich topaz]

Ohhh the Vibro pin. Makes sense now. Unfortunately it seems there is now way turning it off besides physically modding something. Oh well, we will see how long it will last. Easy to replace part under 5$ 😅

[royal coral]

@foggy grail wouldnt a .fap for the RGB software only work when the app is open? I want it to work with the LCD screen like it does now with the patch

like, what happens when you exit the app

[foggy grail]

Nope, it would work with it closed too

also services exist if persistence was necessary

So context: the main reason it doesn't exist as an app in the first place is because the furi_hal_gpio functions are not exposed by the API

you could submit a PR to expose them or you could do what I did and just get the offset to gpio functions from a known function, in this case the OneWire functions

that way it could work today and you wouldn't need any buy in to get changes merged into the firmware

I'd do this but I'm inundated in 9 projects for the Flipper Zero right now

have to dig myself out of the hole

[dawn hazel]

@viral tangle, I don’t really accept dms. And no, I’m no longer accepting mod requests. @lapis vortex is though, she might be able to help ya out!

[lapis vortex]

boop https://ko-fi.com/astrowave/shop

[regal isle]

so tempted

[dawn hazel]

Do it! Astro does great work.

[regal isle]

i’ll consider it sometime soon i always wanted to do a modded green flipper

[jaunty kelp]

astro this isn’t fully about the rgb backlight but would you also do a mail in transparent shell mod?

[round ravine]

We were literally just discussing that haha

[jaunty kelp]

oh my bad

yeah it’s just if love both mods but the only thing i’ve ever soldered is a cc1101 🤣

[lapis vortex]

i've been considering it- i'd have to have some of them made, but it's totally something i could eventually do

[jaunty kelp]

that would be awesome, i would definitely consider some like combo deal or something haha

i wanna do the clear case mod but i don’t have enough confidence in my self lol

[lapis vortex]

it's pretty easy really, you just gotta remove six screws and pop out the screen and IR windows

[jaunty kelp]

yeah, maybe i’ll consider it a bit more

[dawn hazel]

The only thing is that you are not allowed to profit from the shells itself, @pine monolith correct me if im wrong but you would have to charge the same amout as pcbway

But you would be able to charge an install fee

[pine monolith]

👁👁

[pine monolith]

I guess it depends if those RGB boards from @lapis vortex ever show up 😂

[plucky rapids]

Update to my last backlight, I got the replacements and I installed the original backlight into the flipper. The bwcklight wouldn't turn on, but I can see it on in the led just a little bit

What could that mean?

[plucky rapids]

ITs back on!!!

everytime i move something it turns off

[plucky rapids]

So i figured out the issue, its what ur talking about

i gotta buy a heat gun to properly install but when i press the sweat spot with the capcitor on the place it brightens up

I think so though, if not its something near there im im pressing

I have an issue with the rgb backlight so I will do that later on.

[jaunty kelp]

if someone sent the transparent shell in with the flipper would you consider it?

[lapis vortex]

yeh, that wouldn't be too hard

[plucky rapids]

Hey astro! I was wondering if I can fix this at all, if not I'm gonna buy one more backlight from you because I figured out the issue and fixed jt

[jaunty kelp]

i would love to get a transparent & rgb modded flipper haha

[lapis vortex]

is the pad on the other side of the board fine?
on second thought, that wouldn't help anyways i don't think, lemme check

oh no it should still work as long as the pad on the front is okay

[plucky rapids]

On the front?

Or you mean the backside

[hybrid badger]

can also just scrape out a trace for the missing pad

[plucky rapids]

theres a very small little part that i think i can use for a trace

i cant explain it, i can connect solder to it but i think it will still work

[plucky rapids]

the red mark has a little tiny dot fro a trace

[plucky rapids]

can you explain how i can make a new trace maybe? thanks

[vernal gulch]

with very fine enamel wire

[vernal gulch]

you strip the enamel of the very very end, stick it through the via, bend the wire so it sits flush with the board and solder on the other side

like so

then you take the piece of wire that sticks out, and you make a spiral as big as your pad, like so. still flush with your board.

once that's done, take an xacto blade and scrape away the top of that spiral to expose the copper

apply solder, and voila! makeshift pad.

before scraping off the varnish from the wire on step 3, you can put a drop of very thin superglue to bond the wire to the board, it can help hold it down to the board for the scraping step and soldering. just note that superglue dies under heat, so solder quickly and with just enough heat to do your joint.

[hybrid badger]

have you done this before?

youre setting up some weird expectations here

[vernal gulch]

i've done similar things, yes, and seen it done to fix BGA pads.
I only see the pic they posted though, not how it's actually assembled onto the flipper, so there might be a waaaay easier way to fix this

[lapis vortex]

as i said if the pad on the other side of the board is still there, the backlight should still work

[hybrid badger]

then im not sure why you think this pesron is able to do this lol

even i couldnt do this, its way too many windings for such a small area

and completely pointless, just run a jumper to the pcb above the ripped pad?

instead of soldering backlight to the leg, scratch the solder mask where green arrow points at, then solder to that

then use epoxy or adhesive to keep the backlight attached to the board, as the previous method was soldering the leg in place

[plucky rapids]

🤣 with the luck that I have that is also off,

[plucky rapids]

I could try what @hybrid badger is telling me though

[hybrid badger]

[lapis vortex]

so on my boards there's three lines on the back

the top one is the ground one, which you'll want to solder to

[hybrid badger]

think it makes the most sense to solder here
after scraping

wire might get in the way otherwise

[lapis vortex]

that's the front of the board you dolt

[hybrid badger]

then you showed him the wrong side no?
im confused lol

[smoky valve]

fingers crossed, just got astro's backlight in the mail, now to home depot since my smallest screwdriver isn't long enough

[plucky rapids]

Then how would I do it on the other though?

