Lifecycle
Badge ecosystems keep moving after handout: apps, hexpansions, SAOs, antennas, cases, repair parts, firmware updates, and post-event hardware experiments.
The official ROOTCON 18 Badge/STL directory lists a Rootcon 2024 Buttons.stl file as part of the public badge artifact archive.
SourceThe official ROOTCON 18 Badge/STL directory lists a Rootcon 2024 Single Color.stl file as part of the public badge artifact archive.
SourceThe application repository documents a conversational assistant with local model switching, LLM integration, MCP support, hardware interfaces, and a medical-assistant prompt example.
SourceThe official Arduino guide provides a custom fri3d-esp32 board package, Fri3d Badge 2024 board target, examples, upload flow, and a path for sketches launched through the default firmware.
SourceYale32's Social Battery renders configurable social energy as a fuel gauge and adds BLE remote support, another example of post-event badge apps using the platform's radio and display surface.
SourceThe Flamingo blaster uses an IR LED, two IR receivers, four WS2812 LEDs, a buzzer, trigger, team selector, LANA TNY module, and a 3.5 mm BadgeLink connector to turn the badge into a camp game peripheral.
SourceIOActive's build series documents a key-fob badge / SAO for DEF CON 32 CHV with dsPIC33CK32MP502, CAN transceiver, NeoPixels, touch buttons, IR, 125 kHz RFID receive, and 433 MHz transmit surfaces.
SourceThe public CTF archive ties the Speedometer SAO to rock-paper-scissors behavior, CAN messages, firmware reversing, and LCD output used in the challenge.
SourceNorthSec's official archive says 2015 CTF participants were grouped into teams of eight and each had a hardware badge tied to the competition environment.
SourceThe CTF page lists Electronic among the 2019 challenge categories, alongside Cloud, SDR, Web, and other challenge types.
SourceThe repository includes multiple `badgechal` application files and firmware documentation stating that the custom C modules are required for CTF challenges.
SourceThe CTF page places the CTF.ae challenge leg online and onsite at the Bug Bounty Village in LVCC room W326, running from August 8 to August 10, 2025.
SourceThe separate RomHack Camp CTF page provides the event-side context for tracking whether badge hardware becomes part of on-site challenge play.
SourceThe event wiki describes Rabbit Chaos Adventure challenges on campus, laptop, and the badge, making the badge part of the game surface.
SourceThe FPGA Peripheral demo exposes the FPGA as an ESP32 peripheral with timer and random-number behavior, documenting the badge as a hardware experimentation platform.
SourceThe iCE40 firmware repository preserves FPGA examples and source that let the badge act as a learning platform for video, IO, and custom logic.
SourceThe PMOD connector exposed FPGA-oriented IO for advanced hardware experiments beyond the application chooser and BadgePython surface.
SourceThe hardware tree includes an ECP5U_25 CABGA256 schematic and the firmware tree includes ECP5 projects, tests, and a UART coprocessor example with open FPGA tooling notes.
SourceThe FPGA docs preserve a browser/WebUSB loading workflow for experimenting with the iCE40 fabric without treating FPGA development as ordinary app publishing.
SourceThe Machine Shop's GPS Hexpansion and its published files document a location-sensing hardware path for Tildagon owners.
SourceGiles Greenway's Euclidean Tides uses the badge GPIO header and TRS sockets to produce Euclidean rhythms; without external wiring it still works as a blinkenlicht.
SourceHenri Manson's app loads Doom on the ESP32 while using the FPGA for video and sound, turning MCH2022 into a handheld game-and-FPGA demonstration.
SourceThe qwiic/STEMMA QT compatible port gives the badge a plug-in sensor ecosystem for post-event use and experiments.
SourceThe 2016 badge was explicitly inspired by Mitch Altman's TV-B-Gone and preserved a TV-B-Gone-style app path in the Arduino badge concept.
SourceJohn Thurmond's LED Filament hexpansion appears in the official showcase as a rainbow LED-filament add-on, extending Tildagon's visual display culture beyond the onboard LEDs.
SourceChris's neopixel_rave drives WS2812/NeoPixels from TiDAL, with Hatchery notes about torch-LED data wiring, level-shifting constraints, and external 5V/power-bank needs.
SourceMatt Emerick-Law's EEH Logo app controls NeoPixels on the East Essex Hackspace LED Logo Hexpansion and advertises that the hexpansion is expected to be available at EMF 2026.
SourceMatt Emerick-Law's Pacman LED app controls LEDs on the Pacman hexpansion created by The Untitled Goose, capturing another app-store entry tied to a named physical add-on.
SourceThe badge uses 18 WS2812B-MINI-V3 addressable LEDs, with firmware described as giving a traffic-light-style indication for air-quality state.
SourceThe public pinout and firmware define 32 WS2812B / NeoPixel LEDs on IO21, with firmware files dedicated to pixel behavior.
SourceThe official badge page and manual document a Raspberry Pi Zero W at the center of the badge, paired with a custom SAINTCON board and badge image.
SourceThe second badge is documented around a VoCore/RT5350F module running OpenWRT with Wi-Fi, two Ethernet ports, USB host/storage goals, and heatsink work.
SourceThe project page says the ToorCon 14 badge used the same radio circuit as the IM-Me, turning IM-Me-style firmware customization into a USB badge workflow.
SourceThe product page and pinout describe two CC1101 modules, and the firmware maps separate A/B CC1101 SPI and GDO0 pins around a default 433.92 MHz RF workflow.
SourceThe antenna guide documented temporary human/copper-wire reception tricks and the proper SMA modification, including rotating or bridging the 0-ohm resistor in the RF path.
SourceThe README documents a CC1101 radio at 433 MHz, Fox Hunting RSSI behavior, and Friends RF peer-to-peer profile exchange with non-volatile history.
SourceThe top-level README lists NRF24L01 as part of the badge technology stack.
SourceThe badge natively receives and displays nearby aircraft using 1090 MHz ADS-B signals, with an onboard PCB antenna and optional external antenna path.
SourceThe badge shipped with RfCat firmware so attendees could connect over micro USB, run `rfcat -r`, and control the sub-1 GHz transceiver from an interactive Python shell.
SourceThe badge used 13 LEDs to represent the 13 evenly spaced Wi-Fi channels in the 2.4 GHz band, while also detecting Bluetooth, ZigBee, microwave ovens, and other in-band emitters.
SourceThe Zero board is documented as an educational RFID, iButton, and sub-GHz hardware expansion with project links and maturity notes.
SourceThe event offered an exclusive BSides SAO add-on with ticket purchase, with proceeds supporting Ballarat Hackerspace.
SourceThe LCA2022 Open Hardware Miniconf page described an FPGA SAO usable standalone or plugged into compatible electronic conference badges, including LCA2021 SwagBadge combinations.
SourceThe LCA2021 hardware session and miniconf page covered the Simple Add-On standard, SAO protoboards, Tux SAO, and extension options for badge life.
SourceThe public Speedometer SAO firmware repository is MIT-licensed and says it includes CTF problem and notes material built on a display library.
SourceThe official LCA2022 Rockling session documented the Rockling FPGA audio processor as part of the hardware kit and SAO talk track.
SourceThe official LCA2022 SAO session described two shipped SAOs in the hardware kit, including Theremin and Party Button add-ons.
SourceThe official Join Us page says attendees had to secure a badge ahead of time and that BSidesLV would no longer accept walk-ins for the conference.
Sourcedratini0's legacy adapter connects Tildagon to SAO, TiDAL, and QW/ST-style expansion traditions, showing that add-ons also serve compatibility and reuse.
SourceThe hardware list includes one 1.69bis SAO port plus conductive pads, 3.5 mm lead, elastic band, lube, custom lanyard, spare batteries, and battery clip.
SourceThe official DC34 SAO specification documents 3.0 V VDD, 100 mA tested total supply across both SAOs, GPIO pins, I2C devices at 0x3C and 0x19, and mirrored unkeyed 6-pin SAO headers.
SourceThe badge documentation identifies I2C expansion configured as DEF CON SAO plus USB terminal access for I2C and SAO sensor interfacing.
SourceThe badge includes an SAO connector that supports I2C, UART, CAN Bus, and more; the DC33 release explicitly adds Aerospace Village DC33 SAO support.
SourceThe README lists a Shitty Addon connector, making the badge compatible with the wider SAO-style add-on ecosystem.
SourceThe 2022 hardware tree includes multiple SAO directories, including Ubisoft, numbered SAO revisions, BOMs, Gerbers, assembly exports, and board-source material.
SourceThe MiniBadge standard defines I2C read/write initiation, button, text, score-update, and brightness messages, while warning that microcontrollers need to track state across repeated starts and stops.
SourceThe minibadge notes define I2C address coordination plus polling, button, text, pixel, timed-pixel, custom-data, score-update, and brightness-change messages.
SourceThe CHV SAO spec provides 3.3 V and ground while replacing normal SAO I2C with CAN TX and CAN RX for vehicle-network add-ons.
SourceThe public MiniBadge standard supplies the shared connector and I2C protocol context for SAINTCON MiniBadges, while this 2020 record keeps per-board behavior limited to recovered source evidence.
SourceThe public MiniBadge standard supplies the shared connector and I2C protocol context for SAINTCON MiniBadges, while this record keeps per-board firmware claims limited to recovered 2021 evidence.
SourceThe public MiniBadge standard supplies the shared connector and I2C protocol context for SAINTCON MiniBadges, but this record does not claim every 2023 entry implemented active I2C behavior.
SourceThe public MiniBadge standard documents +VBATT, 3V3, GND, SDA, SCL, CLK, PROG, and NC pin guidance, including +VBATT voltage caution and do-not-connect rules for reserved pins.
SourcePOC Security's official update trail described a Zer0Con2025 Entry badge with 100 available seats.
SourcePOC Security's official update trail described a Zer0Con 2024 Entry badge with 120 available seats.
SourcePOC Security's official update trail described Zer0Con2026 registration as limited to 120 seats.
SourceThe official registration pages say the issued badge gave access to all talks and workshops.
SourceThe wiki preserves alternative software links for Tetris Sound Track, TV-Bunny, and Ethersex, showing the badge as a small AVR software target beyond the default firmware.
SourceThe Safe Mode badge was a real cassette tape in a jewel case, with side A/B markings, label art, and audio content that formed part of the challenge.
SourceThe assembly guide documents a 555 timer, photoresistor, capacitor, resistors, LED, AAA battery holder, and wiring; testing confirms the LED blink speed changes with light exposure.
SourceThe official badge was a playable vinyl record, making audio playback and record inspection part of the badge-hacking surface instead of firmware or active electronics.
SourceThe radio badge used RF gain control, a small transistor amp, mono audio sent to both headphone channels, and a hackable AM tuner path.
SourceBuilders could adjust the potentiometer to control how dark it needed to be before the badge lights turned on.
SourceAttendees could append JavaScript apps to `Badge.apps`, add LED patterns, upload code over BLE, and persist extensions in `.boot0` through `.boot3` storage files.
SourceThe getting-started and software pages link the Bangle.js App Loader and app repository as the public app-distribution surface for the watch.
SourceThe MK4 wiki documents installing apps directly on badge through the Badge Store app: choose Install, pick a category/app, save it, then restart back to the launcher.
SourceSHA2017 used the Badge.Team Hatchery path for discoverable badge applications, and the current Hatchery index still exposes SHA2017-compatible project records.
SourceThe MCH2022 Hatchery catalogue made app discovery and installation part of the camp badge workflow rather than a post-hoc source dump.
SourceThe EMF 2022 Hatchery API still lists TiDAL categories across event, game, graphics, hardware, utility, data, silly, unusable, and adult apps, preserving the badge as an app ecosystem rather than a one-off PCB.
SourceThe live app directory makes Tildagon a post-event software platform, with badge, background, game, media, music, pattern, hexpansion utility, schedule, WiFi, and sensor apps published by community authors.
SourceApps were submitted by adding a folder with main.py metadata headers to the Mk4-Apps GitHub repository, validating with tilda_tools, and opening a pull request; official rules banned malicious apps and code/image hot-loading without good reason.
SourceNew apps are published by adding a TOML pointer under the flow3r-apps index and opening a merge request; after merge the app appears in the public directory.
SourceThe app index treats a commit that increments metadata.version in flow3r.toml as a new release, making post-camp app maintenance part of the badge lifecycle.
SourceThe repository setup flow flashes a CircuitPython UF2, then copies the RP2350 filesystem to CIRCUITPYTHON for the badge runtime.
SourceThe official archive and sponsorship kit prove the electronic badge's event and sponsor context, but do not expose component-level hardware, firmware, artwork, or production files.
SourceJay Turla / @shipcod3's public post preserves the ROOTCON 12 Electronic Badge title, but this pass did not recover a public schematic, firmware archive, BOM, or rights-cleared image.
SourceThe OPCDE Kenya agenda preserved a dedicated session on making the AfricaHackOn 2018 Electronic Conference Badge, anchoring the badge's existence while leaving the technical archive open.
SourceLater writeups treated the 2019 badge as an ESP32-WROOM-32U board suitable for C# NanoFramework and ESP32 game/video experiments.
SourceThe official about page describes the merch bundle as a shirt, electronic badge, and sticker bundle, supporting an electronic-badge classification while leaving component details unknown.
SourceTwinkleTwinkie's DEF CON 27 Hardware Hacking Village bio explicitly names BSides Vancouver 2019 Badge among notable produced works.
SourceSOLDER LVL2, SOLDER LVL3, SOLDER LVL4, and Puzzle Badge entries document a tiered soldering and puzzle MiniBadge trail designed by Rushan.
SourceThe 2023 data includes through-hole and surface-mount difficulty notes, parts lists, LED/resistor builds, and acquisition guidance, while the official FAQ encourages newcomers to learn MiniBadge design.
SourceThe guide covers LED orientation, two-position headers, through-hole and SMD soldering, reverse-mount LEDs, RFID sticker placement, motor/fan parts, hot glue, cable-test behavior, and ATTiny programming for selected MiniBadges.
SourceHeatSync Labs brought acrylic backs, coin batteries, LEDs, resistors, and badge lanyards so attendees could solder a working LED badge at the booth.
SourceThe assembly guide says attendee conference bags contained the badge PCB, passives, fuses, headers, D1 Mini ESP8266 board, USB battery, and exchange token for HHV display parts.
SourceThe forum narrative says the team used solder paste, a hotplate, and manual display insertion to finish about 500 functional badges before the party.
SourceThe official badge section says each participant could design a custom configuration for their badge.
SourceAttendees assembled their badges at soldering stations with peer help and minimal official guidance before staff flashed firmware.
SourceThe assembly guide steps through resistor, photocell, LED, switch, MOSFET, potentiometer, and battery-holder installation with orientation and test reminders.
SourceThe assembly manual documents the LiPo battery, PowerBoost 500C, cable routing, custom board mounting, acrylic shield, screws, standoffs, and lanyard hardware needed to complete the badge.
SourceHackaday describes attendees receiving a bag of components and assembling the badge in the Hardware Hacking Village soldering environment.
SourceThe documentation frames the badge as a DIY kit distributed to participants, with easy-to-mount DIP components and step-by-step resistor, LED, switch, and battery-holder assembly.
SourceThe infodesk page says arriving attendees received a goodie bag with a T-shirt and other items, while the ticket page documents day-ticket handling through the infodesk.
SourceThe infodesk and ticket pages document arrival goodie-bag pickup, T-shirt eligibility timing, day passes, and merch context around the non-electronic camp artifact bundle.
SourceThe infodesk page says arriving attendees received a goodie bag with a T-shirt and other items, making the non-electronic artifact bundle part of the camp identity record.
SourceA unique 3D-printed QR code on each case led attendees to a configurator for frame selection, name text, size, and position before firmware generation.
SourceThe designer records that an attendee cracked the game by extracting tag IDs from firmware and emulating them with a Flipper Zero, which was encouraged.
SourceThe attendee guide told delegates they could choose their own interaction protocols using a badge sticker, making the credential part of the event's interpersonal-boundary signalling.
SourceThe Humanitix page says TinkerInk brought a badge press so attendees could make custom pins signalling whether they wanted to be approached or left alone.
SourceThe CrikeyCon Connect section told attendees to look for the CrikeyCon Connect badge when seeking informal information-security career conversations.
SourceThe conduct/support section says Friendly Bear volunteers could be identified by the Friendly Bear text on their name badge.
SourceThe README links name-changing tools and explains how badge owners could make the badge connectable via menu item or button-held boot modes.
SourceHackerware documents sticking a mini speaker on the backside and soldering its leads at LS1 to play the piano.
SourceThe badge added a piezo buzzer for simple tones, including circus-themed and button-feedback jingles.
SourceThe public firmware archive includes ToneChaser examples for musical modes while the project writeup documents audio games and badge sound output.
SourceThe public archive includes a SoundBoard example mapping sounds to three capacitive touch pads through the XT_DAC_AUDIO library.
SourceThe README lists a MAX4466 microphone module, and the firmware samples A0 to choose mouth frames based on detected voice volume.
SourceThe event report documents I2S audio hardware, a 2-watt speaker amplifier, and a microphone pre-amplifier for the voice/audio experiment path.
SourceThe hardware page lists a MAX98357AETE+T I2S amplifier and onboard speaker as the badge's audio path.
SourceLix's Microphone hexpansion prototype stores visualisation code on EEPROM and samples audio on the badge, a concrete example of self-describing add-on behavior.
SourceThe README documents the badge microphone, special microphone driver, and AudioStreaming example with netcat/aplay receiver notes.
SourceThe named TGSTL sound-to-light module records the performative side of Tildagon expansion culture: audio-reactive light hardware built for the badge edge.
SourceThe official Uber Badge page says badge-challenge victories are one path to a one-of-a-kind Uber Badge with lifetime BSides Tampa admission, but the current registry does not list a 2026 awardee.
SourceThe server tree records the PHP/MySQL workflow around badge enrollment, nicknames, alcohol-sensor data, and schedule JSON generated from BruCON's Sched export.
SourceThe official page links the WWHF 2025 badge CTF to Meta CTF and says challenges could be solved from badge behavior or firmware.
SourceThe documented hardware includes IR transmitter/receiver and an SAO connector alongside the main badge controls and lights.
SourceThe board exposes seven WS2812B RGB LEDs and a button set using IO0 plus a PCA9535 I2C expander for six additional controls.
SourceThe README says physical pin 2 controls badge aRGB LEDs and external LED expansion pads, while physical pin 3 controls the built-in buzzer.
SourceThe Espressif component package exposes badge-specific control of Hack&Roll 2026 LEDs and buttons through the built-in GPIO expander.
Sourcemmca's Hackaday.io log documents an official blinking LayerOne logo add-on for the 2018 L1 badge and its 3.3 V, GPIO2, and ground connector path.
SourceThe first-hand write-up documents a custom blinky board by Luke Jenkins and Klint Holmes that extended the badge-hacking experience.
SourceThe DOOM SAO log documents an ATSAMD21G18A add-on with ST7789 display, USB-C, serial terminal, bus sniffers, virtual EEPROM identity, and SAO 1.69bis logical integration with DC27 badges.
SourceHackaday frames the ESP32CAM eye add-on as the camera and face-recognition surface for the Voight-Kampff human-or-replicant test.
SourceThe repository includes a separate KiCad add-on project, and the README notes the add-on location on the badge front side.
SourceThe hardware tree and release assets preserve a Metro add-on with silkscreen/edge SVGs, source artwork, `Metro.hex`, and a Metro add-on BOM CSV.
SourceThe repository preserves a separate Add_On_Bugcon_2025 tree with PY32F002AA15M footprint/source material, KiCad files, decorative artwork, and firmware/libraries.
SourceThe article shows a hobby-servo eye add-on as one of the mechanical extensions for the badge's add-on header.
SourceThe official speaker page describes Ox-Vox as an add-on for that year's unreleased BSides PDX badge, tying the badge to a pre-release add-on hacking workflow.
SourceThe official badge page and manual preserve MiniBadge support, official MiniBadge and unofficial MiniBadge pages, and visible add-on presentation through the attendee badge.
SourceThe firmware used the integral accelerometer for gravity-style simulations and input mechanics that sat behind the public puzzle and demo behavior.
SourceThe badge exposed an onboard BASIC interpreter with badge-specific commands for display, LED, audio, GPIO, serial, and program storage experiments.
SourceAfter WiFi connection, the badge connected to an MQTT server, subscribed to an event topic, and displayed current talk details on the OLED.
SourceThe badge exposed unlockable games including two-player Pong and Rock/Paper/Scissors/Lizard/Spock badge-to-badge interaction.
SourceReleased client code implemented a half-duplex RF broadcast chat system for badges using RFCat, 868 MHz operation, sync words, modulation settings, queues, and retransmission.
SourceA challenge-unlocked Warbadging mode scanned up to 30 nearby WiFi networks and displayed signal strength, ESSID, encryption type, and channel coverage.
SourceThe badge boot flow displayed the conference title, scanned wireless networks, waited for a programmed network, connected, and displayed IP and network details.
SourceThe badge implemented a Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4 server on the ESP32-C3, with in-world levers mapped back to the 24 physical RGB LEDs.
SourceA later challenge stage used badge networking and elevated shell access to start the Minecraft server and solve the in-world lever puzzle.
SourceThe making-of post documents a colour GameOn-derived firmware with menu, single-player game, raycaster, voxel landscape, high-score JSON/WiFi workflow, setup screens, achievements, and debug screens.
SourceThe badge page describes social-game firmware for badge-to-badge duels and asks miniapp authors to submit pull requests so apps can be built into shared firmware.
SourceThe badge's camera was not decorative: Supercon included a film-festival category for movies and media produced with the badge camera.
SourceThe repository and store page say the badge ships with BLE apps, Wi-Fi apps, and a digital-pet app as ready-to-use examples for the event.
SourceThe repository documents Doom Maze, Dino Run, Hackermon, and Star Invaders as bundled badge games with button controls.
SourceThe public app tree includes menu, settings, schedule, Tetris, analog clock, battery monitor, system monitor, and other badge applications.
SourceThe 36C3 badge intentionally shipped without a controller so attendees could attach Arduinos, FPGAs, Feather boards, or other battery-powered controller choices.
SourceThe badge used a 16-bit PIC24FJ256GA704 to simulate a 4-bit educational processor with visible registers, flags, ALU, stack, memory state, and instruction execution.
SourceThe official page says BSides Tallinn 2022 provided each participant a special badge in the legacy theme.
SourceThe AVTOKYO badge used a Pina Colada cocktail-glass shape with transparent non-masked PCB areas to celebrate the conference's no drink, no hack motto.
SourceThe CODE BLUE badge used a scary face with transparent unmasked PCB areas and visible tracks like veins, matching the blue/black conference color treatment.
SourceThe official ROOTCON 15 Artwork/badges directory lists rc15_badges.png as the public badge artwork file.
SourceThe first-hand writeup says the badge indicated information such as build status, last commit, and GitHub stars.
SourceThe organizer retrospective says each attendee received a chip for event activities, challenges awarded experience points, and the chip software was reversible for hidden discoveries.
SourceThe 2016 interview says the badge focus shifted toward CTF challenges.
SourceThe official badge page frames the electronic badge as a custom-designed hardware CTF with hidden puzzles and special stages only badge holders can access.
SourceThe official guide documents a mystery encrypted message, D-pad decryption-method selection, classic-cipher basics, and advanced Base32, XOR, AES-128, and ChaCha20 challenges.
SourceThe 2019 badge challenges used blinked binary, silkscreen encoding, badge-role variants, SSRF, and a Docker-hosted challenge app.
SourceThe page documents limited-access and full-access challenges whose solved binary codes are entered through the badge buttons to blink different LED sets and unlock behavior.
SourceThe first flag path used UART-visible boot/output behavior and per-badge material documented in the Darkglade EasyFlag writeup.
SourceThe official Hardware Village page says the hardware CTF centers around the electronic badge and asks attendees to solder, probe, debug, and solve it.
SourceThe official badge page says AvengerCon IX's badge carried a small four-challenge CTF contest.
SourceThe hard flag path involved firmware inspection, Lua crypto module behavior, AES routines, and badge-specific challenge material.
SourceThe source describes a hidden hardware/firmware challenge using reverse-engineering skills, with prizes for successful solvers.
SourceThe badge CTF uses serial interaction, OSINT, crypto, and stegano story challenges, six floor unlocks, elevator navigation, remembered flags, and a final trophy/leaderboard prompt.
SourceThe repository documents a challenge where the badge emits the encrypted text OIMXEXEXDXLXANYLOXMX and transmits the key MALUMABEBE through LED timing before validating SOLVE:YOAMOMEDELLIN.
SourceThe writeup documents USB file access, Python files, and six challenge flags across web, BLE, roulette, file, and inter-controller puzzle surfaces.
SourceThe challenge path unlocked rainbow LEDs, login/password interaction, named LED patterns, and custom pattern definition.
SourceThe README says a very partial RubberDucky 2.0 script interpreter is commented out in the code and tied to a single-prize badge competition.
SourceThe badge doubled as a scavenger hunt where attendees collected codes to light the LEDs.
SourceThe Wombat-2 CTF presented seven official puzzles; each successful binary flag lit the matching progress LED on the badge.
SourceNoroff reports that the duck-shaped electronic badge used seven LED lights, each representing a unique challenge, and quotes SolaSec saying there were seven different ways to hack it.
SourceThe 2024 badge used micro-USB CTF interaction, correct flags, persistent progress, and LED animations to show unlocked challenge state.
SourceThe badge challenge centers on encrypted logs, hidden communications, coordinates, and a rogue underground bitcoin-mining operation stealing power from local businesses.
