OSDYLS is alive

Alright, has been quite a while since the last post.                                                                                          To tell the truth I had almost no time for further work on it.

For a couple of weeks I did some rework on the printable parts and ordered 3 samples of the mainboard, however I already encountered a set of problems with it and modified it, so it isn't the time yet to publish the PCB files. I will use these beta boards to put the electronics together and do some programming though.

 

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