A smart interactive badge with bright white LED matrix display, powered by Raspberry Pi RP2350.
Blinky 2350 is an all-in-one badge wearable featuring a matrix of 872 individually adjustable white LEDs, built-in rechargeable battery and sturdy polycarbonate case. Hang it round your neck with the (included) Blinky lanyard or prop it up on your desk - either way it's ready to go straight out of the box. It's way more than just a event badge too - the eye-catching LED matrix would also be great for displaying tiny games, pixel art or self-care reminders.
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🌳 What is Badgeware?
Badgeware is a trio of all-in-one wearables designed to put customisable tech within everyone's reach.
Each species of badgeware is built around a different display, but they share the same common features - five sturdy front buttons, a translucent jewel-coloured polycarbonate case and a built-in LiPo battery with USB-C charging. They also have rear mounted mono lighting to illuminate the case. Under the hood is top notch Raspberry Pi hardware - a capable dual core RP2350 chip plus a RM2 radio module for wireless and Bluetooth connectivity.
They're easy and fun for beginners to get started with, yet powerful enough for experienced coders to really make their own. Connect your badge to any computer to quickly personalise our apps, or use MicroPython to develop new ones and add them to the BadgeOS launcher.
📦 What's in the box?
Every Blinky 2350 comes fully assembled in a sturdy case with a built-in battery and a snazzy matching lanyard. You'll need a USB-C cable to charge the battery and program Blinky (if you don't have one already, we stock USB-A to USB-C cables here).
The STEM Kit also includes a cute controller and some fun (but educational!) sensors to play with. It contains:
- Blinky 2350 (+ case and lanyard)
- Qw/ST Pad (a tiny I2C game controller)
- Multi-Sensor Stick (an all-in-one super sensor suite for environmental, light and movement sensing)
- 2x Qw/ST cables to connect everything up
👓 Features
- Display: white mono LED matrix with individually adjustable brightness
- 872 LEDs arranged in a 39 x 26 matrix, minus 'islands'
- Driven by FM6047 constant current LED drivers
- Powered by RP2350A (Dual Arm Cortex M33 running at 250MHz with 520KB of SRAM)
- 16MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP
- 8MB of PSRAM
- Raspberry Pi RM2 module (CYW43439), supporting IEEE 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN, and Bluetooth
- 1000mAh LiPo battery:
- PCF85063A real-time clock for waking from sleep (datasheet)
- Polycarbonate case with green back
- 4-zone mono LED case lighting
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Buttons:
- Five front user buttons
- Reset (and sleep) button
- Home (and boot) button
- Connectors:
- USB-C connector for charging and programming
- I2C connector (Qwiic/STEMMA QT) for attaching breakouts
- SWD debug connector
- Programmable with MicroPython
- Comes fully-assembled (no soldering required)
- Includes matching 2-clip lanyard
- Dimensions with case: 84mm (W) x 76mm (H) x 20mm (D)
🌞 Connecting Breakouts
Blinky 2350 has an I2C connector, so you can connect up Qwiic/STEMMA QT breakouts easily using a JST-SH to JST-SH cable.