Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The first-hand writeup describes DerbyCon's black badge as the event's lifetime-ticket equivalent and frames this build as the Legacy Black Badge artifact.
Badge context
Internet Archive mirror linked from InfoconDB as the official DerbyCon 7.0 Legacy event-page context.
Conference archive source for the DerbyCon 7.0 Legacy dates, Hyatt Regency Hotel venue, Louisville, Kentucky location, and linked event-program context.
Infocon-hosted program PDF linked from InfoconDB, used for event-context corroboration rather than badge hardware claims.
Primary first-hand maker source for the Legacy Black Badge purpose, hardware bill of materials, design/fabrication workflow, compiled firmware artifact, build steps, and image-rights boundary.
Source trail
Archived official event-page context linked by InfoconDB; not used for black-badge hardware claims.
Primary first-hand source proving the DerbyCon Legacy Black Badge artifact, black-badge lifetime-ticket framing, Ben Hibben and Charles Lehman maker context, BOM, fabrication steps, and compiled firmware artifact.
Conference archive source proving the September 22-24, 2017 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky DerbyCon 7.0 Legacy event context.