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News, technical write-ups, and occasional opinions from the workshop.
2026-05-23
Support the workshop — a new way to back what we do (and 30% for education)
We've launched a supporter programme: chip in £5/month and get 5% off every order, £1.50 of store credit each month, a 20% code at 3 months, and a free t-shirt at 6 months. Plus a one-off option, and 30% off for schools, students, and educators.
2026-05-19
Save for later, a proper newsletter, and a few quiet improvements
A small follow-up to the storefront rebuild — a wishlist / save-for-later on every product, a newsletter you can actually subscribe to (with one-click unsubscribe), and some behind-the-scenes housekeeping that keeps your orders and data safe.
2026-05-14
Introducing the cueSystem — small-venue cue lights done properly
A six-channel cue light system designed for the venues that find Stage Research's CueLab too much, and a string of LEDs hot-glued to a flight case not enough. Pre-orders open, shipping Q2 2026.
2026-05-14
What shipped this week — accounts, saved cards, status page, cue light system, and more
A recap of the storefront rebuild we shipped over a single intense afternoon. New: accounts with saved addresses/cards, abandoned-cart recovery, live service status, the cueSystem bundle, JSON-LD product schema, and a few more small things.
2026-05-14
v7 firmware — what changed
The v7.1 rewrite, the six follow-up releases, the OTA partition fix that took two tries to find, and where you should land today.
2026-05-08
Introducing the masterETH Controller — one URL for your whole node fleet
The standalone management box for installations that have outgrown the per-node web UI. Auto-discovers every dualETH (and future quadETH) on the LAN and presents the fleet through one interface. Pre-orders open, shipping mid Q3 2026.
2026-05-03
How we picked the HALO Gen5 LED layout
Why the v7.2 status LEDs are organised by direction (RX/TX) rather than by role, what each colour means, and what we threw out along the way.