BSides Canberra 2016 · Australia · 2016

BSides Canberra 2016 Arduino Running-Order Badge

Home-made Arduino badge with conference schedule display

BSides Canberra 2016 is represented by official event context and a contemporary Register report saying delegates received a home-made Arduino badge that displayed the conference running order.

BSides Canberra Australia Arduino Electronic Badge Schedule Display Conference Utility Oceania

EventBSides Canberra 2016

SeriesBSides Canberra

LocationCanberra Rex Hotel, Canberra

CountryAustralia

People

Authors & Credits

BSides Canberra organizer named in event coverage

Kylie McDevitt

The Register coverage identifies Kylie McDevitt as part of the organizer pair behind BSides Canberra.

Source

BSides Canberra organizer quoted in event coverage

Dr Silvio Cesare

The Register coverage identifies Silvio Cesare as part of the organizer pair behind BSides Canberra and quotes him on the event's goals.

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Darren Pauli

Author of the contemporary Register report used for the 2016 badge evidence.

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event publisher

BSides Canberra

Official publisher of the 2016 event page used for dates, venue, and event context.

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Why It Mattered

It pushes the Canberra electronic-badge lineage back before BUSSide and documents an early practical Australian conference badge where the badge acted as an attendee schedule utility rather than only a collectible or challenge prop.

Hardware

The public badge evidence identifies a home-made Arduino badge issued to delegates. This pass did not recover an official schematic, Arduino model, BOM, battery detail, display part, enclosure/artwork note, or production count beyond the Register's contemporary description.

Software & Apps

The recovered public software evidence is limited to the badge displaying the conference running order. No firmware repository, update workflow, badge game, CTF behavior, wireless feature, or post-event reflashing guide has been recovered for this 2016 record.

Lore

The Register framed the badge as part of BSides Canberra's intentionally community-driven character, alongside the custom t-shirts and volunteer labor behind the 2016 edition.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge utility source-backed

Conference running-order display

The badge displayed the conference running order, making the 2016 badge a practical attendee schedule surface.

Compatibility: BSides Canberra 2016 Arduino Running-Order Badge

Source

hardware architecture source-backed

Home-made Arduino conference badge

Contemporary coverage says BSides Canberra 2016 delegates received a home-made Arduino badge, but does not identify exact board revision, display model, or production files.

Compatibility: BSides Canberra 2016 Arduino Running-Order Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

hardware archive gap note

The recovered sources document a home-made Arduino badge and running-order display, but not a schematic, BOM, firmware, exact Arduino board, display part, artwork, or production archive.

The catalogue records the verified electronic-badge behavior while avoiding unsupported claims about circuit design, parts, firmware, or challenge features.

Confidence: source-backed but incomplete
Status: needs primary badge archive
Timeframe: 2016 badge archive pass
Source note: BSides Canberra 2016 event page and The Register event report.

missing rights-cleared image note

No BSides Canberra 2016 badge image is published because no reusable original photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license, attribution, and processing notes has been recovered.

The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying article imagery, event-page assets, screenshots, or generated badge art.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy, BSides Canberra 2016 event page, and The Register event report.

secondary-source technical caveat note

The core badge behavior for 2016 comes from a contemporary Register report rather than an official badge-team technical archive.

The entry stays conservative and keeps the official event page as event context while treating the Arduino and running-order claims as secondary-source technical evidence.

Confidence: contemporary secondary source
Status: needs primary technical corroboration
Timeframe: 2016 badge archive pass
Source note: The Register event report and BSides Canberra 2016 event page.

Resources

BSides Canberra 2016 event page event page · Official event source for the April 15-16, 2016 BSides Canberra edition, Canberra Rex Hotel venue, and Australian Security BSides context. The rise and rise of Australia's community hacking conferences event report · Contemporary Register report documenting that BSides Canberra 2016 delegates received a home-made Arduino badge displaying the conference running order.

Sources

BSides Canberra: BSides Canberra 2016 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event-context source for the April 15-16, 2016 dates, Canberra Rex Hotel venue, and BSides Canberra 2016 framing. The Register / Darren Pauli: The rise and rise of Australia's community hacking conferences Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Contemporary source for delegate home-made Arduino badge issuance and the running-order display behavior.