Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
The badge is a serious open FPGA platform, but catalogue readers should not treat the public PCB as a frictionless reference design without reading the errata.
Evidence
Post-event Hackaday source for badge-hacking ceremony results, custom cartridges, software demos, and Linux-on-badge with SDRAM cartridge context.
Hackaday reveal article for RISC-V soft core, open FPGA tooling, Jeroen Domburg / Sprite_TM design credit, and 500-plus attendee badge production context.
Hackaday source for last-minute production, volunteer/team effort, distribution timing, and manufacturing context.
Hackaday.io list preserving enclosure and SDRAM-cartridge hack projects for the 2019 FPGA badge.
Hackaday.io event source for the Pasadena, CA, November 15-17, 2019 Superconference dates and badge-hacking community setup.
Hackaday press source for fifth annual Superconference context, Supplyframe DesignLab and Los Angeles College of Music venues, dates, workshops, badge hacking, talks, and demos.
Public PCB artwork repository with hardware errata and CC BY-SA 3.0 hardware-license statement.
Official Hackaday.io project page for ECP5 FPGA, Game Boy form factor, buttons, display, cartridge adapter, flash-backed cartridges, toolchain setup, and hardware overview.
Public gateware, IPL, bootloader, SDK, example apps, USB mass-storage, HDMI, audio, PIC soft-core, and app-development repository.
Source trail
Primary source repository for FPGA configurations, boot/IPL software, SDK, sample apps, USB mass-storage behavior, HDMI, audio, PicoRV32, and PIC soft-core structure.
Primary hardware repository for PCB artwork, hardware errata, and CC BY-SA 3.0 hardware-license statement.
Post-event source for badge-hacking ceremony, open hardware/software repos, prototype cartridges, software demos, and Linux-on-badge with SDRAM cartridge.
Production-context source for late-stage assembly, volunteer effort, and distribution at Supplyframe HQ.
Primary article source for RISC-V soft core, open-source FPGA toolchain, Sprite_TM attribution, large team effort, cartridge slot, and several-hundred-attendee context.
Event source for fifth annual Superconference context, Supplyframe DesignLab, Los Angeles College of Music, dates, badge hacking, workshops, talks, and demos.
Primary project source for ECP5 FPGA, Game Boy form factor, LCD, buttons, cartridges, mass-storage app loading, toolchain, hardware overview, DFU paths, and team credits.
Official Hackaday.io event-community source for Pasadena and November 15-17, 2019 Superconference context.