feat(animations+firmware): /next/animations showcase (videos + interactive demos), in-app Help link, Arch firmware build script

- assets/media/showcase/index.html: standalone showcase on Manifold tokens —
  the 4 Manim explainers + 2 live interactive demos (knob->number, XY->two sliders).
- Help drawer links to it (animations/).
- scripts/build-firmware-arch.sh: Omarchy/Arch firmware build (pacman deps +
  arduino-cli + delegates to setup-firmware-toolchain.sh; clear error on the
  unreachable memllib pin).
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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Manifold — How it works</title>
<style>
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footer{margin-top:72px;color:var(--fg-dim);font-size:12px;border-top:1px solid var(--line);padding-top:18px}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrap">
<header>
<div class="crumb">Manifold · meml.lnfinitemonkeys.org/next</div>
<h1><b>Manifold</b> — how it works</h1>
<p>A few short explainers of the core idea: a control is just a number; a network in the middle turns a few input numbers into many output numbers; and your thumbs-up/down shapes that mapping live.</p>
<p class="crumb"><a href="../">back to the instrument</a></p>
</header>
<!-- Interactive 1 -->
<section>
<div class="lbl">Try it · interactive</div>
<h2>A control is just a number<span class="tag live">live</span></h2>
<p class="cap">Drag the knob. The number is the knob — one value in [0,1]. Every control in Manifold is, underneath, exactly this.</p>
<div class="demo">
<canvas id="knob" width="200" height="200"></canvas>
<div class="readouts">
<div class="ro"><span>value</span><div class="bar"><i id="kbar" style="background:var(--accent);box-shadow:var(--glow)"></i></div><div class="num" id="knum">0.50</div></div>
<div class="hint">drag up/down or around the knob</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- Video 1 -->
<section>
<div class="lbl">01 · Knob = 1:1 mapping</div>
<h2>Knob → one number</h2>
<p class="cap">A knob rotates while a paired 01 number rises and falls in lockstep — a control is a readout of one number.</p>
<video controls preload="metadata" src="01-knob-mapping.mp4"></video>
</section>
<!-- Interactive 2 -->
<section>
<div class="lbl">Try it · interactive</div>
<h2>An XY pad is two numbers<span class="tag live">live</span></h2>
<p class="cap">Move the dot. The pad projects to two independent values A (X) and B (Y). Two inputs — the smallest manifold.</p>
<div class="demo">
<canvas id="pad" width="220" height="220"></canvas>
<div class="readouts">
<div class="ro"><span>A · x</span><div class="bar"><i id="abar" style="background:var(--accent);box-shadow:var(--glow)"></i></div><div class="num" id="anum">0.50</div></div>
<div class="ro"><span>B · y</span><div class="bar"><i id="bbar" style="background:var(--accent-2);box-shadow:0 0 14px rgba(0,204,255,.35)"></i></div><div class="num" id="bnum">0.50</div></div>
<div class="hint">drag anywhere in the pad</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- Video 2 -->
<section>
<div class="lbl">02 · XY pad → two numbers</div>
<h2>XY pad → A and B</h2>
<p class="cap">A 2-D pad projects to two independent 01 values, each shown as a slider, as the dot moves.</p>
<video controls preload="metadata" src="02-xy-pad.mp4"></video>
</section>
<!-- Video 3 -->
<section>
<div class="lbl">03 · Dimensionality fan-out</div>
<h2>A few inputs → many outputs</h2>
<p class="cap">The same 2-D control driving 3 → 4 → 5 outputs, then the control type cycled across knob, fader, touchpad, and 2-D / 3-D joysticks. A few input dimensions map to many outputs through the learned mapping.</p>
<video controls preload="metadata" src="03-fanout.mp4"></video>
</section>
<!-- Video 4 -->
<section>
<div class="lbl">04 · Feedback &amp; training</div>
<h2>How your verdicts reshape the mapping</h2>
<p class="cap">Training on the mapping surface, and how a verdict reshapes it — contrasting the two feedback modes: <b style="color:var(--fg)">geometric push-away</b> (directed repulsion from what you like) versus <b style="color:var(--fg)">explore-and-place</b> (randomise → audition → place → interpolate, the recommended default).</p>
<video controls preload="metadata" src="04-feedback.mp4"></video>
</section>
<footer>
Videos rendered with Manim CE (1920×1080 · H.264). The two “live” demos above are interactive; the
same idea drives the real instrument at <a href="../">/next</a>. Sources in <code>assets/media/src/</code>.
