BruCON 0x0A · Belgium · 2018

BruCON 0x0A Badge

10th-edition electronic badge

BruCON's 10th-edition electronic badge, documented as a schedule, venue-map, reminder, alcohol-sensor, and public ESP-IDF/KiCad badge project.

BruCON Belgium Electronic Badge ESP-IDF KiCad Schedule Venue Map Alcohol Sensor GitHub

EventBruCON 0x0A

SeriesBruCON

LocationBelgium

CountryBelgium

People

Authors & Credits

badge idea and design

Jean-George

BruCON credits Jean-George with the electronic badge idea and design.

Source

Why It Mattered

BruCON 0x0A adds a Belgian security-conference badge line and captures badge work as an event anniversary project, including all-night soldering, app-style utility, server-side schedule sync, and public source release.

Hardware

The event retrospective confirms an electronic badge with an alcohol sensor, and the public repository includes KiCad project files, generated Gerbers, Nokia 6100 LCD configuration, alcohol-sensor ADC and battery ADC configuration, and ESP32 footprint context. Component claims should continue to track the schematic and PCB files rather than attendee memory.

Software & Apps

The repository README points builders at ESP-IDF and preserves the tagged con firmware release; the tree includes badge firmware for LCD/menu/schedule/map/Wi-Fi/URL behavior plus small PHP/MySQL server scripts for enrollment, nickname, alcohol-sensor, and Sched-derived schedule JSON endpoints.

Lore

BruCON credits Jean-George with the idea and design, describes organizers staying awake all night soldering badges, and the repository keeps the practical con build visible by linking the firmware release that shipped on attendee badges with its bugs preserved.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

backend lifecycle archived source

Server schedule and enrollment backend

The server tree records the PHP/MySQL workflow around badge enrollment, nicknames, alcohol-sensor data, and schedule JSON generated from BruCON's Sched export.

Compatibility: BruCON 0x0A Badge

Source

event utility software historical

Schedule, venue map, and reminder apps

The badge is documented as updating the schedule, showing the venue map, and reminding attendees about talks and workshops.

Compatibility: BruCON 0x0A Badge

Source

firmware lifecycle archived con build

Con firmware release

The repository README links the BruCON0xA release as the firmware version installed on the conference badge, preserving the shipped build rather than only source head.

Compatibility: BruCON 0x0A Badge

Source

hardware manufacturing source archived source

KiCad and Gerber production package

The repository preserves the KiCad project, board files, schematic, generated Gerbers, and position files needed to study or reproduce the badge PCB.

Compatibility: BruCON 0x0A Badge

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

missing rights-cleared image note

No BruCON 0x0A Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The Belgium record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and BruCON 2018 badge source trail.

production crunch note

Organizers reportedly stayed awake through the night soldering the badges before the event.

This preserves the operational reality behind the badge, not just the attendee-facing utility.

Confidence: event retrospective
Status: historical
Timeframe: pre-event production
Source note: BruCON retrospective.

shipped firmware bugs note

The repository README explicitly points to the firmware version that was on the conference badge and notes that it is preserved with its bugs.

The archive should treat the tagged release as historically important even where later source changes may differ from the build attendees actually used.

Confidence: repository README
Status: historical
Timeframe: conference firmware release
Source note: BruCONbadge2018 README and BruCON0xA release.

source-depth caveat note

The repository review confirms the source tree, firmware release, KiCad/Gerber package, LCD, ADC, Wi-Fi, URL, menu, map, schedule, and server-side workflow, but the page still avoids unsourced chip-level claims that require careful schematic/BOM extraction.

The dossier is now stronger than a first-pass retrospective record while still keeping component lists tied to inspectable files.

Confidence: event retrospective and repository review
Status: schematic-backed review still useful
Timeframe: post-event archive
Source note: BruCON retrospective and BruCONbadge2018 repository.

Resources

BruCON 0x0A KiCad and Gerbers hardware source · KiCad project, schematic/PCB files, and generated Gerbers for the badge hardware. BruCON 0x0A retrospective event retrospective · Event source for badge purpose, designer credit, soldering lore, and GitHub release. BruCON0xA con firmware release firmware release · Repository README links the tagged firmware version that was installed on the conference badges. BruCONbadge2018 source · Public badge firmware/design repository linked by the event retrospective. BruCONbadge2018 server scripts backend source · Server-side enrollment, nickname, alcohol-sensor, and schedule JSON scripts preserved with the badge source. CyberSkool community context · Community link associated with Jean-George from the BruCON retrospective.

Sources

BruCON archive: BruCON 0x0A is over .. and it was awesome! Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for badge utility, alcohol sensor, soldering lore, and credit. GitHub: BruCONbadge2018 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public ESP-IDF firmware, KiCad/PCB/Gerber, menu, schedule, LCD, ADC, Wi-Fi, and server source repository for the badge. GitHub: BruCON0xA release Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Tagged firmware release identified by the repository README as the version on the con badge. GitHub: BruCONbadge2018 server tree Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source tree for the badge-side backend workflow, including enrollment and Sched-derived schedule endpoints.