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Custom NFC webhook and e-ink firmware
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credits
Official team page naming the 2026 badge team members used for public credit records.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
event page
Official registration source for May 9-17, 2026 dates, Bonsecours Market venue, ticket entitlements, and the new social electronic badge while supplies lasted.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
firmware source
Official C++/Arduino PlatformIO build configuration for the public badge source. The source tree includes conference/CTF partition material but no tagged or released event binary.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
first-hand technical write-up
Marx314's post-event account of an observed NorthSec 2026 badge, including the boundary between NorthSec-made hardware and custom personal firmware; its 16 MB module statement remains first-hand observation rather than a production-wide official claim.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
hardware archive
Official KiCad design, production BOM/CPL/Gerber, dock, SAO, and source-artwork tree for the 2026 badge. It documents the project design without identifying a specific physical recipient unit.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
hardware documentation
Official ESP32-S3 hardware map for ST25R3916 NFC, 200×200 SSD1681 e-paper, six buttons, and eighteen WS2812/NeoPixel LEDs.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
image source
Official front-board SVG used as the exact source for the local high-resolution PNG and optimized WebP derivative; provenance records its source URL, Apache-2.0 license basis, repository attribution, and non-destructive processing.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
legacy source archive
The legacy nsec/nsec-badge archive lacked a 2026 branch, tag, or dedicated hardware tree at its 2026-08-03 recheck. It remains useful for lineage context, but NorthSec's separate nsec/badge-2026 repository now provides the official 2026 source release.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
license
Official commit-pinned Apache License 2.0 text for nsec/badge-2026, including the license basis recorded for the selected upstream front-board vector render.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
official CTF page
Official competition page whose retained 2026 Solarpunk section says the hackable electronic badge was fully integrated into the CTF, with point-bearing badge challenges and on-site badge-firmware tampering among physical tracks.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
schedule
Official community-room schedule source for all-day schwag pickup where attendees retrieved their t-shirt and badge with the nSec order QR code, plus soldering-village badge enhancement sessions and Badge Museum hours.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
source archive
Commit-pinned official Apache-2.0 nsec/badge-2026 source release. It appeared publicly on 2026-08-03, after the event, and had no tag, GitHub release, or binary artifact at review time.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
third-party firmware
Public custom firmware for NorthSec 2026 badge hardware, with NFC-to-webhook behavior, configuration/setup support, and display/no-display build paths; it is not an official NorthSec factory release, has no stated project license, and remains separate from the Apache-2.0 official source tree.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
village page
Official villages page documenting the soldering village, badge enhancements with blinking electronic parts, and a Badge Museum focused on NorthSec's electronic badges.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
Hubert Hackin' / Marx314 · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-hand post-event attendee write-up for an observed NorthSec 2026 badge with ESP32-S3, NFC, buttons, NeoPixels, and an e-ink display path; it explicitly separates the NorthSec-made hardware from the author's custom firmware. Its reported 16 MB module configuration remains source-scoped to that observation.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
Marx314 / GitLab · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public third-party firmware source for custom NFC-to-webhook behavior. Its README describes ESP32-S3-WROOM-1, 16 MB flash, ST25R3916 NFC, a six-button D-pad, and an 18-pixel NeoPixel ring; the project tree includes display and no-display builds but no project license metadata or root license file. It is separate from NorthSec's Apache-2.0 source release.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official competition source whose retained 2026 Solarpunk section says the hackable electronic badge was fully integrated into the CTF, with badge challenges for points and on-site badge-firmware tampering among physical tracks.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official event and registration source for dates, venue, ticket classes, and the new social electronic badge entitlement.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source naming the NorthSec 2026 badge team members credited by the catalogue.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source for the soldering village, badge-enhancement workshop language, blinking electronic-parts framing, and NorthSec Badge Museum context.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official schedule source for t-shirt and badge pickup using nSec order QR codes, badge enhancement sessions, and Badge Museum hours.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Commit-pinned official Apache License 2.0 text for the public nsec/badge-2026 repository, used as the reuse basis for the repository's selected front-board source render.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official build configuration for the C++/Arduino PlatformIO source tree. The repository also carries conference/CTF partition material and source modules, but this source does not establish a tagged or physically deployed event firmware image.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source header mapping ST25R3916 NFC, the 200×200 GDEH0154D67 / SSD1681 e-paper path, six buttons, and eighteen WS2812/NeoPixel LEDs on the ESP32-S3 design.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official hardware directory whose README identifies the NorthSec 2026 badge design. It contains KiCad board and schematic files, JLCPCB BOM/CPL/Gerber production material, dock hardware, and source artwork; it proves a public post-event design archive, not a per-recipient production configuration.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source SVG for the NorthSec 2026 front-board artwork. The catalogue's local image is a high-resolution raster export of this exact vector, with NorthSec repository attribution, Apache-2.0 license basis, and processing notes recorded in BadgeImage metadata.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
The historical nsec/nsec-badge archive rechecked on 2026-08-03 had no 2026 branch, tag, or dedicated hardware tree. That finding applies only to the legacy archive and is no longer an official-2026-source gap: NorthSec separately published nsec/badge-2026.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge
NorthSec / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official NorthSec 2026 badge source snapshot at commit 4dab9e6c4c0b8efc9a643ee646a49550453ea22c. The public repository appeared on 2026-08-03 after the May event, carries Apache-2.0 licensing, and had no tagged release, GitHub release, or published binary at review time. Its earlier authored commits record development history, not prior public availability.
Badge: NorthSec 2026 Badge