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The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34) public player guide; hardware details incomplete

maker-documented physical interaction surface

The Player Guide names a CP2102 programming connector, a serial-terminal chapter, an LED-panel observation, and one physical task using only labelled SAO GPIO1/GPIO2 contacts. It does not establish connector wiring, pinout, voltage/current limits, toolchain, serial-command set, safe procedure, firmware image, general compatibility, or permission to attach hardware outside the assigned-badge context.

Badge
The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)
Type
maker-documented physical interaction surface
Status
public player guide; hardware details incomplete
Compatibility
The Shattered Shard challenge badge as described in its Player Guide; physical/unit parity and safe interaction outcome unverified
Source
https://github.com/BigDawgDave/The-Shattered-Shard/blob/main/README.md

Badge context

Related Resources

public badge challenge-player documentation

The Shattered Shard Player Guide

Primary public source for the badge/battery, local Wi-Fi/browser, data-USB, serial-terminal, labelled-SAO, LED-panel, sequential-quest, and assigned-badge-only interaction surface. It is intentionally linked as a player guide without repeating credentials, endpoints, flags, challenge hints, exploit steps, serial commands, or reset procedures in the catalogue.

Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)

public independent challenge-badge repository

BigDawgDave/The-Shattered-Shard

Public GitHub repository whose description calls it the public repository for a DEF CON 34 RM-Cyber challenge badge named The Shattered Shard. The reviewed root exposes a Player Guide only. It establishes a distinct source-backed pre-event challenge-badge project, not RM-Cyber, DEF CON, or organizer authorization; a complete hardware/firmware archive; manufacture; allocation; delivery; or image-reuse rights.

Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)

Source trail

Evidence Sources

GitHub / BigDawgDave · retrieved 2026-05-15

BigDawgDave/The-Shattered-Shard

Primary public project source whose repository description identifies The Shattered Shard as a DEF CON 34 RM-Cyber challenge badge. It establishes source-publisher framing and a distinct named project, not a verified organization relationship, official DEF CON issuance, badge creator, physical run, allocation, handoff, credential function, or reusable-image permission.

Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)

GitHub / BigDawgDave · retrieved 2026-05-15

The Shattered Shard Player Guide

Primary player-facing source describing an assigned electronic badge, a charged battery, badge-local Wi-Fi/browser use, USB/serial and labelled-SAO challenge context, an LED panel, saved progress, and an explicit instruction to use only the assigned badge and services it advertises. It does not publish a complete hardware design, software source, license, sale/giveaway terms, authorized organizer relationship, or post-event outcome.

Badge: The Shattered Shard (DEF CON 34)