Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The badge was a required tool for DEF CON's largest contest, connecting cryptology, social engineering, programming, and attendee interaction to the official entry badge.
Badge context
Official DEF CON archive source for August 7-10, 2014 Rio Hotel & Casino event context, DEF CON 22 badge news, C-style code release, and badge-hacking-file torrent.
Wikimedia Commons source for Tony Webster's CC BY-SA 4.0 photograph of a DEF CON 22 badge.
Parallax source for Propeller 1 hardware, IR, touch pads, LEDs, USB programming circuit, exposed I/O, 13 badge styles, 14,000-board production, and named concept contributors.
Parallax download archive preserving Hackable Electronic Badge product guide, schematic, BadgeHacker customization tooling, Propeller Spin/C examples, and design files for the related badge platform.
Source trail
Official event archive source for dates, venue, badge-code release note, badge-hacking-file torrent, and Hardware Hacking Village context.
Primary Parallax archive source for supported badge software, schematics, product guide, C/Spin examples, BadgeHacker tooling, and design files for the related hackable electronic badge platform.
Primary supplier/designer source for Propeller 1, IR transmit/receive, touch-pad buttons, LEDs, USB programming, exposed I/O, 13 badge styles, 14,000 assembled PCBs, contributor names, and contest role.
CC BY-SA 4.0 source image for Tony Webster's original photograph of a DEF CON 22 badge; used only for image provenance, not as a hardware-spec source.