meanwhile this year’s badge hack / SAO is coming together. Chips arrived yesterday; Aliexpress LCD’s arrived tonight; and @oshpark Super Swift PCB’s shipped today for delivery tomorrow. If it works, I’ll have two dozen to share with folks in Pasadena; if it doesn’t, I won’t.
update: it did, in fact, come together.
if you're going to Supercon and want to play along with my badge hack, I think this is the last chance to order some of these LCDs and have them arrive in time. I'll almost certainly have some extra boards; this vaguely obscure display glass is going to be the one awkward part to source. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802673059889.html
16PIN TN 6-Digit Segment LCD Panel Without Backlight 3.3V - AliExpress 502

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