Fri3d 2018 Ph0xx
A fox-shaped ESP32 badge with 5x7 LED eye matrices, touch pads, buzzer, 18650 power, Lego Technic mounting holes, and jewel add-ons.
Fri3d Camp
Fri3d Camp 2018
The Ph0xx ESP32 fox badge year, with LED eyes, add-on jewels, battery power, touch input, and robot/hardware-hack paths.
Belgium · Belgium · 2018
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
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Air Jewel
The Ph0xx project describes an Air jewel that could interface with a dust particle sensor and GPS, extending the badge into environmental sensing.
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Mass-production programming script
The production logs credit a Christophe-designed script that scanned for new USB ports and programmed multiple badges, supporting the 650-board test and assembly flow.
Fri3d 2018 Ph0xx
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Air Jewel weather-balloon flight
The Ph0xx logs record a Fri3d Camp weather-balloon launch carrying a Ph0xx with the Air Jewel to measure air quality; the dust sensor stopped working at very low external temperature.
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Jewels
The Ph0xx project documents jewel add-ons as part of the intended hardware play surface.
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LEGO Technic mounting grid
The Ph0xx logs document 4.2 mm holes on an 8 mm grid so the badge could mount into LEGO Technic-compatible builds.
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Bot Jewel
The Bot jewel boosted power for four large servos and was documented as the building block for turning Ph0xx into a bipedal robot.
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Ph0xx robot path
The Ph0xx documentation points toward turning the badge into or mounting it on a robot using its hardware and mounting holes.
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Easy Animation eye tool
The logs describe a web tool from an Area 3001 member that let attendees define LED-eye animations and generate Arduino code for Ph0xx.
Operational history
Issues & Camp Impact
Fri3d 2018 Ph0xx
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The Fri3d 2018 visual now uses an optimized WebP derived from the official repository `media/Fri3dBadge_2018_00_Proto0.jpg` documentary photo of real Ph0xx prototype boards.
The public badge page, image archive, and API point at a source-controlled original photo with source URL, license basis, attribution, and processing notes while avoiding generated, placeholder, social, or uncleared imagery.
Fri3d 2018 Ph0xx
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The 2018 badge used 18650 power, so power handling and charging context should be preserved alongside the fun fox/jewel lore.
Useful context for comparing later camp badge battery and safety decisions.
Fri3d 2018 Ph0xx
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The Ph0xx mass-production log says the team started with prototype machinery, manual solder paste dispensing, and a three-zone reflow oven; quality was good but the process was too slow for the badge quantity.
Fri3d 2018 belongs in the operational history of camp badges: even a strong design still had small-run manufacturing throughput constraints.
Resources
Fri3d 2018 Ph0xx prototype photo
image source · Official repository JPEG of real Ph0xx prototype boards embedded by the README; used as the rights-cleared upstream documentary photo for the local WebP delivery asset.
Fri3d Camp Badge 2018 repository license
license · Project license source stating that hardware designs and related documents are under the CERN Open Hardware License and software-related documents under BSD 3-Clause.
Ph0xx project logs
project logs · Project logs for the 2018 badge.
Ph0xx Hackaday.io
project page · Primary public project page for the Fri3d 2018 Ph0xx badge.
Fri3d Camp Badge 2018 repository
source repository · Official Fri3dCamp badge repository preserving the 2018 Ph0xx project, source tree, README-embedded badge photos, media assets, and project license.
Sources
Fri3dCamp / GitHub: Fri3d Camp Badge 2018 LICENSE
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Repository license source for treating the hardware-related documentation photo as reusable upstream project media while preserving attribution and processing notes.
Fri3dCamp / GitHub: Fri3d Camp Badge 2018 README
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official repository README embedding the Ph0xx prototype photos and identifying the badge as the Fri3d Camp Badge 2018 development project.
Fri3dCamp / GitHub: Fri3dBadge_2018_00_Proto0.jpg
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Image-provenance source for the official repository documentary photo of real Ph0xx prototype boards; used only after recording license, attribution, and WebP processing notes.
Hackaday.io: Ph0xx
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for Fri3d 2018 hardware, jewels, robot ideas, and badge intent.
Hackaday.io: Ph0xx logs
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project logs for assembly, firmware, jewels, and development context.