Splash Screen Fail / Suggestion

[henrygab]

Here’s one way for a subtle distinction:

1. Take the case apart (watch out for falling buttons)
2. Remove the PCB
3. On the INSIDE of the bottom case, use colored sharpie to make large (~1.5" high) text (e.g., “2GB” or “6”) … but MIRROR’d (so it will look correct from outside the case)
4. For better contrast, now use a black sharpie to fill in a box around that text … Do not overlap the text, but fill in all space in the box that is not colored in.

See picture of the 2GB BP5 done this way (it’s the one on the right):

BP6 dead after update

I’ve tried a few things to distinguish mine, beyond the button color: On the left is my 1Gbit BP5. Here, I scratched the outside of the case with GND, SWDIO, and SWCLK, and then carefully tapped a fine-point sharpie to fill the scratches. Legible, but only barely. On the right is my 2Gbit BP5. Here, I wrote the “2G” in reverse on the inside of the case in red sharpie, and then gave higher contrast with a black box of sharpie … being careful not to overlap with the red. This worked out fai…

This type of marking is not really noticable unless you’re looking for it, which I rather like. In combination with using different color buttons, it allows me to forget which color maps to which device, and have a backup method to know which is which.