E-Paper Badge is a Hint at Great Things to Come

September 1, 2018August 29, 2018 fustinibadge, badgelife, defcon, epaper, ESP32, hackaday, hackaday.io, OHS18, open hardware summit, teensyLeave a comment

From All the Badges of DEF CON 26 (vol 3) on Hackaday:

E-Paper Badge is a Hint at Great Things to Come

Friend of Hackaday, Drew Fustini, came to our Breakfast at DEF CON meetup sporting a name badge of his own design. The E-Paper Badge uses a Teensy LC to drive a 2.15″ E-Paper display. The row of capacitive touch buttons to the left allow the image to be changed, and he just happened to have the Jolly Wrencher in the gallery of choices for this picture.

This badge gets me really excited for this year’s Open Hardware Summit which is at MIT on September 27th. This year’s badge is a collaborative effort between a group on Hackaday.io! It’s basically Drew’s badge on steroids, and he told me the experience of working with a team has been really positive. It seems each time the group hits a hard problem or a pile of work that needs to be done, someone on the team grabs it and runs with it. It’s a great example of both certified open hardware and team development.

Open Hardware Summit 2018 badge

August 7, 2018August 6, 2018 fustinibadge, badgelife, epaper, ESP32, hackaday.io, kicad, micropython, OHS18, open hardware summit, oshwaLeave a comment

OSH Park is producing electronic conference badges for the 2018 Open Hardware Summit. The hardware has been designed Alex Camilo, based on concepts from the ESP trINKet by Mike Rankin. The badge features an ESP32 microcontroller and a 2.13″ E-Paper display.

OSH Park shared project for the Rev 3 by Alex Camilo :

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/8yeLK5gd

We expect this to be the final revision.

Timeline:

It is ordered on Super Swift today and should be validated next weekend. This will allow us to order the full quantity PCB panels in August 13th. Assembly is estimated to be 10 business days from the day when all components and PCBs are received.

Rev 2 photos:

And for those interested, here is a link to a gallery:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UhCUX7eRN38tAhsF7

Terminal output on Rev 2 prototypes:

The Rev 2 prototypes have NodeMCU boards soldered on to the back to serve as a USB to serial adapter.

One of the Rev 2 prototype boards that Alex sent me has the default e-paper demo:

The other has MicroPython installed! 🙂

Resources for the 2018 Open Hardware Summit badge:

Apply to speak at Open Hardware Summit!

May 29, 2018June 2, 2018 fustiniOHS18Leave a comment

The Open Hardware Summit is at MIT on September 27th. We always look forward to the presentations and love to hear about the projects that people are working on. Please consider submitting a talk:

Submissions are due by 30 May 2018 at 11:59pm PST.

Notification of accepted proposals will happen by email in June.

Please submit ALL submissions via this form.

All submissions will be reviewed by several reviewers from the community and OSHWA board. Submissions are double blind with the exception of invited keynotes.

All presentations will take place September 27 2018 between 9am and 5pm at MIT in Cambridge, MA, USA

Expected duration for talks is between 10 and 20 minutes, depending on the number and quality of submissions.
All talks to be plenary (i.e. presented to the entire summit audience).

Talk submissions primarily containing marketing for a product, non-profit, or company, will not be accepted. However, talks that share knowledge and insight derived from work on commercial products or organizations are welcome.