Fri3d Camp 2026 · Belgium · 2026

Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge

Completed-camp ESP32-S3 maker badge with open Revision 02 hardware

A source-backed record for Fri3d Camp 2026's main badge. The organizer's public Revision 02 hardware, firmware, and documentation repositories describe an open ESP32-S3 platform with extensions, apps, and repair paths; the organizer's event index now lists the August camp among past events. Neither source establishes individual handout, production, or final deployed-image outcomes.

Fri3d Camp Belgium Completed Event ESP32-S3 CH32X035 MicroPythonOS SAO LoRa Open Hardware Maker Camp

Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge: Completed-camp ESP32-S3 maker badge with open Revision 02 hardware

EventFri3d Camp 2026

SeriesFri3d Camp

LocationDomein De Kluis, Sint-Joris-Weert, Belgium

CountryBelgium

Image Provenance

Asset: optimized WebP from official upstream repository board raster
Status: licensed official upstream raster render
Source: Media/Badge_Front.png
License: Apache License 2.0
Attribution: Fri3dCamp/badge_2026_hw repository contributors
Notes: Original 1452x662 PNG front-board raster downloaded from the official Fri3dCamp/badge_2026_hw Revision 02 hardware repository and preserved in Public/images/source. The repository LICENSE is Apache-2.0 and its README identifies Revision 02 as the version planned for distribution at Fri3d Camp 2026. The public WebP delivery asset is metadata-stripped and otherwise preserves the official upstream board raster; it is not generated content, placeholder art, a social-media copy, or an approximate badge image. The published badge.gallery delivery file is an optimized WebP generated from the rights-cleared local derivative/source with metadata stripped, WebP quality 82, and a maximum side cap of 1600 pixels when the source is larger; upstream source URL, license, and attribution remain unchanged.

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Authors & Credits

2026 badge firmware publishers

Fri3dCamp/badge_firmware_MicroPythonOS repository contributors

Organizer-owned MIT repository publishing the MicroPythonOS-based 2026 badge firmware and its current partition/configuration record.

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2026 event and badge documentation publisher

Fri3d Camp

Organizer publisher of the 2026 main-badge documentation, extension guides, and repair/application workflow.

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2026 joystick-cap 3D-model author

Yvan Barbaix

The official hardware README attributes the joystick usability 3D model to Yvan Barbaix.

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Revision 02 hardware and production-file publishers

Fri3dCamp/badge_2026_hw repository contributors

Organizer-owned repository publishing the Revision 02 design, production files, mechanical files, licensing, and official front-board raster.

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Why It Mattered

Fri3d Camp 2026 is an unusually transparent completed-camp badge release: the organizer published hardware, firmware, documentation, and a reusable official front-board raster. The catalogue preserves the distinction between those sources and unverified attendee distribution or final unit parity.

Hardware

The official Revision 02 hardware repository identifies the version to be handed out at camp as an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N16R8 platform with 16 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5, a CH32X035 I/O controller, six-axis IMU, 2-inch IPS touch LCD, buttons, joystick, buzzer, microSD reader, TRRS audio, USB-C charging, 2000 mAh LiPo cell and protective cover, 12-pin expansion connector, SAO header option, Badge Link connector, and optional Wio-SX1262 LoRa kit.

Software & Apps

The official MIT firmware is based on MicroPythonOS and uses Retro-Go game partitions. The badge documentation describes pre-installed apps, an App Store, custom MicroPython application development, firmware restoration at the camp repair station or web flasher, and a CH32X035 firmware role as an I2C I/O expander. The public sources do not establish the final attendee image, on-camp service state, or post-camp support outcome.

Lore

Fri3d Camp's sixth edition ran August 14-16, 2026 at Domein De Kluis near Leuven. Its hardware repository says Revision 02 was the version intended for handout at camp, while the current organizer event index classifies the camp as past. This dossier records a public, buildable badge platform without treating that completion evidence as proof of individual distribution.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

SAO sensor add-on publicly documented; camp completed

VL53L7CH time-of-flight SAO sensor

The ToF SAO add-on provides a VL53L7CH 8x8 multizone sensor, eight addressable RGB LEDs, I2C access at 0x52, a Class I 940 nm laser, and an official MicroPythonOS app example.

Compatibility: Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge SAO connector, optionally paired with the SAO mirror.

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hardware expansion surface publicly documented; camp completed

12-pin expansion and optional SAO header

The official badge documentation identifies a 12-pin connector with I/O and multiple power options, plus an optional SAO connector for physical expansion boards.

Compatibility: Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge Revision 02 expansion surface.

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legacy accessory compatibility publicly documented; camp completed

Badge Link blaster compatibility

The official 2026 badge documentation says its Badge Link / Blaster connector is compatible with the 2022 Time Blaster and the 2024 Big Flamingo Gun 9000.

Compatibility: Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge and the documented 2022/2024 blaster accessories.

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optional radio add-on publicly documented; camp completed

Wio-SX1262-N LoRa kit

The documented solder-it-yourself LoRa kit adds a Seeedstudio Wio-SX1262-N module and spiral antenna, with an optional SMA connector and 868 MHz antenna extension.

Compatibility: Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge Revision 02 with the optional LoRa module footprint.

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software platform publicly documented; camp completed

MicroPythonOS App Store and custom-app workflow

The official 2026 documentation says the main badge runs a customized MicroPythonOS build with pre-installed apps, an App Store, custom MicroPython development, and local or camp-assisted firmware restoration paths.

Compatibility: Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge; final attendee app inventory and service availability remain unrecovered.

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

safety and modification caveat moderate

The official documentation says the analog multimeter connector has no protection, warns against operating the optional LoRa module without an antenna, and notes that the 2000 mAh LiPo is mechanically less robust than prior 18650 cells and is protected by a cover. The optional radio and expansion paths also require soldering.

The record presents the expansion surface as intentional maker hardware, not risk-free plug-and-play peripherals.

Confidence: official hardware and add-on documentation
Status: documented guidance; field outcome unrecovered
Timeframe: base badge and optional add-on use
Source note: Fri3d Camp 2026 Badge documentation, Revision 02 hardware README, and LoRa kit guide.

completed-camp handout state note

The organizer event index lists Fri3d Camp 2026 among past events. The hardware README says Revision 02 was the version intended for handout during the camp, but neither source establishes individual attendee distribution, final allocation, physical-unit parity, or field reliability.

The catalogue can mark the event complete without converting a planned handout statement into a completed attendee-distribution or production claim.

Confidence: official 2026 camp and hardware repositories
Status: camp completed; handout and production outcome unverified
Timeframe: event archive reviewed 2026-08-25
Source note: Fri3d Camp event archive and Fri3dCamp/badge_2026_hw README.

firmware and app release boundary note

The public firmware and App Store paths establish a programmable platform, but they do not prove the final attendee firmware image, final pre-installed app set, App Store inventory or availability during camp, final game payloads, or post-event support. The firmware README also documents a manual headset-output configuration choice.

The catalogue records the released software architecture and recovery workflow without converting a public repository into claims about final attendee experience.

Confidence: official documentation and MIT firmware repository
Status: partly documented / post-event source pass
Timeframe: reviewed 2026-08-25
Source note: Fri3d Camp 2026 badge documentation and badge_firmware_MicroPythonOS README.

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