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Two community sources say the LoRa radio's interrupt and busy lines are not routed to the ESP32-C6. Lichen OS's README says the schematic draws an Ra-01 (SX1276) but an RA-01SH (SX1262) is fitted, and that without bodge wires on DIO1 and BUSY the radio answers over SPI while MeshCore's radio init fails.
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LoRa pin routing · community firmware README plus wiki project page · bodge documented
Mesh firmware such as MeshCore or Meshtastic needs owner soldering before the radio works. The catalogue does not claim every badge has the same module or routing.
- Badge
- WHY2025 Badge
- Category
- LoRa pin routing
- Severity
- low
- Confidence
- community firmware README plus wiki project page
- Status
- bodge documented
- Timeframe
- post-event, 2025-2026
- Source note
- Lichen OS README and the WHY2025 wiki Meshtastic project page, retrieved 2026-11-05.
app store
Badge app distribution service.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
community firmware
GPL-3.0 replacement operating system by Lucas van Schouwen, started October 31, 2026 as a fork of BadgeVMS: one ESP-IDF 6.1 application on the ESP32-P4 with a standalone MeshCore messenger, a clock, and settings, while the ESP32-C6 runs ESP-Hosted Wi-Fi and BLE and the SX1262 LoRa service. Source only, with no tag or release on November 5, 2026. Not a Team:Badge release.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
community project page
WHY2025 wiki project page for an attendee's Meshtastic port. It says Meshtastic needs the CAD and busy pins soldered between the LoRa radio and the ESP32, and that the screen and keyboard backlight PWM is wired to the C6.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
issue tracker
Community issue page with hardware, firmware, LoRa, and user problems.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
official wiki
Main badge page, warnings, LoRa notes, repair notes, app install instructions.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
radio advisory
Dedicated antenna page for LoRa/FSK transmitter damage risk, SWR/VNA measurements, tuning notes, and antenna caveats.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
source
Hardware and firmware project files.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
team page
Public team page listing Team:Badge contacts, development groups, and team members.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
Hackaday · retrieved 2026-05-15
Secondary coverage of the battery-safety controversy and badge-team resignation context.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
Lucas van Schouwen / GitHub · retrieved 2026-11-05
Secondary community source. It says the schematic draws an Ra-01 (SX1276) while an Ai-Thinker RA-01SH (SX1262) is fitted with its DIO1 and BUSY pads unrouted, so MeshCore needs two bodge wires to C6 GPIO5 and GPIO11, and that the stock antenna is poorly matched at 868 MHz (SWR about 1.7 after tuning). It describes the author's badge and does not give a badge count.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
Tweakers · retrieved 2026-05-15
Dutch report on queues, epoxy mitigation, and camp context.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 orga mailing list · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public mailing-list evidence that a conflict existed.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 orga mailing list · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public mailing-list evidence and caution about incomplete public facts.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary badge warnings, LoRa details, repair notes, and app install information.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15
Community-maintained issue and repair record.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15
Detailed fire-hazard advisory and response links.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary LoRa antenna advisory covering irreversible transmitter damage risk without a proper antenna, SWR thresholds, VNA measurement, and tuning notes.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public attendee feedback on late distribution, queues, limited hacking, and documentation.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-11-05
Attendee project page on the official wiki, used as corroboration that Meshtastic needs the CAD and busy pins wired between the LoRa radio and the ESP32.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge
WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public team page for Team:Badge member names and development-group structure.
Badge: WHY2025 Badge