SourceThe public challenge archive documents main-badge CAN enumeration, a physical-inspection flag under the battery pack, random traffic, and a UART Python REPL path.
SourceThe official CyberThreat page says CyberThreat 2024 used brand-new hackable badges from Secure Impact with nine challenges.
SourceThe firmware repository preserves applet, challenge, Wi-Fi scanner, LCD, and game source modules for the event badge firmware.
SourceThe filesystem README names the Grey finals challenges as Hornet Revenge, Leaky Pin, Bricked Up, Shooting Flags, Secure Memory, and CatCore.
SourceHITB invited attendees to learn how to hack the badge, expand its functionality, get started reprogramming, and unlock secret features, challenges, and more.
SourceHackRVA's recap documents games and puzzles as part of the 2018 hardware badge experience.
SourceThe Badge Village promised secret feature unlocks, mini-games, hidden challenges, and help getting started with reprogramming the badge.
SourceThe Badge Village promised secret feature unlocks, mini-games, hidden challenges, and help getting started with reprogramming the HITB2018PEK badge.
SourceHackaday documents a score programmer, a 0-to-9 digit collection challenge, a secret capacitive touch sensor, and pad fields intended for attendee hacking.
SourceHITB described badge hacking as a path to unlock secret features, mini-games, and expanded functionality during the Dubai event.
SourceThe official trading page says the build guide covers submitted MiniBadges that people designed and brought to the conference, including all official MiniBadges.
SourceProject documentation and README material link a LoRa expansion shard to an adapted Meshtastic path, indicating an explicit long-range radio capability target.
SourceThe 2017 badge system included a black flux-capacitor badge with a 2AL3B ESP chip, WiFi capability, power-bank wiring, USB charging path, and rear buttons.
SourceThe red RF badge carried a CC1111 RFCat-compatible chip, USB port, button, and exposed rear contacts, becoming the radio surface for the 2017 challenge.
SourceThe DEF CON 32 entry documents multi-layer PCB construction, a 3D assembled design, and red and blue LED eyes.
SourceBSidesROC announced a contest for best hacked badge with prizes awarded, tying the reprogrammable badge to on-site modification rather than only event identity.
SourceThe Makefile, project files, and flashing command target an ATTiny4313 AVR powering the spinning POV badge firmware.
SourceHackaday describes the base LayerOne 2019 badge as a small ATtiny2313 board rather than an ESP32 badge core.
SourceThe project bill of materials names an Atmel ATxmega128A4U microcontroller as the badge's controller.
SourceThe README and store page document HackGDL 2025 as an ESP32-S3 badge based on the Minino platform.
SourceHackaday identifies the 2018 LayerOne badge around an ESP32-WROOM-32 module with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-capable microcontroller hardware.
SourceThe hardware specification identifies the ESP32-WROVER-E-N8R8 as the badge controller with 240 MHz dual-core CPU, 8 MB flash, and 8 MB SPI RAM.
SourceThe README identifies the BugCON 2023 badge as an ESP32S3 or RP2040 design with UART, ESP32S3 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, and AA battery support.
SourceThe first-hand writeup and public firmware document an ESP8266 badge that advertises `BadgeBuddy` while scanning nearby WiFi networks.
SourceThe README names a PIC16F1455 badge core, and the firmware configures USB clocking, interrupts, generic HID, and keyboard HID behavior.
SourceThe Hackaday.io project describes a battery-powered blinky badge using PSoC4, ESP8266 Wi-Fi, WS2812B LEDs, I/O ports, and 3.3 V logic with LED level-shifting work.
SourceThe project description lists PSoC 4 as the controller for the 2016 badge platform.
SourceThe README lists the Puya PY32F030F28U6TR microcontroller as the badge core, and the firmware README documents the PY32F0 MCU family and Cortex-M0+ build path.
SourceThe README lists RP2040, USB, LEDs, microphone, buzzer or speaker, and EdgeImpulse-backed machine-learning context for the BugCON 2022 badge.
SourceThe README documents an RV1106G3 platform with ARM Cortex-A7, RISC-V MCU, NPU, ISP, and Linux operating-system support.
SourceThe badge-team details page names STM32F446/F405/F415-class LQFP64 support as the controller direction for the 2017 badge.
SourceThe official FAQ says average yearly MiniBadge volume is well over 17,000 and that roughly 8-10 percent of attendees bring their own MiniBadges to trade.
SourceThe official page invites attendees to make each Patches badge unique with interchangeable limbs, LED choices, and personal flair.
SourceThe README documents `make HANDLE=...` personalization, and the Hackster writeup describes lanrat's quick script for flashing usernames plus serial communication hooks tied to Rx/Tx pins.
SourceThe BYOB log documents using the microSD card for custom RAW 16-bit 565 bling assets, including ffmpeg conversion and the `/SDCard/BLING/` folder workflow.
SourceThe DEF CON 33 entry documents a cyberpunk owl design with glowing pink LED eyes, detailed mechanical artwork, and metallic blue-gray finish.
SourceThe DEF CON 27 entry documents a skull-shaped PCB with steampunk mechanical design and LED eye illumination.
SourceThe official archive identifies The Original as the first Recon Village badge and foundation of the village badge tradition.
SourceThe DEF CON 30 entry documents a circular radar design with world-map overlay, compass markings, and coordinate markings.
SourceThe badge used an 8x8 LED matrix for bouncing-pixel animation and a falling-code pattern once enough nearby BadgeBuddy networks were detected.
SourceThe HHV exchange path provided a MAX7219 LED driver IC and two 4-digit LED modules, with the BOM and soldering notes documenting sockets, headers, display color options, and resistor selection.
SourceThe README lists an OLED display as the badge's attendee-facing display surface.
SourceThe red 128-LED matrix was the main visual surface for animations, gravity simulation, messages, Tetris, challenge feedback, and blinky badge hacks.
SourceThe badge used a 5-by-19 LED matrix for user-customizable vertically scrolling text, with a default DEFCON 15 message and separate text-entry and scroll-speed states.
SourceThe badge combined a 2.9-inch 128x296 eInk screen, six side-view RGB LEDs beside the display, and twelve additional full-color edge LEDs.
SourceThe README maps six LED outputs to left ear, left eye, left mustache, right ear, right eye, and right mustache positions.
SourceThe production BOM lists twenty-four WS2811/5050 RGB LED parts plus additional red 0805 status LEDs on the badge hardware.
SourceThe official event page says the small electronic badge kit was included with the admission price and contained basic components plus batteries.
SourceThe registration page lists a new social electronic badge as an included item for multiple NorthSec 2026 ticket classes while supplies lasted.
SourceThe Registration FAQ documents room-block participant badges plus donor, sponsor, volunteer, speaker, student, local, and other badge-allocation paths, with separate on-site badge-type queues.
SourceThe first-hand writeup says 300 CactusCon PCB badges were made and given away at the HeatSync Labs booth.
SourceThe same retrospective source preserves the badge's Rickroll reference as part of its social memory.
SourceThe quick guide documents a photocell, potentiometer, MOSFET, resistors, battery holder, and four LEDs used to light the spider eyes based on darkness level.
SourceHackaday.io documents an exposed add-on header as part of the badge's expansion and badgelife compatibility surface.
SourceHackaday documents a five-pin add-on header carrying power, PWM, and I2C for the 2019 badge's expansion boards.
SourceThe event report notes GPIO breakout pads for attendee hacking and experimenting beyond the default badge behavior.
SourceThe documented board exposes I2C through SAO headers and includes an ST25DV04K NFC/I2C EEPROM for badge experiments.
SourceThe optional SAO connector follows the rough orientation of the standard for upright add-ons but leaves I2C pins unconnected, making it a power-only aesthetic expansion point.
SourceConnecting a terminal over USB exposed a text adventure about scavenging parts to rebuild a relay-based computer in a missile silo.
SourcePublic creator material says DC33 was a non-electronic badge year, making optical interaction and material design the documented hack surface instead of firmware.
SourceThe official call for badge designers stated that DC31 would return to a non-electronic physical badge after two consecutive electronic badge years.
SourceThe official about page documents eight achievement levels that unlocked LED patterns and CTF flags.
SourceHITB lists 'Are You Human Or Are You Hacker' under What's On the Badge for the special-edition Beijing badge.
SourceThe ARG and retrospective logs describe the Badge Enabled Non Directive Enigma Routine as a serial text-adventure challenge spanning hardware hacking, reverse engineering, cryptography, wireless capture, badge actions, and social collaboration.
SourceThe walkthrough documents Badge Enabled Non Directive Enigma Routine v2.0 as an embedded text-adventure challenge involving software exploitation, firmware clues, hardware interfaces, crypto, radio, and social steps.
SourceThe official PCB Badge guide documents a BadUSB activity path as part of the 2024 badge game surface.
SourceThe badge guide documents BadUSB behavior and script execution as part of the 2025 badge activity surface.
SourceRehrig describes the 0xC badge theme as Contra and the core functionality as a conference-wide laser-tag game.
SourceThe badge mini-games awarded special prizes to the top three daily scores and participation-prize eligibility when attendees crossed stated thresholds.
SourceThe public DEFCON 32 Badge Game repository contains GB Studio project files and graphical assets for the badge's LVCC-themed game.
SourceThe 2025 PCB Badge guide documents a Hacker Pet mode alongside score display and other badge activities.
SourceOne official Badge Challenges path asked attendees to catch all Hackermon and become Hackermon master, with a HITCON CMT 2018 ticket as the award.
SourceHugQuest v1.5 stores HUG tokens, supports mining and sending HUGs, tracks names, and displays token state through the SMART Response XE interface.
SourceThe hunt loop moves a hunter sprite, tracks laser direction from input pins, draws a Bender sprite, and increments score on hits.
SourceHITB lists an IR and 433 MHz packet-decoding game as a badge activity, tying the RF/IR hardware to explicit on-site play.
SourceThe 2019 badge post documents base-station laser-tag behavior and point collection plans.
SourceThe official badge page documents ten badge flags hidden across trivia, reverse engineering, and badge interfaces, submitted through FLAGBOT.
SourceThe second official Badge Challenges path was Master of Snake, also tied to a HITCON CMT 2018 ticket prize.
SourceThe README describes a Stroop-effect color game where positive or negative shock reinforcement can be configured before play.
SourceThe wagon loop draws wagon and mountain sprites, prints the current banner, and increments a displayed score in miles.
SourceThe conference badge game used Wi-Fi beacons scattered around Plexpod Westport for attendee discovery and exploration.
SourceStock firmware challenged attendees to navigate an 8x8x8 maze using the three potentiometers for Z, X, and Y movement.
SourceThe firmware and server trees preserve snake and tetris apps, score-token generation, online scoreboard tables, and bPodUpdater/server packaging.
SourceOfficial preview material documents IR, LCD, LED, audio, and input surfaces intended for badge applications and games.
SourceHackRVA documented Badge Monsters and Maze as 2019 badge activities.
SourcePre-event coverage told attendees there would be a prize for the best badge hack, framing the badge as a hackable participant artifact.
SourceThe event page says the badge had enough protoboard area for Arduino Micro or Nano compatible boards, with Arduino Micro compatible boards and boost converters available as donation rewards.
SourceThe 2015 build post documents unpopulated surface-mount pads and a reset-header option for connecting into the board.
SourceHackRVA described standard USB as a way to make post-event reflashing easier.
SourceThe preview describes a bootloader and micro-USB programming path as a goal for post-event hacking.
SourcePublic documentation lists 18650 battery support, buck conversion, WS2812E NeoPixels, and Python spidev examples for LED control from Linux.
SourceThe recovered official wrap-up describes the attendee artifact as an electronic circuit badge distributed at BSides Athens 2024.
SourceThe 39C3 Cyberwatch project is documented as a solderable watch-style base badge that is designed to accept interchangeable shard boards through a modular hardware concept.
SourceThe project documentation describes an SD-card form-factor interface used to carry modular add-on boards in place of fixed accessory ports.
SourceThe official h-c0n badge post says the CTF BADge is a fully functional development board that can be used for personal projects, not only an ornament.
SourceThe official about page says BSidesLisbon 2025 would have an electronic badge alongside talks, networking, and a CTF.
SourceThe README documents a seven-character nick, BadgeRole profile, LED brightness, RF profile, fox frequency, friends history, challenge state, and high-score keys in NVS.
SourceThe build guide lists a button and 10K resistor, and the Arduino examples include button-reading behavior for the workshop badge exercises.
SourceThe badge's onboard accelerometer triggers hacker-themed Magic 8-Ball responses when the attendee gives it a firm shake.
SourceThe Q badge used a full-color custom membrane keyboard with embossed keys, LED windows, and a layout tailored to the conference ARG.
SourceThe README maps five capacitive touch pads to right, up, left, down, and select controls.
SourceThe official page describes pairing with other LHC badges, after which the badge reveals a QR code on the Meshtastic channel.
SourceOfficial sources document IR communication and badge-to-badge game behavior in the 2013 badge lineage.
SourceThe USB descriptor and keyboard source expose a keyboard HID interface, scan-code conversion, report sending, and button-triggered output including the default `LayerOne 2023` string.
SourceCompass reports WiFi scanning behavior and Easter eggs triggered by pressing badge buttons in specific orders.
SourceIn Party mode, the badge's RGB LED reacted to audio input volume and frequency from the onboard amplified MEMS microphone.
SourceTwo QT100 capacitive sensors controlled the five operating states, including text display, text entry, scroll-speed selection, persistence-of-vision, and sleep.
SourceThe official badge page says the BBV Badge 2025 has four buttons with four corresponding LEDs, and the visible goal is to light all four LEDs.
SourceRabbit-Labs and repository sources document a 1 inch I2C OLED, five-way directional switch, UART flashing pins, and SD card reader configured for SDIO mode.
SourceThe badge combines a TFT display, joystick, buttons, NeoPixels, accelerometer, SAO connector, SD card, battery charging, and status LEDs around the maritime protocol circuitry.
SourceThe hardware source documents a 128x64 I2C OLED using SH1106 or SSD1309 plus a five-way d-pad for badge navigation.
SourceThe badge uses an 8x32 LED matrix and three buttons to show SAINTCON, a custom message, Hacker Challenge score, Hacker Challenge ID, brightness, Wi-Fi status/configuration, and minibadge controls.
SourceThe RTFM documents SYM/ALT key chords for movement, quit/back, delete, special characters, and Bling Rager mode on the BlackBerry keyboard interface.
SourceThe writeup says the badge's first screen scrolled Bluetooth device MAC addresses.
SourceThe firmware imports CapacitiveSensor and defines two capacitive sensors across pins 3/2 and 3/4, with capacitive readings changing the alternate animation resolution.
SourceThe badge carried two 128x128 GC9A01 circular LCDs, buttons, WS2812 LEDs, USB-C, and a visible Octopus board shape.
SourceThe BHV guide describes a non-touch e-ink main display, left-side up/down buttons, right-side enter button, and e-ink drivers controlled through the microcontroller and Raspberry Pi 5 side.
SourceKiCad comments and schematic sheets document five input buttons, two rotary dials, two SPI OLED paths, and an I2C OLED path.
SourceThe official hardware description lists a keyboard, trackball, and 25 LEDs as attendee-facing interaction surfaces.
SourceThe Cisco write-up says the badge included a roughly 2.25 inch LCD screen plus several buttons for attendee interaction.
SourceThe four RGB LEDs represented open pathways, portals, keys, and wall/death states around the player's current maze position.
SourceThe retrospective says the badge started blinking after assembly and displayed the attendee nickname plus other visual material.
SourceThe BOM lists an OLED screen and two navigation switches, while the Eagle files expose I2C display/front connector paths and switch wiring.
SourceThe documentation describes a Game Boy-like badge layout with OLED display and six push buttons for attendee interaction.
SourcePublic documentation lists NeoPixels, OLED display, two AAA battery holder, and Shitty Addon connector as badge technology.
SourcePublic badge documentation lists an integrated OLED screen, four physical buttons, three NeoPixels, buzzer, three-AAA battery holder, USB-C, and Shitty Addon connector.
SourceOfficial sources describe a 2.8-inch TFT display plus SNES D-pad and buttons, while the assembly manual documents the PiTFT Plus 320x240 display and button-board hardware.
SourceThe badge operated as a playable musical keyboard and synthesizer with instrument behavior, display, speaker, and challenge mode tied to note entry.
SourceThe hardware writeup documents two reverse-mount RGB LEDs, three individually addressable RGB NeoPixels, one reverse-mount red LED, and five input buttons.
SourceThe firmware README maps SAO SDA/SCL, SPI MOSI/MISO/SCK, USB D-/D+, left/right switches, RGB PWM, and row outputs for badge hacking.
SourceThe CAD archive and schematic-sheet names preserve screen and control surfaces, including an SPI TFT with touch and input-button hardware context.
SourceThe Project-CC13 board comments identify an SPI TFT with touch, two input buttons, and one rotary dial.
SourceThe 2025 badge replaced USB-dependent input with onboard CTF, 1, and 0 tactile buttons for entering ten-bit challenge flags directly on the badge.
SourceThe firmware maps monochrome tail, back-foot, front-foot, and nose LEDs plus one RGB eye LED and groups them for badge display modes.
SourceThe BOM lists D1-D35 plus DNOSE as 36 yellow 0603 LEDs, while the schematic preserves the LED array around PWM0 and PWM1 control nets.
SourceThe BOM lists 12 yellow LEDs and four RGB LEDs, while `led_mapping.csv` maps icon LEDs including mountain, coffee, rain, bridge, sasquatch, book, train, beard, bike, donut, rose, and beer.
SourceAfter troubleshooting, the badge displayed visible Wi-Fi SSIDs and signal strength in the attendee writeup.
SourceThe README documents broad RV1106 interfaces including GPIO, camera/sensor MIPI CSI, UART, SPI, I2C, USB hub support, and GPIO-based Ethernet path.
SourceJonathan Singer's Hackaday.io project classifies the badge as a simple discrete marquee badge given to BSides Orlando attendees as a kit.
SourceThe retrospective and Hackaday review describe the switch from WS2812B pixels to an IS31FL3736 common-anode RGB LED driver controlling 31 RGB LEDs plus screen LEDs around the Bender eye artwork.
SourceThe project page documents HQ19-2333RGBC RGB LEDs, an IS31FL3741 controller, full LED matrix behavior, LED-backlit light pipes, and glow-in-the-dark capacitive-touch presentation.
SourceThe CactusCon 12 board archive preserves WS2812B LED footprints and LED schematic material.
SourceThe LED schematic and board archive preserve WS2812B lighting evidence for the CactusCon 14 badge hardware.
SourceThe sponsor prospectus describes ROOTCON as the first Philippine conference to have a custom programmable conference badge, while this pass still lacks component-level hardware and firmware archives.
SourceThe badge-team writeup says HackConRD used the conference logo for the first iteration of its official badge, marking the beginning of Badgelife in the HackConRD community.
SourceThe project page documents CR2032 power, power-on LED self-test, button wake/sleep behavior, automatic sleep after several minutes, and a low-battery reset symptom.
SourceDC540 first-hand coverage documents that a SAINTCON 2020 badge package arrived for the virtual edition and included the badge itself.
SourceThe 2019 schedule lists badge pickup across opening night and both conference days, placing badges in attendee logistics.
SourceThe villages schedule told attendees to retrieve goodies such as their t-shirt and badge using the QR code in their nSec order email.
SourceBadge users could program custom LED animations with a stack-based bytecode interpreter, persistent flash slots, arithmetic, bitwise operations, and LED opcodes.
SourceThe official village description says participants could program the badge through Arduino IDE to send automated keystrokes for harmless rubber-ducky experiments.
SourceThe Trick-or-Treat README points to controller code for generating game files and flashing badge-specific storage contents.
SourceThe Hackster writeup says holding S1 launches Insert Code mode, where right-side keys enter a Packet Hack CTF binary value and S2 clears input.
SourceThe log says the badge carried 8-bit art plus many codes in many places while withholding the exact meanings and Gerber artwork.
SourceThe 2025 badge asked attendees to find NFC tags hidden around the conference area and also interact with other badges for a counter-based quest.
SourceThe LULZCODE log describes a LOLCODE-derived badge language extended for microcontroller peripherals, with high memory usage that drove the ESP32-WROVER external-RAM choice.
SourceThe scripting log documents TCLish language support plus badge-specific graphics, LED, button, timing, file, and GPIO commands for day-one badge hacking.
SourceThe public CharlieX repository preserves ATtiny source material for the badge and documents ESP32 camera-board firmware context without treating the camera board as the main badge controller.
SourceThe app tree includes Badge Monsters, Maze, Lunar Lander, Smashout, Spacetripper, Slot Machine, Cube, Game of Life, Ghost Detector, Hacking Simulator, and other app examples.
SourceThe development logs describe CAN logging, ECU reflashing experiments, J2534-adjacent PC software, NES emulator memory access over CAN, and PC-versus-badge gameplay ideas.
SourceThe linked CharlieX repository preserves an ESP32 Alexa experiment source trail derived from MakerAsia work, which the catalogue records without claiming a complete deployed production voice-assistant service.
SourceThe app tree includes AA Gunner, Badgey, Battlezone, Clue, Moon Patrol, Rover Adventure, Tank vs Tank, and other badge apps/games.
SourceThe repository includes Asteroids, Battlezone, Clue, Pong, Tank vs Tank, Magic 8 Ball, Badge Monsters, Maze, and other apps/games.
SourceProject sources indicate a base firmware expectation around congress time and a prebuilt firmware trail for shard use, but they do not confirm a complete public production release artifact set for all build variants.
SourceThe release firmware maps four P2 inputs to up/down/left/right behavior, text entry, logo selection strings, an elite LED state, and a Konami-style `99 LIVES!` path.
SourceThe repository tag preserves firmware apps, games, challenge material, schedule code, BLE control, and LED control utilities.
SourceThe project details say PSoC routines were back-ported from a PC lightserver and left able to receive patterns or blocks of RGB values over UDP from another Wi-Fi device.
SourceThe all-at-once log reports that the LEDs were being controlled from a PC over Wi-Fi after ESP8266 orientation, reset, GPIO, noisy-power, and capacitance debugging.
SourceThe README calls the Banglet a fully functional Bluetooth recon device, and the main firmware starts scanner behavior while advertising a BLEUART service.
SourceThe main loop cycles between wagon, hunt, and party modes when the mode input changes, keeping the badge centered on local interactive display behavior.
SourceAfter the relay-computer game path, the badge became an emulator for a vintage time-sharing operating system where attendees could write code.
SourceThe retrospective and Hackaday review document the micro-USB CP2102N path used to expose the serial console for the B.E.N.D.E.R. game after the DC25 wireless terminal experience.
SourceUSB serial access at 9600 baud exposed tesserHack map and help views for playing the maze with clearer coordinate feedback.
SourceHackaday documented USB CDC serial behavior at 115200 baud and a terminal mode, while project logs describe a shell for badge control and extra interactions.
SourceThe official sponsor page has a Badge Sponsor section naming BitSight, supporting the 2025 badge sponsorship trail.
SourceROOTCON's FAQ and Black Badge policy define electronic, non-electronic, black, and electi badge categories used to frame the planned RC20 badge record without inventing shipped hardware details.
SourceThe official write-up identifies the Hayes SmartModem as the badge's visual and command-set inspiration for the late-1980s/early-1990s event theme.
SourceThe badge was described by an attendee as a practical, battery-powered WiFi signal-strength meter rather than a decorative-only blinky.
SourceThe badge displayed the conference running order, making the 2016 badge a practical attendee schedule surface.
SourceThe community variant used ESP32-C6 hardware with USB, two AA batteries, LEDs, and a 128x32 0.91-inch I2C SSD1306 OLED.
SourceThe LCA2021 Open Hardware Miniconf page said attendees who missed out on a SwagBadge could order components and make a DagBadge from scratch.
SourceThe DEF CON 31 entry documents LED illumination, a speaker badge variant, and a custom Recon Village lanyard.
SourceThe VIP variant used ESP32-C6 hardware with USB, two AA batteries, LEDs, and a 1.28-inch GC9A01 circular TFT LCD.
SourceThe hardware tree preserves separate KiCad directories and board rasters for Community, Guest, Speaker, Sponsor, and Staff role variants.
SourceThe DEF CON 26 entry documented two badge designs: the classic spy silhouette and a detailed skull variant.
SourceBadge Pirates documents participant, speaker, organizer, volunteer, sponsor, and pirate badge designs for the 2019 BSidesKC badge family.
SourceThe later writeup remembers the 2022 badge as a fun blinky badge inspired by Gothenburg trams.
SourceThe creator write-up says each badge represented one of 26 rotor notches and that attendees connected rings of 26 badges to receive and advance challenge messages.
SourceThe IR transmitter and TSOP receiver used a UART-oriented protocol with per-badge serial addressing, enabling challenges and user programs to exchange data optically.
SourceHackaday said the Europe run would continue the Supercon custom LoRa mesh experiment in Italy on different frequencies and possibly push transmission parameters.
SourceHackaday and the firmware README document badges joining topic channels, sending LoRa messages, and repeating received frames with TTL limits across nearby badges.
SourceHackaday describes a Battleships game played with another badge over the ESP32-C6's 802.15.4 mesh networking.
SourceThe BOTNET log describes a badge-only wireless game where activated badges could act as badge-net repeaters while players managed services, firewalls, exploits, points, XP, and attacks against other AND!XOR badges.
SourceEach badge periodically transmitted a unique IR code and listened for other badges; seeing twelve special speaker/organizer badges unlocked parts of a hidden image.
SourceThe product and forum sources describe a main badge that uses onboard controls and supports robot fights against other badges.
