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Add manual and warning about LED brightness to the README
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TokenRat authored Sep 23, 2024
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![Technical drawing of the badge](docs/assets/techspecs.png)


# Usage
# Usage and features

TODO


## Default Firmware Features

TODO
See this page: [How to use your badge](https://www.eurofurence.org/EF28/badge/manual)


## Serial Output / Logging
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`minicom -D /dev/ttyACM0 -b 115200`


## Note on LED brightness

You can configure the brightness of your badge, see the manual [How to use your badge](https://www.eurofurence.org/EF28/badge/manual). If you modify your firmware, do not push the LEDs too hard. We limited the brightness on purpose to around 45 of 255 since the 5V boot converter cannot handle more. If you use just one color channel, values up to 100/255 might work. But they are plenty bright at 45 of 255. Higher values cause the 5V rail to break down and the LEDs start flickering badly.


# Building Your Own Firmware

The badge firmware is built using [PlatformIO](https://platformio.org/), an
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