With over 1,983 LEDs (ok, 1,984), the HiVolt badge can show scrolly text, mesmerizing effects, and a lil’ guy getting electric shocks over, and over, and over again. It’s not just a bare board either - it’s got a full housing, your choice of acrylic color filter, and a custom lanyard.
It’s using a Pi Pico and MicroPython, so it’s easy to hack on as you wish. It’s got a joystick, an accelerometer and a microphone on-board, and is powered by a rechargeable lithium battery that lasts around 24 hours per charge.
Code - such that it is - is now posted to https://github.com/Ben-s-Badges/hivolt … still being worked on, but it’s really simple to change messages, use accelerometer input, and even add new plugins. Pull requests accepted!
What you get - and yes, it’s assembled:
Fully tested badge board with all those LEDs, MCU, joystick, accelerometer, microphone, USB-C (PD compatible)
1100mAh UL approved rechargeable Li-Poly battery
Acrylic front panel in color of your choice
3D printed back housing, protecting the battery and electronics from all your other badges
Ben’s Badges branded lanyard, which have not arrived yet and so aren’t pictured
To update the software (eg to change the scrolly messages, or to write your own effects) you’ll need a USB-C cable and Thonny or mpremote.
Note: if we have badges left over after DEFCON then we’ll open up shipping options.
With over 1,983 LEDs (ok, 1,984), the HiVolt badge can show scrolly text, mesmerizing effects, and a lil’ guy getting electric shocks over, and over, and over again. It’s not just a bare board either - it’s got a full housing, your choice of acrylic color filter, and a custom lanyard.
It’s using a Pi Pico and MicroPython, so it’s easy to hack on as you wish. It’s got a joystick, an accelerometer and a microphone on-board, and is powered by a rechargeable lithium battery that lasts around 24 hours per charge.
Code - such that it is - is now posted to https://github.com/Ben-s-Badges/hivolt … still being worked on, but it’s really simple to change messages, use accelerometer input, and even add new plugins. Pull requests accepted!
What you get - and yes, it’s assembled:
Fully tested badge board with all those LEDs, MCU, joystick, accelerometer, microphone, USB-C (PD compatible)
1100mAh UL approved rechargeable Li-Poly battery
Acrylic front panel in color of your choice
3D printed back housing, protecting the battery and electronics from all your other badges
Ben’s Badges branded lanyard, which have not arrived yet and so aren’t pictured
To update the software (eg to change the scrolly messages, or to write your own effects) you’ll need a USB-C cable and Thonny or mpremote.
Note: if we have badges left over after DEFCON then we’ll open up shipping options.