I recently acquired a Github Badger via Hack Club High Seas; However, my badge has been utterly resistant to any and all attempts to make it work. I have tried BadgerBodger, I have tried Thonny, I have tried every UF2 available under the sun, and it refuses to actually work. It is just taunting me with “Hello World! With love from GitHub”.
It is connected to my PC via a USB-C cable I know works on a known working USB port. Also included are multiple screenshots from the Hack Club Slack detailing my attempts to get this working (my user is Neko).
Please help?
I sadly cannot seem to be able to include the UF2 files I tried; if anyone has links to a good filesharing service that doesnt require me to create an account that would be amazing.
Thanks for any help that can be given-
Neko
she/her
I think you have a rip-off clone board. Where did you buy it - so we can avoid them.
Check the the main chip is actually a Pico RP2040 or a Pico 2 2350. Looking at the photo the square chip looks blank so may not even be a Pico chip. They have the Raspberry Logo.
They do. I wonder if that is just a trick of the lighting / camera angle. If not, then it could be a clone but I doubt any company would be that interested in copying a board that was only created for a single conference event.
Apologies for a late reply, been swamped with work at the end of the term.
@Joshy-J: Thank you for the help, but I did try what you said as part of the screenshot saga, and that got me closer but still did not work.
@Tonygo2 and @ZodiusInfuser: I can confirm there is a raspberry on the chip. Seems to be a lighting trick with my camera. I did also do multiple nuke and uf2 attempts across both Arch (my main OS) and Windows 11 and neither worked.
It’s been a day or two so I don’t remember the exact issue, but it was that somehow even though the device was recognized in Thonny the screen wouldn’t update no matter what I tried.
