BSides Brisbane
Publisher identity for the 2026 event, sponsor/prospectus/ticketing trail, and the public bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 Clock Module repository used for the post-event badge refresh.
SourceBSides Brisbane 2026 · Australia · 2026
BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module Badge
Post-event 555/74LS clock-generator badge with MIT source release
BSides Brisbane 2026's official prospectus offered electronic badge design/build for 500 delegates, Humanitix marked the July 4 event passed while listing conference-badge and VIP special-badge pickup, and public event updates named BLARGE as the electronic-badge supporter. Six days after the event, the `bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026` repository publicly documented the actual 2026 Clock Module: a photographed purple BSides Brisbane board in a 3D-printed case, a simple manually controllable clock generator made from 555 timers and 74LS-series logic, with committed Gerbers, BOM/CPL production data, an STL case file, and an MIT license.
EventBSides Brisbane 2026
SeriesBSides Brisbane
LocationQUT Gardens Point Campus - Z Block, Brisbane
CountryAustralia
Image Provenance
- Asset
- optimized WebP from official repository documentary photo
- Status
- licensed original photo
- Source
- hardware/2026badge.jpg
- License
- MIT License
- Attribution
- BSides Brisbane / bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 repository contributors
- Notes
- Original 1211x1096 JPEG downloaded from the public bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 repository at commit 58a7d9b2e9502cb689f52f1f6826bfcaa90e214c and preserved under Public/images/source. The repository README embeds this photo of the populated purple BSides Brisbane Clock Module board in its yellow printed case, and the repository LICENSE is MIT. The public WebP delivery derivative is auto-oriented and metadata-stripped without visual retouching. The repository was publicly created after the event, so this is factual post-event source photo provenance rather than proof that every attendee received this exact physical configuration; it is not generated content, a placeholder, or an approximate reconstruction. The published badge.gallery delivery file is an optimized WebP generated from the rights-cleared local derivative/source with metadata stripped, WebP quality 82, and a maximum side cap of 1600 pixels when the source is larger; upstream source URL, license, and attribution remain unchanged.
People
Authors & Credits
Why It Mattered
It turns a Queensland event-level electronic-badge record into a traceable physical hardware record without claiming a microcontroller, radio, firmware, badge CTF, or universal recipient configuration. The post-event repository is particularly useful because it preserves a real board photograph and manufacturable hardware data under a reusable licence while keeping public-release timing and deployment scope explicit.
Hardware
The official README describes three 555 timers: an astable free-running clock with a 1 MΩ adjustment potentiometer, a monostable debounced single-step button, and a debounced mode-select path. 74LS04, 74LS08, and 74LS32 logic selects free-running or one-shot operation and applies an external HLT input; a discrete 2N7000 MOSFET stage drives normal CLK and inverted nCLK outputs, with an LED pulse indicator. The repository also provides Gerbers, BOM/CPL production files, and a 3D-printable case. It specifies a regulated +5 V input but does not establish a production count, a recipient-by-recipient configuration, or an event-unit assembly history.
Software & Apps
This is a discrete-logic clock module, not a microcontroller platform: the public release contains no firmware, app, binary, or badge-specific CTF program. It was published after the event and has no tag or release. The conference itself advertised CTF and IoT/hardware-hacking activity, but those event programmes are not assigned to the clock-module badge without direct badge-level evidence.
Lore
The 2026 Time Travel edition took place at QUT Gardens Point Campus on July 4. Humanitix and BSides Brisbane's event-day updates establish badge pickup, but the `bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026` repository was publicly created on July 10. Its source and photo therefore document the event-specific clock-module design after the fact rather than proving public access, a particular deployment revision, or identical distribution to every attendee.
Source-backed hardware metadata
Technical Profile
Structured technical signals seeded from public badge documentation, repositories, schematics, firmware notes, or event evidence. These fields are designed for filtering, API use, repair planning, preservation, and future Companion Gear matching.
