Hacking the Wifi-Enabled Color Screen Github Universe Conference Badge
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The author reverse-engineered the GitHub Universe conference badge, exploring its WiFi capabilities and potential for customization, sparking interest in the community about the badge's hardware and security.
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I should fix that!
The Raspberry Pi is a full-on computer, it has a Broadcom ARM GPU/CPU, memory, runs Linux etc.
The RP2040 and RP2350 are micro-controllers, such as the ones used on the Arduino. Usually you don't run any operating system on these, everything is bare metal.
I liked your article though! Cheers