“Nice little gadget.
Still haven't worked out why it's draining the lipo battery in 24 hours though, since it's supposed to be hibernating all that time???”
“Nifty little device and it’s great to have it all packaged together. As someone who doesn’t have the same nimbleness of fingers as I used to have, but still want to tinker, this gadget is a welcome addition to my set of toys. Lots of stuff to learn!
I appreciated being able to buy one “complete kit” and then the second unit as bare. Gives me confidence that I can have a backup if something goes horribly wrong as well!”
“AWESOME: Arrived timely. Really cool looking board! Very Cyberpunk. Online docs are really great! Making small changes was super easy. Even getting started with C was easy and well documented. Much love for that!
BUT: The USB-C connector on the board is loose! It keeps losing connectivity on the slightest motion. I'll have to figure out if I can fix it with some solder or glue myself. I did not try my second Badger for that problem yet. This might be a bigger problem for using Badger at scale. I could totally see buying a 100 or so for an event, but that means somebody has to plug in and change a 100 Badgers. If they break 20 USB-C connectors in the process that would suck.
UPDATE: Pimoroni reached out to me and sent me a free replacement Badger. Thanks for the great customer service! The new unit (plus the other one I had) does NOT have any issues with the USB-C connectors.
WISHLIST: (1) Some kind of built-in wireless connectivity. I know it's not trivial. But it could be as small as NFC reading on button press for quickly programming in small details (name, access).
(2) Preassembled version with LiPo battery. I know it's probably a liability nightmare. Maybe there could be a CR2023 version that would be enough for a two-day conference?”
Ahoy! Thanks for the nice review - do drop us a line at support@pimoroni.com if you continue to have problems with the USB-C port! We've seen a few from the first batch with USB-C attachment issues but we've made improvements to the manufacturing process for the second batch :)