SourceJonTheNiceGuy's EMFight lets EMF Camp badge holders challenge each other, keeping inter-attendee play in the app-store layer rather than only in built-in firmware.
SourceThe guide documents Bluetooth LE co-op mode for interacting with other attendees plus a secret shaking-sequence Easter egg tied to an ultimate flag and rainbow bunny-eye goal.
SourceThe bottom connector enabled inter-badge progress, with public notes documenting Human-to-Human and Human-to-Goon interactions that changed movement or game state.
SourceThe wiki says the fourth button sends an IR blast to nearby badges, making their lights flash and motor vibrate.
SourceThe badge docs describe IR exchanges that send clue and contact information, receive someone else's card/contact data, and verify cryptographic signatures on clues.
SourceThe DEF CON 16 badge could transfer attendee-selected files from an SD card to another badge over infrared, creating a PDA-style social exchange mechanic.
SourceBadges communicated over infrared and could report encountered badge identities through a serial terminal, turning attendee movement and mingling into puzzle state.
SourceHackaday frames the Cube as a mesh network of badges and says code written inside the emulated environment could be deployed to other badges.
SourceThe badge used an RFM69W module and 433 MHz coil antenna for peer/chat and social radio behavior, with project logs documenting radio startup failures and bootloader timing fixes.
SourceAn RJ12 6P6C connector and cable linked Q and C badges so attendees could exchange digital tokens and advance the ARG across badge types.
SourceThe badge included multi-badge communication through a wired interface, and the role shapes also formed a seven-piece physical puzzle.
SourceThe project page describes an IoT Bluetooth mesh where badges connected over USB serial could join the conference network and remotely execute badge commands within the badge-game framing.
SourceThe expansion adds two protected 18650 cells, an on/off switch, USB-C charging from the Konsool/Tanmatsu, and mounting holes.
SourceWIRED documented the black Uber badge as a more elaborate artifact with a hand-assembled mechanical watch, exposed aging copper, and one-time-pad puzzle relevance.
SourceThe official workshop hardware summary and repository README document USB-C, two Qwiic ports, a microSD slot, battery management, and battery connector support.
SourceThe badge outline was designed so the arms and legs could be broken out or used as LAN taps.
SourceThe writeup describes the badge head as a USB 3.0 breakout section.
SourceThe dedicated RP2040 firmware repository documents the badge's board-management co-processor as a separate maintained software component.
Sourcenaomi's Breadboard Tester is scoped to breadboard hexpansions and toggles eGPIO and GPIO pins, making hardware bring-up and pin probing part of the app-store lifecycle.
SourceThe SHA2017 docs and Hack42 WebUSB installer preserve the browser-based badge installation path used by the Badge.Team platform.
SourceThe component notes describe socketed LED matrices and ESP8266 modules, header-pin quantities, 3xAA battery testing, USB power as a fallback, and a stated USD 9.44 per-badge cost.
SourceThe standard reserves PROG pins for builder use and lists optional AVR ISP, ST-Link SWD, PIC ICSP, and UART pin mappings.
SourceHackaday's speaker announcement says the four winning Supercon SAO contest entries were being put into the Hackaday Europe 2025 schwag bag.
SourceHackaday documented four included starter petals: capacitive touch wheel, spiral LED petal matrix, blank protoboard, and CH32V003 I2C microcontroller proto-petal.
SourceThe ticket preview lists the Supercon touch wheel, LED spiral, and CH32V003 prototyping boards as included with the Europe badge/add-on bag.
SourceThe Euphoria CTF page directs players to register a Shady Tag at the Shadytel Experience Center before starting the badge challenge.
SourceSputnik/OpenBeacon tags were read by 30+ OpenBeacon base stations installed around the event venue.
SourceThe feedback page records attendee frustration that badge issuing queues were extremely long, turning a simple identity object into a visible camp-operations issue.
SourceThe badge page documents assembly into a regular-mouth canning jar with a CR2032 holder, six LEDs, resistors, and an MSP430G2211 controller.
SourceThe firmware exposed schedule viewing plus AP and schedule-sync modes so attendees could update and interact with camp data from the badge.
SourceThe wiki describes hidden beacons around EMWave/Stubnitz: reaching a clue location and holding the badge near the matching letter lit the corresponding location LED, with progress preserved in EEPROM.
SourceThe case page linked DXF outlines, simple laser-cut enclosures, SMA-compatible variants, 3D-printable cases, and a limited 32C3 screw-and-spacer kit.
SourceThe public CTF repository preserves write-up entry points for Rooting, Mr Bean Walker, BruteSearcher, NoNameCon SpyNet, Ployka PWNer, Binary Hero, and Side Blennel.
SourceThe public hardware tree preserves a badge challenge directory with bitmap, JPEG, PNG, and PSD assets tied to the 2022 badge archive.
SourceThe DC540 write-up ties the package to HC CTF badge material, but this record does not infer unrecovered challenge hardware, firmware, or scoring details.
SourceThe same attendee report says each badge arrived with one pre-installed clue and could connect to other badges so participants could exchange clues while solving puzzles, ciphers, games, and hacks.
SourceThe same public source says participants could hack the badge and bypass the contest altogether.
SourceThe official controller-screen repository documents an ESP32 screen interface that controlled 2023 badge LEDs over BLE mesh, exposed debug/admin menu behavior, sent messages/popups, and used secure boot on competition boards.
SourceThe finalist writeup says each TISC@DEF CON SG finals participant was handed an ESP32 hardware trinket for one of the on-site challenges.
SourceThe writeup documents multiple clue texts triggered by toggling DIP switches and pressing a badge button, turning a small hardware input surface into the puzzle selector.
SourceThe write-up documents special Commander badges used by SAINTCON Committee members to help Agent rings progress through later challenge stages.
SourceDatko says Matt Lorimer found one of the SAINTCON secrets by examining the badge source code, tying the badge to the Hacker Challenge trail.
SourceThe recovered wrap-up states that the badge contained secrets, but no public challenge archive or firmware source was recovered in this pass.
SourceSecOps directs badge participants to Vulnmachines to solve the badge hacking challenge and receive the binary codes needed to unlock the badge.
SourceHackers Challenge, Tamper Evident, Scavenger Hunt, Vault Badge, and HACK-IN-THE-BOX entries preserve reward paths tied to game masters, contest completion, enough collected items, or event participation.
SourceThe guide includes Hackers Challenge, HACK-letter, Scavenger Hunt, and other game-adjacent MiniBadges with acquisition paths tied to game masters, challenge completion, or BadgeLife community interaction.
SourceThe badge CTF is framed as an airship journey with touch-key and serial navigation, games, riddles, and harder crypto, reverse-engineering, and memory-corruption challenges.
SourceThe badge CTF uses a serial monitor at 9600 baud; sending three stars enters CTF mode and solving eight cryptography puzzles unlocks eight building lights.
SourceThe badge presents itself as both HID and serial; HID button output gives onboarding and clues, while listening on the serial interface reveals the path into the PGP/key-recovery challenge.
SourceThe guide documents a serial CTF menu with visual hardware debugging, reverse engineering, RF hacking, and crypto protection categories.
SourceThe same official note connects the badge context to network challenges, simulated IPv6 workstations, an RF monitoring station, and a provided smartcard.
SourceThe Basic Edition firmware was documented with CTF tasks started through serial terminal utilities, and the public CTF repository preserves eight post-event challenge write-up areas.
SourceThe Virtualabs repository preserves Python console tooling and serial interaction material for working with the badge challenge.
SourceThe official volunteer page lists welcoming participants, distributing badges and goodies, and orienting visitors among the conference rooms.
SourceThe badge challenge used six lanyards carrying Lewis Carroll Nyctograph symbols and Poe Gold Bug cipher material that translated into early-stage secret messages.
SourceNicolai Electronics presents Tanmatsu as a preassembled, out-of-the-box handheld derived from the Konsool open-design community hardware project.
SourceThe communicator add-on is documented as part of the 2024 badge ecosystem.
SourceThe teardown documents 115200-baud serial output, BLE-readable messages, hash clues, and firmware strings analyzed with Ghidra.
SourceThe curated Hackaday.io list preserved attendee-built cases, Atari and Apple-like emulators, games, music, QR generation, Morse code, Bluetooth chat, and plotter firmware hacks.
SourceThe thread clarifies that the forum badge was a separate extra badge for forum-member recognition, not a sticker or overlay for the official DEF CON badge.
SourceKonrad Beckmann's README-listed project used the RP2040 game badge as a video player and AM radio transmitter.
SourceThe 2023 data export includes event and community entries such as RFID Rocket, Minibadge Community Badge, LAN Party, Hardware Hacking, Fox Hunt, The Keep, and Hallway Talks.
SourceJens 'JWolf' Larsen's README-listed adventure game preserved the Game On badge as a homebrew handheld target.
SourcePieter Vander Vennet's README-listed Flappybirds project appears in the BornHack 2022 badge project list.
SourceGlymphie's README-listed Pacman project is one of the preserved homebrew examples for the Game On badge.
SourceDaniel Lundsgaard Skovenborg's README-listed Survivator arcade game used a micro:bit for controls.
SourceHackin7's preorder post offered the HFSDR badge for collection at DEFCON SG, with battery and no-battery kit pricing and possible later handoff at Hackaday Europe or DEFCON US.
SourceHackaday documented thousands of custom DEF CON 25 hardware badges, a badge-maker meetup, and shared API work among makers, making the simple official badge historically important by contrast.
SourceCommunity ROM work showed the badge running custom Game Boy ROM code and controlling all nine LEDs beyond the default controls.
SourceThe community Meshtastic guide maps the badge to a PlatformIO ekoBadge environment with RFM95, OLED, three NeoPixels, keyboard buttons, and speaker pins.
SourceThe guide lists AppSec, Circuit Assembly, Hardware Hacking, Healthcare, HomeLabs, IoT, Lockpicking, RFID/NFC, Scavenger Hunt, SMD Challenge, and Learn 2 Solder style badges acquired through community areas, booths, challenges, or presentations.
SourceThe official page documents Red Team Community, RFID/NFC, Hardware Community, Lock Picking, Tin Foil Hat Talks, and related MiniBadges with acquisition tied to community events or interaction.
SourceThe BIC Pick page says the badge can be spotted on village volunteers, leaders, and supporters throughout the con.
SourceA community Arduino nofrendo port ran NES games on the Fri3D 2022 badge with display output, buzzer audio, ROM loading from SPIFFS, and a documented START-button workaround.
SourceThe same project archive includes a backpack-mounted open access point and four-matrix scoreboard that counted unique connecting clients during the conference.
SourceOfficial attachment pages preserve first, second, and third-place ACFT badge-art variants for the 2021 set.
SourceThe ICFT player OP2 attachment page preserves a distinct ICFT player badge-art variant in the 2021 set.
SourceThe `Understanding & Making Pcb Art` session placed TwinkleTwinkie's PCB-art practice in the DEF CON 27 Hardware Hacking Village programme.
SourceInfoconDB preserves Badge Intro context for the 2017 event, tying the artifact to attendee-facing badge material.
SourceInfoconDB preserves a Badge Intro session on the RVAsec 2021 schedule.
SourceThe Compass wrap-up says attendees configured the badge by connecting to badge WiFi and entering a username in a web interface.
SourceThe README says Wi-Fi settings are hard-coded and must be updated in wifi.h before building the watch firmware.
SourceThe README documents default CH32 OLED control and a cut-and-bridge jumper path for switching the display bus to ESP32 control.
SourceA static web page encoded settings by blinking full-page colors that the badge decoded through its ambient light sensor.
SourceThe badge README and firmware document a Wi-Fi configuration mode where the badge displays an SSID and password, then hosts a configuration flow for network settings and the custom message.
SourceReturning badge features included capacitive touch buttons, 2.4 GHz connectivity mostly as a Wi-Fi node, remote connectivity via IRC, and a serial interface.
SourceNodeWatch documents Chrome/Web Bluetooth programming through the Espruino Web IDE and links bridge examples for connecting watch behavior to other systems.
SourceChallenge solvers could receive a Challenge Accepted SAO; the writeup says only two were awarded, one for crypto and one for the counterfeit-badge contest.
SourceThe 2023 data export lists contest-category entries including Lockpick Village, Tamper Evidence, and Hackers Challenge records, preserving acquisition routes tied to challenge activity.
SourceElectronic Cats recommends soldering the ESP32 Wemos D1 module for the best badge experience, with OLED-routing jumpers available when moving display control from CH32 to ESP32.
SourceThe badge used multiple buttons for menu and challenge interaction, with GPIO support preserved in the public firmware.
SourceThe Mini Cyberdeck documentation and firmware notes describe interaction with the earlier BCD-0o27 badge.
SourceThe 2025 CH405 Labs firmware post publishes the BalCCon2k24 BCD-0o27 image with a Pong routine that lets the 2023 cyberdeck play against a human through a connected MC-0o00.
SourceThe official site offers remaining 2025 E-Badges through 2026 ticketing and instructs buyers to pick them up at the April 2026 conference.
SourceThe Euphoria CTF page says the first challenge is on the badge after Shady Tag registration at the Shadytel Experience Center.
SourceThe Build-A-Badge software lets users choose images, configure LED patterns, set a badge name, program the device, and upload WASM applications.
SourceHackaday described the badge as a prototyping board or PCB canvas where builders removed the placeholder grid and added electronics they had on hand.
SourceThe Eagle schematic and board preserve SWD, UART, I2C display/front connectors, jumpers, and a four-pin right-angle header for badge hacking and add-on work.
SourceThe schematic maps J1 to VCC, GND, RST, PWM0, PWM1, CAP0, and CAP1-related nets, preserving a six-pin header trail for programming or badge hacking.
SourceDAP mode presents the badge as a CMSIS-DAP probe for pyOCD, OpenOCD, Keil, and SWD target debugging while keeping a CLI serial interface available.
SourceSkyler Mansfield's Goosespansion is a named PCB hexpansion with published files, showing how the Tildagon gallery tracks both creator attribution and reusable fabrication data.
SourceTiff's Ducks hexpansion records the purely expressive side of the ecosystem: camp-lore ornamentation using the same connector format as active electronics.
Sourcelornajane's Petals use multiple decorative hexpansions around a badge, illustrating how the connector can turn the badge silhouette into a larger wearable object.
SourceThe 2018 badge software turned the device into a BASIC and CP/M/Z80 playground for demoscene entries, games, music, serial experiments, keyboard apps, color-display work, and flash-storage hacks.
SourceThe DEF CON media server published badge add-on specifications and test-fit assets for building physical customizations around the DC31 badge.
SourceThe SDR guide documented GNU Radio, gnuradio-companion, osmocom_fft, Gqrx, SDR#, udev rules, kernel-module workarounds, and cross-platform setup for using rad1o as an SDR peripheral.
SourceThe badge tested cable continuity and ordering through head and remote LED banks while activities showed how to make the remote removable.
SourceThe FAQ documents USB-C Ethernet access and SSH to root@192.168.100.1, with Wi-Fi and USB-C platform caveats called out separately.
SourceThe badge exposed a 115200 8n1 serial menu for starting apps or dropping into a Python shell, plus a START-on-boot recovery path to restore the homescreen as the default app.
SourceThe repository description and README document 2024 badge firmware and emulator/simulator build paths.
SourceThe repository documents a simulator build target for local badge software development.
SourceThe README documents an SDL simulator build for local app development and debugging.
SourceThe README points Arduino developers to the project wiki and links the Arduino Mbed RP2040 core as the programming route for the badge.
SourceThe firmware developer guide documents required Arduino libraries, RP2040 and ESP32-S3 pin edits, production pin changes, and compile/flash commands for both board targets.
SourceThe badge could be connected to a laptop by USB-C for development, with RIOT OS documenting Serial/JTAG flashing and manual bootloader recovery steps.
SourceJonTheNiceGuy's WiFi Scanner app scans nearby access points and includes a connection doctor that decodes STAT_* failures, a practical post-event network-debugging upgrade.
Sourcewebboggles' Tildagon WiFi Radar turns a single badge into a directional WiFi radar: rotate the badge to sweep and nearby APs appear as blips on a polar display.
SourceThe 37C3 Hub page states that assemblies could create badges that visitors might find during the event.
SourceThe 39C3 documentation lists General, Explore, and Help categories for badges created by assemblies through the Hub backoffice.
SourceThe 38C3 Hub page states that assemblies could create new badges in the backoffice and that the redeem function is disabled after archival.
SourceThe 38C3 Hub page groups badges into categories such as General, Exploration, and Help while listing assembly and community badge names.
SourceThe 39C3 page documents Hub profile display, pending badge acceptance, default visibility, per-badge visibility choices, and badge management controls.
SourceThe 39C3 page says assemblies could provide redeem tokens with URLs and QR codes so participants could collect badges through the Hub.
SourceThe archived 37C3 page preserves the Redeem badge workflow but says the function is no longer available after archival.
SourceThe badge used a wooden board, large components, wrapped wire, an NE555 clock signal, and a few cycling LEDs.
SourceThe badge turns the 35C3 Refreshing Memories theme into a simple flip-flop memory circuit with two orange LEDs and button-controlled state.
SourceThe badge included two addressable RGB LED strips with 12 LEDs each, used for animated eyes and unlocked challenge feedback.
SourceThe article and schematic document two 0.96-inch SSD1306 OLED displays, PCA9539PW joystick expansion, two joysticks in the supporter kit, and five ESP32 touch buttons.
SourceThe badge is documented with a 128x64 SH1106-driver OLED and six navigation buttons for direct interaction.
SourceThe making-of and source tree document OLED firmware, LED behavior, capacitive-button/self-test production flow, and WS2812 control modules.
SourceThe JLCPCB BOM lists 128 LED designators for the matrix and eight TL3301-style tactile switches, matching the firmware row/column refresh and button-scan notes.
SourceThe retrospective documents the 220x176 LCD upgrade, 40 MHz SPI and SD-card behavior, double-buffered display goals, and reduced frame-rate decisions caused by SD-card constraints.
SourceProject details describe a 2.2 or 2.4-inch DMA-driven SPI TFT display with ILI9341/45 support and SPI SD card storage.
SourceThe design uses an IS31FL3741 LED driver IC to drive the LED matrix, with related schematic and PCB material in the hardware archive.
SourceThe release firmware includes PCD8544/Nokia LCD initialization, cursor movement, character printing, contrast, and image drawing paths.
Sourcedratini0's HUB75 hexpansion ties the badge platform to large LED-matrix display experiments through published hardware files.
SourceThe party loop displays the BLE banner, flips display inversion, and periodically chooses random scroll directions.
SourceThe hardware documentation maps two SPI screen headers with separate DC, reset, chip-select, and display-enable control signals.
SourceThe main schematic includes a GC9A01 IPS SPI display, while the firmware README describes user-customizable 240x240 JPG/GIF badge images.
SourceThe firmware and hardware trail document a Nokia 5110-style PCD8544 LCD as the badge display surface.
SourceThe README requires SSD1306 128x64 configuration, and the firmware initializes an Adafruit_SSD1306 display at I2C address 0x3C.
Sourcekliment's Flipspansion is an adapter for mounting a hexpansion upside down, with caveats around USB-port-adjacent slots preserved in its project notes.
SourceThe badge page states that only 50 units were available, shipping was not offered, and pickup was at DEF CON 33 with possible in-person sales if any were left.
SourceThe official page says limited BIC Picks were available at DEF CON 33 through direct inquiry, limited purchase, or trade.
SourceThe README says the badge was sold at the Hacker Warehouse vendor booth during DEF CON 33 and that half of profits went to the Tor project.
SourceThe source describes flashing about 120 cartridges for the H2HC 2023 Game Boy badge/game artifact.
SourceThe official badge page says short lead times limited the assembled run to about 200 badges, while attendees who did not sign up for the assembled option still received a PCB.
SourceOfficial RVAsec pages list the Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge as part of a limited guaranteed hotel package.
SourceThe repository description and firmware comments frame the mask as a BSides 2020 presenter gift rather than a general attendee badge.
SourceThe DC33 community schedule lists a Hack 'em Crack 'em Robots badge drop by 2PAC in the Badgelife Community area.
SourceDragonJAR's badge page describes an exclusive DragonJARCON 2025 badge with NFC hacking functions and says only 100 exist.
SourceEkoparty sold a limited 500-unit electronic badge as a paid support option while preserving free entry for the 2023 Buenos Aires conference.
SourceBSidesTLV documents the Infinity Glove as a limited electronic badge sold by pre-order only and collected on-site at the event.
SourceThe KKTIX page tied the limited deluxe electronic badge to Premium Pass tickets, while the official events page said a few electric badges would be released for attendee purchase during the conference.
SourceHITCON described the Wallet badge as coming with Royal VIP and Premium Passes, with the KKTIX page documenting limited electronic-board inclusion for VIP and Premium tickets.
SourceROOTCON 19 attendees who did not receive a limited electronic badge at check-in received a simpler non-electronic Type-B badge.
SourceThe RC20 con-goers guide says electronic badges will be first-come at on-site check-in while supplies last and that a Type-B non-electronic badge will be provided as the fallback.
SourceCSIT documents TISC@DEF CON SG as an online qualifier followed by on-site finals, while the finalist writeup says the top 50 finalists qualified and had six hours for five challenges.
SourceWinglet OS 2.0 added ADS-B range and reliability work, Map Scope, GPS View, flight-board improvements, SD-card custom media, Wi-Fi scanning, USB-host reliability fixes, optional 3 A charging, and DC33 SAO support.
SourceHITB describes the device as suited for attacks on devices like Arduino, letting researchers and engineers study abnormal states in a controlled environment.
SourceThe Rust firmware exposes a Rhai scripting engine over USB serial, with bindings for system, inputs, SAO, display, LED, accelerometer, battery, Trx/Rx, and CAN behavior.
SourceThe case was printed in three PLA pieces, used integrated PCB slots and snap clips, and avoided screws or extra assembly hardware.
SourceThe Ph0xx project describes an Air jewel that could interface with a dust particle sensor and GPS, extending the badge into environmental sensing.
SourceCreators Edition/supporter functionality includes the BME680 environmental sensor for temperature, humidity, pressure, IAQ, and VOC-based air-quality monitoring.
SourceHandler staff badges distributed missions and a chill-room base station reported aggregate progress, turning the badge game into a venue-wide social challenge.
SourceThe official schedule says attendees needed a 0xC badge for entry to the THOTCON 0xC party at Ravenswood Event Center.
SourceThe official conference page documents the on-site Gdynia and online split, plus the event registration path used to establish access before any physical floor-badge claim.
SourceThe badge CTF story used a SpyNet server that logged badge activity and exposed web/application-security challenge material.
SourceThe attendee report lists Electronic Badge Assembly as one of the BSides Tampa 2018 activities for the more-than-750-attendee event.
SourceThe official archive says there would be a special-edition electronic badge for the 10th year anniversary of HITB in the Netherlands.
SourceThe creator announcement directed attendees to spot clues around the convention and visit the Arts & Entertainment booth to participate in the badge challenge.
SourceThe 2024 Hardware Challenge Village description ties the badge to a competitive badge CTF contest and hands-on electronics tinkering.
SourceThe official Hackaday schedule placed the Badge Hacking Ceremony on Saturday night from 22:00 to 24:00.
SourceThe official schedule data lists a Saturday 22:00 Badge Hacking Ceremony before the Hackaday Europe party.
SourceThe official CHCon 2018 event page says CTF, badge, and locksport challenges would run throughout the main event.
SourceSupercon ran badge-hacking awards for blinky, deadbug, over-the-top, and crypto-solving work, with public presentations and prize recognition after the event.
SourceHackaday announced a Saturday-night badge-hacking ceremony for attendees to show what they made with the Berlin Voja4 badge.
SourceThe official event schedule included a Saturday-night badge-hacking ceremony, and the heise report describes participants presenting judged badge hacks.
SourcePost-event coverage records custom cartridges, enclosures, C demos, color-palette animation, splash screens, and a Linux-on-badge SDRAM cartridge project shown through the ceremony and hack list.
SourcePost-event coverage documented camera, printer, charging, VR, thermal, time-lapse, and 3D-printer projects built around the official badge.
SourceThe 2009 contest drew 32 official entries, with Zoz's anti-surveillance system, Team Hack the Badge's sound-fearing blimp, and 501d3r Guy's multifunction dialer/voice amplifier taking the top three places.
SourceThe 2007 contest drew seven official entries, including Team Slackers' pGina single sign-on generator and Team Osogato's winning hardware/firmware line-level meter.
SourceGrand Idea Studio hosted a badge-hacking contest for obscure or mischievous badge hacks, including synthesizer control, TV-B-Goon, multicolor LEDs, flame effects, and Morse-code firmware.
SourceThe official CHCon 2019 about page says the CTF included cyber, physical, and electronic challenges across both main-event days.
SourceThe 2025 Hardware Challenge Village description frames the badge activity around electronic tinkering, programming, and competitive CTF play.
SourceThe Supercon 8 Add On Contest pushed entrants toward functional SAOs using I2C, GPIO, sensors, displays, radios, and other active peripherals.
SourceHackaday reports a Konami-code sequence, hidden behavior, and a Grand Challenge for hacked badges during the event.
SourceThe challenge required collecting musical faceplate measures across multiple badge colors and using the combined melody to unlock later phone, URL, and friend-code stages.
SourceThe badge and surrounding event materials carried clues, hints, mini-puzzles, easter eggs, and the start of a weekend challenge rather than firmware or electronics.
SourceChallenge writeups document suit symbols, 3-bit binary values, pi/e/Gray-code/LFSR ordering, program text, floor graphics, and badge comparisons feeding the badge-contest solution path.
SourceThe badge was a required tool for DEF CON's largest contest, connecting cryptology, social engineering, programming, and attendee interaction to the official entry badge.
