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The hardware reference describes USB and parallel CR2032 power paths and warns that coin cells cannot sustain NFC-reader startup without a lower-power firmware setting; it also says the Wi-Fi portal is intended for USB power. Reviewed sources do not provide battery characterization, current measurements, charging behavior, thermal testing, protection validation, electrical limits, assembly inspection, or compliance results.

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power and electrical-safety documentation gap · public hardware reference · power outline and caveat documented; validation unrecovered

No safety, battery-life, interoperability, or reliable wireless-operation claim is inferred from the visible board documentation.

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power and electrical-safety documentation gap
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note
Confidence
public hardware reference
Status
power outline and caveat documented; validation unrecovered
Timeframe
current source review
Source note
BSides Vancouver badge HARDWARE.md and CHANGELOG.md.

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