Some thoughts on how the control strip on Areon’s back could work.

The strip has to be made of a flexible material in order to not prevent Areon from moving freely, which would be the case if it was made of metal.

However, the strip is also there to attach external accessories such as tail bags. In order to handle that, the strip has slots with inflexible swappable modules which consist of two slots on the sides for accessories to clamp into, and a data port on the top an accessory may use to exchange data.
Since the modules are only in specific places, the strip’s flexibility is retained. Making them swappable helps with maintenance and repairs and is also a potential upgrade path that doesn’t require replacing the whole control strip. Connecting accessories through these modules is faster than having them connect to the strip directly because they work like a quick change system.

@volpeon Did you say.. tail bags?

@volpeon Framework control strip™️

Looks cool, and its great that you put so much thought into the practicality of your design!

@noel Thanks! I care a lot about consistency.

@volpeon Areon USB-C certified! The big monster called EU is grateful to see it

@stefan

@volpeon You betrayed me!

@volpeon @stefan 25-POL PARRALLEL PORT!!!!

@volpeon How does it handle water?

@slatian The clamping anchors on the side are just notches without any connection to the inside, so that part is safe. As for the rest, uh… ✨ Magi- wait wrong genre. ✨ Science ✨

@volpeon @slatian Arthur C. Clark once said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Ergo, the ancient wisdom still holds true:

It's magic, I ain't gotta explain shit!

I could integrate the connector with the clamping mechanism. This way the top surface would be smooth and that looks better

Now this looks like a proper connector. The other side has the same one, and accessories clamp into both of them. The area around the hole is part of the rigid module which slots into the control strip sideways. It goes all the way through.

@volpeon I just saw this without the earlier explanation. You can imagine how perplexed I was.

@DeltaWye

@volpeon the lengths you go to make sense of each minute detail on this is incredible

@volpeon you know what would plug into this really well?

@dragoonaethis No need for controllers when you can plug the switch directly into your central nervous system

@volpeon now to define power and signaling standards

@antimu0n