This is the documentation for the TiDAL badge - your electronic companion at EMF2022

Important Note about WiFi

The WiFi is very limited on the TiDAL - you may need to be within a couple of metres of the access point to use it successfully. Best results are to stand next to an access point that isn't being heavily used. The one in the badge tent itself is good for this! The SSID emfcamp is preconfigured, and it won't make any difference switching to another - the problem is with the badge hardware itself. If you have changed the SSID, the credentials for the duration of EMF 2022 are SSID=emfcamp, username=badge, password=badge (WPA2 Enterprise).

Some people have reported more success by opening "Settings" and changing "WiFi TX power" to "2 dBM". You'll have to be really close to the access point, but that may reduce interference.

Links

The TiDAL device

Getting to know TiDAL

Photos of TiDAL

App developer guide

Even quicker quickstart guide

TODO: Install Apps from the Hatchery

Some notes on the Accelerometer chip

Schematics: Bottom board, Top board

Some low level details about the GPIO, display and torch APIs

TODO: Expansion developer guide

TiDAL firmware repo

Hardware schematics and datasheets

TODO: Badge-compatible installation developer guide

TODO: Badge firmware developer guide

Sponsors

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