Lifecycle
Badge ecosystems keep moving after handout: apps, hexpansions, SAOs, antennas, cases, repair parts, firmware updates, and post-event hardware experiments.
The dated conference-app commit adds Android NFC declarations and iOS NFC reader configuration alongside the Friends Badge feature. This is source evidence for app integration, not a guarantee of device compatibility or successful writes for every participant.
SourceAn accelerometer was added and paired with the buzzer to create a tone-generator/synthesizer controlled by badge tilt.
SourceThe firmware documents a hall-effect sensor interrupt, RPM calculation, and timing loop used to align the POV output with spinner rotation.
SourceThe repository exposes separate schematic PDFs and Gerber ZIPs for the badge, head, hood, arm, and back boards, making the RCA artifact a multi-board kit rather than a single PCB record.
SourceThe badge maker frames Patches as part of the Voodoo Heart badge series and says it combines with last year's badge and next year's final piece.
Sourcewebboggles' TILDENSTEIN 3D is a 2026 Tildagon App Directory release: a Wolfenstein-style raycasting FPS with ESP-NOW multiplayer set around the EMF Camp grounds.
SourceThe MC-0o00 Melody Maker firmware by Miaou lets users compose 48-note melodies, adjust tempo, move through notes, change note values and durations, and manage simple melodies on the badge.
SourceThe badge decoration workflow included a 3D name-plate generator so attendees could personalize the badge object without changing the electronics.
SourceCarolina Code Conference names Circuit Board Medics as its badge partner, and that organization published the matching public source archive. This establishes a bounded partnership and source-publication trail, not a complete design, manufacturing, fulfilment, or image-rights attribution.
SourceThe badge provides GPS own-ship position on a moving map, and the FAQ documents manual coordinate fallback when GPS lock is unavailable.
SourceWyrdWyrks describes GPS plus Wi-Fi geolocation for indoor/outdoor finding and a WS2812B LED compass ring. The repository documents GPS coordinate/status traffic, saved waypoints, navigation wiring, and v3 61 LEDs, but does not provide final location accuracy, geolocation-service terms, indoor performance, or range validation.
SourceThe badge created a DUCK-prefixed Wi-Fi access point, exposed an embedded web server at 192.168.4.1, and hosted CTF pages for flag capture.
SourceThe software guide documents WiFi credential setup, RGB LED boot status, MQTT host configuration, and serial-console checks for networked LoliBot behavior.
SourceThe guide says the badge joins the MNSEC Badge Cloud over event Wi-Fi at startup and shows booth stamps, a contact card, and badge status.
SourceCisco describes the SAINTCON show badges as purpose-built Wi-Fi enabled badges carried by about 550 attendees and tied to Cisco CMX infrastructure.
SourceBadge Net builds on Badge Link to provide Ethernet and IPv6 connectivity between badges through the 3.5 mm jacks, exposed to MicroPython as a normal network interface.
SourceThe firmware defines BadgerNet as both preferred infrastructure SSID and hotspot basename, with retry behavior before badge-hosted service fallback.
SourceThe official competition page's retained 2026 Solarpunk section says the hackable electronic badge was fully integrated into the CTF and that solving badge challenges earned points; it separately names badge-firmware tampering among on-site physical tracks.
SourceThe 2026 assembly guide says the SAINTCON 2026 Official MiniBadge, a beginner kit with a 1206 LED, a 1206 resistor, and 2-pin headers on a JLCPCB FR4 board, is included with the registration packet. The OFFICIAL H.A.C.K MiniBadge set, v-cut so it snaps into letters, comes in many registration packets or is found around the con.
SourceThe official badge page identifies the active conference artifact as a Minew MTB11 ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag, custom printed for IEEE RFID's twentieth anniversary.
SourceThe official 2600 listing offered a $250 HOPE 26 In-Person Pass and said digital admission tickets would be generated asynchronously and emailed before the event. It describes the tickets as non-refundable but transferable.
SourceThe assembly guide points owners to the Spaceagon Test app through the badge app store, using code 21230442 to verify the completed 2026 badge.
SourceThe official event page says the electronic badge is not included with Full, Medium, or individual tickets, must be added separately, requires a conference ticket first, and is not sold independently of that ticket. It is advertised as limited edition. These terms do not prove order completion, final stock, price payment, eligibility verification, production, pickup, delivery, refund, replacement, or a completed attendee handoff.
SourceAoSC links CircuitPython's Bradán Lane STUDIO Coin M0 build specifically for the eChallengeCoin. CircuitPython says Coin M0 has an ATSAMD21G1A with 4 MB flash and supports CircuitPython or Arduino plus USB serial, MIDI, HID, and disk uses; AoSC suggests a one-button macropad after the game. The sources do not prove final 2026 firmware, every-unit compatibility, user-safe reflashing, or a detailed implementation/license trail for the eChallengeCoin game.
SourceThe assembly guide recommends one Waveshare ESP32-S3-Zero without pin headers and eight WS2812B LEDs in 5050-SMD packages as the baseline working board.
SourceThe official page says each passive tag used a unique 96-bit custom conference/demo identifier, sequential rather than GS1 retail EPC, and not containing personal attendee information.
SourceThe official page says the tag broadcasts a unique 48-bit identifier, battery voltage, and temperature in BLE advertisement packets when sufficiently charged from ambient light.
