Badger me…….Please

Badger me…….Please

I’ve often thought that hams should do more with badges, like they do at DEFCON and other hacker conferences. I had some ideas of designing my own, but then I found out about the Pimoroni Badger.

The Badger is a very cool, hackable, programmable badge with an e-ink display, with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 processor. It’s programmable with microPython, and in my case, I’m using the Thonny Python development environment on my iMac.

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PRESENTER OPINION : Solder On, Garth…

PRESENTER OPINION : Solder On, Garth…

While I would love to think that in Wayne’s World, this article would be “excellent,” that’s for you to decide! In this month’s Practical Wireless magazine, my article, “Need a Hand? Or Six?,” is on the cover. Like many hams, soldering work on the bench takes many forms. A lot of that involves setup time to get the right tools in place to begin. I really like to minimize these things so that my limited time is spent goofing up a solder joint..uh, making good soldering joints…and getting things done.

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