Artifact type
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Electronic badge documented
BSides Brisbane's public post-event Clock Module README identifies an event-specific electronic badge built from 555 timers and 74LS-series logic.
Signal source
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
distribution evidence
post-event social source
Event-day badge pickup
BSides Brisbane's event-day public update said check-in was open and told attendees to grab their badge and shirt before the opening. It establishes pickup flow, not a per-unit Clock Module handoff ledger.
Source
hardware behavior
official README documented
Free-running, single-step, and halt clock modes
The documented 555/74LS design can free-run at an adjustable rate, single-step with a debounced button, or halt via an external HLT input; an SPDT switch selects the free-running or one-shot path.
Source
hardware interface
official README documented
Buffered CLK and inverted nCLK outputs
The documented discrete 2N7000 output stage provides normal CLK and inverted nCLK outputs for slow digital-logic or teaching experiments, with an LED pulse indication.
Source
hardware production programme
post-event prospectus backed
500-delegate electronic badge programme
The 2026 prospectus offers an Electronic Badge item covering electronic badge design and build for 500 delegates, and BSides Brisbane's public update thanks BLARGE for the electronic badge. The prospectus is not a final recipient or assembly ledger.
Source
identity artifact tier
post-event source-backed
VIP special badge ticket tier
Humanitix ticketing lists standard conference badge inclusion and a limited VIP Edition with a special VIP badge, and the page now marks the event passed. The sources do not map the VIP tier to a different Clock Module configuration.
Source
post-event hardware source
public MIT source; no tag or release
Official Clock Module source release
The bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 repository documents the badge as a manually controllable 555/74LS clock module and publishes Gerbers, BOM/CPL data, a case STL, and an actual board photo after the event.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
image provenance
note
The local BSides Brisbane 2026 image uses the official repository's `hardware/2026badge.jpg` photograph of the populated Clock Module in its case, with the commit-pinned source URL, MIT license basis, BSides Brisbane repository attribution, and processing notes recorded in BadgeImage metadata.
The badge page now has a factual, rights-cleared documentary source photo without using a generated visual, sponsor-page graphic, social-media copy, or approximate reconstruction.
- Confidence
- commit-pinned repository photo and MIT license
- Status
- licensed original replacement applied
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 hardware/2026badge.jpg and LICENSE at commit 58a7d9b2e9502cb689f52f1f6826bfcaa90e214c; badge.gallery image policy.
official hardware source and deployment boundary
note
The public bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 archive now identifies the actual Clock Module hardware and provides Gerbers, BOM/CPL data, a case STL, and a detailed 555/74LS README. The repository was published six days after the event, has no tag or release, and does not establish a production total, source-to-unit mapping, individual configuration, or whether every event badge matched the photographed board.
The catalogue can document the verified discrete clock module while avoiding claims about universal deployment, event-day source availability, firmware, radio, or an exact recipient ledger.
- Confidence
- post-event repository plus official event sources
- Status
- source and production files documented; event-unit deployment scope remains open
- Timeframe
- repository published 2026-07-10; reviewed 2026-08-04
- Source note
- bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 commit 58a7d9b2e9502cb689f52f1f6826bfcaa90e214c, BSides Brisbane 2026 prospectus, Humanitix ticketing, and event-day updates.
prospectus, publication, and allocation boundary
note
The prospectus describes electronic badge design/build for 500 delegates, ticketing and event updates establish badge pickup, and the later repository documents an event-specific Clock Module. None of those sources maps the prospectus quantity to completed units, distinguishes a physical VIP variant, or proves that the public July 10 source snapshot was the exact design used by every attendee on July 4.
The record combines corroborating event and hardware evidence without converting sponsor wording, later source publication, or one photo into a universal fulfillment or configuration claim.
- Confidence
- official event sources plus post-event repository
- Status
- documented caveat
- Timeframe
- 2026 event and post-event source release
- Source note
- BSides Brisbane 2026 prospectus, Humanitix ticketing, BSides Brisbane LinkedIn updates, and bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 commit 58a7d9b2e9502cb689f52f1f6826bfcaa90e214c.