SourceZoom, Intigriti, HackerOne, and CTF.ae challenge legs each produced binary flags that could be entered into the badge.
SourceHackaday documented a Sunday badge-hacking ceremony after roughly 78 hours of hacking, with categories for badge-only Vectorscope work and Vectorscope plus external hardware.
SourceRVAsec layout and CTF sources place badge hacking and badge-challenge material in the 2018 CTF conference flow.
SourceThe official RVAsec 13 layout places badge hacking in the event context.
SourceThe same official sources place the badge experience alongside a Capture The Flag competition, technical talks, hands-on workshops, and networking, but do not yet expose badge-specific challenge mechanics.
SourceThe GPN17 challenge page collected badge-hacking tasks, scoring, and prize context for attendees during the event.
SourceThe official page documents a second CTF firmware path and a flashing station near the CTF area, with source release promised after the event.
SourceThe official badge page and registration manual tie the badge to Hacker Challenge participation and document pairing the badge with the challenge server.
SourceThe registration guide says Hackers Challenge registration prompted for a badge ID and that the badge could show the current game score from the last 30 seconds.
SourceAttendees visited a Hut 6 station with a teleprinter-style receipt printer to receive intercepted messages for Enigma decoding.
SourceLayerOne's HHV challenge list tied the badge to Open Sauce badge work, ESP32 BluTag JTAG, RP2040 timing-attack exercises, and a custom shadetree companion-hardware target.
SourceThe official post says participants could start the CTF when registration opened on February 6, 2026 at 16:45, with the competition ending on February 13 at 17:00 or when three participants solved every flag.
SourceThe competition rules solicit hardware mods, 3D models, apps, games, and standalone firmware for the badge, and list public hardware-mod submissions.
SourceThe official schedule says BSidesPDX 101 covered CTF, contests and events, badges, and more, and the speaker page says the panel discussed the thing around attendees' necks.
SourceThe official schedule says BSidesPDX 101 covered CTF, contests and events, badges, and more on Friday morning.
SourceThe official post-event page reports the April 2, 2026 IUT de Saint-Pierre conference, about 80 participants, more than 10 CTF teams, keynotes, and conference sessions.
SourceThe official BSidesPDX schedule places Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking in the workshop track with Michael Leibowitz on October 16, 2015.
SourceHackfest's official history describes 2019 as the pre-pandemic record edition with 1600 participants at the Plaza.
SourceThe Calagator listing says Security BSides Portland had PCB badges, T-shirts, and bags to give away, with donors receiving them first.
SourceThe badge sat in a broader hands-on event environment with soldering, hardware/chip-off, IoT, car-hacking, wireless, AI, open-source, and maker activities.
SourceBIC's 2025 event summary says badges and merchandise sold out and that proceeds helped raise funds for future programming.
SourceThe badge hosted a BENDER CTF variant playable directly on the badge while mirroring interaction over an RS232 serial connection.
SourceThe challenge server used distinct RF settings, periodic hints, player-state persistence, 88-miles-an-hour and 1.21-gigawatts stages, and an XOR/base64 unlock payload for the final box.
SourceThe official 2018 pages introduced digital currency into souvenirs, HITCON Token collection, and Hacker Cat upgrades alongside the Wallet badge context.
SourceBadges were assigned red, blue, or green factions and used IR interactions plus server-side logic to convert or level nearby badges during the conference.
SourceThe DEF CON 27 badge game used near-field magnetic induction badge interactions and role-specific badge types to advance through DEFCON letter levels.
SourceThe official guide describes Red-vs-Blue tower capture behavior as a team game played through the badge ecosystem.
SourceThe badge puzzle combined firmware, hieroglyphic shapes, binary codes, lanyards, venue clues, program material, and social interaction into a secret-society narrative.
SourceAttendees illuminated roots and branches of the badge's tree by completing conference tasks, with completion turning the badge into a sparkling tree display.
SourceThe repository documents the Attribution Game clue/card workflow plus a Trick-or-Treat variant where attendees trade digital candy and cash it in for real candy.
SourceThe public team record credits challenge work, making puzzle content part of the badge's event role even though technical details remain sparse.
SourceThe talk and schedule context preserve the badge as a HackerHotel challenge surface, even though component-level firmware and app-store records remain open.
SourceE-ALE documented a NZD 20 on-site kit price at LCA after ARM sponsorship reduced the original hardware cost.
SourceThe badge could display the conference schedule, live Hacker Challenge score, and current location zone within the venue.
SourceInteractive panels were used for CTF signup, answer submission, attendee Sched-profile display, nicknames, profile pictures, and XP points.
SourceThe event page says ticket and sponsorship revenue is reinvested into venue, food, swag, and participant experience, giving the badge a documented role in the participant bundle.
SourceThe CFP identifies the July 27-28, 2026 Amora/Hilton Adelaide event as the third BSides Adelaide and anchors CTF, village, hardware, embedded, IoT, and RF topic context without making badge-implementation claims.
SourceThe same first-hand wrap-up frames OzSecCon as a Melbourne physical-security conference with locksport, tamper-evident bypass, and key-impressioning activity.
SourceThe official RVAsec 6 layout placed badges from HackRVA in the James River Terrace area.
SourceThe ticket-prices page describes a non-profit shared-cost model where registered participants could contribute a corrected price on departure based on real attendance data, with a small price-calculation script linked.
SourceHITCON placed card readers and mini-games at booths and scattered around the venue, letting attendees activate interactions with their badge.
SourceThe 2024 activity system used the PCB badge as an attendee score surface across HITCON activities and games.
SourceAttendees could unlock badge LEDs by solving the board puzzle or completing sponsor booth challenges, with all LEDs unlocked leading to a HITCON lottery chance.
SourceTom Dalby's HAB Flash app used Tildagon as a HABVille navigation and tracking tool, sending location to a physical receipt printer during EMF 2024.
SourceThe official Zer0Con 2025 page places the event at Fairmont Ambassador Hotel Seoul and frames the conference as a closed vulnerability-research community.
SourceThe official Zer0Con 2026 page places the event at Fairmont Ambassador Hotel Seoul and frames the conference as a closed vulnerability-research community.
SourceThe official Quicket page places the Redacted-themed event at Lagoon Beach Hotel & Spa on December 6, 2025 and offers swag-bag plus swag-ticket context without publishing badge design details.
SourceThe official pocket guide lists registration check-in during the Human/Human+ conference days, grounding the badge-and-lanyard artifact in on-site attendee operations.
SourceThe official Zer0Con 2024 archive places the event at Fairmont Ambassador Hotel Seoul and marks all reserved seats sold.
SourceThe official challenge page tells attendees to inspect the badge and other neck-worn materials for clues, while keeping the 2026 challenge intentionally vague and hint-free.
SourceThe challenge expanded beyond the skull PCB into lanyard data, room keys, standee glyphs, DEF CON media-server files, conference CD material, and program equations.
SourcePublic writeups and attendee recaps describe DEF CON 23 key-card material as part of the noir-themed badge challenge trail.
SourceThe Disobey 2019 badge firmware contained pointers used as part of the event's hacker puzzle competition.
SourceThe 2026 activities guide describes venue kiosks, SCAN mode, crank-built charge, printed clues, tasks, and LED animation rewards.
SourceJames Harrison's Barstats is an event-related Hatchery app, documenting that TiDAL apps included live camp-service integrations as well as graphics and games.
SourceThe Hardware Village page lists Badge Talk and Badge Hacking sessions as part of the 2026 badge workflow.
SourceThe CfP names Camp++ FRAB as the submission system and describes technical talks and workshops, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names Camp++ FRAB as the submission system and describes technical talks and workshops, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names Camp++ FRAB as the submission system and describes technical talks and workshops, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names Camp++ FRAB as the submission system and describes technical talks and workshops, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names the Camp++ Pretalx submission system and the event page links schedule and recordings, establishing the software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names Camp++ Pretalx as the submission system and describes technical lectures and workshops, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names Camp++ Pretalx as the submission system and describes technical lectures and workshops, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names Camp++ Pretalx as the submission system and describes technical lectures and workshops, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP names the Camp++ Pretalx submission system, establishing software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP lists Camp++ Pretalx as the submission system, establishing the software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe CfP lists a Camp++ Pretalx submission system marked as coming soon, establishing the software-adjacent event infrastructure without implying badge firmware.
SourceThe official page says the CTF source became public, but this catalogue keeps that as event context because the source trail does not tie the CTF repository to badge firmware or badge hardware.
SourceThe official schedule and wiki describe a Badge Clinic where attendees could get help with assembly, features, repairs, hacking, and historical badge questions.
SourceThe guide points builders to Hardware Hacking Village equipment and personnel, and the event page says attendees could put their badge together there for the duration of the conference.
SourceThe official r2con schedule included NighterMan's badge talk covering prototyping, design, debugging, assembly, encountered problems, manufacturing, and tools.
SourceFriday Hacks #287 framed the badge as an electronic-badge production story for over 1,000 units, spanning artwork, electronics/code, assembly, and programming.
SourceThe badge was designed around CactusCon 11's Nightmare House theme and home-automation interaction rather than a generic blinky-only board.
SourceThe badge is documented as updating the schedule, showing the venue map, and reminding attendees about talks and workshops.
SourceThe current official venue and FAQ pages place BSides Tampa 2026 at the USF Marshall Student Center, 4103 USF Cedar Circle, Tampa, with participant check-in and registration context.
SourceThe MiniBadge standard documents extender pins introduced for the 2019 Enigma badge and warns that unverified I2C hardware may be treated like a MiniBadge.
SourceThe badge used a bottom connector for minibadge holder boards, I2C port expanders, individual minibadge power control, and chaining of up to eight boards.
SourceThe overview records add-on-pack paths for an Arduino MKRZero header, IR transceiver, audio codec, IMU, external flash, and PSRAM.
SourceThe official badge page and README document twelve minibadge spots, included female minibadge headers, and expanded minibadge support for the 2018 event.
SourceThe project file list exposes artwork archives, KiCad PCB material, Gerbers, and paste files for builders who wanted the shared visual identity.
SourceForum follow-up documented a 3x5 badge size and a practical color-copy plus lamination path for making the extra forum badge before or during the event.
SourceThe project linked an OSH Park shared board so remote participants could order boards rather than receive a centrally distributed official badge.
SourceCH405 Labs provides an MC-0o00 hardware-test binary that walks through display, button, and buzzer checks with user confirmation for pass/fail states.
SourceThe production logs credit a Christophe-designed script that scanned for new USB ports and programmed multiple badges, supporting the 650-board test and assembly flow.
SourceThe badge exposes differential receiver and injector circuits, switched voltage references from 0 V through 4 V, high-impedance mode, and operation up to 5 MHz.
SourceThe badge docs expose voltage-glitch and crowbar controls, setup commands, trigger workflows, and target-voltage tuning through the GLiTCh BadgE CLI.
SourceThe recommended build includes a buzzer, and the RF-detector behavior can use audible alerts when signal detection warrants it.
SourceThe Ph0xx logs record a Fri3d Camp weather-balloon launch carrying a Ph0xx with the Air Jewel to measure air quality; the dust sensor stopped working at very low external temperature.
SourceJawnCon describes settling on pulsed infrared laser marking for the front labels, with about 45 seconds per badge and explicit open-air laser PPE warnings.
SourceThe README and firmware document `/leds` and `/leds/` routes for status, all/none/blink/chase/twinkle modes, individual LED state, and RGB color updates.
SourceThe writeup documents avrdude dumping, EEPROM fields, inverted serial signaling, 38400 8N1 framing, and a 0xAF 0xFA packet prefix.
SourceHackaday's Vectorscope article and repository frame the badge around MicroPython, oscilloscope-like display behavior, waveform generation, ADC/DAC signal paths, and four analog inputs.
SourceThe binary repository preserved flashable camp firmware, HackRF images, games, animations, fonts, images, l0dables, and a REV 05 release aligned with HackRF v2022.09.1.
SourceThe releases page preserves `app.hex`, `Metro.hex`, and BOM CSVs for Community, Guest, Speaker, Staff, and Metro add-on outputs.
SourceThe firmware source tree includes LoRa manager, Llamaneitor, sounds, village modules, and Badge Link screens around the Ekoparty badge experience.
SourceThe firmware tree includes apps for schedule, WiFi scan, I2C detect, I2C/SPI sniffing, UART terminal, GPIO, MCP23S17/MCP23017 tooling, LEDs, brightness, QR, text, and diagram viewing.
SourceThe designer writeup documents no_std Rust firmware on ESP32-C3 using Embassy async tasks, esp-hal, esp-radio, embassy-net, embedded-graphics, ssd1306, smart-leds, and esp-storage.
SourceThe 2017 tree preserves event firmware images and website material alongside schematic and source references.
SourceThe public repository preserves blinky, I2C test, SSD1306 display, low-power display, interrupt display, and threatbutt_IoT firmware example directories.
SourceThe public repository preserves firmware source for the low-power firefly LED behavior and links the hardware/software archive from the project README.
SourceThe official badge-conf-2023 repository preserves ATmega328PB firmware with PlatformIO/MiniCore build instructions, AVR fuse/upload workflow, and a `binary/firmware.hex` conference image.
SourceThe 2014 badge firmware source was publicly released by RVAsec and preserved in HackRVA's GitHub repository.
SourceThe README says image-folder artwork is 12 pixels high and 1-bit, then converted into C headers for the firmware's bitmap display routines.
SourceThe badge exposed fading, freeze, binary blink, rave, and looping-animation modes through the badge button.
SourceThe public firmware initializes TWI and OLED display handling, personalizes a handle, and cycles Packet Hack and HITB imagery on the badge.
SourceThe project describes an ESP32-controlled badge intended for a web-connected scrolling text display while allowing custom firmware versions.
SourceWriteups documented that entering the Konami Code on the badge buttons unlocked LED-eye behavior and serial text, even though the visible code path was not the final puzzle answer.
SourceThe firmware watches a pull-up mode button and triggers a named animation routine that ramps the center LED before stepping the grouped LEDs.
Sourcefive-oh-BEE.ino implements display-backed message buffers, keyboard input, RF reads, RF byte writes, and byte-3 submission delimiters for simple pager/chat behavior.
SourceThe firmware defines two PWM pins and repeatedly writes sine/cosine-derived brightness values, giving the LED badge a simple animated lighting pattern.
SourceThe badge enumerated over USB and exposed an interactive retro text adventure whose ASCII-art map mirrored the physical PCB face.
SourceThe official store lists USB/HID keyboard and mouse emulation as a supported hack path for the Arduino Micro-compatible kit.
SourceThe A Nice Edit walkthrough describes firmware validation, red-screen failure after an edited flash, CRC16/XMODEM analysis, corrective bytes, and restoring a valid challenge-completion firmware image.
SourceThe public hcon2026hwctf repository provides ctf.uf2 and describes RP2350/RISC-V Hazard3 exploitation challenges for the HC0N 2026 hardware CTF.
SourceTechMaker describes OTA firmware updates with digital-signature verification, key recovery from badge information, and participant-signed firmware as a CTF path.
SourceThe firmware README and main C source document a simple dice-lighting program driven by badge buttons and LEDs.
SourceThe badge README points developers to the Minino firmware guide for ESP-IDF setup, modular app structure, compile, flash, and monitor workflows.
SourceThe project links a compiled `DerbyCon7BadgeFirmware.bin` file and describes custom C firmware upload as part of the build.
SourceThe project page includes a CircuitPython snippet using neopixel.mpy and board.A2 on an Adafruit Feather M4 Express to run a rainbow animation.
SourceThe archive links basic blinky, seven-LED scanner, and grab-and-go sketches for the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf badge workshop.
SourceThe `thotcon-examples` repository preserves cleaned-up Arduino/ESP32 examples for touch input, LEDs, audio modes, display output, menus, mini-game placeholders, and credits.
SourceSeparate firmware directories preserve an SSD1306 OLED DinoGame sketch and a BLE advertising Spoof sketch modified for ESP32-S3.
SourceThe public sample-code tree preserves simple police-light and fade examples for the red/blue LED badge hardware.
SourceDustin Firebaugh's public repository preserves a C interpreter intended for the 2019 badge.
SourceHackRVA discussed low-frequency serial transmissions from the speaker to nearby badge LED sensors.
SourceThe writeup describes BLE write handling that switches LEDs and shows text messages across badge display pages.
SourceThe firmware includes Badge Connect code for discovering nearby badges, storing badge MAC and type data, and showing cross-event badge findings for BSides, DragonJAR, EkoParty, and BugCON lineages.
SourceThe LCA2021 software session documented the Aiko framework on top of MicroPython as a badge customization and service layer.
SourceThe repository documents menu-driven badge apps, button handling, IR callbacks, LCD drawing, assets, and app templates.
SourceCommunity firmware work modified the official source to broadcast as multiple badge types and complete other badges through spoofed interactions.
SourceThe official 2023 speaker export says Peter Rankin developed BSides Canberra badge firmware including the 2019 Nopia 1337.
SourceThe firmware README documents a custom MicroPython 1.26.0 image with compiled badge-challenge modules and a Russ Hughes GC9A01 C display driver.
SourceThe badge exposes USB CDC commands for URI, TEXT, VCARD, HELP, ABOUT, STATUS, CHALLENGE, LEDS, and SOLVE, with serial operation documented at 115200 baud.
SourceThe badge is played by turning off battery power, connecting micro-USB, opening a terminal or Arduino IDE serial monitor at 9600 baud with Both NL & CR, and sending three stars to enter CTF mode.
SourceThe firmware tree preserves an AudioWAV sketch with USB mass-storage and PWM audio behavior plus an EdgeImpulse note linking audio-classification tutorial material.
SourceThe Badge firmware tree preserves menu, terminal, Wi-Fi server, generated web assets, AirTag, UART, hardware-pin, and NeoPixel control source files.
SourceThe firmware tree preserves separate Community and VIP directories, with Community firmware build guidance and VIP development framed around CircuitPython and Thonny.
SourceThe repository README links the BruCON0xA release as the firmware version installed on the conference badge, preserving the shipped build rather than only source head.
SourceThe repository documents separate PlatformIO build/upload environments for conference and CTF firmware on top of Espressif IDF.
SourceThe repository documents PlatformIO/ESP-IDF environments for conference, CTF, and addon firmware plus USB serial monitoring and DTR reset behavior.
SourceThe repository README documents entering DFU mode and flashing provisioned human badge binaries; Hackaday.io discussion records bootloader and NAND flash loading paths.
SourceThe README and releases document Rockchip/Luckfox upgrade_tool flashing for Bugcon-Badge-2025 image tarballs and the v1.0/v1.1 release path.
SourceJawnCon says the badge used RetroWiFiModem to simulate Hayes-style AT commands and control the LEDs.
SourceThe bootloader exposed HACKRF and HKRF-OLD modes, with different USB product IDs for newer and older HackRF software compatibility.
SourceRabbit-Labs links RocketGod's full-functionality firmware for LCD, LED, and CC1101 access plus a zRCrackiiN/JBOHack alternate firmware described as limited LED-only Blinken Lights functionality.
SourceThe main firmware builds unique device names from Portland-style street and direction arrays so Banglets present local-flavored BLE identities.
SourceThe firmware repository describes firmware intended to emulate a car on one PCB, with C and Python areas, verification files, RP2040 flashing workflow, and socketcan/cansniffer output.
SourceCryptax's write-up records USB enumeration as a MicroPython board, a Raspberry Pi Pico W / RP2040 MicroPython banner, and a MicroPython REPL used to inspect files.
SourceThe reflashing guide documents Python dependencies, ESP BOOT / ESP EN flashing mode, SAMD reset programming mode, USB-port behavior, and restoration of the original firmware bundle.
SourceThe WebUSB flasher gives owners an official browser-based recovery and update path, with caveats around USB serial access and supported browsers.
SourceThe GitHub release trail now includes v1.0 during DEF CON Singapore and v1.1 afterward, with v1.1 documenting new graphics and a USB streaming reliability fix.
SourceThe technical archive links the badge source-code tarball and labels the code as public domain.
SourceThe v1.0.0 release publishes VillaHacker.hex for badge reprogramming, while the README says badges come with pre-installed firmware.
SourceJean Privat's 2025 writeup documents USB-C/esptool firmware dumping, ESP32-C3 detection, partition extraction, factory-app identification, firmware strings for badge-network and persistence components, and attempts to patch the original firmware.
SourceThe official blog points to a public GitHub repository preserving the Arduino IDE sketch and display-support files for the 2017 badge.
SourceThe official badge page links an Arduino sketch with TimerOne LED scanning, two interrupt-driven buttons, menu modes, POV output, and a not-binary game path.
SourceThe public repository preserves the badge firmware, ESP32 binary, assets, Arduino build settings, TFT_eSPI configuration, SDL local-debug path, games, demos, OTA code, WiFi scanner, and Bluetooth material.
SourceDarkglade's writeups and source-release post identify the badge firmware as NodeMCU/Lua on ESP8266 and preserve a public code archive after the event.
SourceThe public repository preserves badge firmware and a fork of Arduino-IRRemote with the RuxBadge protocol, described as a modified Panasonic protocol with an extended address field and timing tweaks.
SourceBadge.Team's ESP32 platform firmware repository anchors SHA2017 in the reusable firmware lineage later Badge.Team records build on.
SourceRIOT OS documents the HiP badge as an ESP32-C3 board with a dedicated `hip-badge` flashing target.
SourceThe project page says attendees could ask Great Scott Gadgets for help reflashing the badge firmware.
SourceThe public repository README documents hardware-version selection through V2.2 for the 2025 attendee badge in STM32CubeIDE.
SourceParticipants learned IC programming and used the Arduino IDE, then shared code and developed new badge features with others at the conference.
SourceBase firmware updates used tilda-tools over USB/DFU rather than the Badge Store; the update page says they fixed stability, performance, and phone-call problems but wiped apps and settings.
SourceOfficial docs preserve multiple update paths: webflash, USB mass-storage flashing, and a built-in WiFi updater introduced in firmware v1.3.0.
SourceThe Proteus README says PlatformIO builds a binary that could be placed into the firmware folder of a TECT installation for OTA installation.
SourceMatthew Wilkes's MD Updater updates firmware on the Megadrive interface hexpansion, evidence that Tildagon add-ons can have their own firmware-maintenance lifecycle.
SourceThe repository preserves a simple sample firmware and an advanced configurable hotkey firmware guide for post-event customization.
SourceHackaday's January 2025 preview says the Europe badge would use revamped firmware compared with the Supercon setup.
SourceThe repository startup path tells attendees to connect the badge over USB and open the serial port at 115200 baud to see badge text.
SourceThe README tells attendees to connect over USB, select the correct serial port at 115200 baud, observe terminal startup, and type `help` for additional commands.
SourceThe README requires Adafruit NeoMatrix, Adafruit NeoPixel, and Adafruit GFX libraries, while the sketch uses NeoMatrix drawing primitives for scrolling text and pixel mouth images.
SourceProgramming instructions use the Arduino IDE, ATtiny support configuration, bootloader/fuse burning, and sample badge sketches.
SourceGigawatts documented burning an Arduino Leonardo bootloader over ICSP with a Bus Pirate so the badge could accept Arduino IDE sketches over USB.
SourceThe repository guide documents Earle Philhower RP2040 board-manager setup, required Adafruit libraries, 2 MB sketch/filesystem partitioning, upload, and copying data files after first boot.
SourceForum and reversing sources document booting into mass-storage/BOOTSEL behavior and using picotool or chip-off workflows to dump or replace firmware.
SourceThe programming writeup documents compiling badge demos and flashing STM32 firmware through OpenOCD with a patched Bus Pirate SWD setup.
SourceDEF CON's archive announced C-style badge code and a badge-hacking-file torrent so attendees could continue writing and studying badge software after the conference.
SourceGreat Scott Gadgets documents entering bootloader mode from RfCat, using `bootload.py`, erasing, and downloading properly linked RfCatDonsCCBootloader firmware images.
SourceThe badge writeup documents onboard CH340N USB serial access plus wireless firmware-pull behavior used during the conference.
SourceThe badge guide frames the device as a CircuitPython learning platform after the conference, with USB serial/Python CLI access and editable `code.py` storage contents.
SourceThe badge has CircuitPython board support and an MIT-licensed firmware repository with badge-drive copy/install steps and CircUp library installation.
SourceThe repository documents RAW mono 22050 Hz sample export, Python raw-to-header conversion, AMY sample-bank configuration, UF2 flashing, and alternate synth-drum firmware.
SourceThe README documents holding the button while plugging in USB for DFU mode, Zadig/WinUSB setup, dfu-util upload, 454hex2dfu conversion, and Pickit fallback programming if the bootloader is overwritten.
SourceThe README documents bootloader mode, ESP Tool web flashing at address 0x0, and an esptool.py console command for `HackGDL_2025.bin` on ESP32-S3.
SourceThe firmware repository and workshop wiki document ESP-IDF setup, WiFi and MQTT configuration, build/flash commands, serial monitoring, and MQTT output checks for IoTuz.
SourceThe developer guide documents cloning the badge repository, initializing submodules, using ESP-IDF, setting MININO_PATH, building Minino firmware from the eko branch, flashing, monitoring, and creating release builds.
SourceThe watch badge firmware used Arduino IDE, the ESP8266 Arduino core, ArduinoJson, Generic ESP8266 Module settings, and serial flashing.
SourceThe wiki points badge hackers to an ESPHomeBadge path as an alternative way to write firmware for the HOPE XV badge.
SourceThe project documents male headers, pinouts, jumper wires, ISP programmer use, Microchip Studio / AVR toolchain builds, avrdude flashing, and fuse recipes.
