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The source archive publishes a KiCad board, custom footprints, and Gerbers, but the reviewed tree does not provide a final schematic, bill of materials, assembly instructions, manufacturer, order record, panel/assembly data, inspection log, final revision manifest, production count, component substitutions, or unit-by-unit build trace. The source snapshot predates the July event.
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hardware source, production, and component-parity boundary · commit-pinned KiCad and Gerber source review · design and manufacturing files public; final unit unverified
The record can describe the documented board design while avoiding a claim that the public files are the exact final build, that every event badge carried the listed footprints, or that the design was manufactured and tested at scale.
- Badge
- Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
- Category
- hardware source, production, and component-parity boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- commit-pinned KiCad and Gerber source review
- Status
- design and manufacturing files public; final unit unverified
- Timeframe
- source snapshot 2026-06-15
- Source note
- Commit d6865583b38e9631585fa126f37a46d859c91cf5 and the FAEI26_Clean KiCad/Gerber tree.
PCB design source
Commit-pinned KiCad 9 board source for the CR2032 holder, LED, button, slide-switch, resistor, SAO-labelled headers, mounting holes, and expansion-through-hole design surface. It is not a final assembled-unit or safety-validation record.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
creator documentation
Commit-pinned README identifying the project as an Avnet FAEI 2026 event badge, linking the project page, and pointing to the KiCad project plus front/back repository images.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
creator-linked project page
Alex Glow's linked Hackster project describes the badge as a cyber-gem and a platform for hardware experimentation. It is creator-published project context, not an Avnet allocation or final-production record.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
manufacturing source
Commit-pinned repository tree holding CAM Gerbers, drill files, job file, and the source ZIP. It supports a manufacturable design trail without proving that this exact revision was fabricated, assembled, or issued at the event.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
public hardware-source repository
Commit-pinned public source archive whose description and README identify an Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB badge commission. It contains KiCad project material, a custom footprint library, Gerbers, and repository images, but no unit-level production or handoff ledger.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
source license
Commit-pinned MIT License naming Alex Glow as copyright holder for the public repository source. It supports source access but does not independently identify a selected branded raster or documentary photo as a cleared local hero image.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
vendor event calendar
Toradex's public event listing names an Avnet FAE Institute Showcase in Phoenix on July 14, 2026. It corroborates the dated Phoenix technical-event context but does not describe the badge.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
vendor event context
Nexperia's public company update names Avnet FAE Institute 2026 in Phoenix, July 12-17, and frames it as hands-on technical training for engineers and field application experts. It establishes event context, not badge allocation, source ownership, or production.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Alex Glow / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary MIT License source, copyright 2026 Alex Glow. It provides the public repository's source license but does not itself make a particular branded board render or event photo an unambiguously cleared local hero image.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Alex Glow / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary creator documentation calling this an Avnet FAEI 2026 Event Badge and linking both the public hardware files and creator project page.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Alex Glow / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary manufacturing-tree source with front/back copper, mask, silkscreen, paste, edge-cut, drill, and job files. It establishes a fabrication-source trail, not a completed run, final revision, test result, or event allocation.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Alex Glow / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary board-design source for the CR2032 holder, through-hole LED, one 6 mm button, SPDT slide switch, resistor, two SAO-labelled header footprints, mounting holes, and through-hole expansion surface. It does not prove component population, final BOM, electrical behavior, or fabricated-unit parity.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Alex Glow / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary commit-pinned public repository for the 2026 Avnet FAE Institute badge commission, KiCad project, footprint library, Gerbers, and repository media. The June 15 source snapshot predates the July event and is not treated as a released event-unit build.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Alex Glow / Hackster · retrieved 2026-05-15
Creator-linked project page named by the public README. Its project description calls the badge a cyber-gem and a platform for hardware experimentation; it is not an Avnet event-issuance announcement.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Nexperia / LinkedIn · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary vendor-account event context for the July 12-17 Phoenix Avnet FAE Institute and its hands-on technical-training framing. It does not identify the PCB badge, allocation, source ownership, or production.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge
Toradex · retrieved 2026-05-15
Vendor event-calendar source identifying the July 14 Phoenix showcase. It corroborates the event location and date context but is not a badge specification or organizer allocation record.
Badge: Avnet FAE Institute 2026 PCB Badge