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  • Above is the AND!XOR badge.
  • It has a shape of that Futurama robot, Bender.

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  • There are some GPIO pins.
  • This badge can also be used as a micro controller.

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  • There are ground and voltage pins and RX and TX pins for serial communications.

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  • There is normal USB male connector in the bottom of the badge.
  • You can connect this into computer and do serial communications.

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  • The good thing is that this badge can be used in serial communication.

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  • Here is an example video on how to edit this badge setting via Serial communication, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgD4Es2KB5g.
  • This is actually good for my project. So, I only to create the Python codes to alter the functionalities of my badge.

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  • Specifications.
    • 1 USB port.
    • 128x64 OLED screen (can be also those classic Nokia screen).
    • 16 Mbit of Flash memory.
    • 3 AA battery slots.
    • 5 switches.
    • Power pins.
    • RFM69W for 433 MHz communications.
    • RGB LEDs.
    • Serial pins.
    • Several GPIO pins.
    • STM32F103 ARM Cortex - M3.

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  • Above is the image of the STM32F103 ARM Cortex - M3 controller.

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  • This badge has a RFM69W for 433 MHz communications.

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  • Above is the images of the badge's antenna.
  • The green PCB is the RFM69W.

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  • The firmware for this badge is quite polished.
  • There are a self test and an airplane mode.
  • The airplane mode is to make the user sure that there are no unwanted RF communication to the badge.

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  • The price for full badge is 40 US Dollars.
  • The price for just LEDs and micro controller is 20 US Dollars.
  • All in all what I like from this badge is that this badge offer a setting interface via serial communications.
  • I think I could implement that in my badge.
  • Here is the link to the article, https://hackaday.com/2016/07/25/hands-on-the-andxor-unofficial-def-con-badge/.
  • Here is the full screenshot of the article.

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