Anyone using the HDK?

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I am trying to plan ahead before the Tidbyt backend servers are shutdown…

So, I am attempting to use the HDK linked here to update the firmware on my Tidbyt so that it can point to a local URL to retrieve a .webp file.

I am successfully updating the firmware using PlatformIO but the Tidbyt device then goes blank instead of displaying the webp. The webp is reachable from another computer on the network.

It appears that the Tidbyt device is not connecting to my network after the firmware is updated because it drops off the device list on the router. (The device DOES appear when it is running the regular production firmware but it disappears when using the HDK firmware.) I have double and triple checked the SSID and network password.

Has anyone attempted this?

Thanks!
Michael

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There’s been a more productive discussion around this on the Discord server.

Our good friend @Tavis_Gustafson already has a custom firmware working with some great features.

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My firmware uses the HDK as a base. You can try using it if you’d like. The url, ssid and password are set in the secrets.json file

and here is my post about the whole project

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Awesome! Thanks! I appreciate it.