ELIC will still be released on December 24
Among one thing that will be made to non-followers of Oitswilliam Pang.
Oitswilliam Pang unveiled Exhaust Lite Integrated Controller (also known as ELIC as its acronym) back in August. Today, Oitswilliam Pang confirms that ELIC will not be postponed, and will still be released to everyone on December 24 of 2026, that's when Christmas Eve is in. To those who are not patient, and wants to test ELIC early, they can first follow Oitswilliam Pang in any applicable platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and / or YouTube, and if already, then opt-in alpha-EA.
There is something that needs to be said; that's integration with non-Exhaust Lite units
Oitswilliam Pang will release integration documents under Exhaust-Lite-Integrated-Controller repository for everyone to integrate and have their ELIC installed as early as day one of its release.
Current availability and requirements
ELIC is now available to be tested by the followers of Oitswilliam Pang via alpha-EA, while the bootloader software for ELIC and integrator files are available to all users as in Bootloader-firmware and Exhaust-Lite-Integrated-Controller respectively.
ELIC, including normal and Pro versions, require the power of at least 5V 1A, or recommended 5V 1.5A, fan power shall not exceed 3.75W, LED and output powers shall not exceed the total power of 5W. Thermometer for ELIC is 100-kiloohm NTC thermistor. ELIC accepts NeoPixel LEDs that require 5V logic. ELIC requires a free USB port with at least USB 2.0 standard.