t-impulse screen fix

releasenotes/RELEASE_NOTES_v1.16.5.md

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+# ZephCore v1.16.5-zephyr
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> ## Before you upgrade
+>
+> **ESP32-S3 / ESP32-C boards — one-time serial reflash required; WiFi-OTA cannot bridge this update.**
+> This release moves the application to a new flash location (`0x10000`). A board on the old layout can't
+> update to this build over WiFi-OTA or the browser flasher — **flash the `-merged.bin` once over USB/serial.**
+> Affected boards: *Heltec V3 / V4 / V4.3, Station G2, Wireless Tracker / V2, XIAO ESP32-S3 / C3 / C6, LilyGo T-Lora C6.*
+> Your identity, contacts, channels, prefs, and BLE bonds are preserved. After this reflash, OTA and
+> app-updates work again.
+>
+> **nRF52, classic ESP32 (T-Beam / PICO-D4), STM32WL, and native Linux are unaffected** — upgrade as usual.
+>
+> **From v1.16.2 / v1.16.3 / v1.16.4** — clean flash, no re-bond, bonds and data survive.
+>
+> **From v1.16.1 or older** — flash it; on first boot it clears BLE bonds automatically (identity, contacts, channels, prefs preserved). Re-bond your phone/desktop once.
+>
+> **Coming from Arduino MeshCore** — flash it; auto-formats on first boot (new identity, clean storage).
+>
+> Take this with a grain of salt — try the formatters if anything anomalous happens with your node.
+
+---
+
+The headline of this release is **browser flashing via the Mesh America configurator** — and, in wiring
+it up, we found and fixed a bug that was silently breaking **WiFi-OTA on every ESP32-S3 / ESP32-C board**.
+
+## Highlights
+
+### New: flash ZephCore from your browser — Mesh America configurator
+ZephCore is now a listed provider in the **[Mesh America Device Configurator](https://apps.meshamerica.com)**.
+Pick your board and flash directly — companion (BLE and USB) or repeater — no toolchain, no drag-and-drop.
+Catalog and firmware publish automatically each release. Details in
+**[PROVIDER_CATALOG.md](https://github.com/liquidraver/ZephCore/blob/master/PROVIDER_CATALOG.md)**.
+
+### Fixed: ESP32 WiFi-OTA silently reverted — upload hit 100%, then booted the *old* firmware
+On ESP32-S3 / ESP32-C boards, the app and MCUboot bootloader were using different flash partition tables,
+so each OTA update landed at an address the bootloader never checked. Every upload "succeeded" and then
+quietly did nothing. Both images now share one partition map, and OTA works correctly. (The XIAO C3/C6 and
+T-Lora C6 used the stock layout and were never affected.)
+
+### ESP32 app slot moved to `0x10000`
+The ESP32 app slot moved from `0x20000` to `0x10000` — matching the Arduino / ESP-IDF offset. This is the
+change that fixes OTA above, and it also enables the configurator's fast **app-only update** (rewrites just
+the app, keeps your settings). Requires the one-time serial reflash (see *Before you upgrade*).
+
+## Recommended upgrade checklist
+
+1. **ESP32-S3 / ESP32-C boards:** flash `-merged.bin` once over USB/serial. WiFi-OTA can't cross this update; data survives.
+2. **Everything else, from v1.16.2 / v1.16.3 / v1.16.4:** just flash — bonds and data survive.
+3. **From v1.16.1 or older:** just flash — self-migrates on first boot; re-bond once.
+4. **From Official MeshCore:** just flash — auto-formats on first boot.
+5. **Anything odd?** Format first.

zephcore/boards/nrf52840/lilygo_timpulse_plus/lilygo_timpulse_plus.dts

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 	compatible = "nordic,nrf-twim";
 	status = "okay";
 	clock-frequency = <I2C_BITRATE_FAST>;
+	/* TWIM DMA needs one contiguous buffer; SSD1306 driver sends
+	 * control byte + up to 256B framebuffer chunks. Default 16B
+	 * concat buffer drops every display flush. */
+	zephyr,concat-buf-size = <256>;
 	pinctrl-0 = <&i2c0_default>;
 	pinctrl-1 = <&i2c0_sleep>;
 	pinctrl-names = "default", "sleep";