Lifecycle
Badge ecosystems keep moving after handout: apps, hexpansions, SAOs, antennas, cases, repair parts, firmware updates, and post-event hardware experiments.
Attendees assembled their badges at soldering stations with peer help and minimal official guidance before staff flashed firmware.
SourceThe assembly guide steps through resistor, photocell, LED, switch, MOSFET, potentiometer, and battery-holder installation with orientation and test reminders.
SourceThe assembly manual documents the LiPo battery, PowerBoost 500C, cable routing, custom board mounting, acrylic shield, screws, standoffs, and lanyard hardware needed to complete the badge.
SourceHackaday describes attendees receiving a bag of components and assembling the badge in the Hardware Hacking Village soldering environment.
SourceThe documentation frames the badge as a DIY kit distributed to participants, with easy-to-mount DIP components and step-by-step resistor, LED, switch, and battery-holder assembly.
SourceThe infodesk page says arriving attendees received a goodie bag with a T-shirt and other items, while the ticket page documents day-ticket handling through the infodesk.
SourceThe infodesk and ticket pages document arrival goodie-bag pickup, T-shirt eligibility timing, day passes, and merch context around the non-electronic camp artifact bundle.
SourceThe infodesk page says arriving attendees received a goodie bag with a T-shirt and other items, making the non-electronic artifact bundle part of the camp identity record.
SourceA unique 3D-printed QR code on each case led attendees to a configurator for frame selection, name text, size, and position before firmware generation.
SourceThe designer records that an attendee cracked the game by extracting tag IDs from firmware and emulating them with a Flipper Zero, which was encouraged.
SourceThe attendee guide told delegates they could choose their own interaction protocols using a badge sticker, making the credential part of the event's interpersonal-boundary signalling.
SourceThe Humanitix page says TinkerInk brought a badge press so attendees could make custom pins signalling whether they wanted to be approached or left alone.
SourceThe CrikeyCon Connect section told attendees to look for the CrikeyCon Connect badge when seeking informal information-security career conversations.
SourceThe conduct/support section says Friendly Bear volunteers could be identified by the Friendly Bear text on their name badge.
SourceThe README links name-changing tools and explains how badge owners could make the badge connectable via menu item or button-held boot modes.
SourceHackerware documents sticking a mini speaker on the backside and soldering its leads at LS1 to play the piano.
SourceThe badge added a piezo buzzer for simple tones, including circus-themed and button-feedback jingles.
SourceThe public firmware archive includes ToneChaser examples for musical modes while the project writeup documents audio games and badge sound output.
SourceThe public archive includes a SoundBoard example mapping sounds to three capacitive touch pads through the XT_DAC_AUDIO library.
SourceThe README lists a MAX4466 microphone module, and the firmware samples A0 to choose mouth frames based on detected voice volume.
SourceThe event report documents I2S audio hardware, a 2-watt speaker amplifier, and a microphone pre-amplifier for the voice/audio experiment path.
SourceThe hardware page lists a MAX98357AETE+T I2S amplifier and onboard speaker as the badge's audio path.
SourceLix's Microphone hexpansion prototype stores visualisation code on EEPROM and samples audio on the badge, a concrete example of self-describing add-on behavior.
SourceThe README documents the badge microphone, special microphone driver, and AudioStreaming example with netcat/aplay receiver notes.
SourceThe named TGSTL sound-to-light module records the performative side of Tildagon expansion culture: audio-reactive light hardware built for the badge edge.
SourceThe official Uber Badge page says badge-challenge victories are one path to a one-of-a-kind Uber Badge with lifetime BSides Tampa admission, but the current registry does not list a 2026 awardee.
SourceThe server tree records the PHP/MySQL workflow around badge enrollment, nicknames, alcohol-sensor data, and schedule JSON generated from BruCON's Sched export.
SourceThe official page links the WWHF 2025 badge CTF to Meta CTF and says challenges could be solved from badge behavior or firmware.
SourceThe documented hardware includes IR transmitter/receiver and an SAO connector alongside the main badge controls and lights.
SourceThe board exposes seven WS2812B RGB LEDs and a button set using IO0 plus a PCA9535 I2C expander for six additional controls.
SourceThe README says physical pin 2 controls badge aRGB LEDs and external LED expansion pads, while physical pin 3 controls the built-in buzzer.
SourceThe Espressif component package exposes badge-specific control of Hack&Roll 2026 LEDs and buttons through the built-in GPIO expander.
Sourcemmca's Hackaday.io log documents an official blinking LayerOne logo add-on for the 2018 L1 badge and its 3.3 V, GPIO2, and ground connector path.
SourceThe first-hand write-up documents a custom blinky board by Luke Jenkins and Klint Holmes that extended the badge-hacking experience.
SourceThe DOOM SAO log documents an ATSAMD21G18A add-on with ST7789 display, USB-C, serial terminal, bus sniffers, virtual EEPROM identity, and SAO 1.69bis logical integration with DC27 badges.
SourceHackaday frames the ESP32CAM eye add-on as the camera and face-recognition surface for the Voight-Kampff human-or-replicant test.
SourceThe repository includes a separate KiCad add-on project, and the README notes the add-on location on the badge front side.
SourceThe hardware tree and release assets preserve a Metro add-on with silkscreen/edge SVGs, source artwork, `Metro.hex`, and a Metro add-on BOM CSV.
SourceThe repository preserves a separate Add_On_Bugcon_2025 tree with PY32F002AA15M footprint/source material, KiCad files, decorative artwork, and firmware/libraries.
SourceThe article shows a hobby-servo eye add-on as one of the mechanical extensions for the badge's add-on header.
SourceThe official speaker page describes Ox-Vox as an add-on for that year's unreleased BSides PDX badge, tying the badge to a pre-release add-on hacking workflow.
SourceThe official badge page and manual preserve MiniBadge support, official MiniBadge and unofficial MiniBadge pages, and visible add-on presentation through the attendee badge.
SourceThe firmware used the integral accelerometer for gravity-style simulations and input mechanics that sat behind the public puzzle and demo behavior.
SourceThe badge exposed an onboard BASIC interpreter with badge-specific commands for display, LED, audio, GPIO, serial, and program storage experiments.
SourceThe MIT-licensed firmware exposes a Doom port running on the ESP32-S3 badge.
SourceAfter WiFi connection, the badge connected to an MQTT server, subscribed to an event topic, and displayed current talk details on the OLED.
SourceThe badge exposed unlockable games including two-player Pong and Rock/Paper/Scissors/Lizard/Spock badge-to-badge interaction.
SourceReleased client code implemented a half-duplex RF broadcast chat system for badges using RFCat, 868 MHz operation, sync words, modulation settings, queues, and retransmission.
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