SourceThe Handorf guide says firmware would be loaded by staff at the info booth after assembly.
SourceAttendees could use the LPC1343 USB mass-storage bootloader by replacing firmware.bin, or invoke it through the ISP and reset-button sequence.
SourceThe firmware template exposed camera, accelerometer, button, OLED, timing, and filesystem helpers so attendee applications could reuse the stock badge services.
SourceThe repository README describes MicroPython setup over serial terminal, Thonny, or VSCode, with boot.py/main.py demos and memory-style I2C read/write patterns.
SourceThe wiki documents erasing and flashing ESP32-C3 MicroPython firmware, using serial console access, running scripts with mpremote, and copying code to run at boot.
SourceMicroPython, front-panel buttons, joystick control, filesystem access, and mpremote/Thonny/VSCode workflows let attendees write and store custom vector demos on the badge.
SourceHackaday described the user side as MicroPython-programmed with a plug-in architecture for adding apps.
SourceThe CCHS software guide covers CH340 serial access, esptool.py flashing, MicroPython firmware installation, ampy/rshell workflows, application install scripts, and REPL interaction.
SourceThe quick-start workflow let attendees copy compiled HEX files to MicroSD and use the onboard bootloader, with PICkit programming as a fallback path.
SourceThe firmware README documents ATTinyCore board settings, external programmer needs, micronucleus USB bootloader use, and command-line flashing steps.
SourceThe writeup documents Micronucleus flashing, Arduino IDE 1.6.x setup, Digistump board support, DigiKeyboard payload examples, and operating-system keyboard-layout caveats.
SourceBadges shipped with minimal firmware for hardware testing and OTA update; the official page documents event-WiFi provisioning and a web-flash fallback if OTA failed.
SourceThe public docs use the Arduino IDE, NodeMCU 1.0 board support, 160MHz setting, and espsoftwareserial library before uploading the BUSSide firmware.
SourceThe upload-code guide documents HHV Raspberry Pi flash stations, CH340G driver setup, esptool.py flashing, `latest-spiffs.bin`, and Lua upload tools such as nodemcu-uploader and ESPlorer.
SourceThe DEF CON media-server badge directory published hardware, firmware, game, music, asset, and later FREEWiLi firmware files for post-event hacking.
SourceThe VoCore notes document OpenWRT buildroot setup, LuCI and USB-storage package choices, sysupgrade flashing, first-login password setup, SSH/telnet access, and opkg package work.
SourceThe final-challenge walkthroughs document Optiboot at 115200 baud and avrdude commands for dumping and writing flash through an Arduino-compatible bootloader.
SourceDEF CON's media-server update and forum-curated notes documented flashing the PIC32MM0256GPM048 with MPLAB X IPE and PICkit 3 or 4 to reach newer firmware versions.
SourceThe badge update pipeline patched one-bit 240x96 image data and a hash into a base firmware image, then reflashed the badge with cc-tool and CC Debugger hardware.
SourceParallax and DEF CON published firmware, schematic, top-level objects, LED examples, VGA/PS2 examples, and conference-DVD materials for post-event badge hacking.
SourceThe firmware README documents GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain setup, J-Link or PyOCD programming, Makefile configuration, and make/flash commands for PY32F0 targets.
SourceGreat Scott Gadgets documents compiling R8C code with a GCC cross-compiler and flashing through a 3.3 V FTDI serial interface plus DJ Delorie's flash tool.
SourceHackaday states that the badge could flash the CH32V003-style add-ons through the SAO port.
SourceThe README documents STM32CubeProgrammer DFU flashing, separate STM32 and FPGA HEX files, TEST-pin bootstrapping, and first-boot test mode.
SourceThe README documents SWD programming for both MCUs and USB DFU flashing for the STM32 side.
SourceBadge owners could modify firmware through the ESP8266 serial pins, programming switch, Arduino IDE, ESP8266 board support, SSD1306 OLED library, and PubSubClient MQTT library.
SourceThe documentation maps serial-interface pins and reset-button timing for uploading Arduino IDE code to the badge.
SourceThe badge could save and load programs over serial to another badge or computer and store programs in internal flash slots for later recall.
SourceGrand Idea Studio documents a static serial bootloader for in-the-field firmware upgrades and links the CodeWarrior source archive.
SourceThe repository preserves esptool.py commands for restoring stock firmware plus a workshop PDF used for THOTCON 0xA badge hacking.
SourceThe build sheet documents JP1 boot-position behavior, with LOAD for normal flash boot and NORM activating the UART-based bootloader despite reversed board markings.
SourceForum and field-report sources document firmware updates through USB storage/UF2-style workflows and role-specific challenge firmware behavior.
SourceThe ATmega88 was already flashed with a USB bootloader so attendees could program it over a normal USB port with avr-gcc, avrdude, and the public SVN checkout.
SourceMicrochip adapted a bootloader so the badge appeared as a HackABadge USB disk where attendees could drag compiled HEX files for flashing.
SourceThe README documents USB serial monitoring at 115200 baud plus reset-through-DTR guidance for firmware development and debugging.
SourceThe public CAD archive documents USB-to-serial programming context, CH340N evidence, and MicroSD support.
SourceThe CC13 archive comments document USB-to-serial programming, MicroSD, and buzzer hardware context.
SourceThe CAD tree includes USB connection sources and board evidence for a USB-C and CH340N serial programming/debugging path.
SourceThe PCB silkscreen records ATtiny1614 Arduino instructions pointing builders toward the megaTinyCore workflow for the microcontroller family.
SourceThe badge post directs attendees toward OpenEPaperLink access-point tooling so the reused e-paper tags can be updated after the conference.
Source44CON instructed attendees to install Digistump AVR Boards, select the Digispark default 16.5 MHz target, use Micronucleus, and upload sketches through the Arduino IDE.
SourceThe README documents flashing badge2022_c.uf2 through the Pico/RPI-RP2 USB mass-storage path.
SourceThe README documents building firmware.hex and programming the badge over USB with bootloadit tooling.
SourceThe README tells builders to use USBasp udev rules, add the 5ohBee board package to Arduino, install the SmartResponseXE library ZIP, compile sketches, and upload.
SourceThe README says holding the center of the left wagon wheel while power cycling enters programming mode for Arduino SDK upload.
SourceThe Badge Pirates shipping update says badge purchasers would be emailed after customs clearance and could choose pickup at later events or mailed delivery.
SourceThe package included a coupon for a custom MiniBadge, preserving a virtual-year path from shipped badge kit to personalized MiniBadge fulfillment.
SourceAfter the bundle closed, organizers said they had begun bulk ordering shirts and badge supplies and hoped to ship bundles soon.
SourceThe home page describes the badge bundle as a pre-order shipping a few weeks after the conference, with orders closing on the last conference day.
Sourcepikesley's EMF 2026 Countdown keeps Tildagon active between camp editions, using the badge as a countdown surface for the next EMF cycle.
SourceThe fifth firmware screen provided a playable snake game, giving the badge an explicit entertainment surface beyond schedule and discovery functions.
SourceFri3d 2024 documentation includes a blaster add-on for camp play and badge interaction.
SourceFri3d 2022's add-on ecosystem includes GameOn-style game hardware tied to badge play.
SourcePhlash's Doom port reached revision 8 in 2024; the Hatchery notes basic play, menus and demo levels, while warning that it overwrites the unused OTA partition and cannot ship the WAD through Hatchery because of upload size.
SourceThe README and firmware document `/flag` and `/flag?newflag=...` behavior, with source code initializing the default flag as BADGERMASTER.
SourceThe game includes custom assets, music, maps, and hidden interactions rather than firmware for a microcontroller badge.
SourceCB Pong can run as a simple two-player Pong game or, when connected, as a game against a BCD-0o27 cyberdeck through the external interface.
SourceThe MC-0o00 documentation links a Space Invaders game by Jovan, published with source code and released under the MIT license.
SourceThe challenge used a 3.3 V USB-serial adapter on the SAO connector at 115200 8n1, with OS-specific Badge.Team guides for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
SourceRabbit Radio reports that challenge progress unlocked more parts for the PCB, turning puzzle progress into a physical badge build-up mechanic.
SourceThe Time Blaster add-on path captures the badge as a game and camp-activity peripheral.
SourceThe public repository lets badge hackers modify the FPGA SoC, bootloader, Initial Program Loader, SDK, example apps, and peripheral blocks instead of only writing firmware on a fixed MCU.
SourceMat Booth's TiDAL 3D renderer loads Wavefront OBJ/MTL models and uses custom firmware with native framebuffer and 3D math routines for performance.
SourceThe project describes a mini prototyping area with 3.3 V rail, battery rail, and PSoC4 I/O broken out so attendees could add their own components.
SourceThe wrap-up says participants attended soldering sessions and soldered their badges to make them light up.
SourceThe official page says the badge was also a DIY soldering project, with setup in the Student track / Village from check-in through the event.
SourceThe preorder kit included solderable LEDs/resistors and SMA connector work, plus badge PCB, antenna, encoder, and screen.
Sourcewalkerdanny's Caffeine Jitters is a companion app for the Club Mate haptics hexpansion, where badge buttons adjust jitter frequency.
SourceBadge.Team preserved MicroPython examples for outline RGB LEDs, buttons, power saving, buzzer tones, screen rotation, raw touch reads, and virtual timers; the hardware also exposed infrared transmit and receive.
SourceThe official challenge asked participants to assemble the collector badge, analyze its embedded secure system, and solve first for a Nuit du Hack Black Badge life pass.
SourceTilde Industries produced a CYBER SCARAB add-on for the HackerHotel 2020 challenge badge.
SourceJeff and Jann Foehringer designed the Fuccs add-on, with the PCB layout published in its own repository.
SourceLoRa use depended on attaching the connector and a suitable, matched antenna; the wiki records VNA/SWR antenna checks and warns that transmitting without a proper antenna could permanently damage RF hardware.
SourceParticipant reporting says CTF success yielded cool add-ons for the Easterhegg badge and that the badge could later be soldered in the hackerspace.
SourceThe separate tr23-sao-hw repository documents a companion SAO board for the TROOPERS23 badge.
SourceThe official page documents a BOSS socket so the badge can be extended with add-on boards.
SourceThe breakoutboards branch collected accessory board designs and parts information for the 2018 badge.
SourceKonsool documents expansion boards and multiple expansion buses, making external hardware part of the platform rather than a one-off mod.
SourceSix edge connectors allow community hardware modules such as prototyping boards, decorative boards, sensors, GPS, communications, plotter experiments, and other hexpansions.
SourceThe Ph0xx project documents jewel add-ons as part of the intended hardware play surface.
SourceThe r0ket wiki tracked hardware hacks, shields, and add-on ideas, making expansion hardware part of the badge culture from the start.
SourceThe TROOPERS19 badge exposed a 3.3 V I2C Shitty Addon interface so the badge could wear its own small add-on boards.
SourceExternal ICSP, RX, TX, and reset access made reflashing and serial extension possible, while special RF codes could store text in EEPROM or trigger visual effects.
SourceThe badge README documents an ESP32 Wi-Fi module running MicroPython, and the repository preserves the source tree and binary image used to operate the badge.
SourceThe attendee writeup describes the 2024 badge as an orc-shaped electronic badge using a 555 timer, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, and 9V battery power.
SourceThe badge used a Watterott Wattuino Nanite 85 / ATTiny85 USB-stick style board to act as a programmable USB keyboard injector.
SourceThe BOM lists an ATTINY85-20SUR microcontroller and the Eagle schematic instantiates U1 as a Tiny85-20-SMT device.
SourceThe firmware README describes the badge as ATTiny861-based, and the BOM lists an ATTINY861A-XUR / ATTINY861-class SOIC-20 controller.
SourceThe A Nice Edit walkthrough identifies ATmega1284P processors and an FTDI serial converter chip used to provide USB serial access to the badge.
SourceThe official parts list centers the badge on an AT-MEGA328P-PU, eight 5mm LEDs, two push buttons, 16 MHz crystal, passives, socket, and coin-cell power.
SourceThe badge used an ATmega32u4 with four RGB NeoPixels, three potentiometers, micro USB, and two CR2032 holders.
SourceHackaday and the build guide identify the reverse-side microcontroller as an ATtiny841 / ATTINY841-SSU.
SourceThe repository BOM lists an ATtiny85-20SUR microcontroller and 24 blue side-view LEDs as the badge's main active components.
SourceTechGirlMN's hardware guide centers the remote badge build on an Arduino Nano mounted to a solderable breadboard-style PCB.
SourceThe README describes the BSidesPDX mask modification as using an Arduino Pro Micro-class board with ATmega32U4 and USB Micro instead of the original Arduino Nano approach.
SourceThe project page and postmortem document a Rigado BMD-300 module based on Nordic nRF52 with ARM Cortex-M4F, 512 KB flash, 64 KB RAM, integrated antenna, Nordic S132 SoftDevice, TFT display, WS2812B LEDs, sensors, and microSD.
SourceThe repository BOM lists a BMD-300 module and the Eagle schematic exposes the Nordic/BMD-300 pinout, SWD pins, NFC pins, and power connections.
SourceThe project page identifies the DC27 badge core as a Rigado BMD-340 module with Nordic nRF52840, paired with power regulation, capacitive touch, SWD/Tag-Connect, USB-C, and SAO 1.69bis hardware surfaces.
SourceElectronic Cats documents a CH32V203G6U6 RISC-V MCU, SSD1306 OLED, NT3H2111 NFC tag, eight RGB LEDs, four buttons, USB-C, and KiCad hardware files.
SourceThe first-hand making-of post documents an ESP32 badge with 1.3-inch 240x240 IPS colour display, custom PCB, touch buttons, 18650 battery, and 3D-printed case.
SourceThe 2016 badge paired nRF51822 OLED/BLE/battery/LED control with an STM32F072 USB and touch-button controller.
SourceThe attendee writeup identifies an ESP32-S3 running Arduino and an ATmega328P running MicroPython, with the two controllers talking over I2C.
SourceThe official badge guide identifies the badge as a Cyberpunk Bunny PCB powered by an ESP32 and packed with cryptography, wireless hacking, and hidden secrets.
SourceThe hardware README frames IoTuz as a custom linux.conf.au 2017 Open Hardware board built around the then-new ESP32 with WiFi, Bluetooth, and dual-core CPU capability.
SourceThe 2021 badge combined ESP32, 240x240 LCD, Wi-Fi, NeoPixels, six buttons, buzzer, and USB or external battery power.
SourceThe V3j BOM identifies the badge core as ESP32_WROOM32_SKINNY with CH340C USB serial, AP2112 regulation, MCP73831 charging, power switching, and USB connector hardware.
SourceRob Rehrig describes the 0xB badge as an ESP32-based design in an NES-controller and circus-ticket form factor.
SourceHackaday.io and the repository README document an ESP32-compatible badge architecture with capacitive touch-wheel input, center button, TFT display, buzzer, LEDs, and LiPo power context.
SourceThe README documents an ESP32-C3-WROOM-02-N4 badge core with eighteen NeoPixel RGB LEDs and five attendee-facing buttons.
SourceThe CHCon 2025 badge used an ESP32-C3 with mounted OLED screen on a custom pukeko-themed circuit board.
SourceThe HOPE wiki documents an ESP32-C3 badge core with 16 WS2812-class RGB LEDs and attendee-facing light-pattern controls.
SourceThe firmware README documents an ESP32-C3 RISC-V MCU, Adafruit ST7789 240x240 TFT, twelve WS2812B LEDs, passive buzzer, and four navigation buttons.
SourceElectronic Cats documents an ESP32-C6 badge platform with RFM95 LoRa radio, OLED display, NeoPixel LEDs, USB, buzzer, KiCad files, and 3D assets.
SourceBadge Pirates identifies the central controller as an Espressif ESP32-S2 WROOM with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi for the badge's IoT behavior.
SourceThe bPod repository and update page document an ESP32-S2 badge with ST7735 colour screen, capacitive touch controls, USB-C, LEDs, SAO connector, flash, and PSRAM-related hardware files.
SourceThe hardware docs document ESP32-S3 WROOM-2, a 1.9-inch ER-TFT019-1 display, SK6812MINI RGB LEDs, joystick/buttons, GPIO mapping, schematic v11, and STEP mechanical model references.
SourceThe CC13 KiCad archive comments identify an ESP32-S3 WROOM N16-class badge core with Wi-Fi/Bluetooth LE context.
SourceThe CactusCon-12 CAD archive identifies an ESP32-S3 WROOM core for the ProjectNeoRogue badge hardware.
SourceThe public CC14 CAD/archive evidence identifies an ESP32-S3 WROOM core for the conference badge hardware.
SourceThe README documents ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8, sixteen NeoPixels, six buttons, two pairing connectors, and four SAO v1.69bis connectors.
SourceThe project page and retrospective document the move to ESP32-WROVER for WiFi/Bluetooth, external RAM, LULZCODE memory needs, and faster display/SD-card paths after the DC25 BMD-300 badge.
SourceA contemporary Hackaday.io project log describes the ShmooCon 2018 badge as basically an ESP8266 with serially addressable LEDs.
SourceThe firmware source includes ESP8266 Wi-Fi, WiFiClient, ESP8266WebServer, and mDNS support and serves a BSides PDX 2015 Badger web UI.
SourceThe repository documents ESPlant as an ESP8266 WiFi kit for transmitting environmental data, with Arduino IDE, Espressif SDK, and esp-open-rtos programming paths.
SourceThe badge used a flexible substrate PCB with ATmega328P control, accelerometer input, USB serial, CR2032 power, and 32 LEDs driven through shift-register logic.
SourceThe board exposed CP2102 serial-over-USB, SPI SSD1306 OLED, I2C pressure/temperature and light sensors, a GPIO push button, and a PWM tricolor LED for driver-writing exercises.
SourceThe official events page says HITCON Wallet contained a Secure Element CoolWallet, electronic paper, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth Low Energy.
SourceContemporary coverage says BSides Canberra 2016 delegates received a home-made Arduino badge, but does not identify exact board revision, display model, or production files.
SourceThe official BSidesSLC site says the 2025 E-Badge is built on the LilyGO T-Deck S3 platform.
SourceFreetronics documents LoliBot as a two-wheel robot kit with a Lolin32-Lite ESP32 brain, WiFi/Bluetooth, onboard 18650 power, USB charging, and skid-steering drive.
SourceThe 2024 Wombat badge combined a custom PCB, MS51FB9AE Nuvoton microcontroller, CH340G USB serial, micro-USB, RGB LED, six challenge LEDs, CR2032 holder, and slide switch.
SourceThe official CommSec Village page says the special-edition HITB2018PEK badge was based on an MTK series platform with 32M flash, 128MB RAM, a display screen, and UART provided.
SourceHITCON's official events page says the 2017 electronic badge was powered by a MediaTek chipset and included Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, joystick/game-controller input, infrared, and an LED display.
SourceAustralian Cyber Security Magazine reported that 2018 delegates received a handmade conference badge using a NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC.
SourceThe 2017 repository documents the continued nRF51822/STM32F072 badge platform with OLED, BLE, battery management, touch buttons, USB, and AAA/USB power.
SourceThe official page describes the electronic badge as a PCB-based, modular artifact powered by multiple processors with two different systems integrated together.
SourceThe official CommSec Village page lists an STM32F103 MCU, W25Q32 flash, 1.3-inch OLED, 433 MHz RF receiver, IR receiver, six direction/action buttons, and six RGB LEDs.
SourceThe hardware README describes a Raspberry Pi RP2040 badge design derived from the Seeed XIAO 2040 with 16 MB SPI flash.
SourceThe Badge Village page says the specialized hacking tool uses a Raspberry Pi Pico as its core controller for fault-injection experiments.
SourceThe technical overview identifies an ATSAMD21G18A, ESP32-PICO-D4, LP5024 LED driver, 2.9 inch red/black/white e-paper display, capacitive touch, user LEDs, RGB LEDs, microSD, and user buttons.
SourceThe hands-on coverage and project-owner comments identify an STM32F103CBT6 ARM Cortex-M3 controller running at 72 MHz with the badge firmware built through STM32Duino-style tooling.
SourceThe repository README identifies the THOTCON 0xA badge base as a SparkFun ESP32 Thing Dev board.
SourceThe README directs builders through SparkFun nRF52832 Breakout Arduino compatibility and variant-file changes for the badge target.
SourceHackaday identifies the badge controller as a TI CC2640R2 with ARM Cortex-M3 core and Bluetooth capability, paired with a Holtek HT16D35B LED controller.
SourceThe BSides Ballarat page documents an interactive ESP32 badge with screen, controls, badge-to-badge communication, and SAO add-on support.
SourceThe writeup identifies the badge as a tiny Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanner made from a WemOS board.
SourceThe 2017 badge combined a Wemos D1 Mini with OLED and RGB shields plus a switched AA battery holder on a laser-cut acrylic base.
SourceThe sketch README describes the Banglet board as a Feather-style nRF52/Bluefruit design modified into a wrist-worn form factor.
SourceThe 2018 badge moved to nRF52832 with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, battery management, and STM32 USB handling.
SourceThe 2019 badge kept the nRF52832/STM32F070 split with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, and Li-ion/USB power.
SourceThe ARAMCON badge combined an nRF52840 module, 2.9-inch e-paper display, accelerometer, flash, MP3/WMA audio codec, Cherry MX keys, NeoPixels, SAO connector, and KiCad PCB files.
SourceThe ESP32-S3 schematic backs ESP32-S3-WROOM, USB-C, SSD1306 OLED, WS2812B Mini LEDs, buttons, slide switch, I2C, and battery-rail claims; the repository's SAMD11-named tree contains an RP2040 schematic with USB-C, W25Q flash, battery, OLED, WS2812B Mini LEDs, and switches.
SourceThe hardware tree preserves KiCad schematic and board files whose schematic names RP2040, SPH0641LM4H microphone, PAM8302AAD amplifier, W25Q16JV flash, MCP1700 regulator, battery, buzzer, LEDs, micro-USB, BOOT, and RESET elements.
Sourcehelge's HiFi-Bodge project extends the badge as an audio-capable hardware add-on.
SourceCreator and attendee writeups document a hidden challenge beneath the published CTF path, with PCB inspection and extra LED behavior rewarding hardware probing.
SourceHackerware documents replacing C1 and C2 with 22 pF capacitors, then adding SMD LEDs and resistors at D9-D13 and R8-R12 to play the CTF and unlock airship lights.
SourceBadge.Team documents supported OV5647-based camera modules and calls out unsupported IMX519-based Raspberry Pi camera modules.
SourceThe guide documents an RP2040 microcontroller / Raspberry Pi Pico board manager for button inputs, LED control, battery charging/status, and power management.
SourceAfter removing the Omega shield and moving the jumpers from UART1 to UART0, the guide documents reconnecting at 115200 baud to see boot debug output and reach a root prompt.
SourceThe team built three development boards before final production so hardware wiring could be checked and firmware could be written while the final badges were produced.
SourceThe technical archive publishes schematic and Gerber documentation and states that the documentation is Creative Commons Attribution licensed.
SourceThe workshop guide documents optional bodge wires for the mislabeled I2C bus and switch-tab trimming to avoid shorted contacts.
SourceThe post-event teardown identifies the badge core as an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 and documents firmware extraction using ESP32-S3 tooling.
SourceThe badge page describes an 8-pin expansion header exposing GPIO for custom daughterboards and mods.
SourceThe badge exposed waveform-generator outputs, scope inputs, and through-hole prototyping space for filters, curve tracers, oscillators, analog video experiments, and external signal hacks.
SourceThe badge/topper arrangement exposed prototyping and expansion space, making the badge a workshop board rather than a closed souvenir.
SourceTechMaker documents a CAN-transceiver footprint for a CJMCU-2551/MCP2551 module plus a Shitty Addon Connector v1.69bis expansion header.
SourceThe badge exposed both Type A and Type B SAO connectors, with community notes tying SAO behavior and add-ons into the badge challenge trail.
SourceThe badge page documents two Shitty Add-Ons ports on the top corners of the badge and says the ports had no rotation.
SourceThe Supercon version added proto-board support and documented GPIO, I2C, serial, and SAO-style expansion paths for attendee-built peripherals.
SourceThe badge exposed I2C, UART, GPIO, ISP, TTL232, and prototyping surfaces for shields, sensors, and direct hardware experiments.
SourceGrand Idea Studio published shield and breakout documentation, Gerbers, OSH Park links, and Arduino Uno source so attendees could isolate and hack the flexible badge hardware.
SourceThe README and writeup document Adafruit Feather mounting on the back with pins broken out to test points for user-added electronics.
SourceThe 40-pin cartridge slot and prototype cartridges with onboard flash let attendees build removable hardware and software modules for the badge.
SourceJ1/J2 exposed GPIO and analog pins, while J3 provided an ESP8266 ESP-01 serial/Wi-Fi header with a documented mirroring caveat and wiring workaround.
SourceRemaining GPIO pins were broken out, and a separate development board was available at the Hardware Hacking Village for extra components or functions.
SourceThe hands-on article documents 11 GPIO pins plus RX/TX, DIO, RST, power, and ground breakouts as hardware-hacking surfaces.
SourceThe badge exposed a GoodFET-compatible programming connector for installing or replacing the bootloader, plus test points for spring-pin access.
SourceThe badge was based on the experimental gflpc1343 GreatFET design and exposed a TARGET header intended for future GoodFET-compatible use.
SourceHackerHotel 2019 added Grove I2C and SAO connectors on top of the SHA2017-derived base hardware.
SourceTiLDA MK4 exposed Grove headers, conductive thread points, and a SAO connector for sensors, add-ons, and badge-to-badge hardware experiments.
