BornHack 2018 · Denmark · 2018

BornHack 2018 Badge

Happy Gecko plus Bluetooth badge

A Happy Gecko-based BornHack badge that added a Nordic nRF51 Bluetooth-capable microcontroller and a breakout-board branch for hardware add-ons.

EventBornHack 2018

SeriesBornHack

LocationFunen

CountryDenmark

People

Attribution Gap

No public individual author, designer, firmware, or team credits have been seeded for this badge yet. Add named credits only when a primary badge-team page, repository, talk, or other source identifies the people or team behind the work.

Why It Mattered

BornHack 2018 broadened the badge from microcontroller exercise into dual-MCU and radio experimentation while documenting firmware restore paths.

Hardware

Silicon Labs EFM32HG322F64G Happy Gecko, Nordic nRF51822 Bluetooth-capable Cortex-M0, buttons, USB bootloader path, and documented schematic/hardware branches.

Software & Apps

C firmware for the Happy Gecko, nRF51 programmer branch, restore binaries, and add-on board design files.

Lore

The README documents a dedicated nRF51 programmer path and warns that the programmer firmware is not power optimized, a very badge-culture mix of utility and caveat.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

hardware add-on ecosystem historical

Breakout boards

The breakoutboards branch collected accessory board designs and parts information for the 2018 badge.

Compatibility: BornHack 2018 Badge

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

missing rights-cleared image note

No BornHack 2018 badge image is published because the current source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository diagrams, documentation screenshots, event media, attendee photos, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Confidence: local project policy plus repository recheck
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy, BornHack badge2018 repository, and May 21 2026 GitHub API recheck.

Resources

BornHack badge2018 source · Firmware, hardware branch, nRF51 programmer path, restore binaries, and breakout-board branch. Breakout boards branch hardware add-ons · Add-on board designs and component notes.

Sources

BornHack GitHub: BornHack badge2018 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Firmware, hardware branch, nRF51 programmer path, restore binaries, and breakout-board branch.