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Then experimenting with hot-swapping EEPROMs to see how that goes.

You can hot-swap the EEPROM but you'll have to change modes to instruct the FV-1 to load a new program.

Dang man that looks really nice,   love how you labeled each mode!

1N5817 in series for me.   

Like jubal said, the "classic" diode to ground method has always bugged me...  If reverse polarity is applied the diode shorts and sometimes takes out traces and/or the PSU with it.   

Maybe it saved the rest of the circuit, but to the average consumer a shorted protection diode is still just a broken pedal.

Yep, they would just have to both be loaded on the same EEPROM.

is the Pythagoras going to include the Delay+Reverb together? What is the difference between Pythagoras and Octagon?

The Pythagoras is a three mode board  (vs eight in the Octagon)  that uses a standard SPDT toggle switch to toggle between effects.   

It can be used to build single, dual, or triple mode pedals simply by installing a different type of toggle switch.
Single = Omit Toggle Switch
Dual = On/On
Triple = On/Off/On

This will eventually replace the current "single mode" boards and will group up to three similar effects in one.

Delay (Modulation, Space, Pitch)
Reverb (Hypernova / Glimmer / Radium Springs)
Modulation (Flanger, Phaser, Chorus)
Daydream (Ascending / Descending)
etc...

I'm realy digging the daydream mode. It "feels" like playing through a sample hold,  but more musical. If that makes any sense?

Turn the delay time all the way up, width and feedback at noon, then drag the pick across an open chord slowly.   

So, as of today the FCMI shipping labels include a domestic USPS tracking bar code.

Maybe they'll actually get scanned into the system properly now.   

Alright, my shipments are starting to be delivered.       

They're not arriving in sequential order though.   The same customer had two orders.  The most recently shipped order has arrived, the older one has not.

So the majority (but not all) of my shipments now at least show that they have been received by USPS...

Here's the reply I just got from Stamps.com:

I understand the lack of any tracking events can be alarming. I can see why that would be frustrating, Robert.

Due to extremely high demand brought on by the popularity of the new FCMI Flats for Merchandise service, we are experiencing service delays for some shipments, mostly for flats originating in the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast. If the flat has not been returned to you, then this means that the flat has entered the mailstream. You may see some delays with delivery. However, rest assured that the flat will be delivered. To resolve this issue, we are now routing shipments to alternate facilities with the bandwidth to handle the additional volume.

Additionally, many packages are not receiving the tracking events that are expected for this service. To improve tracking, we will be making changes to the front-end labels that will improve the tracking events. This is expected to deploy on Friday, 2/9/18.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you and we thank you for your patience as we work through this process.

Out of 44 shipments I have two that have reached the destination country, the remaining 42 are unaccounted for....

I'm a few days away from disabling the flats shipping method, at least until this is sorted out.

It's been over a week since I did my test package to Canada and still not a single update in tracking.

Same here.  Now I have customers emailing me concerned because USPS shows that their package hasn't even shipped. 

It wouldn't be quite as bad if USPS tracking would at least acknowledge that they had received the shipments. 

I'm going to leave the "flat" option open for now, but definitely going to encourage First-Class Package shipping.

BuGG you've hit ninja level with the FV-1 builds and I think what's been holding a lot of folks back is the programming aspect.  Are you using SpinCAD to do these patches or are you coding from scratch?

A little of both...  Typically I build a rough draft of an algorithm in SpinCAD then hand edit the code for the finishing touches. 

As of today my international flats are no longer going to the New Jersey processing center.

Now they're going to California.

Nice! I hope the pending orders will have that. A perfect idea for what i thought was the weakest of the 8. Thank you.

Yep, they'll all be shipped with that set.   

The Organ Donor is a different animal.     For experimenting you want the Octagon.     

The "Pre-Order" bubble is visible when a board is newly added and a first batch hasn't shipped yet.... Backorder means they've sold out and more are on the way.

By the way, the Pulse Tremolo has been replaced with the Daydream effect ... I don't think anyone will be disappointed.     

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