blog_wingz / kawing-ho
Author of the public attendee report documenting the shipped 555-timer orc badge, soldering workflow, and 9V battery use.
SourceBSides Canberra 2024 · Australia · 2024
BSides Canberra 2024 Orc Blinky Badge
Middle-earth themed 555-timer LED soldering badge
BSides Canberra 2024's public ticketing page promised an electronic badge, and an attendee writeup describes the shipped badge as an orc-shaped soldering badge built around a 555 timer, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, and 9V battery power.
EventBSides Canberra 2024
SeriesBSides Canberra
LocationNational Convention Centre, Canberra
CountryAustralia
People
Authors & Credits
BSides Canberra
Official publisher of the 2024 event page and organizer identity behind the Humanitix source used for the electronic-badge record.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It fills the post-bPod Canberra lineage with a simpler but still electronic hardware artifact: an approachable blinky badge that kept soldering and hardware participation in the main conference experience.
Hardware
The recovered attendee source identifies an orc badge with a 555 timer, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, and 9V battery. The public source does not disclose a full BOM, schematic, PCB files, board revision, LED count, resistor values, or production files.
Software & Apps
No firmware is claimed for this badge. The available source trail describes a 555-timer blinky circuit rather than a programmable microcontroller or badge software stack.
Lore
The Humanitix event page used a Middle-earth framing and described the electronic badge as a Fellowship-worthy treasure. The attendee report says the badge was simple enough for beginners, was soldered at the event, and could be brought to life with a 9V battery and mounting help from other attendees.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
hardware architecture
source-backed
555-timer orc blinky circuit
The attendee writeup describes the 2024 badge as an orc-shaped electronic badge using a 555 timer, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, and 9V battery power.
Source
soldering activity
source-backed
Beginner soldering badge workflow
The attendee report says the badge was simple enough for beginners to get going and was soldered during the conference with shared attendee setup help.
Source
ticket inclusion
source-backed
Middle-earth electronic badge ticket promise
Humanitix described the conference badge as an electronic badge worthy of the Fellowship within the event's Middle-earth themed ticketing copy.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
hardware-detail caveat
note
The recovered sources prove electronic badge inclusion and document the shipped 555-timer blinky circuit at a high level, but this pass did not recover an official schematic, BOM, PCB files, component values, or production repository.
The catalogue records the verified orc blinky badge without inventing chip pinouts, LED counts, exact component values, board revisions, or source-code claims.
- Confidence
- source-backed but incomplete
- Status
- needs official schematic or repository recovery
- Timeframe
- 2024 badge archive pass
- Source note
- BSides Canberra 2024 Humanitix page and attendee badge writeup.
missing rights-cleared image
note
No BSides Canberra 2024 orc badge image is published because the recovered public images have not been paired with explicit reuse rights, attribution, source URL, and processing notes for catalogue publication.
The record stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying attendee photos, ticketing graphics, or using generated badge art.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy, BSides Canberra 2024 event and ticketing pages, and attendee writeup.
Resources
BSides Canberra 2024 Humanitix ticketing
ticket page · Ticketing source documenting the Middle-earth themed event, CTF context, and explicit electronic badge inclusion.
BSides Canberra 2024 attendee badge writeup
attendee writeup · Attendee report documenting the orc badge, 555 timer, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, 9V battery use, soldering experience, and beginner-friendly framing.
BSides Canberra 2024 event page
event page · Official event page documenting September 26-28, 2024 dates, National Convention Centre venue, registration hours, ticket requirement, and BSides Canberra technical-community framing.
Sources
BSides Canberra: BSides Canberra 2024
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event source for September 26-28, 2024 dates, National Convention Centre venue, registration hours, ticket requirement, and technical-community framing.
Humanitix / BSides Canberra: BSides Canberra 2024
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Ticketing source for event date, venue, CTF context, and electronic-badge inclusion.
blog_wingz / kawing-ho: Bsides Canberra 2024
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Attendee writeup source for the shipped orc badge description, 555-timer blinky circuit, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, 9V battery use, and soldering context.