This, but it's a Meshtastic board powered by photovoltaic fletching so I can fire them high into trees to create a rogue comms network
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nrf52840 I presume. ESP32 needs a bit too much battery for a bow.
I should probably read into them before the world goes belly up. At the moment, I'm only somewhat knowledgeable about ESP and Arduino.
It's easy. Just get a nrf based device like the lil go echo and you are set.
You can flash all variants of Lora network software and it has a built-in rink display if you need to read messages without a phone and also battery and charging.
Eh, just bash with rock.
user:~# rock
rock command not found
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"Retired early or in an unmarked grave. Those are the only two options."
"use ai as a tool"
So Horizon Zero Dawn
I was thinking Vintage Story
The funny thing is that that board is actually designed to be arrowhead-shaped, not just a shard sawn off a larger PCB. I wonder what it came from (assuming it's real)?
Perhaps a board from some form of drone that fits in the nose cone?
Edit: Never mind, saw the comment about the #1 pin.
I noticed the same thing. Maybe it’s AI. I don’t see any inputs or power source and there’s no indication that there’s anything big enough on the other side to be either.
The big chip has 2 number one pin markings
"This hunting trip is brought to you by our sponsor, PCBWay."
"Our favorite thing about PCBWay has to be their shared projects. This week we'd like to highlight the one about using old cat6 for trapping and the best places to scavenge for it"
It does look close to PCBs you'd see in random key fobs but I think solid chance it's a prop (or AI). If you look close and of course we do only see one side but a lot of the things you'd expect to see are missing. What could this do, how does it interact or connect to things, whats up with those traces and why are they going there, who made this and why is nothing labeled? None of that is definitive, but it's weird to have that many questions like those on a real PCB.