diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f6baf21..ca2d2d9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,27 +2,16 @@ Arduino Control for Your Vintage Stereo -# HiFiLOGIX Is ~~Still Active!~~ SUSPENDED! +# HiFiLOGIX Is Still Active! -Due to COVID-19 and the lousy response of the US government; HiFiLOGIX development has been suspended indefinately. -I am currently unemployed. I work a job that can't be done from home and relies on a strong economy. Most of my -business has disappeared practically overnight; even if there was no government mandated lockdown, I wouldn't have -any work. - -This means I cannot pay for boards. This means I cannot pay for parts to fix boards. This means I have to start -selling items to make ends meet. - -I do not see my life returning to normal. I am looking at a post-pandemic world where my previous career; which I put -17 years of my life in to; no longer existing and no real prospects of it returning. - -~~HiFiLOGIX has progressed to the PCB engineering phase. I am currently working on a PCB design as well as some + HiFiLOGIX has progressed to the PCB engineering phase. I am currently working on a PCB design as well as some minor changes to how it works due to the inclusion of the ATMega on the board. During this phase there won't be any real updates to the software nor will I publish the actual schematic used to create the PCB until I feel it's ready. The major change is the ATMega328 is now integrated to the board and there is some thought as to dropping -the analog matrix for discreet digital switches.~~ +the analog matrix for discreet digital switches. -~~Please do not be discouraged by an apparent lack of activity. It's kind of like a space mission; the exciting part -of watching the rocket launch is over...but the mission is far from complete. I hope to have PCBs in my hand by summer.~~ +Please do not be discouraged by an apparent lack of activity. It's kind of like a space mission; the exciting part +of watching the rocket launch is over...but the mission is far from complete. I hope to have PCBs in my hand by summer. # History