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The first-person project notes that some transparent panels overheated or wrinkled during production while units were worked on at camp. The reviewed sources do not quantify affected units, identify all causes, describe final remediation, publish quality-control results, or establish that every distributed unit had the same condition or configuration.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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production-panel and final-unit variation boundary · first-person maker-project observation · limited panel-quality observation published; aggregate outcome unrecovered
The catalogue retains a narrow documented production caveat without presenting it as a defect rate, recall, safety finding, or universal final-unit characteristic.
- Badge
- BadgESC{21} Badge
- Category
- production-panel and final-unit variation boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- first-person maker-project observation
- Status
- limited panel-quality observation published; aggregate outcome unrecovered
- Timeframe
- 2025 badge production
- Source note
- Jacopo Franco's Fully Transparent Folded Cube Badge Hackaday.io project.
designer technical retrospective
Jacopo Franco's first-person retrospective documents the clear PET flex-PCB concept, fold-to-cube form, ESP32-C3, 42 WS2812B LEDs, audio/sensor development context, custom cell, and production process. It is used for those source-bounded technical claims, not as safety certification, a recipient count, or image-reuse permission.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
first-person maker project
Jacopo Franco's Hackaday.io project identifies the ESC{21} badge as clear-PET, LED-loaded conference hardware and records a limited production-quality observation. The project does not establish all-unit parity, an event allocation total, a final support lifecycle, or rights to reuse project media.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
official event registration
The official 2025 registration identifies End Summer Camp {21} as a September 2-7 nonprofit hacking, free-software, and DIY gathering at ART2 Lounge / Parco della Scultura in Architettura in San Donà di Piave. It establishes event context, not the badge's technical design, allocation, production total, or image rights.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
organizer source archive
End Summer Camp's public repository explicitly says it contains schematics for the flex-PCB badge distributed at ESC{21}. Its root tree links hardware, firmware, case, and folding material, but it does not provide a recipient ledger, final production report, or blanket reuse permission for repository media.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
public firmware-material directory
The organizer repository preserves WLED-related configuration and build material. It does not by itself establish a tagged final firmware release, a source-to-unit mapping, deployment settings, a whole-firmware license, or a supported operating procedure.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
public hardware design archive
The organizer archive preserves native KiCad project material, rendered schematics, Gerbers, BOM, and placement data. These sources document public design material, not a uniform final unit, manufacturing outcome, electrical certification, or safe modification result.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
End Summer Camp · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official registration for the September 2-7, 2025 San Donà di Piave camp. It establishes the event's date, place, and nonprofit hacking/free-software/DIY context, not the badge design or delivery details.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
End Summer Camp · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary organizer-owned source archive. Its README explicitly identifies the repository as schematics for the flex-PCB badge distributed at ESC{21} and credits named contributors; it does not establish a complete final-unit inventory, universal hardware configuration, or media-reuse permission.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
End Summer Camp badge-2025 repository · retrieved 2026-05-15
The repository points to this licence for the schematics. That scoped hardware-license statement is not treated as a licence for firmware, case material, photographs, renders, screenshots, or any selected badge image.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
Jacopo Franco · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-person designer retrospective supporting the named 2025 badge, foldable transparent PET construction, and documented electronics/production context. It is not a safety certification, final allocation ledger, firmware-release manifest, or blanket image licence.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge
Jacopo Franco on Hackaday.io · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-person maker project that identifies the badge as made for Italian End Summer Camp and records clear-PET hardware, LED context, credits, and a limited production observation. It does not establish a defect rate, all-unit final state, or reusable rights for project media.
Badge: BadgESC{21} Badge