Federation Bot
@Federation_Bot  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
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@timpritlove
Hi, I have one more minor 馃檪 thing to add the the Badge-Mess: The LORAWAN-Chip is made soley for US-Frequencies (903-903Mhz) and NOT for EU-frequencies (863-870Mhz), confirmed by the FCC-statement. Hence the "Antenna"-problems and more.. I would assume the "803"-printing on the Ra-01SH chip must be a "Typo" and therefor the device might be even illegal in Europe to operate! (also missing a CE-label)..
I am deeply disappointed
Bas Oort almost @WHY2025
@bas@hsnl.social  路  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@timpritlove there was no ragequit in Warehouse. A few members said they couldn鈥檛 anymore. There was no rage. Also the original badge team did not stop in rage. Don鈥檛 use that word so easily.

The new team chose to remake the design, which they didn鈥檛 have to. The original design was available and almost done. Also, no pressure was put on them to stay with that design. Don鈥檛 blame the old badge team for the current situation. Both teams worked their asses off. Mistakes were made.
Tim Pritlove
@timpritlove@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

They kinda made it but they were late. Some got their badge only on the last day of the event, not sure if all promised devices could be delivered at all.

Things were bad because of a design flaw that probably happened because the original team dropped the ball. The device lacked some safety measures with open contacts so there was the possibility of the batteries creating potentially fire hazards.

So that was the main reason for the delay as all devices got an extra epoxy layer.

#WHY2025
Tim Pritlove
@timpritlove@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

I got my badge rather early. It was included in the ticket price, so i did not pay for it separately. Would I have ordered one if it was a separate thing? Probably not. But it wasn't so I tried it. TLDR: I was not impressed.

Well the specs are nice: ESP32 SoC, a huge color display, a backlit (!) full qwerty keyboard, huge battery, Wifi and LoRa radio. A nerd's dream. What is not to like?

Well, the problems started at setup.

#WHY2025
Federation Bot
@Federation_Bot  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@why2025camp
@why2025_family
@timpritlove
Hi, I have one more minor 馃檪 thing to add the the Badge-Mess: The LORAWAN-Chip is made soley for US-Frequencies (903-903Mhz) and NOT for EU-frequencies (863-870Mhz), confirmed by the FCC-statement. Hence the "Antenna"-problems and more.. I would assume the "803"-printing on the Ra-01SH chip must be a "Typo" and therefor the device might be even illegal in Europe to operate! (also missing a CE-label)..
I am deeply disappointed