Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The project-owner plan calls out UART or wireless communication so stations can update badge state or behavior without reflashing a full image.
Badge context
Official PhreakNIC website used as the live event-lineage anchor while the planned PN27 badge remains pre-event; the current page advertises preregistration and challenge coins, not final PN27 badge specifications.
Primary project-owner writeup that documents the PN26 ESL badge and explicitly says work was already underway on a cooler MK.II version for PhreakNIC 27, scheduled for November 6-7, 2026.
Source trail
Project-owner source for the public PN27 MK.II planning statement, future date, and expected follow-up direction from the PN26 ESL badge.
Official website anchor for the November 6-7, 2026 PhreakNIC event; the current public page promotes preregistration and challenge coins but is not final PN27 badge-spec evidence.