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This week I attended [linux.conf.au] (for the first time) in Christchurch, New
Zealand. It's a week long conference covering Linux, open open source software
Zealand. It's a week long conference covering Linux, open source software
and hardware, privacy, security and much more. The theme this year was [IoT].
In line with the theme I built a digital conference badge to take to the
conference. It used a tri-colour e-Paper display and was powered by a Rust
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### Mounting
When I started the project I imagined it would hang it around my neck like a
When I started the project I imagined it would hang around my neck like a
conference lanyard. By the time departure day arrived I still hadn't worked out
how this would work in practice (power delivery being a major concern). In the
end I settled on attaching it to the strap on my backpack. My bag has lots of
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</figure>
On day 2 I had had several people suggest that I needed a QR code for the URL.
Turns out entering an IP address on a phone keyboard is tedious. So after talks
Turns out entering an IP address on a phone keyboard is tedious. So
that evening I added a QR code to the display. It's dynamically generated and
contains the same URL that is shown on the display. There were several good crates
to choose from. Ultimately I picked one that didn't have any image
dependencies, which allowed my to convert the data into embedded-graphics
dependencies, which allowed me to convert the data into embedded-graphics
pixels. The change was a success, most people scanned the QR code from this
point on.
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By the end of the conference the badge showed a count of 12. It had worked
flawlessly over the five days.
Small projects with a fairly hard deadline are a good way to ensure it's seen
through to completion. Also a great motivator to publish some open source code.
Small projects with a fairly hard deadline are a good way to ensure they're
seen through to completion. They're also a great motivator to publish some open
source code.
I think I greatly overestimated the number of people that would interact with
the badge. Of those that did, I think most tapped the button to increase the