Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The badge enumerated over USB and exposed an interactive retro text adventure whose ASCII-art map mirrored the physical PCB face.
Badge context
DEF CON forum curation of media-server badge files, firmware-update instructions, PICkit/MPLAB flashing workflow, firmware-version checks, and community repair context.
InfoconDB source for August 9-12, 2018 Caesars Palace event metadata and the Welcome To DEF CON & Badge Maker Talk schedule entry.
Official DEF CON archive source for 2018 event context, Caesars Palace and Flamingo venue split, badge firmware update notice, writeup link, and media-server material.
Contemporary Hackaday source documenting official-badge status, Tymkrs/Toymakers attribution, PIC32MM hardware, LEDs, USB serial text adventure, badge-to-badge connector, and add-on header.
Hackaday.io solving project documenting live puzzle collaboration, badge state, role-specific serial content, badge-to-badge unlocks, and hardware interaction discoveries.
Source trail
Official event archive source for DEF CON 26 context, venue split, firmware update/writeup notice, and media-server badge-material references.
Curated technical source for media-server badge artifacts, firmware update process, PIC32MM0256GPM048 flashing, version checks, and repair/upgrade context.
Contemporary source for official electronic badge status, Tymkrs/Toymakers credit, PIC32MM hardware, LED layout, USB serial game, badge-to-badge connector, and add-on header.
Collaborative solving source for badge state, role-specific serial text, Human-to-Human and Human-to-Goon unlocks, magnet and shorting observations, and puzzle workflow.
Event metadata source for dates, venue, admission context, and Welcome To DEF CON & Badge Maker Talk listing.
CC BY-SA 4.0 documentary source image by Sephiroth storm showing the DEF CON 26 lanyard and official badge among other hacker-conference badges; used for image provenance, not as a hardware-spec source.