SourceThe MK4 wiki records Grove UART/I2C connectors, a Shitty Add-Ons connector, conductive-thread points, Neopixel header use, and UART numbering gotchas for hardware hacking.
SourceThe official badge site documents labeled voltage, ground, audio, headphone, and jumper pads plus unlabeled prototyping pins.
SourceThe public design archive preserves MicroSD, buzzer, and Badgelife SAO v1.69 expansion evidence for badge hacking and add-on use.
SourceThe README documents an optional Vishay TFBS4711 IR transceiver path, debug LEDs, UART/test points, expansion pins, and WS2812 data access for further hardware experimentation.
SourceThrough-hole and SMD prototyping areas invited campers to add LEDs, sensors, radios, or other circuits to the simple Joule Thief badge.
SourceThe badge exposes two JST-SH 4-pin footprints following the I2C Qwiic / STEMMA QT pinout, giving app authors a documented path to breakout-board hardware.
SourceQwiic gave badge hackers a documented I2C expansion path for sensor and breakout-board experiments.
SourceThe hardware docs record a 6-pin SAO connector and IR receive/transmit hardware, giving SHA2017 both badge-add-on and badge-to-badge interaction surfaces.
SourceThe badge was prepared for SAO and Qwiic/STEMMA QT expansion, shifting the focus toward external modules and simple electronics.
SourceThe BornHack 2022 badge exposed accessory connectors and a prototyping area for hardware add-ons.
SourceThe unpopulated SAO v1.69bis header and rear IO pads made the LED-matrix badge useful for soldered extensions.
SourceThe architecture notes list four output bits, four input bits, an external connector, serial mention, and an SAO port as the public expansion surface.
SourceThe extension-header docs preserve the badge's SAO surface, tying MCH2022 into the wider badgelife add-on ecosystem.
SourceThe CrikeyCon 8 badge could be built with coin-cell power, 2x3 SAO-header power, three LEDs, resistors, and optional normal or reverse LED mounting.
SourceThe CactusCon 12 board file includes a Badgelife SAO v1.69 footprint for add-on expansion.
SourceThe BOM and board pinout document an SAO v2 connector plus SAO I2C and GPIO assignments available to firmware and badge hardware experiments.
SourceBCD-0o27 documents an I2C add-on connector, case files, assembly instructions, and firmware hooks for continued hacking.
SourceThe badge itself is a protoboard, so attendee-added circuitry is the primary expansion model.
SourceThe main badge exposed six SAO connectors with individually accessible GPIO and split left/right I2C buses for experimenting with add-on peripherals.
SourceThe front and back of the badge left space intended for a Teensy expansion.
SourceThe large badge-hacking kit supplied the components needed to turn the ToorCon 13 badge into an Ubertooth-capable passive Bluetooth monitoring device.
SourceAttendees received PS/2 adapters and a VGA connector and could add them in the Hardware Hacking Village to turn the Propeller badge into a small computer system.
SourceThe badge exposes two Shitty Add-On V1.69bis connectors and an IR pairing connector, giving attendees both add-on and badge-to-badge interaction surfaces.
SourceThe kit advertised a prototyping area and explicitly invited attendees to hack the hardware in wearable and other forms.
SourceThe guide documents slow RF signal processing on GPIO19 and a faster-data wiring path from RF module DATA OUT to RX1.
SourceThe repository hardware directory exposes Eagle schematic and board files plus exported PDFs for the badge design.
SourceThe winning contest entry connected badge LED behavior through a stereo plug into an analog synthesizer as event generators and added piezo debug output.
SourceThe official page explicitly notes that hacking the hardware to turn all LEDs on would probably also deserve the cool swag.
SourceThe Compass wrap-up says it was possible to play sound from the badge by soldering headphones to the RX pin.
Source28C3 included USB missile launchers for a competition to combine launcher hardware with r0ket; the first 100 published hacks could keep the launcher.
SourceThe FTDI log documents the badge's FT2232H channel split, with one channel for UART/JTAG/SPI/I2C/bit-banging hardware work and the other for the badge SoC serial terminal.
SourceThe badge wiki documents avrdude/ISP flashing for ATTiny44A with t44 part flag and low/high/extended fuse values, pointing deeper work to the firmware Makefile.
SourceThe official HHV page required attendees to bring a 3.3V USB-UART adapter, and the EasyFlag writeup shows UART boot output used to interact with the badge challenge.
SourceA Veritas attendee report describes the 2024 HCV badge as an integrated-circuit electronic badge with a four-line LED screen and joystick, powered by battery or USB-C.
SourceThe badge exposed infrared transmit/receive hardware, touch-pad buttons, LEDs, USB programming, and accessible I/O so attendees could interact during the event and keep hacking afterward.
SourceThe Hack the Badge page lists LEDs around the circumference, star, and SecOps logo plus buttons for LED control, programming mode, binary 0, and binary 1.
SourceDEF CON 18 coverage documented USB connectivity as part of the badge's intended hackable interface.
SourceThe village description says the kit included a PCB, components, and more, with the built circuit powering up through a battery and switch.
SourceThe official abstract framed the badge around electronics, microcontrollers, LEDs, embedded devices, and practical hardware-hacking education.
SourceTeam r0ket brought RGB flame m0dules to 28C3 as a purchasable hardware extension for the badge.
SourceThe repository preserves the KiCad project, board files, schematic, generated Gerbers, and position files needed to study or reproduce the badge PCB.
SourceThe official badge page lists public Best Hardware Mod submissions, including 3D-printable battery holder and case approaches for carrying or protecting the badge.
SourceSecurity Fest hosted a soldering village so attendees could solder their own LEDs in chosen colours and personalize the badge.
SourceRaspberry Pi's article and the PamirAI user guide identify the badge around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 platform intended to run local, private, interactive edge AI.
SourceThe Hackbat README documents the ESP32-C3 WROOM module as the badge core, with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, BLE 5.0, and Arduino IDE or ESP-IDF programming paths.
SourceThe workshop page describes the supplied hardware as an ESP32 badge board, and the board README documents an ESP32-S3 demo board for Aranya Embedded.
SourceThe official page lists Heltec Wireless Tracker V1.1 hardware with ESP32-S3FN8, SX1262 915 MHz LoRa, UC6580 GPS, TFT display, user button, RGB LED, buzzer, and 450 mAh battery.
SourceVillage-sold Differential Destroyer boards were documented as Pico 2-compatible and bundled with a Pico 2 flashed with current firmware.
SourceThe README and firmware document a Raspberry Pi Pico / RP2040-class badge with two AAA batteries, TFT display, buttons, LEDs, DAC drive, current/voltage monitoring, and electrode output hardware.
SourceDEF CON described the DC32 badge as the first RP2350 board, while Raspberry Pi sources document the badge as powered by RP2350.
SourceFREE-WILi documents the badge around a Raspberry Pi RP2350A controller and ESP32-C6 Wi-Fi interface, with standard USB bootloader update support.
SourceThe RTFM BOM documents an STM32F412RET6 badge with a 0.96 inch OLED, ST7735 128x160 TFT, APA-102C LEDs, USB-C, BlackBerry Q10 keyboard, and coin-cell holder.
SourceThe PCB repository publishes hardware artwork and errata under a CC BY-SA 3.0 statement attributed to Sprite_tm / Jeroen Domburg.
SourceThe repository preserves Eagle board/schematic files, generated Gerbers, LCD and RJ45 component documentation, and graphics assets for the historical badge archive.
SourceThe official badge page links a public PCB design repository that preserves KiCad project files, schematic, board layout, Gerbers, BOM, and manufacturing PDFs.
SourceThe repository preserves KiCad project files and Gerbers so builders could fork or fabricate the unofficial Remoticon board.
SourceThe repository preserves KiCad schematic/PCB/project files plus PCBWay render, BOM, placement, Gerber/drill, flashing binary, and flashing instruction artifacts.
SourceThe Hackaday.io project published the badge as a KiCad design with regular 0.1 inch pad-grid space intended for user-added circuitry.
SourceThe repository preserves Eagle board, schematic, and library files for the DC503 2018 Banglet hardware design.
SourceThe public repository preserves a KiCad schematic, BOM, placement CSV, and fabrication ZIP for the 2024 badge.
SourceThe BUSSide was developed to detect I2C, SPI, UART, and JTAG pinouts, dump I2C EEPROMs and SPI flash, and auto-detect UART settings for an interactive console.
SourceHackaday and the project files describe a MicroMod carrier-board variant, with later logs showing hand-soldered spacers, joysticks, USB through-hole pins, screen, and a RISC-V MicroMod module.
SourceThe HW101 page says the village would have enough badges for everyone attending the conference and that participants could take home a custom badge after soldering it.
SourceHackaday reports a 10 EUR workshop kit for soldering electrode pads to a sacrificial USB-C cable, including a demo where pads on the temples sensed left/right eye movement.
SourceThe activity guide identified R1, R2, and C2 as the 555 astable timing parts and encouraged attendees to change oscillation speed.
SourceThe page documents diffuser installation, slide-switch direction changes, and an optional MPU6050 module, making hardware modification part of the badge record.
SourcePost-event hacks used the expansion-header serial pins with a NodeMCU to create a WiFi/BBS modem and badge radio chat path.
SourceEEPROM-equipped hexpansions can carry metadata plus a LittleFS filesystem containing an app.py, allowing hardware add-ons to ship their own badge-side behavior.
SourceThe Telegraph badge documentation links SAO designs, Qwiic expansion, ESP32-C6 firmware, CH32V003 co-processor firmware, hardware files, and a 3D printable case.
SourceThe badge's FPGA and RP2040/ESP32 split enabled deeper hardware experiments beyond ordinary app loading.
SourcePublic writeups and later community experiments connected rad1o to HackRF/PortaPack-style standalone SDR usage beyond the official camp firmware and documented SMA mod path.
SourceThe talk describes a memory-stick-sized ARM7 meshing node design, USB power/reprogramming, RP-SMA antenna, and GCC ARM toolchain support for custom firmware.
SourceTeam Robotmad's BadgeBot is published as a Tildagon App Directory app for the Hex Drive hexpansion, extending the same hardware ecosystem already visible through HexManager.
SourceTeam Robotmad's HexManager app is a 2026 app-store release for managing hexpansion EEPROMs, making Tildagon's hardware add-on lifecycle visible as badge-side software.
SourceThe host guide documents a Python probe and GNU Radio examples for streaming samples from the HFSDR USB device.
SourceThe host README and firmware document HID writes that stage data in RAM and commit it into flash for later keyboard/macro output.
SourceOfficial attendee communications say black lanyards meant photos were allowed while blue lanyards meant the wearer did not want photos or video taken.
SourceThe official 2024 prospectus says BSides Melbourne badges carry preferred pronouns, photo permissions, and interaction preferences.
SourceThe hardware list includes an NFC tag, making identity and near-field interaction part of the badge surface.
SourceThe official wiki says each attendee received one Shadybucks wristband at registration and activated it at Shadytel.
SourceThe official social trail framed the badge as more than a pass and as a collectible experience intended for every attendee, while not exposing final circuit details.
SourceThe current official FAQ says every participant gets access to all tracks plus a BSides Tampa shirt, badge, lanyard, and happy-hour access.
SourceThe Wikimedia Commons documentary photo shows a physical BSides Tampa 2018 badge/lanyard artifact, now published as a cropped WebP derivative with CC BY-SA provenance.
SourcePurplecon's official diary says attendees received a lanyard with the official purplecon badge, a glow-in-the-dark star.
SourceThe Commons description identifies the photographed object as the badge issued at the tenth Hackers On Planet Earth conference.
SourceDEF CON forum feedback describes the standard DEF CON 25 badge as a rubber or plastic admission artifact rather than a powered electronics platform.
SourceThe official WAHCKon 2013 ticket page says the standard ticket included a WAHCKon 2013 badge.
SourceThe official terms require every person on the conference floor to have a visible badge at all times and prohibit access by unbadged guests.
SourceThe official badge page says the Kawaiicon 3 badge was laser etched and cut from recycled paper with a wildflower seed mixture.
SourceHumanitix ticketing lists standard conference badge inclusion and a limited VIP Edition with a special VIP badge.
SourceUnknownCon's 2026 pass copy includes a lanyard plus official badge with the free conference pass.
SourceThe H2HC 2024 artifact is documented as the first edition of the Hacker ID Card, a CR80-size personalized card project.
SourceThe 8.8 Reloaded VIP sector package included a special badge, swag kit, apparel, meet-and-greet, party, raffle, and surprise prizes.
SourceThe badge used a persistent low-power 128x32 display and role-colored variants for human, vendor, speaker, contest, goon, press, and uber-style identities.
SourceThe assembly guide documents the People Badge with attendee, staff, volunteer, and speaker status color variants and says everyone gets an attendee badge.
SourceThe archived page lists attendee, staff, committee, VIP, and speaker MiniBadges, including attendee badges in registration materials and VIP badges handed out by Jup1t3r.
SourceJoeSchmuck posted a PSD/JPG forum-avatar badge template with blank space for a username or nickname and invited forum members to use or modify it.
SourceThe official schedule told attendees they could walk in at doors-open, grab their badge, and collect coffee from a sponsor.
SourceThe official schedule told attendees to pick up their badge during Friday preregistration to make Saturday morning registration easier.
SourceThe official 2020 schedule lists Friday early conference registrations from 4pm to 6pm and Saturday registrations opening at 8am.
SourceThe official Kiwicon 7 news feed directed in-town attendees to Friday early pickup for tickets and merch after documenting badge assembly during conference week.
SourceThe events page says Friday pre-registration at Events on Oxlade let attendees collect their badge early and meet attendees, speakers, and crew.
SourceThe official CrikeyCon 2017 schedule told attendees they could pre-register, collect their badge, and meet delegates before the conference.
SourceThe official CrikeyCon V archive told attendees to collect their badge early at the Friday welcome event while meeting attendees, speakers, and crew.
SourceThe official archive documented pre-registration as a chance to collect the CrikeyCon VI badge early before the conference.
SourceThe CrikeyCon X schedule told attendees to pick up badges early at the Friday pre-registration event so they could enter the Saturday conference faster.
SourceThe MOS & BOO wrap-up says their talk made them VIPs and gave them special speaker badges at OzSecCon 2018.
SourceThe Kiwicon X ticket-pickup notice said attendees had to wear their Kiwicon X badge and lanyard visibly at all times in the venue.
SourceThe official Kiwicon 9 page instructed attendees to wear their badge visibly while inside the venue.
SourceThe volunteer page documents taking a badge sheet from the printer, laminating it, cutting it, making a hole, and attaching it to a lanyard before issuing it to an attendee.
SourceThe FAQ says every participant was asked to wear the camp wristband, enforcement began during the event, and wristbands were available at the infodesk from July 27, 2016.
SourceThe FAQ says every participant was asked to wear the camp wristband, with enforcement beginning during the event and pickup at the infodesk.
SourceThe 2024 FAQ says every participant was asked to wear the camp wristband, with pickup handled at the infodesk.
SourceThe how-to page instructs attendees to present a ticket code at the gate, check in at reception, then find the camp registration person to receive a wristband.
SourceThe how-to page says attendees should find the camp registration person at the campsite after reception check-in and receive a wristband before 0-24 re-entry is possible.
SourceThe how-to page says attendees should find the camp registration person at the campsite after reception check-in and receive a wristband before 0-24 re-entry is possible.
SourceThe how-to page instructs attendees to present a ticket code at the gate, then check in at reception with government-issued ID or passport because Hungarian law requires it for overnight stay.
SourceThe how-to page instructs attendees to present a ticket code at the gate, then check in at reception with government-issued ID or passport because Hungarian law requires it for overnight stay.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail from the first H.A.C.K. camp cycle.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, giving the ticket record a cryptographic verification detail.
SourceThe ticket page says attendees could verify the checksum of a certificate signed by a subset of the organizers using PGP, preserving the cryptographic verification detail from earlier Camp++ access flows.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant had to register a ticket, the campsite reception would check the random ticket ID against a ticketing-system list, and each ID could only be used once.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant had to register a ticket and the campsite reception checked each random ticket ID against the ticketing-system list, with each ID usable only once.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant had to register a ticket, the campsite reception would check the random ticket ID against a ticketing-system list, and each ID could only be used once.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant must register a ticket, the campsite checks the random ticket ID against a ticketing-system list, and each ID can only be used once.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket page says every participant, including speakers and organizers, had to register a ticket to participate, while the how-to page tells attendees to bring the ticket on a device or printed.
SourceThe ticket-prices page lists event wristbands as an infrastructure cost, which is useful evidence for access-artifact planning without proving exact attendee distribution details.
SourceThe how-to page asks attendees to bring state-issued photo IDs only if they want to participate in CAcert assurance, keeping the photo-ID requirement separate from basic camp ticket identity.
SourceThe how-to page asks attendees to bring state-issued photo IDs only if they want to participate in CAcert assurance, keeping the photo-ID requirement separate from basic camp ticket identity.
SourceThe how-to page asks attendees to bring state-issued photo IDs only if they want to participate in CAcert assurance, keeping the photo-ID requirement separate from basic camp ticket identity.
SourceThe how-to page lists government-issued identification as something to show to the campsite owners on arrival because it was required by law, separate from the random ticket ID access marker.
SourceThe infodesk page says attendees could get a stamp for their hackerpassport and buy a hackerpassport, tying HaxoGreen 2016 to the wider European hackerpassport collection path.
SourceThe infodesk page says attendees could get a stamp for their hackerpassport, tying HaxoGreen to the broader European hackerpassport collection culture.
SourceThe infodesk page says attendees could get a stamp for their hackerpassport, preserving the European hackerpassport collection thread for HaxoGreen 2024.
SourceThe NilbinSec announcement and product page describe two included SAOs, red and blue fighters, with game data and hidden interactions carried through EEPROM.
SourceThe same first-hand source says a MiniBadge was included with the 2020 badge package, without recovering enough public detail to describe its electronics or designer attribution.
SourceIf no SD card was inserted, the transmit state used the infrared path for TV-B-Gone-style remote-control power-off behavior.
SourceThe 2016 badge used IR for badge recognition/synchronization and TV-B-Gone-style code transmission.
SourceThe reveal and firmware docs document a custom keyboard, TCA8418 keyboard matrix controller, wide LCD, LVGL MicroPython UI pages, and function-key app workflows.
SourceThe README documents three capacitive touch sensors for wheel input plus a center capacitive button, matching the touch-wheel interaction model described in the project writeup.
SourceJohn Rogers and Ben Eriksson's Fluroclock app controls an EMF installation from the badge, showing Tildagon as a controller for camp-side media hardware.
SourceThe 2023 writeup documents side connectors for badge chaining, optional OLED feedback, buttons, RGB LEDs, and point-scoring badge-to-badge interaction.
SourceThe Disobey 2020 docs describe Gameboy-inspired touch buttons, a launcher opened with START, a nickname app, and an on-badge keyboard with input, cursor, and confirmation modes.
SourceThe README documents light sensing via LED2, left/right vibration motors, quiet sound generation through vibration motor PWM, accelerometer readings, and magnetometer readings.
SourceFour PCB-integrated resistive touch sensors control sample triggering, sequencer behavior, pitch shifting, and filtering through RP2040 ADC readings.
SourceDocumented display tabs include main H2HC 2018, dev status, last BLE message, raw debug text, and name pages.
SourceThe Tanmatsu manual documents internal personality modules as hot-swappable boards that can be exchanged to change device behavior while preserving the same handheld base.
SourceThe related Jr Hacker badge used an ESP8266 platform with IR tag gameplay, speaker, vibration motor, and WS2812 hit counter, with source material preserved under shark-badge.
SourceThe official 2026 sponsorship package says lanyards allow participants to hang badges around their necks and that the lanyard package includes the badge for about 600 items.
SourceThe official ROOTCON 15 Artwork/lanyard directory lists lanyard_front.jpg and lanyard_back.jpg, preserving the event's lanyard artwork trail.
SourceThe official ROOTCON 17 Art directory lists lanyard_single.png as public event lanyard artwork.
SourceThe badge used a Cat-5 cable through the board as a LANyard switch, making the physical lanyard part of the badge interaction.
SourceThe official sponsor page names CyberSec People as sponsor of the BSides Melbourne 2020 lanyards.
SourceThe official 2024 prospectus lists lanyard sponsorship as sold and sponsored in the conference-items sponsorship inventory.
SourceThe attendee report links a designer-authored reverse-engineering guide and a second programming guide that used avrdude, avr-gcc, and C examples.
SourceThe repository includes an Apache-2.0 license file for its published source tree, while this catalogue still leaves the hero image empty until a specific reusable photo or upstream render is cleared.
SourceThe Hackbat documentation lists four WS2812 smart LEDs on the badge board.
Sourcemich181189's ArtNet Receiver turns Tildagon into a networked lighting-control receiver, with the app-directory description explicitly warning that the first release is janky and hard-coded.
SourceThe recovered first-hand report describes the badge as fancy hardware for speakers and friends, so the record does not claim general attendee distribution.
SourceThe WWHF e-badge page says the 2025 electronic badge was sponsored by Antisyphon Training.
SourceHackRVA describes the RVAsec electronic badge programme as a recurring badge-team effort with schedules, games, and surprises.
SourceThe official villages page describes a Badge Museum documenting NorthSec's long-running electronic-badge history and open-hardware culture.
SourceOfficial and EFF event pages anchor HOPE X as the tenth HOPE in New York City on July 18-20, 2014, giving the physical badge a clear place in the HOPE lineage.
SourceHackfest's official history says the 2019 CTF introduced an electronic badge and that participants immediately appreciated it.
SourceU.S. Army coverage identifies the 2024 8-8-8 badge as AvengerCon's first electronic badge.
SourceCisco's 2015 write-up frames SAINTCON's show-badge program as having run across the prior two years, supporting 2014 as part of the event's early badge lineage.
SourceThe writeup explicitly planned to make badges a mainstay at future AfricaHackOn conferences, move from about 20 selected units to all attendees, and transition to a professional PCB.
SourceCisco Connected Mobile Experiences data supplied the venue-location context used to personalize badge behavior and analyze attendee movement.
SourceNodeWatch and NearForm document TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers experiments for gesture recognition on the watch, with a public model notebook and application examples.
SourceParticipants trained the cars' neural networks by manually driving around the track before testing autonomous driving behavior.
SourceThe miniconf workflow gathered training video from the car and analyzed it offline with TensorFlow before attendees tried self-driving runs.
SourceOfficial docs preserve post-event recovery behavior: firmware v1.6.0+ can force hexpansion detection with button chords, and failed updates may require better WiFi or flashing.
SourceThe DEF CON 27 bio describes TwinkleTwinkie as an independent PCB artist who has manufactured artistic PCB badges and indie badge add-ons.
SourceThe releases page preserves Prototype 3 BOM/CPL/Gerber/schematic assets plus summit_v1 and summit_v2 firmware and filesystem release files.
SourceThe PCB repository preserves Eagle board and schematic files, a project library, scripts, OSH Park design rules, and multiple Gerber ZIP archives.
SourceBadge Pirates publishes CC13 Gerbers, KiCad sources, documentation outputs, and an MIT repository license.
SourceBadge Pirates publishes Gerbers, BOM exports, an interactive BOM, ESP32-S3 reference material, and BasicCodeForQA for the CactusCon 12 badge.
SourceThe repository README documents compressing the production files and using the centroid and BOM files to order boards through JLCPCB.
SourceThe repository preserves the Multnomah KiCad PCB, schematic, project, netlist, footprint table, symbol table, and local footprint directory.
SourceThe repository preserves BSidesPDX_2018 KiCad board, schematic, project, libraries, local footprints, and Gerber/drill outputs.
SourceThe repository preserves OpenTaxus KiCad schematic, board, project, footprints, logos, and dock files for hardware review and reproduction.
SourceBadge Pirates publishes KiCad files, schematic PDF, interactive BOM, Gerbers, STEP exports, and STL/3MF enclosure parts for manufacturing and review.
SourceThe official write-up says the badge shells were printed on one Prusa MK4 over about a month and a half with full-plate front/back batches.
SourceThe build story and Hackaday article call out a clothespin-based programming jig as part of the practical production workaround trail.
SourcePublic sources document ICSP programming with pogo pins and a clothespin pogo-clamp workflow used during badge production.
SourceOSHWA and repository documentation describe CAN 2.0B/NMEA-2000, NMEA-0183, and Modbus RTU transceiver modes with software-controlled half- and full-duplex behavior.
SourceThe badge page lists the included wildflower seed mixture and asks attendees who are not based in New Zealand to return the badge in merch-desk recycling boxes.
SourceThe README describes ADC streaming over a serial interface and frames the badge as a basic 12-bit logic analyser for low-rate signal inspection.
SourceThe wiki tracks 3D-printed cases, spacers, covers, and repair guidance, reflecting the post-event mechanical support ecosystem.
SourceThe official badge page links 3D-printable mechanical accessories and CAD resources for carrying, controlling, and decorating the badge.
SourceThe artifact consisted of a white baseplate PCB and a separate USB-stick badge board, with soldering-pad access for serial-adapter bootloader repair.
SourceHackaday describes the badge as a cube constructed from PCBs soldered along their edges, with a run of over 400 units assembled by hand.
SourceHackaday's customization article points attendees to STEP, DXF, and SVG front-panel models so the non-electrical front PCB can be replaced with CNC, laser-cut, or 3D-printed panels.
SourceHackaday's customization article frames the badge as built to be modified with replaceable front-panel mechanical files.
SourceThe 3D-print README documents soft flexible and hard hinged bangle shells for holding the electronics, with magnets, hinge wire, and heat-shrink retention.
