TiLDA MK3
Using your badge
Assembly
ToDo: How to attach screen and battery
Basic usage
After you have assembled your badge you can just use the tiny switch at the bottom of the screen to turn your badge on. Alternatively you can use any USB power source. If you turn your badge on for the first time (or if for some reason it has reset itself) you will get some on-screen information while we try to download the newest set of software.
If at any point you want to restart your badge you can just press the reset button at the back.
ToDo: Explain Home Screen
ToDo: Explain App Library
ToDo: Explain how to change your name
WiFi
Your TiLDA Badge has built-in wifi support. It should all just work if you're at the campsite, but if you're on your own network you might have to tell the badge about it. For more information please have a look here: WiFi
Charging
The badge charges via a microUSB socket, and takes about 2-3 hours for a full charge. The red charge LED next to the USB connector will extinguish when charging is complete
Nothing works! Help!
Don't worry, you can always "factory reset" your badge. Please follow these instructions: Resetting
Hacking your badge
One of the main goals of TiLDA is to make hacking it as easy as possible. All you need to do so is a computer with USB and your badge. Excited?
The badge itself runs code written in the computer language Python which is run by a bit of software called Micropython.
If you want to get going and write your own code (of course you do!) start here:
For more information about the functions available please have a look at the Badge API section of this page.
If you're already familiar with all this you can jump right into the topic of Apps. Apps can be shared via the EMF App Library or by copying files of and on via USB. If you want to know more about how this works go to TiLDA MK3/apps
In case you're more interested in what makes the hardware tick directly and your confident with C++ and microprocessors the you can go deeper and work directly on the micropython code that runs TiLDA: How to build the firmware from scratch
Some ideas
- IRC relay
Badge API
- documentation - General Micropython libarary
- uGFX - The TiLDA LCD colour screen
- CC3100 - The wifi chip
- RTC (real time clock)
- ADC (analogue reading)
- Timer
- Microcontroller peripherals [1] (Timers, PWM, serial etc)
(feel free to add additional ideas, and create links new wiki pages to on-going projects, perhaps someone will want to contribute)
Badge hardware
TiLDA comes with a long list of very useful hardware. Some might be obvious, but some are a bit hidden.
- Colour LCD screen 320x240
- Joystick and A/B/Menu Buttons
- Wifi (cc3100)
- Accelerometer
- Compas
- Buzzer
- Battery
- WS2812B aka "Neo Pixel"
- MicroSD slot