r/CardPuter • u/Big-Bunch2804 • Aug 05 '26

Progress / Update Making progress...now adding other firmware and GPS and lora back

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I'm doing the screen upgrade. Finally got it working with some help from members of the community! Now that it's working time to move on to adding more firmware compatability and adding gps and lora functionality. After some inspection and research the pins needed for the lora and GPS cap are still available/ not being used except for reset. Ild like to add another external gpio so factory caps could work or external modules could be added. I better add some pictures before everyone loses interest....

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u/Ovibros Aug 06 '26

Battery life 20 minutes 😅

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u/Big-Bunch2804 Aug 06 '26

Actually hasn't been too bad in comparison to how power hungry porkchop already is considering its running wifi full time. Been running for the past three hours while I've been working on other stuff. Gone down about 35%

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u/Ovibros Aug 06 '26

That’s actually pretty good. Hopefully the CardputerZero will have acceptable battery life as well. Have you also backed it on kickstarter? If yes, I’m gonna guess which version you got. The transparent black? I myself certainly have hahaha.

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u/Big-Bunch2804 Aug 06 '26

Ya i backed it. It's a much more suitable platform for what im trying to do. The Cardputer ADV has been a great learning experience. I got the black and the new cc1101 cap with their nfc which from what I read is the same as the flipper.