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If you got a #Stonehenge kit from me on this Easterhegg #EH23 it is quite likely that the kit does not contain the microcontroller.
Because it seems I forgot to pack them. Doh!

Fortunately I did bring spares, so I can give them to you. They are in the #HardwareHackingArea in my white box. @marove also knows where they are and can help.

Sorry about the inconvenience.

We are looking for the person that left this board behind at #HardwareHackingArea on Day3 of #39c3

Kliment put on the microcontoller on Day4 and would like to give it back to the owner. Is this yours, or do you perhaps know the relevant person?

I packed 65 kits in total.

The workshop on Day1 will need around 20 of them, the rest you can get at the #HardwareHackingArea
Recommended donation is 10€

This is also a good time to thank all the people that helped making this possible. Thank you very much ❤️

Some of you might have already seen the #Stonehenge soldering challenge. It will return to #39c3 and be available in the #hardwarehackingArea

Its a cursed soldering challenge that will test your skill. The CH32V203 µC make programming accessible if you want to tinker with the software.

There is a workshop where you can build it on site with help from Kliment and other awesome people.

Or just get a kit and build it at your assembly or at home.

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/stonehenge-weird-soldering-challenge
https://gitlab.ccc.ac/cpresser/stonehenge

@Prisma Workshops in the #HardwareHackingArea are usually first come, first serve (some others have signups though).
Since this is quite early on day1, just be there on time.
I did outsource the actual workshop to Kliment since I won't be at 39c3 myself.

Worst case if you can't make it, there will be future events. I bought more parts:)

The "Repair and Rework Circuits" Workshop at #why2025 will start at 14:00 in the #HardwareHackingArea.
Participants will learn to desolder and replace parts on circuit boards. Both SMD and THT stuff.
Hopefully empowering people to do more repairs on their own.

What we are missing is enough e-waste to practice on. Do you have some boards you could bring? I am interested in assembled 2-layer boards. Most 4- or more layers PCBs need way better heat management and are not suited for beginners.

We just finished adding the bottom side parts into the Stonehenge challenge kits.
If you already got a kit at #why2025 you most likely don't have those parts. I can tell because about 10 microcontrollers are left :)

Find me in the #HardwareHackingArea so I can hand them out to you.
I am usually around before and after my other workshops. And at random other times when I feel like helping people learn soldering.
Or call me on DECT 2778.

On Day5 11:30 of #WHY2025 you can do the "Stonehenge soldering challenge" workshop at the #HardwareHackingArea

You can find the project files at
https://gitlab.ccc.ac/cpresser/stonehenge

The interactive-HTML-BOM can be found here
https://ca.rstenpresser.de/stonehenge.html

There is now a lost&found section at #HardwareHackingArea #eh22

@srslypascal I looked at the pictures. It looks quite doable. 0201 is not that difficult with some training.

Unfortunately I cannot bring all the good equipment to EH. The microscope is just to bulky for the train.
But we got el cheapo camera+screen microscopes at #HardwareHackingArea

Let look at it together and then discuss what can we done.

@leah gerne noch die #HardwareHackingArea
Da sollte vieles an Elektronik rum liegen.

Hardware Hacking Area
Assembly, G5-G8, Hall 3, Level 0
https://38c3.c3nav.de/l/hha/

This year at #38C3 there will be #ReworkCTF boards available again at the #HardwareHackingArea

If you want to improve your soldering skills for repairing and reworking circuits, this is the right project for you.
The two areas of the board are a (working) Rpi-Pico and the challenge area with 18 well documented defects that want to get fixed.
The challenges focus around replacing components and cutting/changing copper tracks.

Hey #emfcamp crowd 🦈
If you want to improve your PCB repair and soldering skills, the #ReworkCTF project might be for you.
There are 18 soldering challenges of various difficulty. All documented should you get stuck and need help.
The board is also a RasbperryPi-Pico once you are done. So only minimal e-waste.

Recommended donation for one board is 10£ or 10€. You can get them at the #HardwareHackingArea

If in doubt, use more flux.

the plan is to bring those to future #HardwareHackingArea events.

If you are at #37c3 and want to learn repairing a circuit board you can go to the #HardwareHackingArea and get a #ReworkCTF board.

Its a practice board that has lots of common errors that need fixing. 👩‍🏭

Instructions are at https://gitlab.aachen.ccc.de/cpresser/reworkctf-pico

Also, it has #Blahaj on the back 🦈

@webhat @mmcm
I shipped a few to #37c3, they should show up somewhere around the #HardwareHackingArea

With a large trunk comes great responsibility :)

dd #stickerExchange maltmans #hardwareHackingArea tool boxes #circuitControl and #noisio stuff goes on the way to #37c3 >> we're coming!

The documentation for the #reworkctf is finally done. I put it into the git repository.

https://gitlab.aachen.ccc.de/cpresser/reworkctf-pico/-/blob/main/docs/Challenges.md

Find me at #cccamp23 if you want to try the challenge. I will bring 100pieces of the board. You can most likely find me in the #HardwareHackingArea or the #AachenAnDerSaar Village.