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Capacitive touch and POV modes
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
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badge interaction surface
Two QT100 capacitive sensors controlled the five operating states, including text display, text entry, scroll-speed selection, persistence-of-vision, and sleep.
- Badge
- DEF CON 15 Badge
- Type
- badge interaction surface
- Status
- source-backed
- Compatibility
- DEF CON 15 Badge
- Source
- https://grandideastudio.com/portfolio/other/defcon-15-badge/
assembly drawing
Assembly drawing source for board population and manufacturing reference.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
bill of materials
Grand Idea Studio BOM PDF for parts and sourcing context.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
contest entry archive
Contest archive linked from the project page for the Team Slackers pGina single sign-on generator entry.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
contest entry archive
Contest archive linked from the project page for the winning Team Osogato line-level meter entry.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
lore artifact
Poem referenced by the contest-winning rap-song collaboration with The Brothers Grimm.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
project page
Primary designer page with MC9S08QG8, LED matrix, capacitive sensor, optional accelerometer/RF, production, role variant, operating-state, contest, and documentation details.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
schematic
Grand Idea Studio schematic PDF for the DEF CON 15 badge hardware.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
slides
Slide deck source for badge design, implementation, and conference context.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
source code
Released CodeWarrior source archive for the MC9S08QG8 firmware.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
test procedure
Production test procedure source for functional verification workflow.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
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.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary BOM source for parts-list evidence and hardware corroboration.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary schematic source for component-level hardware evidence.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary released source-code archive for CodeWarrior / MC9S08QG8 firmware evidence.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge
Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary slide source for design, badge-making, and conference presentation context.
Badge: DEF CON 15 Badge