SourceThe official site lists an ESP32-S3, SX1262 LoRa radio, 192×64 LCD, microSD, USB-C, rechargeable LiPo, buttons, speaker, vibration motor, 48 addressable LEDs across RGB/UV groups, resin body, acrylic panels, and related package items. It is a published platform description, not a verified 2026 per-unit configuration, electrical test result, or safe operating specification.
SourceThe assembly guide lists a Jup1t3r-designed Family Night Official MiniBadge with a single 5 mm through-hole LED, offered at SAINTCON Family Night on October 29, 2026.
SourceThe organizer's own repository describes files for programming the BSides Vancouver 2025 Electronic Badge and lists a bootloader, partition table, badge binary, and helper script. It establishes an official programming bundle without exposing a versioned source release, deployment ledger, or individual recipient record.
SourceNorthSec's C++/Arduino PlatformIO tree includes shared NFC, e-paper, LED, and button modules alongside conference/CTF partition material. The public snapshot does not identify a tagged release, factory binary, or event-unit deployment revision.
SourceBadge.Life documents a USB CDC serial CLI and a DFU/BOOTSEL path for copying a correct firmware.uf2. It is a public documentation trail, not a published firmware release, a source-to-badge mapping, an integrity guarantee, a complete recovery package, or a recommendation to modify hardware.
SourceCypherCon's registration listing says the Analog / Plastic Entry Pass includes a lanyard and physical plastic entry pass with a digital program. This records a source-described non-electronic ticket artifact, not a final print design, credential technology, completed redemption, or proof of an admission-control implementation.
SourceEMF's first official hexpansion is a full-layout, RGB-backlit keyboard that helps with text input and automatically installs its driver when plugged in.
SourceWomenCon calls the Digital Morpher an interactive electronic and collectible badge designed or developed by Electronic Cats, explicitly intended to be connected for hardware hacking. The sources do not identify the connection type, interfaces, hardware-hacking activities, safety rules, firmware behavior, challenge, access-control role, or supported workflow.
SourceThe official badge page identifies a custom-printed passive RAIN RFID/UHF tag associated with a QR code as the second conference artifact.
SourceCypherCon's registration listing describes the Extreme Badge as a premium offering with a unique collectible electronic badge and an exclusive upgraded PCB. The source does not say whether those terms describe the same object, a variant of the Digital / Circuit Badge, multiple objects, a final design, or a completed delivery.
SourceThe same 2026 registration listing describes the higher Extreme Badge tier with unique collectible electronic-badge and exclusive upgraded-PCB language. It does not say whether that tier used a distinct board, a modification of the Digital / Circuit Badge, a non-electronic collectable, a final production configuration, or a completed delivery.
SourceBadge.Life lists an RP2354 with integrated flash, eight addressable RGB NeoPixel LEDs, three buttons, an infrared receiver, two Simple Add-On v2 headers, USB-C, and a single-cell 18650 battery with charging and protection circuitry. This is a published platform description, not a complete schematic/BOM, a final manufactured configuration, an SAO compatibility guarantee, or an electrical-safety result.
SourceOfficial BSides Maine posts frame the badge as a puzzle for exploration, collaboration, experimentation, and hacking; the agenda later asks whether anyone solved it.
SourceCypherCon's FAQ says ticket purchase is recorded and merchandise is redeemed at the event rather than mailed. It does not identify a particular pass tier, prove a successful collection, define handoff controls, state inventory, or show the final plastic pass.
SourceSecretCon's FAQ says ticket holders may redeem and pick up their badge and/or pre-ordered merchandising at the registration desk during the event. It does not identify a specific ticket tier, verify a successful pickup, state an inventory, describe handoff controls, or prove the final physical Digital / Circuit Badge.
SourceElectronic Cats describes its public hardware repository as the official Pwnterrey 2026 badge, while Pwnterrey's official site documents the free May 29 Monterrey cybersecurity-event context. Neither reviewed source confirms admission inclusion, recipient eligibility, quantity, price, pickup, delivery, completed handoff, or a credential function.
SourceEMF offered a frontboard, midboard, nubbin, and FPC cable kit for a 2024 Tildagon owner, preserving the prior main board, battery, screen, and hexpansions while changing the event-specific frontboard.
SourceThe official site says the Pager runs Meshtastic-powered software for standalone messaging with Meshtastic-compatible devices and optionally pairs with the official mobile application. The description does not establish default radio enablement, channel/key configuration, data practices, performance, legal operating context, or a final DEF CON 34 firmware image.
SourceThe official recordings page preserves Caleb Davis's BSides Kristiansand 2025 talk about making the Sykt Badge.
SourceThe CypherCon FAQ calls the limited VIP form an Extreme/Ultimate badge, while the official category listing separately shows the 2026 Extreme Badge as sold out. These pages do not establish final quantity, purchaser count, price, priority benefit delivery, badge allocation, pickup, shipment, replacement, or final stock reconciliation.
SourceWomenCon's early-ticket post says the $550 MXN first phase had 20 tickets and included the Digital Morpher Badge. A later Fase 2 post says the $850 MXN ticket included it and frames the event at 100 people maximum. These public snapshots do not prove final ticket price, sales count, registration completion, attendee eligibility, comp/speaker allocation, refund, recipient identity, kit contents, or per-attendee delivery.
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