Resources
BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module MIT license
license · Commit-pinned MIT License text for the bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 repository, used as the reuse basis for the selected source photo and repository material.
BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module README
hardware documentation · Primary technical description for the three 555 timers, 74LS logic, clock modes, HLT input, 2N7000 CLK/nCLK output stage, LED, and +5 V input.
BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module photo
image source · MIT-licensed repository photo of the populated purple BSides Brisbane Clock Module board in its yellow 3D-printed case. It is published locally only with the commit-pinned source URL, repository attribution, and processing notes.
BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module production files
manufacturing source · Commit-pinned BOM path in the public repository, alongside the hardware tree's CPL and Gerber files. It documents a manufacturable source archive but not a final event allocation or per-unit build record.
BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module repository
post-event source archive · The public bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026 repository, created after the July 4 event, identifies a Clock Module badge and publishes the actual photo, production files, case STL, and MIT license. It had no tag or release at review time.
BSides Brisbane 2026 Humanitix ticketing
ticket page · Ticketing source listing standard conference badge inclusion, a limited VIP special badge tier, in-person swag pickup requirements, and passed-event status after July 4, 2026.
BSides Brisbane 2026 home
event page · Official event page for the July 4, 2026 Time Travel edition at QUT Gardens Point Campus - Z Block.
BSides Brisbane 2026 prospectus
prospectus PDF · Official prospectus documenting the Electronic Badge item as electronic badge design and build for 500 delegates.
BSides Brisbane 2026 sponsors page
sponsor page · Official sponsor page listing Electronic Badge and Lanyards as an additional supporter item for the 2026 edition.
BSides Brisbane 2026 sponsorship page
sponsorship page · Official sponsorship page linking the current prospectus and documenting badge/lanyard branding as an attendee-badge sponsorship surface.
BSides Brisbane LinkedIn updates
post-event social source · Public BSides Brisbane updates confirming event-day check-in and badge/shirt pickup, plus BLARGE support for the 2026 electronic badge.
Sources
BSides Brisbane: BSides Brisbane 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event source for the 2026 Time Travel theme, July 4 date, QUT Gardens Point venue, CTF, IoT, and hardware-hacking context.
BSides Brisbane: Sponsors
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary sponsor-page source for the Electronic Badge and Lanyards supporter slot.
BSides Brisbane: 2026 BNE Prospectus
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary prospectus source for electronic badge design/build for 500 delegates.
BSides Brisbane / GitHub: bsidesbrisbane/badge-2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public source archive named `Repo for the BSides Brisbane 2026 Badge`, created on 2026-07-10 after the July 4 event. The pinned snapshot carries no tag or GitHub release, so it documents the project source rather than a release-bound deployed build.
BSides Brisbane / GitHub: BSides Brisbane 2026 (Clock Module)
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary badge technical source identifying a manually controllable clock generator using 555 timers and 74LS-series logic, with free-running, single-step, halt, CLK/nCLK, LED, and +5 V behavior.
BSides Brisbane / GitHub: BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module production data
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Commit-pinned BOM source corroborating the hardware tree's Gerber, CPL, and case-STL production material. It does not prove the final number, configuration, or recipient assignment of physical event units.
BSides Brisbane / GitHub: BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module MIT license
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Commit-pinned MIT License text for the selected repository's source and image reuse basis.
BSides Brisbane / GitHub: BSides Brisbane 2026 Clock Module photo
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Repository photo showing the populated purple Clock Module board mounted in a yellow printed case. The catalogue preserves it as a rights-cleared source photo under the repository MIT license, not as a synthetic visual or substitute rendering.
BSides Brisbane / LinkedIn: BSides Brisbane LinkedIn updates
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public post-event source for event-day badge and shirt pickup, and for naming BLARGE as the supporter making the electronic badge possible.
Humanitix / BSides Brisbane: BSides Brisbane 2026
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Ticketing source for standard conference badge inclusion, VIP special badge inclusion, in-person collection caveat, and passed-event status.