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Pimoroni launches Badgeware line of wearable programmable displays

Pimoroni’s new Badgeware line of wearable electronics are basically high-tech replacements for paper badges that hang from a lanyard around your neck or “hi my name is” stickers you affix to your shirt.

Available with a choice of E Ink, IPS LCD, or LED matrix displays, each member of the Badgeware family is basically a tiny wearable computer with a Raspberry Pi RP2350 microprocessor, support […]

#badger #badgeware #blinky #pimoroni #smartBage #tufty #wearableDisplay

Read more: https://liliputing.com/pimoroni-launches-badgeware-line-of-wearable-programmable-displays/

Since the IPS panel (an 8-inch 4:3 panel from #Pimoroni, by the way) has a small board with a keypad, I designed a control panel for the #NeXT #MegaPixel display on the bottom of the case. This way, it doesn't interfere with the original design, and the LCD can still be controlled.

#3DPrint #3DPrinting #RetroComuter #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Miniatures

A followup on my #inkyphat install on my #pizerow - Turns out, simply running the #Pimoroni install script inside a virtual environment was still not going to work. Thus far, I've managed to delete the /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED file and the script proceeds. I even get the examples downloaded only to get the "NameError: name 'false' is not defined. Did you mean: 'False'?" error. Same as before.

I thought this hardware would be a nice out of the box solution to tinker with for a display. Sigh.