</footer>
</div>
<script>
(() => {
const TAU = Math.PI * 2;
const clamp = (v) => Math.max(0, Math.min(1, v));
const css = (n) => getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(n).trim();
const accent = css('--accent') || '#ff6a00', cyan = css('--accent-2') || '#00ccff',
line = css('--line-strong') || '#3a3a3a', bg3 = css('--bg-3') || '#242424';
// ---- Interactive 1: knob -> number ----
const kc = document.getElementById('knob'), kx = kc.getContext('2d');
const kbar = document.getElementById('kbar'), knum = document.getElementById('knum');
let kv = 0.5, kdrag = false, kref = 0.5, ky0 = 0;
const A0 = Math.PI * 0.75, A1 = Math.PI * 2.25; // 270° sweep from lower-left
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const w = kc.width, h = kc.height, cx = w/2, cy = h/2, r = 74;
kx.clearRect(0,0,w,h);
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const a = A0 + (A1-A0)*kv;
kx.strokeStyle = '#0d0d0d'; kx.lineWidth = 4;
kx.beginPath(); kx.moveTo(cx + Math.cos(a)*(r-22), cy + Math.sin(a)*(r-22));
kx.lineTo(cx + Math.cos(a)*(r+2), cy + Math.sin(a)*(r+2)); kx.stroke();
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kx.textAlign = 'center'; kx.textBaseline = 'middle';
kx.fillText(kv.toFixed(2), cx, cy);
kbar.style.width = (kv*100) + '%'; knum.textContent = kv.toFixed(2);
}
kc.addEventListener('pointerdown', e => { kdrag = true; kref = kv; ky0 = e.clientY; kc.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId); });
kc.addEventListener('pointermove', e => { if (!kdrag) return; kv = clamp(kref - (e.clientY - ky0)/160); drawKnob(); });
kc.addEventListener('pointerup', () => kdrag = false);
drawKnob();
// ---- Interactive 2: XY pad -> two sliders ----
const pc = document.getElementById('pad'), px = pc.getContext('2d');
const abar = document.getElementById('abar'), bbar = document.getElementById('bbar');
const anum = document.getElementById('anum'), bnum = document.getElementById('bnum');
let ax = 0.5, ay = 0.5, pdrag = false;
function drawPad() {
const w = pc.width, h = pc.height, pad = 10;
px.clearRect(0,0,w,h);
px.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.05)'; px.lineWidth = 1;
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px.beginPath(); px.moveTo(pad,pad+t*(h-2*pad)); px.lineTo(w-pad,pad+t*(h-2*pad)); px.stroke(); }
px.strokeStyle = line; px.strokeRect(pad+0.5,pad+0.5,w-2*pad-1,h-2*pad-1);
const dx = pad + ax*(w-2*pad), dy = pad + (1-ay)*(h-2*pad);
px.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.08)';
px.beginPath(); px.moveTo(pad,dy); px.lineTo(w-pad,dy); px.moveTo(dx,pad); px.lineTo(dx,h-pad); px.stroke();
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anum.textContent = ax.toFixed(2); bnum.textContent = ay.toFixed(2);
}
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ay = clamp(1 - (e.clientY - r.top - pad)/(pc.height-2*pad)); drawPad(); }
pc.addEventListener('pointerdown', e => { pdrag = true; pc.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId); padSet(e); });
pc.addEventListener('pointermove', e => { if (pdrag) padSet(e); });
pc.addEventListener('pointerup', () => pdrag = false);
drawPad();
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>

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re-roll (set the behaviour in the Learning drawer). Went too far undo. The dock reveals
exactly as much machinery as you reach for.
</p>
<SectionLabel>Learn more</SectionLabel>
<a
href="animations/"
target="_blank"
rel="noopener"
style={{
display: 'inline-flex',
alignItems: 'center',
gap: 6,
fontSize: 'var(--fs-xs)',
color: 'var(--accent-2)',
border: '1px solid var(--line)',
borderRadius: 'var(--r-1)',
padding: '5px 10px',
width: 'fit-content',
textDecoration: 'none',
}}
>
Watch the explainers + interactive demos
</a>
</>
);
}

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# build-firmware-arch.sh — build the MEMLNaut RP2350 firmware on Arch Linux
