Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The 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.
Badge context
Primary log documenting the command-line challenge, ESP-IDF console direction, UART/USB serial focus, village-themed hacking areas, and social challenge framing.
Secondary hands-on review corroborating ESP32-WROVER, WiFi/Bluetooth, mesh/botnet framing, GreenPAK button handling, IS31FL3736 LEDs, CP2102N USB, serial adventure behavior, and pre-event badge delivery.
CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons documentary photo by Sephiroth storm used as the source for the AND!XOR DC26 badge crop.
Primary retrospective source for design goals, ESP32-WROVER selection, 220x176 display, SD-card and SPI tradeoffs, IS31FL3736 lighting, CP2102N serial, two-AA power, SAO work, B.E.N.D.E.R. results, and production lessons.
Project-owner Hackaday.io source for Wild West of IoT framing, DEF CON 26 date/location context, ESP32-WROVER component listing, team roster, and open hackable badge/dev-board purpose.
Primary log documenting LULZCODE as a LOLCODE-derived badge scripting layer for microcontroller peripheral control and explaining why the badge used ESP32-WROVER external SPI RAM.
Source trail
Secondary hands-on source for ESP32-WROVER WiFi/Bluetooth, wireless botnet framing, board size/power changes, GreenPAK button handling, IS31FL3736 lighting, CP2102N USB, and serial adventure behavior.
Primary project-owner source for Wild West of IoT framing, DEF CON 26 dates/location, ESP32-WROVER component listing, team roster, and open hackable badge/dev-board positioning.
Primary software/gameplay source for the command-line ARG, ESP-IDF console direction, serial-console pivot from the DC25 wireless terminal, challenge areas, and social learning goals.
Primary scripting source for the LOLCODE-derived LULZCODE language, microcontroller peripheral-control purpose, memory pressure, and ESP32-WROVER external RAM rationale.
Primary retrospective source for ESP32-WROVER migration, display and SD-card details, IS31FL3736 LED architecture, CP2102N USB serial, power decisions, add-ons, B.E.N.D.E.R. challenge results, and production lessons.
CC BY-SA 4.0 documentary source image by Sephiroth storm showing the visible AND!XOR DC26 badge among multiple hacker-conference badges; used for image provenance and artifact visibility, not component-level hardware specification.