Temporal Badge

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Badge Basics

Explore what the Temporal Badge can do, then hack on it and make it your own.

1. What Is This Badge? 2. Getting Started with JumperIDE 3. Your First App 4. App Structure 5. MicroPython Cheat Sheet 6. Hardware Guide 7. Advanced Topics 8. Badge-to-Badge Communication 9. Tips and Gotchas Quick Reference Card

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Displays

The Temporal Badge has two displays: a monochrome 128x64 OLED and a red 8x8 LED matrix. The OLED is great for text, UI, and simple graphics, while the LED matrix is perfect for bold, low-res images and animations.

The badge has an accelerometer that keeps track of orientation. When it's hanging around your neck in a normal position, the OLED displays your name. When you turn it up to face you, it displays an interactive menu.

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Controls

The badge has a joystick and four face buttons for navigating menus. Move between menu items with the joystick, select with the Right button, and go back with the Down button.

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Own Your Badge

To access and hack on your badge, you'll need a MicroPython development environment.

  1. Install the Thonny IDE from https://thonny.org/
  2. Connect your badge to your computer with a USB-C cable. Wait a moment for the badge to activate.
  3. In Thonny, click the button at the bottom of the window that reads Local Python 3 * Thonny's Python. Select the option MicroPython (ESP32). If the IDE shows an error, click the button and reconnect.
  4. Click the Open button. In the dialog that appears, select MicroPython Device. You will now see a listing of the files on your badge.
  5. Open the `badgeinfo.json` file. Edit your name and title, which will be transmitted when you BOOP.

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BOOP

Once you've set your name and title on your badge, you can connect to other attendees or vendors. We call this a BOOP. Select the BOOP item from the badge menu, then TODO: something something IR transmitter?

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Replay

The badge includes the Schedule for Replay and an interactive Map of the venue, both from the main menu. The Sponsors menu item includes list of the amazing companies supporting the event.

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Have Fun!

The badge includes several apps to have fun with. Draw on the OLED, create LED matrix animations, express yourself musically with Synth, and even play DOOM right on your badge. There are some other games hidden in your badge as well.

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Badge Settings

Dig into the settings for your badge with the Settings and Diagnostics items. You can also adjust the haptic feedback and try out several animations featuring Ziggy.