Add-on dossier

IR badge recognition and TV-B-Gone

A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.

BalCCon 2016 Badge historical

infrared software mode

The 2016 badge used IR for badge recognition/synchronization and TV-B-Gone-style code transmission.

Badge context

Related Resources

article

Voja Antonic's Hackaday article describing the BalCCon badge prototype lineage and IR synchronization idea.

project page

Hackaday.io project page for the first official BalCCon badge.

Source trail

Hackaday · retrieved 2026-05-15

Design article for the BalCCon badge prototype lineage.

Hackaday.io · retrieved 2026-05-15

Primary project page for hardware and feature overview.