BSides Cheltenham 2024 · United Kingdom · 2024
ATtiny402 UFO PCB badge with source-described activity material
An electronic PCB badge identified by Punk Security's public source archive as the UFO badge for BSides Cheltenham 2024. Its repository preserves EAGLE, Gerber, Arduino firmware, vector-art, 3D-case, and activity-booklet material, and names an ATtiny402, button, CR2032 clip, and 5050 NeoPixel. The archive says the activity booklet was given out on the day. Punk Security's historical event timeline separately says it was the badge sponsor and had UFO badges, but currently renders that entry with an inconsistent early-2023 timestamp; the record therefore uses the repository's explicit 2024 badge identity without inventing an exact date or venue. The reviewed sources do not establish organizer-side 2024 confirmation, production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, activity participation or outcome, safety validation, or reusable image provenance.
People
Punk Security's timeline identifies it as BSides Cheltenham badge sponsor with UFO badges, and its public repository identifies the 2024 UFO Badge and preserves source material. This credit reflects the publicly named sponsor/maker/archive roles without resolving the timeline date discrepancy or assigning organizer authority, attendee allocation, safety, final production, or image rights.
SourceIt fills a second source-backed BSides Cheltenham electronic-artifact gap while making the historical date discrepancy legible rather than smoothing it over. The dossier carries a real maker archive and an on-day printed-material statement, but deliberately withholds an exact event date, organizer confirmation, universal allocation, final hardware parity, and any activity result until stronger sources emerge.
The public maker archive describes an ATtiny402 microcontroller, one surface-mount button, CR2032 battery clip, and one 5050 NeoPixel addressable LED. It preserves EAGLE board/schematic/custom-footprint material, a Gerber archive, original UFO vector artwork, and a 3D printed case file. The sources do not establish final component substitutions, battery brand/capacity, power budget, electrical limits, production revision, assembly quality, case fit, manufacturing test plan, certification, compliance, or safety outcome for every physical unit.
Punk Security's source archive preserves an Arduino firmware sketch and a source-described activity booklet. The record does not reproduce codes, activity content, connection, flashing, configuration, modification, or hardware-assembly directions and does not claim a tagged release, signed binary, source-to-unit mapping, support policy, or all-unit firmware parity.
The maker archive calls the physical artifact the UFO badge and says a related activity booklet was given out on the day. Punk Security's historical timeline also describes itself as badge sponsor and says it returned with UFO badges, but its rendered timestamp conflicts with the repository's clear 2024 identity. The record retains the artifact and printed-material context without resolving that discrepancy by inference or asserting a participant, game, prize, or field outcome.
Source-backed hardware metadata
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.
Punk Security's public repository identifies the UFO badge as a BSides Cheltenham 2024 electronic conference artifact. It does not establish an exact date, organizer-side confirmation, attendee-wide allocation, final unit parity, or image rights.
Signal sourceThe repository's parts list names one 5050 NeoPixel addressable LED. The signal does not establish LED package substitutions, current budget, brightness, power behavior, or final-unit parity.
Signal sourceThe repository's parts list names a CR2032 surface-mount battery clip. It does not establish battery brand, capacity, polarity protection, power budget, runtime, electrical safety, or final-unit parity.
Signal sourceThe public firmware is an Arduino sketch using the MegaTinyCore interface for the ATtiny4x2 family. This records a source-bounded software lineage, not a supported or safe configuration, activity, or modification procedure.
Signal sourceRepair, preservation, and legal lab context
Parts, tools, and supplies that match this badge's documented hardware, protocols, or preservation needs. These are category-level recommendations, not compatibility guarantees.
Battery holders, connectors, and safe replacement supplies for preservation work.
This badge has documented battery or rechargeable power hardware. Matched technical signals: CR2032.
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Anti-static bags and storage supplies for preserving loose badge PCBs and sensitive components.
This is documented as an electronic or hardware artifact where anti-static storage can support preservation. Matched technical signals: Electronic badge.
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Lifecycle
The repository says a companion activity flyer was given out on the day. This preserves high-level printed-material context without publishing its contents, codes, procedure, participant count, completion data, prize outcome, or a current playable or supported activity.
SourcePunk Security's historical timeline identifies it as BSides Cheltenham's badge sponsor with UFO badges, while its source archive identifies the UFO Badge for BSides Cheltenham 2024. The timeline's rendered early-2023 timestamp conflicts with that explicit 2024 repository identity, so the record preserves both sources without inventing an exact event date, organizer confirmation, or universal allocation.
SourceThe repository calls the artifact the UFO Badge and preserves EAGLE, Gerber, original vector-art, and 3D-case material. This records source-described physical/art context without claiming that every delivered unit used an identical final board, artwork revision, case, manufacturing finish, or assembly quality.
SourcePunk Security's public repository preserves board, schematic, Gerber, vector-art, case, firmware, and activity material. The archive is linked for provenance without presenting it as a licensed derivative-work, manufacturing, flashing, configuration, activity, or safety guide.
SourceOperational history
The catalogue records the historical printed-material statement without exposing activity instructions or inferring universal participation, a completed challenge, individual outcomes, or current availability.
The catalogue records a source-backed 2024 event artifact while making the timestamp conflict and all unsupported organizer, allocation, and handoff claims explicit.
The record preserves a source-backed hardware outline without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, case-fit, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
The catalogue links source evidence without presenting it as a supported, reproducible, current, or safe modification or operation workflow.
The United Kingdom record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
Source files and public project material are cited as evidence, but no local image, artwork, source file, case asset, or brand asset is copied or treated as licensed for reuse.