SourceThe production path moved from a two-material ABS and PC enclosure concept to a single clear polycarbonate housing so the PCB color and LED passthrough could work within the tooling schedule.
SourceThe same Hackaday.io log identifies the enclosure as an injection-molded rocket shell and credits Jaycon Systems for the production path.
SourceThe Ph0xx logs document 4.2 mm holes on an 8 mm grid so the badge could mount into LEGO Technic-compatible builds.
SourceNathan Dumont's Omni wheel appears in the official showcase with published files, another example of Tildagon add-ons using mechanical play rather than only electronics.
SourceThe badge's mechanical identity comes from turning old Nokia 3310 phone shells into camp badge enclosures while keeping the keypad and handheld form factor.
SourceThe public repository includes 3d_Prints model/STL material and a Project-CC13 STEP export for mechanical reference.
SourceThe Hack-Master badge used a dual-PCB assembly and two RGB LEDs as backlights for a custom image reel.
SourceThe back-cover README documents printable cover and switch-cap files, optional additional LEDs, switched-power pickup pins, LED mounting, masking, and snap-on assembly.
SourceNathan Dumont's Flopagon uses a floppy-disk form factor, documenting that Tildagon add-ons range beyond simple sensors into playful media and mechanical experiments.
SourceFolded liner notes and the cassette audio carried track-list, color, character, tone, and number-station-style clues for remote badge solving.
SourceThe badge splits flash into code and filesystem partitions and exposes a USB mass-storage volume where users copy 128x160 TGA images into `blingpic/` for display on the badge.
SourceThe official home page says the badge bundle contained a CarolinaCon T-shirt, shot glass, sticker, and Conference PCB Badge.
SourceThe official page says the merch bundle included a kit with all parts needed to make the year's badge.
SourceThe badge ships with the LHC channel preprogrammed, while the LHC guide documents QR-code onboarding and Meshtastic channel setup.
SourceThe README identifies ATTiny85 / ATTiny45/85 Optiboot as the badge controller target and documents Arduino IDE / ATTinyCore setup.
SourceThe same source identifies the controller as an ATtiny84 and warns that incorrect orientation leaves the badge non-functional.
SourceThe repository production CSV identifies the V2.2 badge controller as an STM32F103CBT6 in an LQFP-48 package.
SourceThe hardware writeup and repository document the badge around an ESP8266 module with USB serial programming and Wi-Fi features.
SourceTechMaker says the 2020 badge moved away from ready-made dev boards to a custom board built around Espressif's ESP32-WROOM-32D module.
SourceThe TechMaker writeup says the team chose a platform with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the public firmware archive preserves an ESP-IDF project for the NoNameBadge.
SourceThe hardware page lists ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8 with Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5, and Zigbee/Thread as the badge's core SoC.
SourceThe hardware specification identifies a Nordic nRF52832 SoC with Bluetooth LE 4.2 as the smartwatch core.
SourceDatko and Hackaday describe the SAINTCON 2014 badge as an Arduino clone or Arduino-compatible badge built for attendee hacking.
SourceThe public guide identifies the D1 Mini ESP8266 development board as the badge compute module and documents header orientation and USB flashing behavior.
SourceThe public repository acknowledgements say Espressif Systems sponsored ESP32-C3-WROOM-02-N4 modules for the Hack&Roll 2026 hardware badge.
SourceThe wiki pointed Android users to a patched RF Analyzer APK/source path because upstream RF Analyzer did not yet work with rad1o.
SourceThe smartphone-integration log documents the AND!XOR Android app terminal, Nordic nRF Toolbox compatibility, nearby badge scanning, BLE terminal commands, script buttons, and maintenance-mode behavior.
SourceThe record should be refreshed after June 9-10, 2026 for final hardware, firmware, attendee guide, production, and image provenance.
SourceAn accelerometer was added and paired with the buzzer to create a tone-generator/synthesizer controlled by badge tilt.
SourceThe firmware documents a hall-effect sensor interrupt, RPM calculation, and timing loop used to align the POV output with spinner rotation.
SourceThe repository exposes separate schematic PDFs and Gerber ZIPs for the badge, head, hood, arm, and back boards, making the RCA artifact a multi-board kit rather than a single PCB record.
SourceThe badge maker frames Patches as part of the Voodoo Heart badge series and says it combines with last year's badge and next year's final piece.
Sourcewebboggles' TILDENSTEIN 3D is a 2026 Tildagon App Directory release: a Wolfenstein-style raycasting FPS with ESP-NOW multiplayer set around the EMF Camp grounds.
SourceThe MC-0o00 Melody Maker firmware by Miaou lets users compose 48-note melodies, adjust tempo, move through notes, change note values and durations, and manage simple melodies on the badge.
SourceThe badge decoration workflow included a 3D name-plate generator so attendees could personalize the badge object without changing the electronics.
SourceThe badge provides GPS own-ship position on a moving map, and the FAQ documents manual coordinate fallback when GPS lock is unavailable.
SourceThe badge created a DUCK-prefixed Wi-Fi access point, exposed an embedded web server at 192.168.4.1, and hosted CTF pages for flag capture.
SourceThe software guide documents WiFi credential setup, RGB LED boot status, MQTT host configuration, and serial-console checks for networked LoliBot behavior.
SourceCisco describes the SAINTCON show badges as purpose-built Wi-Fi enabled badges carried by about 550 attendees and tied to Cisco CMX infrastructure.
SourceBadge Net builds on Badge Link to provide Ethernet and IPv6 connectivity between badges through the 3.5 mm jacks, exposed to MicroPython as a normal network interface.
SourceThe firmware defines BadgerNet as both preferred infrastructure SSID and hotspot basename, with retry behavior before badge-hosted service fallback.
SourceThe official recordings page preserves Caleb Davis's BSides Kristiansand 2025 talk about making the Sykt Badge.
SourceCompass reports installed apps for showing the attendee nickname on the LCD and viewing the Area41 schedule.
SourceThe 2017 brochure directed attendees to a badge assembly area after buying the parts needed to build the badge from the front desk.
Source44CON states that fewer than 150 attendees left the soldering workshop with fully functioning HIDIOT 0.7 boards from the roughly 500 distributed boards.
SourceThe README says the badge can operate with the shield installed, where it drives the OLED display and runs the built-in mini-game without the ESP32 path.
SourceThe official volunteer instructions required volunteers to wear provided volunteer T-shirts during shifts and keep the badge clearly visible.
SourceRehrig documents total-internal-reflection lens work intended to focus emitter output and shape the optical behavior needed for the laser-tag game.
SourceThe badge placed an IR receiver in the center and IR emitters on the center-left and center-right of the board for laser-tag interaction.
SourceThe guide suggests attaching a buzzer or anything else to BZ1 and notes the badge can become a tripwire alarm when pointed at with a laser.
SourceThe registration page pairs the electronic badge with a custom RVAsec challenge coin in the guaranteed package.
SourceThe RC14 quick guide lists the ROOTCON Survival Kit as an inclusion and names the conference badge, lanyard, and sticker set inside it.
SourceBadge Pirates says non-electronic participants received an electrically same PCB with clues for a crypto challenge, preserving participation without overclaiming electronics for every attendee artifact.
SourceThe 2016 guide demonstrates DigiKeyboard-style USB keyboard payloads and points toward deeper V-USB work until the HIDIOT 1.0 software stack matured.
SourceThe Shadybucks page documents optional external burner-wallet linking plus QR-code wallet setup, sponsorship transfers, and spending at camp.
SourceThe unofficial section lists WiCyS, USA, Gadsen, Matrix, Eduroam, Private LTE, CompuNet, and Radiation badges with booth, sponsor, contact, or personal handoff acquisition notes.
SourceThe export includes personal and community-designed badges such as Cryptid Minibadge Expansion Board, SAO Adapter, Delicate Arch, Infinity, and other designer-attributed entries.
SourceThe personal category explains that creators brought their own badges for trading or networking and that those badges were not directly supported by conference staff.
SourceThe sketches use EEPROM for stored names and HugQuest token/infection state, keeping the pager identity and game state across restarts.
SourceThe writeup credits oomlout and Paul Downey collaboration around laser-cut badge decorations that extended the base PCB into a more complete name-badge object.
SourceThe official program describes 0.040-inch commercially pure titanium pieces fabricated by waterjet, tumbled for deburring, and kiln-oxidized for an aged puzzle-game appearance.
SourceThe DEF CON 21 badge used hidden PCB metal and interconnected paths that attendees could discover with a multimeter, making a non-powered board behave like a puzzle circuit.
SourceDEF CON 24 solving notes used badge backs, hidden traces, common encoded text, badge-type-specific silkscreen strings, and visible printed codes as puzzle material.
SourceThe lanyard carried unusual character strings and is identified by official forum and writeup sources as one of the challenge surfaces included with the badge.
SourceMar Williams described the DC33 badge as interacting with 3D images and layered art around the con through different lenses and lens combinations.
SourceDEF CON's badge news previewed the badge through its SAO slot and framed the badge as having room for attendee customization.
SourceThe build notes document custom PCB design plus laser-cut acrylic and 3D/2D files for the badge enclosure and presentation form.
SourceThe closing talk lists the wider RCA kit around the badge, including lanyard, business card, two sticker variants, postcard, and booklet.
SourceThe official page frames the BIC Pick as a red, green, and gold Afro-pick-shaped badge celebrating BIC Village's five-year anniversary.
SourceThe field report calls out an onboard relay whose practical purpose was tactile clicking, reinforcing the telegraph feel of the five-switch interface.
SourceThe pinout page lists button GPIOs, OLED I2C pins, I2S/audio labels, and userport GPIOs for badge hacking, with the exact table kept as pre-event documentation pending post-event schematic or repository release.
SourceThe public plan sketches badge stations for hardware hacking, puzzles, games, a photo booth, or similar event-specific interactions.
SourceThe official about and ticketing text advertises an electronic badge experience as part of the BSides Porto 2026 conference programme.
SourceThe project-owner plan calls out UART or wireless communication so stations can update badge state or behavior without reflashing a full image.
SourceOfficial RVAsec 15 pages list a limited Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge as part of the pre-event hotel package.
SourceThe next-version plan keeps the self-service update-station idea that was not fully reliable enough for PN26 field deployment.
SourceThe PN26 writeup lists EEPROM storage for image data as the first improvement target for the next version, avoiding PN26's full-firmware-patch workflow.
SourceThe public record currently names Nordic nRF52840 Bluetooth Low Energy/NFC hardware and Procolix-sponsored SX1262 LoRa chips, but deeper firmware/app behavior is still to be verified after the event.
SourceBadge.Team publicly names LoRa, a keyboard, a big screen, and ESP32-P4 as the ambition for HackerHotel 2027.
SourceThe 2026 prospectus offers an Electronic Badge item covering electronic badge design and build for 500 delegates.
SourceThe sponsorship pack offered an Electronic Badge item covering electronic badge design and build for 500 delegates.
SourceThe sponsor brief lists printing, lanyards, and badges among supporter-fundable expenses for the 2026 event.
SourceThe public Badge.Team firmware repository gives the badge a recoverable software trail instead of leaving the dossier at a hardware-only record.
SourcePID.codes names Troopers 2022 badges in the Badge.Team platform identifier record, tying the badge to the wider Badge.Team ecosystem even though hardware and firmware details remain unrecovered.
SourceThe March 2025 update tracks firmware, app, documentation, module redesign, and production work, showing the platform evolving like a badge ecosystem rather than a static product page.
SourceThe brochure promoted a HIDIOT Hackster project-submission path with a prize for the best attendee project.
SourceSprite_tm documented adapting a Gameboy emulator to the SHA2017 badge's e-paper display, preserving a concrete example of post-camp app hacking under unusual display constraints.
SourceAfter camp, the badge could function as a small Arduino-like development board, keeping the badge useful for learning and experiments beyond the event.
SourceThe 28C3 update promised an improved mesh network, l0dables for interactive installations, and support for the next flame generation.
SourceThe Hackplayers recap links the first three winner write-ups and summarizes their approaches: firmware extraction, RISC-V reversing, logical-flaw exploitation, static and dynamic analysis, validation weaknesses, and state manipulation.
SourceAfter AC9, the official badge page published four booth/village unlock codes for people who missed them during the event.
SourceHardwear.io documents leaving the badge's presentation mode around the 6:30 mark and uploading pictures afterward, turning the attendee object into a reusable e-paper display target.
SourceBadge.Team published a post-event guide for completing the mixed-reality challenge without the original hotel props, magnetic maze, and badge-to-badge team formation.
SourceMarc Merlin's writeup and repository document Arduino-environment support for many IoTuz peripherals, demo code, calibration work, and board bring-up fixes.
SourceThe Europe CFP says attendees could reflash the badge after Hackaday Europe and use it as a Meshtastic device.
SourceThe official page links a post-event experiment for controlling extra addressable LEDs from the badge through WLED-style firmware work.
SourceCyber Saiyan reused the RHC22 badge as a MOCA 2024 workshop and contest target, publishing a dedicated firmware branch and inviting owners to bring the badge, a PC, and USB cable.
SourceElectrolama describes flashing Tasmota by default so the badge could continue as a room sensor after camp when paired with an external sensor.
SourceRepository sketches include production-test, serial-sensor, and MQTT sensor firmware; Marc Merlin's writeup adds a participant LED-strip blinky reuse trail.
SourceThe wrap-up describes the badge as capable of doubling as a breadboard after the event.
SourceAt 37C3, Hardware Hacking Area mentors provided HiP badges to teams for embedded-programming practice and allowed the devices to be taken home after the showcase.
SourceThe manual provides a post-conference conversion path for turning the badge into a RetroPie device after the event.
SourceThe post-event WiFi guide documents how owners can attach the badge to a home or workshop network after the camp infrastructure is gone.
SourceThe 2021 evolution talk documents continuing firmware, Hatchery, BLE, companion-app, sensor, and reuse work after Camp 2019.
SourceThe repository preserves first, second, and third winner write-ups plus serial, picotool, BOOTSEL, and debugging guidance for people replaying the hardware CTF.
SourceAfter the conference, a badge-number form could output correct hashes to unlock all challenges and add-ons such as Pong, WiFi scanner, and animations.
SourceHackaday documented that the badge could identify as a USB HID keyboard and operate as a configurable macro pad after the event.
SourceThe badge could print button, click, and NFC events over USB, accept content over USB, and work with a repository script that forwarded Linux desktop notifications to the badge.
SourceThe 2016 report describes a Pimp My Badge workshop using the previous year's electronic badge and updating the standard library with additional examples.
SourceThe MT3608 boost converter raises the badge's 5 V supply to the 9 V rail used by the RF detector, and must be adjusted before the RF module is connected.
SourceThe public design notes describe USB or 1S LiPo operation, USB charging, CH340G USB serial, a power switch, and regulator/charger components.
SourceProject details and build logs document two CR123A cells, diode reverse-polarity protection, battery tests, WS2812B failure observations, and boards chainable by VCC, ground, and LED data output.
SourceThe user guide documents battery connection during setup, USB Power Delivery charging with a 9V/3A minimum, SSH access, RGB LED shutdown behavior, and 3D-printing button-tolerance troubleshooting.
SourceThe badge page documents BAT CON jumper behavior and warns users not to keep the coin cell connected while the badge is plugged into a computer.
SourceThe CAD archive records 14500 battery-holder, TP4054-class charging, and MAX17048 fuel-gauge evidence.
SourceThe hardware README documents AA battery power through a boost converter, USB-C power through a regulator, and a switch between USB and battery power.
SourceThe BOM lists a CR2032 battery holder and ALPS power switch, and the schematic links the battery holder through the switch into the 3V3 path.
SourceThe BOM lists a CR2032 battery holder and DPDT slide switch for the badge's portable power/control hardware.
SourceThe BOM lists a CR2032 battery holder and the Eagle schematic carries BT1 as a CR2032 holder tied into the badge power rails.
SourceThe board archive and README point to power and MAX17048 schematic material, with dual 14500 battery-holder and fuel-gauge evidence preserved in the CAD tree.
SourceThe CC13 KiCad comments identify LiPo charging, dual 14500 battery holders, and fuel-gauge hardware.
SourceESPlant included a 16340 lithium-cell holder, solar-input-friendly charger interface, and automatic switching between solar input, battery, and USB power.
SourceThe README and firmware document a pushbutton that toggles microphone power and clears the display for standby/low-power behavior.
SourceHackaday describes an 18650 cell and charging circuit as part of the badge hardware package.
SourceThe hardware trail documents lithium-polymer battery power and MCP73831-based charging for portable badge use.
SourceThe README documents Li-ion battery or USB power and USB charging when the power switch is on.
SourceThe SAO spec states that the badge is powered by two AA batteries and that USB-C power-bank operation keeps the badge continuously on.
SourceThe README lists a two-AAA battery holder as the badge power hardware.
SourceRomHack Camp 2026 is currently advertised with a unique hardware badge and collectible challenge; final challenge mechanics are not yet public in the source set.
SourceThe badge how-to records a hidden pattern concept in the printed design and preserves print-production details for A7 landscape badges.
SourceIain Yarnall's 7-Segment display model is a printable visual add-on in the official showcase, showing the hardware record also needs printables and non-PCB artifact links.
SourceFloppy's Interlocking Brick Hexpansions provide stud-compatible plates in multiple sizes, including versions that account for USB-C clearance.
SourceThe official sponsorship table lists Platinum sponsor logo placement on badges and merchandise, supporting a conservative conference-badge artifact record.
SourceThe 2021 walkthrough says the badge challenge started from text printed on the back of the Kākācon sticker.
SourceThe 2022 walkthrough says the second Kākācon badge challenge again started from text printed on the back of the sticker.
SourceEach badge transmitted a random 9-bit ID about five times a second, showed the ID on LEDs A-I at power-up or with the ID button, and allowed users to clear the ID by holding Erase.
SourceGreat Scott Gadgets credits OSH Park sponsorship and the repository preserves the badge hardware designs and kit photo trail.
SourceBadge Pirates documents a batch of 250 fully electronic badges built around ESP32 boards with touch screens, Wi-Fi, and SD card slots.
SourceThe tariff writeup records customs scrutiny, opened packaging, delayed delivery, and roughly a 20 percent tariff hit on the production order.
SourceThe public HackerHotel Badge talk captures the badge-team process, challenge integration, and lessons learned as part of the badge's post-event record.
SourceThe attendee report quotes Penten crediting volunteers, global parts-shortage effort, GME and 4Design support, and Sydney manufacture for delivering the badge to the community.
SourceThe Army article says Capt. Richard Shmel personally developed and made more than 300 electronic badges for AvengerCon VIII.
SourceA late GPIO0 buffer design caused battery-powered badges to enter Download boot mode until the team fixed DTR with an R19 pull-up resistor before conference shipment.
SourceAn attendee report says factory firmware left LEDs blindingly bright, requiring all badges to be reflashed just before the conference.
SourceThe talk title and abstract preserve local production lore around how the idea evolved and what problems occurred while creating the badges.
SourceThe production story documents planned mesh networking and audio streaming, with final event success framed around a room-scale mesh LED demo rather than complete audio broadcast behavior.
SourceMog noticed the exposed pad spacing lined up well enough with DB9/DE9 connector pins, leading to a pogo-pin cable and CC Debugger flashing workflow.
SourceThe Wi-Fi and pick-and-place log documents CR123A cells and holders, diode validation, stencil-holder work, eight early hand-built badges, and pick-and-place setup six days before the conference.
SourceThe H2HC card-printing posts document CR80 85.6 x 53.98 mm card sizing, a DASCOM DC-7600 600 DPI full-duplex re-transfer printer, front/back artwork preparation, on-site pickup workflow, and optional UV-ribbon capability rather than electronic badge firmware.
SourceThe official post documents panelized boards, solder-paste stencil work, reflow, inspection, through-hole soldering, and testing.
SourceThe building-badges log says kits were made, speaker and staff badges were built, and LED badges were being assembled with a TM-220A pick-and-place shortly before the conference.
SourceThe first-hand writeup names Xometry as the injection-molding partner and describes design-for-manufacturing tradeoffs around wall thickness, sink marks, lens geometry, and schedule pressure.
SourceThe badge-team notes describe USB device support, USB host, HID or CDC behavior, and ST-Link V2/SWD programming expectations.
SourceThe official page identifies the ATTINY85 pin mapping for SAO data pins and names the Amphenol programming-port and male-connector parts with 1.27 mm pitch.
SourceThe README documents Microchip Studio or avr-gcc build paths, `L12024POV.hex`, avrdude flashing to `t4313`, and Kraken or Arduino ISP programmer options for attendees.
SourceThe hardware-hacking guide documents AVRISP wiring and commands for initialization, target identification, flash reads/programming, and fuse access.
SourceThe badge could be programmed through an FTDI header, giving attendees a direct Arduino-style code-loading path.
SourceThe project is publicly shown in staged progress from idea collection through prototyping, electronic design, firmware, and delivery, with budget fit called out as the next challenge.
SourceThe repository BadUSB notes document HID report framing, script loading, command bytes, and custom-HID interface context for writing scripts to the badge.
SourceJake Walker's Protoboard Hexpansion gives badge owners a small general-purpose prototyping surface in the official connector shape.
SourceHackaday reports BLE and NFC alongside the low-power badge design, while the hardware archive identifies the nRF52832-based MDBT42Q module.
SourceThe RSSI sketch and HugQuest command path scan channels 11 through 26 and display channel signal-strength readings on the SMART Response XE screen.
SourceThe official Tildagon hexpansion guide preserves jasonalexander-ja's DECTspansion as a community-made radio expansion example for the reusable EMF 2024 badge platform.
SourceThe 2013 development post lists 2.4 GHz radio as one of the headline badge features, placing Hackover in the same radio-badge experimentation era as other early European badges.
SourceRadioFunctions.h initializes the ATmega128RFA1 2.4 GHz transceiver and constrains channels to 11 through 26 for packet send/receive and RSSI reads.
SourceThe official page identifies the badge's ESP32-S3 chip and LoRa support, framing the device as Meshtastic ready.
SourceThe 144 MHz Morse app uses GPIO and FPGA behavior for a ham-radio-style badge experiment, broadening MCH2022 beyond ordinary MicroPython apps.
SourceLoRa depends on the supplied external antenna, and the repository includes an OpenSCAD case intended to hold battery, antenna, and LEDs.
SourceThe LoRa docs expose regional frequency settings and configuration paths, which matter for legal and practical radio use.
Sourcekliment's OG Hexpansion is the official gallery's reference-style PCB example exposing badge-edge pins and linking back to the EMF 2024 hardware repository.
SourceThe badge was listed as a 50 NIS electronic-badge add-on with limited availability and explicit no-on-site-sales guidance.
SourceDEF CON's official ticket page says preregistration guarantees a DEF CON 34 Human badge when the ticket is redeemed onsite in Las Vegas.
SourceThe official event page documents ticket classes for the March 18, 2026 in-person conference at Valur FC Club House, but does not describe electronic badge behavior.
SourceThe badge workflow depended on taking attendee photos at the entrance, transferring them, laying out the badge, and printing personalized IDs in the field.
SourceThe Friday and Saturday registration schedule pages say volunteers issued a printed badge or an electronic badge depending on ticket type.
SourceThe Arizona LoCo notes say CactusCon 2018 required tickets because the event was growing and had moved to Mesa Convention Center.
SourceThe default firmware mapped buttons for Hack Live website launch, voting, sabotage, hint, and live audience commands.
SourceThe official docs now preserve concrete repair paths for damaged screens, FPC cables, LEDs, and battery connectors, treating Tildagon as maintainable camp hardware rather than a disposable novelty.
SourceThe repository description and README frame 5ohBEE as a SMART Response XE-based pager project with board setup through an ATmega128RFA1 development-board profile.
SourceThe official SaikoCTF page says the hardware badge exposes physio, cyber challenge, and programmable hardware component interfaces for the HITB Bangkok challenge.
SourceThe recruitment statement says participants received an electronic SaikoCTF badge as a participation token together with a brief soft-skills assessment summary.
SourceThe study workflow put participants in VR goggles and physiological sensors for a roughly one-hour simulated-network CTF using a Kali Linux VM, questionnaires, and researcher check-ins.
SourceThe stock firmware included a Z80 emulator running CP/M with classic software hooks such as Zork and Sargon, turning the badge into a tiny retrocomputer.
SourceThe page says the badge can be used as a normal Meshtastic node after the event, keeping the artifact useful beyond DEF CON 33.
SourceThe badge reused surplus ZBD 55c-RB / EPOP55 electronic shelf labels with CC1110 control hardware and a bistable LCD that keeps its image without power.
SourceThe Bot jewel boosted power for four large servos and was documented as the building block for turning Ph0xx into a bipedal robot.
SourceThe Ph0xx documentation points toward turning the badge into or mounting it on a robot using its hardware and mounting holes.
SourceMarc Merlin's first-hand report documents a Donkey Car kit with an onboard camera connected to a Raspberry Pi and a custom last-minute Raspberry Pi HAT.
SourceMarc Merlin's first-hand report identifies the 2020 DingoCar as controlled by a Raspberry Pi and shows it as the hardware focus of the Open Hardware Miniconf.
SourceEkoparty's official attachment pages preserve attendee, speaker, and workshop badge-art variants for the 2021 set.
SourceHuman, Goon, Press, Speaker, Vendor, Contest Organizer, and Uber badge shapes could be placed together as a puzzle, and Smitty & The Minions / Team Halibut earned honorable mention for combining all seven badges with modified firmware animations.
SourceThe badge how-to and orga notes preserve safeR, orga, participant-name-sign, and area-owner context for different visible badge roles.
SourceJonTheNiceGuy's Now & Next app shows current and upcoming EMFCamp stage items, carrying the badge from novelty hardware into a live event companion.
