Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The badge used a Cat-5 cable through the board as a LANyard switch, making the physical lanyard part of the badge interaction.
Badge context
Official TROOPERS11 archive page for conference context.
Hackaday coverage of the TROOPERS11 badge, its nixie display, programming station, Cat-5 LANyard switch, capacitive touch trick, and hacking pads.
ERNW/TROOPERS announcement pointing readers back to the previous year's badge.
Official TROOPERS photo set for the 2011 event.
Source trail
Post-event lineage source that references the previous year's badge.
Main public source for badge behavior, puzzle framing, LANyard hardware, capacitive touch, and hack pads.
Official event archive for the Heidelberg conference edition.
Photo archive for the event context.