BSidesSLC 2025 · United States · 2025

BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge

Meshtastic-ready LilyGO T-Deck S3 badge

The BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge is a source-backed electronic event badge built on the LilyGO T-Deck S3 and advertised by BSidesSLC with keyboard, trackball, 25 LEDs, ESP32-S3, LoRa support, Meshtastic readiness, and customization potential.

BSidesSLC United States Utah Sandy Salt Lake City Security BSides LilyGO T-Deck S3 ESP32-S3 LoRa Meshtastic Keyboard Trackball North America

EventBSidesSLC 2025

SeriesBSidesSLC

LocationConference Center at Miller Campus, Sandy, Utah

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

event and E-Badge publisher

BSidesSLC

Official publisher of the 2025 E-Badge description, remaining-badge sale language, and Salt Lake City Security BSides event context.

Source

Why It Mattered

It adds Utah's Salt Lake City Security BSides line to the North American badge map and documents a regional event using an off-the-shelf LoRa keyboard device as a social, customizable conference badge rather than a one-off custom PCB.

Hardware

The official BSidesSLC site describes the 2025 E-Badge as built on the LilyGO T-Deck S3, with a keyboard, trackball, 25 LEDs, an ESP32-S3 chip, and LoRa support. The current public record does not expose a schematic, BOM, or local hardware repository for BSidesSLC-specific modifications.

Software & Apps

The official page calls the badge Meshtastic ready and fully customizable, but this pass did not recover a BSidesSLC firmware repository, flashed image, challenge source, Meshtastic channel configuration, or post-event app archive. The catalogue therefore avoids stronger firmware and challenge claims.

Lore

BSidesSLC continued offering remaining 2025 E-Badges through the 2026 ticket path, telling attendees to purchase the discounted badge and pick it up at the April 2026 conference. This record treats that as remaining-stock distribution, not a separate 2026 badge design.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge interface source-backed

Keyboard, trackball, and LED interface

The official hardware description lists a keyboard, trackball, and 25 LEDs as attendee-facing interaction surfaces.

Compatibility: BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge

Source

cross-year distribution documented

2026 remaining-stock pickup

The official site offers remaining 2025 E-Badges through 2026 ticketing and instructs buyers to pick them up at the April 2026 conference.

Compatibility: BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge

Source

hardware architecture source-backed

LilyGO T-Deck S3 badge base

The official BSidesSLC site says the 2025 E-Badge is built on the LilyGO T-Deck S3 platform.

Compatibility: BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge

Source

radio-capable badge core source-backed

ESP32-S3 and LoRa support

The official page identifies the badge's ESP32-S3 chip and LoRa support, framing the device as Meshtastic ready.

Compatibility: BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

cross-year distribution caveat note

The current official site sells remaining 2025 E-Badges for pickup at the 2026 conference, so this record does not infer a separate 2026 electronic-badge design from that sale language.

Country and event pages can show the 2025 badge lineage without turning remaining-stock pickup into an unsupported new edition.

Confidence: official source
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2026 ticketing period
Source note: BSidesSLC official site and BSidesSLC 2026 event page.

hardware-source caveat note

The current public source describes the LilyGO T-Deck S3 base and visible feature set, but this pass did not recover a BSidesSLC badge firmware repository, schematic, BOM, Meshtastic configuration, app archive, or challenge source.

The catalogue records the verified official badge description while avoiding unsupported local firmware, challenge, or hardware-modification claims.

Confidence: official source but incomplete
Status: needs schematic, firmware, and repository recovery
Timeframe: 2025 badge archive pass
Source note: BSidesSLC official site and current public-source search.

missing rights-cleared image note

No BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge image is published because the official site imagery has not been paired with explicit reusable image rights, attribution, source URL, and processing provenance.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying site artwork, generated-looking imagery, ticketing media, social photos, or screenshots.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and BSidesSLC official site.

Resources

BSidesSLC 2025 BSides wiki event metadata · Security BSides wiki page preserving BSidesSLC 2025 event metadata and Sandy, Utah venue context. BSidesSLC 2026 CFP official event context · Official BSidesSLC page for the April 9-10, 2026 Sandy, Utah event context used to classify the 2025 badge pickup language as cross-year remaining-stock distribution. BSidesSLC official site official event and badge page · Official BSidesSLC source for the 2025 E-Badge hardware description, remaining-stock sale language, 2026 pickup context, and event branding.

Sources

BSidesSLC: BSidesSLC Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the 2025 E-Badge claim, LilyGO T-Deck S3 base, keyboard, trackball, 25 LEDs, ESP32-S3, LoRa support, Meshtastic readiness, customization language, remaining-badge price, and 2026 pickup instructions. BSidesSLC: BSidesSLC 2026 CFP Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official event-context source for the April 9-10, 2026 Sandy, Utah BSidesSLC event where remaining 2025 E-Badges could be picked up. Security BSides: BSidesSLC 2025 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Security BSides wiki metadata source for the 2025 Salt Lake City event, Sandy venue context, and community lineage.