SourceAttendee feedback explicitly called out the lack of an official badge challenge, so the record treats DEF CON 25 as a non-puzzle standard-badge year.
SourceThe badge challenge used ARM TrustZone separation with non-secure and secure stages, command-line interaction, snake warm-up behavior, and unlock states.
SourceGrand Idea Studio links post-event research into over-the-air remote code execution against the badge's NFMI subsystem.
SourceThe README describes an AD8317 RF detector path that measures RF signal strength, displays results on the OLED, and is intended to detect hidden wireless devices.
SourceThe AMG8834 breakout turns the badge expansion interface into a small thermal-camera experiment.
SourceThe specification documents a LIS3DHTR accelerometer, LiPo voltage monitoring, DW01A protection, TP4056 charging, TPS63060 buck-boost conversion, and a PWM buzzer.
Sourcewebboggles' Seismograph app turns the onboard IMU into a live waveform and Richter-readout instrument with auto-scaling and axis cycling.
SourceThe board exposed BME280 and ADXL345 I2C sensors, screw-terminal ADC inputs for soil moisture, DS18B20, PIR, WS2812B LED strip support, and a switchable VSens rail.
SourceThe badge exposes BME688 gas/pressure/humidity/temperature sensing, MQ-3 alcohol sensing, XYZ position, infrared receive/transmit, RTC, buttons, LEDs, speaker, and full-color display for ICS exercises.
SourceThe production CSV identifies an IRM-H638T IR receiver and an LSM6DS3TR-C motion sensor, grounding the badge's IR and movement-scoring surfaces in the hardware archive.
SourceThe badge page documents CP2102 USB-to-UART access, /dev/ttyUSB0 discovery, PuTTY, and 9600-baud serial connection guidance.
SourceThe current official B|Sides Vancouver site anchors the Vancouver Security BSides lineage and location while this 2019 badge record remains constrained to recovered badge-specific evidence.
SourceThe guide walks Linux users through dmesg and ttyUSB0, macOS users through ioreg/system_profiler and tty.usbserial, and Windows users through COM-port discovery before connecting at 9600 baud.
SourceThe badge advertised itself over BLE with a 1-7 ID and included radar and badge-list screens for discovering nearby badges in camp.
SourceBadgeBuddy counted unique nearby BadgeBuddy BSSIDs every 30 seconds and adjusted the animation density to reflect nearby badges.
SourceThe 2024 badge guide describes docking badges with other attendees and game battle behavior, making the physical badge a social interaction device.
SourceThe 2025 guide documents cross-board interaction and game-battle behavior, pairing badge-to-badge play with Tetris, Dino, and Snake activities.
SourceLosT's forum note framed the badge as a security token, curiosity device, and conference-participation prompt meant to get attendees interacting without the time burden of the Mystery Challenge.
SourceBadges exchanged badge numbers and relationship data over short-range 433 MHz RF, then pushed interaction relationships toward a main PC graph.
SourceBadgePython exposed an `mch22` module for badge-specific behavior such as display, LEDs, buttons, sensors, power, and peripherals.
SourceCampZone 2020 exposed a broad set of Badge.Team Python modules for input, display, audio, WiFi, HID, MIDI, MQTT, touchpads, and app configuration.
SourceThe SDK branch documents hardware, audio, camera, e-ink, SAM LED, ASR/VAD, TTS, optional Whisper, native display, package, and Debian installation modules for the CM5 platform.
SourceThe app library and USB copy workflow let attendees add their own MicroPython apps to the badge.
SourceSHA2017 sits in the early Badge.Team lineage where apps, contributed code, documentation, and post-event platform work became central.
SourceThe CampZone 2019 docs explain app packaging, metadata, icons, state persistence, Hatchery submission, and post-install behavior.
SourceMCH2022 used Hatchery for app loading and publishing, making post-distribution applications part of the badge experience.
Sourcecard10's wearable hardware was extended through Hatchery-hosted applications and firmware workflows.
SourceDisobey 2019 could download MicroPython applications from Hatchery once configured for WiFi.
SourceDisobey 2020 exposed app installation and publishing through Hatchery and the badge's installer application.
SourceSoftwareHub is documented as the app source for browsing and installing Konsool software.
SourceDeveloper docs and community writeups show TiDAL apps and experiments such as a custom Doom port while preserving MicroPython functionality.
Sourceflow3r's app directory and MicroPython docs support post-event applications, instruments, utilities, and experiments.
SourceHITCON said badge holders could use the device after the event as an offline physical wallet for Bitcoin or Ethereum, but this catalogue pass does not independently verify wallet security or firmware implementation.
SourceThe badge page documents a ROM store and an official GulaschPushNotifier ROM, making app-like software swapping part of the GPN17 experience.
SourceThe badge artifact was implemented as a custom GB Studio game that guides players through a virtual Sao Paulo, hotel, conference, and Brazil-themed environment.
Sourcebl00mbox lets multiple flow3r applications make sound together, with foreground/background audio behavior documented for app authors.
SourceThe badge home page invites attendees to explore firmware, write code, use onboard peripherals, and discover hidden features and challenges.
SourceThe repository includes apps and examples such as menu, REPL, Asteroids, Flappy Bird, Snake, Mario, T-Rex, sketch, and image-display code.
SourceThe upstream repository preserves user-app examples and firmware docs for writing MicroPython applications on the Communicator Badge platform.
SourceThe repository preserves user-app directories for games, screensavers, spectrum analysis, text adventure, air-quality, hardware-monitor, app-manager, and other MicroPython examples.
SourceThe README documents interpreter commands for IR, LEDs, note output, buttons, D-pad, framebuffer drawing, flash read/write, and source-buffer execution.
SourceHackRVA's later interview describes audio from USB through the badge speaker path.
SourceOfficial docs describe FREE-WILi GUI support, ESP32 WebSocket interface, USB serial console API, WASM scripting examples, host Python API, FAT filesystem, and WASM control of device features.
SourceNodeWatch documents the Espruino embedded JavaScript interpreter and Bangle.js programming path as the watch's attendee-facing software platform.
SourceThe public source trail ties the badge to the Espruino/Puck.js JavaScript runtime lineage for attendee-programmable behavior.
SourceThe README says the badge is based on Pixl.js and uses Espruino IDE, CLI, and Pixl.js firmware-update workflows.
SourceThe event wiki links appfs as the way applications were stored and loaded on the badge, making installable apps part of the platform instead of just firmware demos.
SourceThe repository stores emulator, tutorial, examples, manuals, and firmware paths so the badge can be studied or programmed beyond the original event floor.
SourceThe public tools repository preserves Python assembler and disassembler scripts plus pseudo-op support for writing Voja4 programs outside direct binary entry.
SourceFri3d 2024 docs expose BadgeLink, MicroPython, Arduino, USB, WiFi, update, and reset workflows as first-class extension paths.
SourceKonsool documents browser-based firmware flashing plus OTA and USB update workflows.
SourceTiLDA MKe was designed around event schedule updates, talk alerts, online registration, torch mode, and camp utility behavior.
SourceThe BCD firmware article documents an ESP32-S3 firmware flashing path and a continuing software surface.
SourceThe ESP32 badge is documented as MicroPython-capable, making the recycled phone shell a programmable badge platform rather than a static prop.
SourceMicroPython apps and OS work continue after the event through the documented app publishing and simulator workflow.
SourceThe 2016 badge could act as a USB HID keyboard for generated passwords and random-number output.
SourceThe README documents 3.3 V TTL UART2 debug serial at 115200 baud, root credentials, terminal access, Python 3.11.6, and a simple Python hello-world path.
SourceThe 2023 status table marks audio output working on both badge hardware and simulator while audio/jack input remains not implemented.
SourceThe HackRVA recap documents two-channel audio behavior on the 2018 badge.
SourceThe original TiLDA wiki grouped wireless experiments, game mechanics, contributed code, hardware plans, and bug fixes as a shared camp hacking surface.
SourceThe badge records preserve Tetris, moving messages, accelerometer readouts, and a planned demoscene contest as first-class badge activity.
SourceThe README links Badge.Team firmware, a flasher, Rust examples, workshop firmware, and a 3D printed case branch.
SourceThe 2016 badge documented 9600 baud optical serial communication and IR terminal messaging between badges and from a universal remote.
SourceThe attendee report says the badge was simple enough for beginners to get going and was soldered during the conference with shared attendee setup help.
SourceAttendees could build a bonus track with standoffs, headers, jumper wires, and a detect-pad bridge, then insert it into the badge for racing.
SourceThe official activity guide documents a small PCB kit that lets attendees harness the badge crank output to charge devices through USB-A.
SourceThe builder log says the ToorCon badge incorporated an SMD Challenge with eight LEDs, including one smaller 0201 LED.
SourceThe badge incorporated an SMD soldering challenge circuit credited to MakersBox, turning part of the board into a small assembly exercise.
SourceThe 2025 soldering-village writeup documents an add-on challenge with eight LEDs, polarity/defect debugging, VCC and pin behavior, SAO table context, scrambled code recovery, and final flag submission.
SourceThe badge became an electronic cocktail rendition after attendees soldered RGB flashing LEDs and coin-cell power onto the custom PCB.
SourceNolaCon's badge page says the badge had been a conference Learn to Solder centerpiece for the past three years and presents Patches as the 2025 continuation.
SourceTony Goacher's TGSTL app turns a SparkFun sound detector into a Tildagon sound-to-light path, tying the app store to a physical sensor hexpansion.
SourceThe public repository preserves firmware, Gerbers, SPI tooling, troubleshooting notes, a flash-image archive, and Apache-2.0 license metadata after the CTF window.
SourceThe 2024 badge released KiCad, firmware, web configuration, production data, and a programming-jig model, with CERN-OHL-P-2.0 hardware and MIT firmware licensing.
SourceThe Hackover archive preserved firmware and schematic git clone commands after the event, including a note that KiCad-free users could find schematic PDFs under plots/schematics.
SourceThe official CFP says accepted talks or events receive a speaker/event-host badge granting free access to BSides Canberra.
SourceThe CrikeyCon 2017 CFP promised accepted presenters, trainers, and event holders a special speaker badge.
SourceThe CrikeyCon V call-for-presentations, training, and events/workshops sections each promised accepted participants a special speaker badge.
SourceThe participation-call sections promised accepted speakers, trainers, and event/workshop holders a special speaker badge in addition to the regular attendee badge.
SourceThe CFP lists a VIP badge as part of the NotPinkCon speaker benefits package, alongside travel, accommodation, dinner, and parties.
SourceThe first-hand writeup describes DerbyCon's black badge as the event's lifetime-ticket equivalent and frames this build as the Legacy Black Badge artifact.
SourceThe Lado B attachment page preserves a separate special badge-art variant in the 2021 set.
SourceThe ROOTCON 13 sponsor prospectus sold an RC13 Badge value-added opportunity for sponsor logo placement on the badge.
SourceThe ROOTCON 11 partnership kit sold logo placement on the official ROOTCON 11 electronic badge as an add-on available to elite sponsors.
SourceThe sponsor category records badges designed by or for sponsors, including Arctic Wolf, Check Point, CompuNet, UETN, and Valcom entries with sponsor-booth acquisition framing.
SourceThe official sponsors page lists a dedicated Badge Sponsor category for Nullcon Goa 2018, naming NCC Group in that slot.
SourceThe official BSides Agra social trail announced IOTSRG as Badge Sponsor for the 2025 event.
SourceThe same official sponsors page lists a separate Lanyard Sponsor category, naming HackerOne, so the record keeps badge and lanyard artifact evidence linked but distinct.
SourceThe official 2025 sponsor page lists one dedicated Badge Sponsor slot for the event.
SourceThe current 2026 sponsor page marks lanyards as sponsorship claimed in the conference-items inventory.
SourceThe repository README documents rotary-encoder controls for FM audio output and cycling LED modes when the device is used without a PC.
SourceThe badge manual documents calibration plus steering and wobble modes that affect perceived left/right balance through conductive electrode pads.
SourceAn onboard STM32F042 acted as USB/serial interface and I2C ADC bridge, with ESP_Kwai library support and STM firmware material in the repository.
SourceThe FAQ asks visitors to bring a reusable lanyard or donate lanyards so the event can reduce waste while still issuing wearable badges.
SourceNullcon Goa 2014 scheduled a dedicated Hardware Badge 101 session about the badge design, uses, idea evolution, and production problems.
SourceDEF CON's August 7, 2025 news notice says attendees in the cash line were receiving paper badges because the main badge shipment was delayed.
SourceA maker writeup documents a simple BSides Ballarat 2026 SAO board with a six-pin pass-through connector and a WS2812B addressable RGB LED driven from pin 5.
SourceThe Rust repository documents badge examples including Breakout, Skyroads, Snake, Space Shooter, demoscene, shader, vector demo, display tests, LED bars, microphone, name-tag, scrolling, vibration, and async task-switch examples.
SourceThe MIT-licensed disobey2026badge crate and repository expose Rust APIs for the ST7789 display, nine GPIO buttons, WS2812 LEDs, display backlight, and vibration motor.
SourceThe official registration update says CactusCon had a free tier and an option to purchase an electronic badge.
SourceThe same notes say there was no cost to get in but attendees had to pay in order to get a badge.
SourceThe attendee writeup says CactusCon 2017 could be attended free or with a $45 package that included a badge, shirt, and swag.
SourceThe official 2026 site lists an EBADGE+ ticket tier including lanyard and electronic badge alongside two-day conference/workshop access.
SourceThe official RC17 conference overview lists Badge, Lanyard + other swags for Human and Human+ ticket tiers.
SourceHumanitix described the conference badge as an electronic badge worthy of the Fellowship within the event's Middle-earth themed ticketing copy.
SourceThe ROOTCON 12 quick guide says registration included an official ROOTCON badge alongside two-day conference access, meals, free trainings, electronic certificate request, and swag.
SourceThe official BSides Perth 2026 page says the weekend participant ticket includes conference swag made up of a t-shirt, badge, and stickers.
SourceHumanitix says BSides Canberra 2026 general and student entry include a t-shirt and electronic badge, but no shipped hardware details are public yet.
SourceThe Humanitix ticketing page lists a cool badge with Standard Ticket access and again as part of the VIP Edition inclusions.
SourceThe official page lists MiniBadge trading hours from Tuesday through Friday, with Monday closed, making trading an explicit conference activity rather than an inferred side event.
SourceThe official training page says all components and tools required to create a standard conference badge were supplied during the one-day workshop.
SourceThe E-ALE LCA2019 pages document Raspberry Pi Zero WH lab use and a Floral Bonnet purchase requirement for hands-on seminar work.
SourceThe LCA2019 E-ALE schedule used the board across a three-day sequence covering walkthrough, GPIO/libgpiod, SPI/spidev, I2C/i2cdev, IoT/cloud, and security topics.
SourceThe Raw Hex tutorial repository preserves example code used alongside the HIDIOT documentation flow.
SourceNinja Networks built the DC17 badge as the electronic invitation artifact for its DEF CON-adjacent party at the Artisan Hotel.
SourceBadge Pirates documents an unofficial Pirate badge variant plus a counterfeit-badge challenge triggered after badge imagery leaked before the event.
SourceGrand Idea Studio says the fully designed but unpopulated circuitry supported an MMA7260QT triple-axis accelerometer and an MC13191FC 2.4 GHz RF transceiver for motion and ZigBee-class experiments.
SourceHackaday documented direct programming through tactile front-panel buttons and 272 LEDs that showed CPU state, data memory, opcodes, operands, and execution progress.
SourceThe workshop page calls out a large RGB notification LED and a large tactile button as the board's attendee-facing interaction surface.
SourceThe CAD-OuterBoard tree preserves attendee, Mafia, speaker, staff, and generic outer-board KiCad variants.
SourceThe project documents twin 1 Mbps CAN buses, two transceivers, external CAN headers, MITM or dual-logging breakout, and CAN-side badge focus.
SourceThe official CHV page documents the 2024 main badge with an RP2040, four CAN networks, a dry CAN connector, and four SAO connectors, while the public board tree preserves KiCad and production files.
SourceSecOps describes Hackable BCPen and CPen badges and explicitly invites BSides Goa 2024 booth visitors to claim a free exam through the badge trail.
SourceThe HTX Public Safety Village page ties the village to AI and IoT public-safety challenges and says top HTX CTF finalists unlocked limited-edition DEF CON Singapore Public Safety Village swag.
Sourcepikesley's Hat Village app is listed as the official app of Hat Village at EMF 2026, showing that Tildagon app distribution is already carrying future village-specific software.
SourceThe official 2025 schedule says the village hosted a competitive CTF using a badge designed specifically for the Hardware Challenge Village.
SourceThe official 2024 schedule says the Hardware Challenge Village used a specially designed village badge for HCV.
SourceHTX's launch report image metadata identifies a Public Safety Village badge featuring illuminated icons of emergency vehicles; no component or firmware details are public.
SourceThe official schedule says each Hardware Village participant would receive a pre-assembled badge, with limited badges available while supplies lasted.
SourceThe hardware village combined soldering, hardware talks, a hardware CTF, networking, and badge activity across the Seasides 2026 conference.
SourceThe source frames the device as a precision tool for exploring vulnerabilities and improving embedded-system security.
SourceThe v0j4 project describes the badge as a PIC24 implementation of a 4-bit virtual machine with small instructions, visible registers and stack state, GPIO, and program slots.
SourceThe official RC15 sponsorship overview lists Human Badge benefits marked Virtual Only in sponsor packages.
SourceThe Maker Village archive links an off-the-shelf virtual badge in Tinkercad so remote participants could inspect or simulate the project.
SourceThe same guide pairs the paid Survival Kit with two days of conference access via ROOTCON Discord and a digital certificate of attendance by request.
SourceThe report documents six surface-mount buttons and 16 RGB LEDs on the main badge face.
Source`main.c` maps 12 LED bits to AVR ports and the README describes words and patterns displayed through persistence of vision while the fidget spinner turns.
SourceThe Hackster materials list names 224 Adafruit 0805 LEDs, four 74HC595 shift registers, and sixteen 2N3904 transistors for the visual badge surface.
SourceThe project description names a 5x4 WS2812B LED array, and the development log says the design uses 20 LEDs rather than the earlier 25-LED expectation.
SourceThe README names WS2812B/SK6812 LEDs, while the firmware maps RC3 as the WS2812 output and cycles color-wheel and slow-fade LED effects.
SourceThe teardown documents four upper and four lower LEDs used for binary output, followed by a Morse-code light sequence.
SourceThe badge exposed top LEDs, bottom LEDs, and a four-zone LCD backlight through pattern callbacks and `NC.ledTop`, `NC.ledBottom`, and `NC.backlight` APIs.
SourceThe CADLAB README describes a 39x9, 351-LED matrix as the badge's main display surface.
SourceThe kit included a PCB, eight WS2812B addressable LEDs, eight 100 nF capacitors, a lanyard, and bottom-center VCC/data/GND LED-string pads.
SourceThe schematic labels top, left, right, and center LED groups with ten LEDs total, while the firmware drives three three-LED arms plus a center LED.
SourceTen green and ten blue LEDs illuminate the front-side circuit artwork through the PCB, while the assembly guide documents reversed LED mounting and soldering risks.
SourceRIOT OS board documentation lists 16 WS2812B LEDs, while the 37C3 workshop source describes the badge as having many RGB LED lights.
SourceHackaday describes the WarGames-inspired display surface as a dozen colored LEDs plus eight RGB LEDs.
SourceThe badge used reverse-mount RGB LEDs behind the THOTCON letters, single-color reverse-mount LEDs near capacitive buttons, and an IS32FL3731 driver for animation without heavy CPU load.
SourceThe public sources identify an ST7789 240x320 TFT display and six LEDs as the badge's main visual surfaces.
SourceThe BOM and wiring chart document seven LEDs with 220 ohm resistors mapped across Arduino digital pins D2 through D8.
SourceNodeWatch hardware specs list a 240x240 colour LCD, two-zone touch controller, GPS/Glonass receiver, accelerometer, compass, heart-rate sensor, flash, buzzer, and waterproof watch enclosure.
SourceThe parts list and wiring notes document a flexible 8x8 WS2812 LED matrix connected to 5 V, ground, and Arduino A3/digital 21 for mouth and banner output.
SourceThe sketch README says A0 is the only data pin and goes straight to the NeoPixel strip; the main firmware defines NeoPixel output on A0 with 12 LEDs.
SourceThe repository describes pairing through the WebUSB UI, setting frequency and gain, pairing again, and then observing the waterfall.
SourceThe 2022 challenge used URL reconstruction, repeated bird-image clues, and substitution solving after the sticker entry point.
SourceThe 2021 challenge used web pages, source comments, dawn-chorus audio, image EXIF data, and substitution solving after the sticker entry point.
SourceThe logs describe a web tool from an Area 3001 member that let attendees define LED-eye animations and generate Arduino code for Ph0xx.
SourceThe badge page lists support for an ESP32 board to add wireless capability beyond the RP2040 base badge.
SourceThe trinket ran a customized mesh chat protocol over BLE, with the challenge requiring reverse engineering to gain access to an administrative system broadcasting over the protocol.
SourceHugQuest includes WANNAHUG transmission, infected-state persistence, a displayed ransom-style HUG-token prompt, and an unlock command requiring HUG tokens.
SourceThe firmware advertises 503WAGON and exposes a BLE service and writable characteristic UUID 0503 that updates the on-screen banner text.
SourceThe README describes hidden party modes on BLEUART, while the BLEUART interaction sketch exposes list, rainbow, patriot, and off commands.
SourceThe project says the ESP8266 worked before the conference and exposed GPIO connections to the PSoC4 so the chips could interact and the PSoC4 could reset the Wi-Fi module.
SourceThe official workshop slides documented guided hacking paths for attendees working with the flexible-PCB badge and related hardware.
SourceThe public workshop repository gives attendees a hands-on Bangle.js development path for the NodeConf EU 2019 watch.
SourceThe villages material describes enhancing the NorthSec badge with blinking electronic parts during soldering-village activity.
SourceThe official schedule lists Open Hardware assembly time plus DingoCar machine-learning and visual-perception sessions in Room 8.
SourceThe official linux.conf.au 2019 miniconfs page anchors the Donkey Car work inside the Monday Open Hardware Miniconf and its beginner-to-advanced hardware/software framing.
SourceThe Activity Team booth provided NFC card readers so attendees could learn about common ID-card operation and inspect the contents inside their badge.
SourceThe build PDF walks attendees through fluxing pads, placing the STM32 processor, reflowing LEDs, resistors, capacitors, and installing the CR2032 holder.
SourceThe RuxBadge instruction sheet documents two-sided SMD assembly around an STM32F030K6T6, IR receiver/emitter, eight green LEDs, passives, headers, jumper, and dual CR2032 holders.
SourceThe tutorial documents neopixels, motor H-bridges, reflection sensor input, exposed headers, and a kicker servo, with exercises for lights, wheels, servo motion, sensor detection, and touch inputs.
SourceThe 2015 electronics workshop built a battery-powered Arduino pendant with an 8x8 LED matrix and noted that it could be combined with the 2015 electronic badge.
SourceHackaday reports that Russell Handorf and Mike Kershaw used the badge as a simple low-part-count reference design during their hardware design workshop.
SourceAttendees were expected to compile, configure, deploy, and modify an Aranya distributed wireless messaging application on the workshop board.
SourceThe soldering village kept a silicon glue gun available to improve light diffusion, and the writeup says almost everyone opted to use it.
SourceThe SimpleSolder guide sent attendees who completed the beginner LED flasher toward the more advanced and useful Ruxcon 2016 Hardware Hacking Village badge.
SourceThe official Tuesday schedule lists a kit assembly session before the ESP32, IoTuz hardware, ESP-IDF, MicroPython, and IoTuz demo talks.
SourceThe Hardware Hacking Village offered badge firmware reflashing opportunities and discussions with the hardware badge makers.
SourceHITCON documented programmer and FTDI support at the activity desk for attendees working with the PCB badge.
SourceAttendees were encouraged to solder LEDs either normally or reverse-mounted; reverse mounting dispersed light better on both sides of the PCB.
SourceThe official social trail documented a soldering village led by Rishabh Soni, Prathmesh Dharkar, and Kunal Rajour as part of the BSides Agra 2025 hands-on programme.
SourceThe event archive says Badge Village helped attendees get started reprogramming the special-edition badge and hacking it to do more.
SourceAVTOKYO's event programme listed a Hackerware.io hardware soldering village where beginners could buy a kit at the booth and solder all parts onto the badge.
SourceAttendees personalized the badge at the conference by soldering their own 1206 SMD challenge LEDs with hardware-village support.
SourceThe SINCON hardware village used the badge for a soldering activity with tiny SMD LEDs mounted upside down, pairing hardware work with the software CTF.
SourceThe official VULNCON page describes an IoTSRG-hosted one-day badge-building village for participants to craft an electronic badge from scratch.
SourceParticipants assembled the cars, manually drove them around the track to collect training data, and then attempted autonomous driving after model training.
SourceThe official description covers classic soldering, Surface Mount Technology, supplied tools, morning instruction, afternoon badge assembly, final tweaks, testing, and Q&A.
SourceThe official wiki walks attendees through solder-bridge removal, LCD connector placement, ATmega88 socketing, IR parts, USB contact soldering, jumpers, and final display insertion.
SourceAttendee writeups place badge soldering and SMD practice inside the event hardware-hacking area, with help and conversation around PCBs and badges.
SourceThe Berlin field report describes busy soldering benches, a workshop adding a synthesizer and photodiode experiments, 3D-printed cases, and participant hardware add-ons.
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