Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The 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.
Badge context
Assembly drawing source for board population and manufacturing reference.
Grand Idea Studio BOM PDF for parts and sourcing context.
Contest archive linked from the project page for the Team Slackers pGina single sign-on generator entry.
Contest archive linked from the project page for the winning Team Osogato line-level meter entry.
Poem referenced by the contest-winning rap-song collaboration with The Brothers Grimm.
Primary designer page with MC9S08QG8, LED matrix, capacitive sensor, optional accelerometer/RF, production, role variant, operating-state, contest, and documentation details.
Grand Idea Studio schematic PDF for the DEF CON 15 badge hardware.
Slide deck source for badge design, implementation, and conference context.
Released CodeWarrior source archive for the MC9S08QG8 firmware.
Production test procedure source for functional verification workflow.
Source trail
Primary source for MC9S08QG8 hardware, 95-LED matrix, capacitive sensors, optional accelerometer/RF circuitry, operating states, 6,800-badge production, role variants, and contest winners.
Primary BOM source for parts-list evidence and hardware corroboration.
Primary schematic source for component-level hardware evidence.
Primary released source-code archive for CodeWarrior / MC9S08QG8 firmware evidence.
Primary slide source for design, badge-making, and conference presentation context.