Lifecycle
Badge ecosystems keep moving after handout: apps, hexpansions, SAOs, antennas, cases, repair parts, firmware updates, and post-event hardware experiments.
Badge Pirates publishes KiCad files, schematic PDF, interactive BOM, Gerbers, STEP exports, and STL/3MF enclosure parts for manufacturing and review.
SourceThe maker says the badge used full-colour printed PCB artwork and selected components were placed during manufacture. This records the source-described manufacture context without inferring a complete supplier record, production count, final materials, inspection plan, or quality outcome.
SourceThe maker says the badge used full-colour printed PCB artwork and an EasyEDA preparation path. This records source-described manufacturing context without inferring a complete supplier record, production count, final materials, inspection plan, or quality outcome.
SourceThe official write-up says the badge shells were printed on one Prusa MK4 over about a month and a half with full-plate front/back batches.
SourceThe build story and Hackaday article call out a clothespin-based programming jig as part of the practical production workaround trail.
SourcePublic sources document ICSP programming with pogo pins and a clothespin pogo-clamp workflow used during badge production.
SourceOSHWA and repository documentation describe CAN 2.0B/NMEA-2000, NMEA-0183, and Modbus RTU transceiver modes with software-controlled half- and full-duplex behavior.
SourceThe badge page lists the included wildflower seed mixture and asks attendees who are not based in New Zealand to return the badge in merch-desk recycling boxes.
SourceThe README describes ADC streaming over a serial interface and frames the badge as a basic 12-bit logic analyser for low-rate signal inspection.
SourceThe hardware archive includes several `iflfu-sao-spacer` model-file variants in OBJ, MTL, and 3MF forms. Their presence documents an accessory-design trail, not a shipped spacer, a particular revision, a compatible host, printed-material safety, fit, durability, included accessory, or permission to republish model or image assets.
SourceThe wiki tracks 3D-printed cases, spacers, covers, and repair guidance, reflecting the post-event mechanical support ecosystem.
SourceThe official badge page links 3D-printable mechanical accessories and CAD resources for carrying, controlling, and decorating the badge.
SourceThe artifact consisted of a white baseplate PCB and a separate USB-stick badge board, with soldering-pad access for serial-adapter bootloader repair.
SourceHackaday describes the badge as a cube constructed from PCBs soldered along their edges, with a run of over 400 units assembled by hand.
SourceHackaday's customization article points attendees to STEP, DXF, and SVG front-panel models so the non-electrical front PCB can be replaced with CNC, laser-cut, or 3D-printed panels.
SourceHackaday's customization article frames the badge as built to be modified with replaceable front-panel mechanical files.
SourceThe listing says parts are customizable and interchangeable. The Wayfinder-CAD repository describes a one-piece clamshell case, rails/keyway, snap-on accent plates, compliant-mechanism cautions, knobs, Fusion360 source, and STL files. The repository has no detected license and its author warns the CAD is incomplete/complex, so it is a documented trail rather than a blanket redistribution or safety authorization.
SourceThe 3D-print README documents soft flexible and hard hinged bangle shells for holding the electronics, with magnets, hinge wire, and heat-shrink retention.
SourceThe production path moved from a two-material ABS and PC enclosure concept to a single clear polycarbonate housing so the PCB color and LED passthrough could work within the tooling schedule.
SourceThe same Hackaday.io log identifies the enclosure as an injection-molded rocket shell and credits Jaycon Systems for the production path.
SourceThe Ph0xx logs document 4.2 mm holes on an 8 mm grid so the badge could mount into LEGO Technic-compatible builds.
SourceNathan Dumont's Omni wheel appears in the official showcase with published files, another example of Tildagon add-ons using mechanical play rather than only electronics.
SourceThe badge's mechanical identity comes from turning old Nokia 3310 phone shells into camp badge enclosures while keeping the keypad and handheld form factor.
SourceThe public repository includes 3d_Prints model/STL material and a Project-CC13 STEP export for mechanical reference.
SourceA June 4 commit adds a 2026 3MF badge file plus screen-cover and rounded/squared battery-case STL files under STLs/2026. The files establish published mechanical-source material, not a fabrication run, final print settings, assembly result, or image-reuse clearance.
SourceThe Hack-Master badge used a dual-PCB assembly and two RGB LEDs as backlights for a custom image reel.
SourceThe back-cover README documents printable cover and switch-cap files, optional additional LEDs, switched-power pickup pins, LED mounting, masking, and snap-on assembly.
SourceNathan Dumont's Flopagon uses a floppy-disk form factor, documenting that Tildagon add-ons range beyond simple sensors into playful media and mechanical experiments.
SourceFolded liner notes and the cassette audio carried track-list, color, character, tone, and number-station-style clues for remote badge solving.
SourceThe official media page points to a main showcase video and making-of material for the ConfiBadge 2026.
SourceThe badge splits flash into code and filesystem partitions and exposes a USB mass-storage volume where users copy 128x160 TGA images into `blingpic/` for display on the badge.
SourceThe official home page says the badge bundle contained a CarolinaCon T-shirt, shot glass, sticker, and Conference PCB Badge.
SourceThe official page says the merch bundle included a kit with all parts needed to make the year's badge.
SourceThe badge ships with the LHC channel preprogrammed, while the LHC guide documents QR-code onboarding and Meshtastic channel setup.
SourceThe README identifies ATTiny85 / ATTiny45/85 Optiboot as the badge controller target and documents Arduino IDE / ATTinyCore setup.
SourceThe same source identifies the controller as an ATtiny84 and warns that incorrect orientation leaves the badge non-functional.
SourceThe repository production CSV identifies the V2.2 badge controller as an STM32F103CBT6 in an LQFP-48 package.
SourceThe hardware writeup and repository document the badge around an ESP8266 module with USB serial programming and Wi-Fi features.
SourceTechMaker says the 2020 badge moved away from ready-made dev boards to a custom board built around Espressif's ESP32-WROOM-32D module.
SourceThe primary maker account identifies a CH32V003 controller and coin-cell power for the Greycademy Hackbadge. It does not identify the exact cell type, power circuit, components, display, input/output surface, connector, pinout, safety validation, or final-unit configuration.
SourceThe TechMaker writeup says the team chose a platform with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the public firmware archive preserves an ESP-IDF project for the NoNameBadge.
SourceThe hardware page lists ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8 with Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5, and Zigbee/Thread as the badge's core SoC.
SourceThe hardware specification identifies a Nordic nRF52832 SoC with Bluetooth LE 4.2 as the smartwatch core.
SourceDatko and Hackaday describe the SAINTCON 2014 badge as an Arduino clone or Arduino-compatible badge built for attendee hacking.
SourceThe public guide identifies the D1 Mini ESP8266 development board as the badge compute module and documents header orientation and USB flashing behavior.
SourceThe public repository acknowledgements say Espressif Systems sponsored ESP32-C3-WROOM-02-N4 modules for the Hack&Roll 2026 hardware badge.
SourceThe wiki pointed Android users to a patched RF Analyzer APK/source path because upstream RF Analyzer did not yet work with rad1o.
SourceThe smartphone-integration log documents the AND!XOR Android app terminal, Nordic nRF Toolbox compatibility, nearby badge scanning, BLE terminal commands, script buttons, and maintenance-mode behavior.
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