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2024/11/01 Pasadena Hackaday Supercon 2024 SAO Badge
π 2024-11-01 01:01 in Arduino, Electronics
SAO stands for Shitty Add Ons, all explained here:
  • https://hackaday.com/2019/03/20/introducing-the-shitty-add-on-v1-69bis-standard
  • https://hackaday.io/project/52950-shitty-add-ons
  • In 2021 I got my first SAO Conference Badge from Linux.conf.au (clickme for more) That LCA board had 4 SAO ports and came with 2 little cute penguins that I hacked a bit:


    one of them was then in charge of running a neopixel necklace
    one of them was then in charge of running a neopixel necklace

    I got a few spare SAOs to attach to my heavily hacked LCA badge :)
    I got a few spare SAOs to attach to my heavily hacked LCA badge :)

    Anyway, back to Pasadena Hackaday Supercon 2024, they gave us a 6 SAO badge also running a micropython chip:

    attendees nicely donated a few extra SAOs to me, which I wrote code for
    attendees nicely donated a few extra SAOs to me, which I wrote code for


    even got an SAO extender :)
    even got an SAO extender :)

    I had to solder it from parts at the after party in the pub
    I had to solder it from parts at the after party in the pub

    Back to the conf SAO and code I wrote, here is the result:

    Micropython Code:

  • https://github.com/marcmerlin/2024-Supercon-8-Add-On-Badge/blob/main/software/software/main.py
  • Main repo:

  • https://github.com/marcmerlin/2024-Supercon-8-Add-On-Badge/tree/main
  • This was loads of fun, thanks to the organizers!


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