# (incl. Omarchy). Checks + installs system deps via pacman/yay, brings up the
# arduino-cli toolchain + rp2040 core, and compiles a firmware variant.
#
# Idempotent: safe to re-run. This is a thin Arch-specific front-end around the
# cross-platform scripts/setup-firmware-toolchain.sh + scripts/build-firmware.sh.
#
# Usage:
# scripts/build-firmware-arch.sh [VARIANT] # default VARIANT=PAFSynth
# scripts/build-firmware-arch.sh --setup-only # toolchain only, no compile
# scripts/build-firmware-arch.sh --list # list firmware variants
#
# The rp2040 core download is large (hundreds of MB — it bundles arm-none-eabi
# GCC). Run on your laptop, on mains power, with a good connection.
set -euo pipefail
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
VARIANT="PAFSynth"
SETUP_ONLY=0
for arg in "$@"; do
case "$arg" in
--setup-only) SETUP_ONLY=1 ;;
--list) grep -oE '"[A-Za-z0-9]+"' "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/build-firmware.sh" 2>/dev/null | head; exit 0 ;;
-h|--help) sed -n '2,18p' "$0"; exit 0 ;;
-*) echo "unknown flag: $arg" >&2; exit 2 ;;
*) VARIANT="$arg" ;;
esac
done
log() { printf '\n\033[1;36m==> %s\033[0m\n' "$*"; }
warn() { printf '\033[1;33mwarning: %s\033[0m\n' "$*" >&2; }
die() { printf '\033[1;31merror: %s\033[0m\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
# ---- 0. sanity: are we on Arch? ----------------------------------------
command -v pacman >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "pacman not found — this script is for Arch Linux / Omarchy. Use scripts/setup-firmware-toolchain.sh on other distros."
# ---- 1. system deps via pacman -----------------------------------------
# The rp2040 core ships its own arm-none-eabi GCC, so we only need the basics
# (git/curl/unzip) + python (some core post-install steps want it).
need_pkgs=()
for bin_pkg in "git:git" "curl:curl" "unzip:unzip" "python:python"; do
bin="${bin_pkg%%:*}"; pkg="${bin_pkg##*:}"
command -v "$bin" >/dev/null 2>&1 || need_pkgs+=("$pkg")
done
if (( ${#need_pkgs[@]} )); then
log "Installing system deps via pacman: ${need_pkgs[*]}"
sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm "${need_pkgs[@]}"
else
log "System deps present (git, curl, unzip, python)"
fi
# ---- 2. arduino-cli -----------------------------------------------------
# Prefer the official binary (matches the cross-platform setup script's pin);
# fall back to AUR (yay) if the user already has arduino-cli from there.
if ! command -v arduino-cli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
if command -v yay >/dev/null 2>&1; then
log "Installing arduino-cli from the AUR (yay)"
yay -S --needed --noconfirm arduino-cli || warn "yay install failed; the toolchain script will fetch the official binary into ~/.local/bin"
else
log "arduino-cli not found; the toolchain script will install it into ~/.local/bin"
fi
fi
# ---- 3. submodule sanity (the orphan-pin footgun) -----------------------
# memllib provides the audio/synth/hardware tree; if its pin is unreachable the
# build cannot be assembled. Fail loudly with the fix rather than 100 cryptic
# missing-header errors deep in the compile.
log "Checking the memllib submodule"
if ! git -C "$REPO_ROOT" submodule update --init --recursive 2>/tmp/mf-submod.err; then
cat /tmp/mf-submod.err >&2 || true
die "git submodule update failed. If this is the 'not our ref' / unreachable-pin error, the recorded memllib commit is on an unpushed branch (feat/nisps-core-swap). Push that memllib branch to a reachable remote, or bump the submodule pointer to a published commit, then re-run."
fi
if [[ ! -e "$REPO_ROOT/firmware/MEMLNaut-NISPS/src/memllib/hardware/memlnaut" ]]; then
die "src/memllib looks empty after submodule init — the memllib pin is unreachable. See the message above."
fi
# ---- 4. toolchain bring-up (delegates the heavy lifting) ----------------
log "Bringing up the arduino-cli toolchain + rp2040 core + libraries"
if (( SETUP_ONLY )); then
"$REPO_ROOT/scripts/setup-firmware-toolchain.sh" --no-build
log "Setup complete (--setup-only). Run without --setup-only to compile."
exit 0
fi
"$REPO_ROOT/scripts/setup-firmware-toolchain.sh" --no-build
# ---- 5. build the requested variant ------------------------------------
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
log "Building firmware variant: $VARIANT"
"$REPO_ROOT/scripts/build-firmware.sh" "$VARIANT"
log "Done. Flash with: scripts/flash-firmware.sh (hold BOOTSEL while plugging in the RP2350)."