Items you'll find useful to bring for badge hacking:

• Required:
  • Laptop computer (Linux, Mac, or Windows)
  • MicroUSB cable
• Suggested:
  • USB-to-Serial cable (printf is your friend)
  • Replacement AA Batteries. Although we will have extras on hand, this badge is power hungry and avid badge hackers may want to have a few extra sets on hand. NOTE: it is possible to power the badge through the JTAG header but you MUST remove the batteries before doing so
  • PMOD hardware if you have it. The badge has one PMOD footprint and further expansion is available via the 40-pin cartridge

Getting Your Programs Onto the Badge

• The badge has a bootloader that allows you to flash your bitstreams to the FPGA via the USB port
• Badge will enumerate as mass storage. C programs can be copied via this method and will appear on the badge app menu