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Six-stage hardware CTF with DC562 MMO rewards
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CTF player guide
Player guide for the signed six-stage hardware CTF in the V6.3.0 image, with the read-only safety contract and the codeword exchange with the n+1 NPC in the DC562 DEF CON MMO.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
firmware release notes
Release notes for V6.3.0, marked official final production release, with the Arduino ESP32 core version, partition scheme, app hashes for both targets, and the production feature list.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
firmware update guide
Owner guide for the self-flasher, which detects the ESP32 family, verifies the bundle hash before and after writing, and leaves the NVS owner-data range untouched.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
first-hand maker announcement
Project-owner u/Chunkytunky's public announcement and follow-up comments describe Station 562's maker-stated interaction set, signed-firmware/per-badge-key-pair claim, build snapshot, tentative giveaway/sale routes, and RGB blank-board components. Reddit media has no stated reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
hardware pinout
Production pin assignments for the CodeCell ESP32-C3 and Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-C6 targets: shared I2C bus for the SSD1306 OLED and VCNL4040 sensor, the 16-pixel SK6812-EC20 chain on CodeCell, and the five PWM LED channels on XIAO.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
maker presentation
Standalone HTML slide deck by N+1, linked from the repository on November 8, 2026, covering the badge from concept and bench prototyping through component selection, power, KiCad, PCB art, JLCPCB and OSH Park boards, firmware, assembly, testing, and delivery.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
official event context
Official DEF CON registration source for the August 6-9, 2026 Las Vegas event context and Human-badge pickup policy. It does not identify Station 562, endorse the project, prove maker presence, authorize distribution, or grant image rights.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
owner firmware release repository
Public release repository created August 2, 2026, holding the V6.3.0 binary update bundles for both badge targets, the Python self-flasher, owner guides, the hardware pinout, the CTF player guide, and the DC562 !CON presentation. It ships binaries only, not firmware source or KiCad files. GitHub reports no license.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
owner guide
Owner quick start with plain-language mode names, proximity-sensor gestures, the hold ladder, and nRF Connect examples. A Signal Clash player guide, advanced owner guide, terminal and BLE reference, and troubleshooting FAQ sit alongside it.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official event context for DEF CON 34's August 6-9, 2026 dates and Las Vegas registration setting. It is not evidence that Station 562 is DEF CON-issued, included with registration, venue-authorized, or an admission credential.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
N+1 (DC562 !CON) · retrieved 2026-11-08
First-hand maker presentation. It says RGB versus single-colour LEDs led to two versions, that a sourcing problem moved the RGB CodeCell build to SK6812-EC20 LEDs while a separate C6 version used eight discrete LEDs on five PWM channels, that a purple OSH Park batch had via-plating defects, and that boards were assembled by JLCPCB. A slide captions the badge as on display at the DEFCON 34 Badgelife Museum. It gives no unit count, battery specification, or date for the talk.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
subversive01 (GitHub) · retrieved 2026-11-08
Primary source for the six hidden CTF challenges, the read-only safety rules, AI-assisted play, and the link to the DC562 DEF CON MMO at mmo.lockboxx.org, where codewords recovered from the badge are traded with the n+1 NPC for in-game loot.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
subversive01 (GitHub) · retrieved 2026-11-08
Owner guide for the persistent red-versus-blue proximity game: attacks, defenses, teams, disciplines, progression, and ROOT induction.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
subversive01 (GitHub) · retrieved 2026-11-08
Primary hardware source. CodeCell ESP32-C3: SDA GPIO8 and SCL GPIO9 at 400 kHz, a 128x64 SSD1306 OLED at 0x3C, the onboard VCNL4040 proximity and light sensor at 0x60, and 16 SK6812-EC20 RGB LEDs on GPIO5. XIAO ESP32-C6: SDA GPIO22 and SCL GPIO23 at 100 kHz, the same OLED and VCNL4040 addresses, a sensor interrupt on GPIO21 that V6.3.0 does not use, and five red or white PWM LED channels on GPIO16, 17, 19, 20, and 18. It gives no battery, charger, or PCB revision detail.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
subversive01 (GitHub) · retrieved 2026-11-08
Owner guide whose opening sentence repeats the feature list of the Reddit maker announcement. It says badges are delivered flashed and functional, advertise over BLE as STATION_562, and are controlled by hand gestures over the top proximity sensor, and that software standby still drains the battery.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
subversive01 (GitHub) · retrieved 2026-11-08
Primary firmware source marking V6.3.0 the official final production release, built on Arduino ESP32 core 3.3.8 with the huge_app partition scheme. Its feature list covers the number-station puzzle and Control Room, Signal Clash, DeFUNKd and Signal Party, the BLE MIDI Controller with the opt-in Carrier instrument, DEFUNKT562, Setup, a protected Config GATT with physical authorization, USB terminal commands, and the signed six-stage CTF. The manifest gives a 4 MB flash layout with the NVS range at 0x9000 preserved.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
subversive01 (GitHub) · retrieved 2026-11-08
Owner release source naming V6.3.0 as the current production release and the two compatible badges, CodeCell (ESP32-C3) and Seeed Studio XIAO (ESP32-C6), each with its own update bundle and SHA-256 hash. It says a normal update preserves the badge's handle, team, career, settings, keypair, and ROOT certificate, and that the complete signed six-stage CTF is in the image. The repository API reports no license.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
subversive01 (GitHub) · retrieved 2026-11-08
The repository was created on August 2, 2026, four days before DEF CON 34, with the V6.3.0 release tagged that day. Commits by nplus1 add the Signal Clash guide and an esptool 4 and 5 fix, Dan Borges edits the CTF guide, and subversive01 adds the presentation on November 8, 2026.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)
u/Chunkytunky · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-hand project-owner source for the proximity-controlled Station 562 badge, BLE number-station and red-versus-blue game claims, social/dance/MIDI/tamper/Setup/optional-CTF claims, source-stated build and availability snapshot, signed-firmware/per-badge-key-pair claim, and RGB blank-board wording. It is not a public firmware, hardware, cryptography, privacy, product, fulfillment, or image-license archive.
Badge: Station 562 Badge (DEF CON 34)