Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The 2025 badge replaced USB-dependent input with onboard CTF, 1, and 0 tactile buttons for entering ten-bit challenge flags directly on the badge.
Badge context
Attendee challenge writeup documenting observed 2025 badge controls, LEDs, challenge solutions, PCB blueprint archive, and secret hardware challenge analysis.
Hackerware CTF page preserving the 2025 badge challenge prompts, error-code surfaces, and blueprint link.
Hackerware badge page for the second BSides Adelaide conference badge, standalone CTF controls, binary flag entry, LED unlocks, reset path, and mystery code.
Project-owner Hackster writeup for the 2025 badge hardware list, standalone CTF design, tactile buttons, challenge LEDs, hardware village, and hidden challenge.
Official 2025 event source for the May 12-13, 2025 Hilton Adelaide edition, villages, CTF context, and continuity from 2024.
Source trail
Primary event source for the May 12-13, 2025 Hilton Adelaide edition, villages, and CTF context.
Primary badge page source for the second conference badge, standalone CTF controls, binary input, LED unlocks, reset behavior, and mystery code.
Primary challenge source preserving the 2025 badge puzzle prompts, error codes, and blueprint link.
Project-owner source for the 2025 badge hardware list, tactile-button CTF design, artwork variants, Hardware Village, seven official challenges, and hidden hardware challenge.
Attendee writeup source for observed controls, LEDs, challenge entry model, PCB blueprint analysis, and secret hardware challenge behavior.