[lapis vortex]

blue is backside, he showed the back of the board in the picture he sent

[lapis vortex]

if you scratch the soldermask off the board, there's three parallel lines

the top one is ground

[hybrid badger]

ooh

[plucky rapids]

Sorry I forgot to tell you, over alot of use of taking the wire of and off this part came off. My solder was at 200-250. Is there anyway I can fix that part too? I have the piece that came off.

[plucky rapids]

Ok so should I now put a small wire going to both pads?

[plucky rapids]

For some reason I can't find this wire, should I scrap it even more

[lapis vortex]

the red part is on the front side of the pcb

[plucky rapids]

Ohh ok 👍

[plucky rapids]

How can I solder on the wire? Sorry but jt won't let me solder anything on there

[plucky rapids]

Like, I try to solder on ground and it will never stay

[smoky valve]

welp that failed, partially..got 1 of my two working with RGB

[plucky rapids]

1 of two flippers?

[smoky valve]

Yea 1st one was good. 2nd one fell off my damn clamp and broke :/

[hybrid badger]

the thing you solder to has to heat up to the same temp as the solder and iron to stick together

ground is always more heatmass, so it takes longer to heat up
but u also have to make sure its something you can solder to as well of course, in this case copper

[plucky rapids]

I tried those and I think I accidentally scraped the wire, I bought another backlight because I don't want to go through all this trouble.

[plucky rapids]

Thanks fro the help though

[hybrid badger]

[plucky rapids]

Thanks to @lapis vortex @hybrid badger for the help!

[hybrid badger]

enjoy

[lapis vortex]

oh good ya got it working!

[plucky rapids]

Thank you!

[plucky rapids]

I only got one more problem, I don't know if I did it or something is blocking underneath it, but there is a very very vague black circle in the middle. Do you know how I can fix it? I don't mind it but just trying to get the best of it

[exotic quest]

I believe that’s part of the LCD manufacturing process.

[plucky rapids]

hmm

[plucky rapids]

ok thanks

[plucky rapids]

btw do u have any idea why my nfc doesnt work after i insTalled the rgb mod? everything looks fine

[exotic quest]

Is it just RFID/NFC or other functions like the speaker, vibration motor, etc.

[plucky rapids]

Nope just nfc

[plucky rapids]

I can't test rfid because I do nkt have one

Sounds, motor, etc works fine the screen looks fantastic

[plucky rapids]

But I just can't use nfc for somereason.

[plucky rapids]

I opened it up disconnected/connected the ribbon cable again but with no avail. It looks fine I just have no clue what's causing it after the rgb mod

[pine monolith]

Dude stop pinging the same person over and over

[plucky rapids]

I did that so other people wont think that im asking everyone, drop it

[pine monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/hold-up-the-rock-gif-21577036

Fucken ease up turbo

[plucky rapids]

💀 what are you on about

[hybrid badger]

youre objectively wrong here my friend, just trust us, its discord etiquette 😄

we can figure out context based on messages, replies are only necessary in certain cases

[plucky rapids]

💀 bro what

im being dead serious i meant to do that so other people dont think that im asking out loud im only asking to him

[lapis vortex]

!noping

right... no bots in threads

https://tenor.com/view/pings-off-reply-pings-off-reply-ping-discord-reply-ping-gif-22087396

[exotic quest]

I personally don't mind since I'm usually at work.

[dusk karma]

Same I turned off all discord notifications for when I’m at work so someone could @ me 20 times and I wouldn’t care

[plucky rapids]

i didnt even know that was a thing lmao

By the way astro do you know why when my backlight goes inactive the led lights randomly turn on even when the backlight is off

[hybrid badger]

are you on the latest of whatever firmware youre using?

[plucky rapids]

yes

by the way how was your live stream? did you get the rgb mod to work?

[hybrid badger]

yep

i had just soldered the LEDS 90degrees rotated wrong

[plucky rapids]

ohhhh lmao

[plucky rapids]

thats good atleast, i stayed on the stream to like 1 but did i saw you had to make a new rgb board

[plucky rapids]

Man i might buy a transparency case

[hybrid badger]

[plucky rapids]

i still have no clue why my nfc doesnt work at all anymore after the rgb mod, i checked for damages but didnt find anything, does anyone know why this happened?

[hybrid badger]

hard to say without being able to inspect it

if u could upload high res well-lit pics of all sides of all boards thatd help

[plucky rapids]

The part right of the screen ribbon connector, it is burned because of my old solder. But it worked completely fine before and after the rgb mod.

[hybrid badger]

Jesus christ

what did you do to this poor thing

😂

[plucky rapids]

🤣 I had a very poor and hell time with my old solder. It sucked. But everything works fine I guess that part is just black💀

Did you find anything that might be the issue?

[dusk karma]

I don’t even know how to answer that…

[plucky rapids]

what do you mean?

[dusk karma]

I don’t wanna be rude but kinda looks like you somehow splashed the solder amazingly not shorting something

[hybrid badger]

everything is clearly not working fine else you wouldnt be here with something broken no?

[dawn hazel]

It looks like you are shorting at least 3 things in that one pic

I wouldn’t be surprised if the cap you engulfed is smth important

[dawn hazel]

New install

First time using this wire, me likey

[hybrid badger]

what wire

[dawn hazel]

Ul10064

36ga

I bought some for switch installs, works really nicely for rgb installs too tho

[hybrid badger]

ah

[plucky rapids]

the secound photo it looks like i shorted it but i didnt, thats how i got the rgb to work, but the first photo i guess i did sadly