BSidesPDX 2015 · United States · 2015

BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

ESP8266 Badger hacking board

The BSidesPDX 2015 Badger badge is a conservative source-backed badge-hacking board record tied to the official Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking workshop and the public PDX Badgers 2015 PCB and firmware repositories.

BSidesPDX Portland Oregon United States Security BSides Badger ESP8266 Wi-Fi LED CTF North America

EventBSidesPDX 2015

SeriesBSidesPDX

LocationPortland, Oregon

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

Badger Hacking workshop presenter

Michael Leibowitz

The official BSidesPDX 2015 schedule names Michael Leibowitz with the Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking workshop.

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PCB and firmware repository publisher

PDX Badgers

GitHub organization publishing the 2015 Badger PCB and firmware repositories used for the technical archive.

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event and official schedule publisher

BSidesPDX

Official publisher for the 2015 schedule that anchors the Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking workshop to BSidesPDX.

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Why It Mattered

It adds an earlier Portland Security BSides hardware artifact to the North American lineage while keeping distribution scope, image rights, and exact production details bounded to what the official schedule and public repositories actually prove.

Hardware

The PDX Badgers `pcb-2015` repository preserves Eagle board, schematic, library, Gerber, OSH Park design-rule, and board-art source files for the 2015 Badger. The companion firmware identifies an ESP8266 Wi-Fi badge, named Badger web UI, BadgerNet SSID/hotspot behavior, four monochrome LEDs on tail/feet/nose pins, and one RGB eye LED.

Software & Apps

The `fw-2015` repository preserves Arduino-style ESP8266 firmware with an embedded HTTP server, mDNS/Wi-Fi includes, `/flag` and `/leds` endpoints, CTF flag storage/update behavior, per-LED state and RGB controls, and blink/chase/twinkle/all/none LED modes documented in the README.

Lore

The official BSidesPDX 2015 schedule places Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking in the workshop track from 10:00 through 11:30 with Michael Leibowitz. The catalogue treats the record as a workshop/badge archive, not proof that every attendee received this board.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge interface source-backed

Tail, foot, nose, and RGB eye LEDs

The firmware maps monochrome tail, back-foot, front-foot, and nose LEDs plus one RGB eye LED and groups them for badge display modes.

Compatibility: BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

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event context official schedule

Electronic Taxidermy workshop anchor

The official BSidesPDX schedule places Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking in the workshop track with Michael Leibowitz on October 16, 2015.

Compatibility: BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

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firmware API source-backed

HTTP LED control API

The README and firmware document `/leds` and `/leds/` routes for status, all/none/blink/chase/twinkle modes, individual LED state, and RGB color updates.

Compatibility: BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

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game behavior source-backed

CTF flag endpoint

The README and firmware document `/flag` and `/flag?newflag=...` behavior, with source code initializing the default flag as BADGERMASTER.

Compatibility: BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

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hardware architecture source-backed

ESP8266 Wi-Fi badge core

The firmware source includes ESP8266 Wi-Fi, WiFiClient, ESP8266WebServer, and mDNS support and serves a BSides PDX 2015 Badger web UI.

Compatibility: BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

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manufacturing archive source-backed

Eagle PCB, schematic, and Gerber archive

The PCB repository preserves Eagle board and schematic files, a project library, scripts, OSH Park design rules, and multiple Gerber ZIP archives.

Compatibility: BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

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networking behavior source-backed

BadgerNet hotspot and infrastructure mode

The firmware defines BadgerNet as both preferred infrastructure SSID and hotspot basename, with retry behavior before badge-hosted service fallback.

Compatibility: BSidesPDX 2015 Badger Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

distribution-scope caveat note

The official source proves a Badger Hacking workshop and the repositories prove public 2015 Badger PCB/firmware archives, but this pass did not recover a production count, attendee-wide distribution statement, ticket tier, or final handout logistics.

The catalogue models the artifact conservatively as a BSidesPDX 2015 badge-hacking board archive rather than a universal attendee badge claim.

Confidence: official schedule plus repositories
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2015 archive pass
Source note: BSidesPDX 2015 schedule, pdxbadgers/pcb-2015, and pdxbadgers/fw-2015.

license boundary note

The PCB repository includes CC BY-SA 3.0 licensing, while the firmware file carries a permissive source-header notice and the repositories do not provide a single unified image/documentation rights statement for publishable badge media.

The record cites code and hardware sources but does not reuse repository artwork or social/event imagery as a hero image.

Confidence: repository files
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2015 archive pass
Source note: pdxbadgers/pcb-2015 COPYING.TXT and pdxbadgers/fw-2015 badger.ino.

missing rights-cleared image note

No BSidesPDX 2015 Badger image is published because this pass did not identify a physical documentary badge photo or complete official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying logos, board-art files, event-page imagery, screenshots, or generated visuals.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy, BSidesPDX official schedule, and pdxbadgers/pcb-2015 and fw-2015 repositories.

technical-source caveat note

The public PCB and firmware archives document the design files and ESP8266 badge behavior, but this pass did not recover BOM notes, assembly instructions, final flashed release tag, manufacturing order, workshop handout count, or post-event challenge results.

Hardware and firmware claims remain limited to the public repository files and official schedule wording.

Confidence: public source archive
Status: needs final production archive
Timeframe: 2015 archive pass
Source note: pdxbadgers/pcb-2015, pdxbadgers/fw-2015 README, badger.ino, and BSidesPDX 2015 schedule.

Resources

BSides PDX 2015 Badger Firmware README firmware documentation · Repository README source for the `/flag` endpoint, `/leds` endpoint, RGB LED color command, and LED mode command list. BSidesPDX 2015 schedule official schedule · Official BSidesPDX schedule source for the October 16, 2015 event date and the Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking workshop placement in the morning workshop track. BSidesPDX 2015 speakers official speaker page · Official speaker-page source used for 2015 event and hardware-security context; no badge image is reused from the page. Badger Eagle board board file · Repository board-file source for the physical PCB archive; used as evidence of a real hardware design rather than as publishable artwork. Badger Eagle schematic schematic · Repository schematic source for the hardware archive and named Badger design files. Badger Gerber archive manufacturing archive · Repository manufacturing-file source showing Gerber release material for the 2015 Badger board. badger.ino firmware source · Firmware source for ESP8266 Wi-Fi includes, BadgerNet naming, embedded BSides PDX 2015 Badger web UI, HTTP handlers, LED pins, and CTF flag behavior. pcb-2015 COPYING license · Repository license source stating Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 for the PCB archive; firmware licensing is documented separately from source headers. pdxbadgers/fw-2015 repository firmware source repo · Public PDX Badgers firmware repository preserving the ESP8266 Badger web server, LED behavior, config storage, and support files. pdxbadgers/pcb-2015 repository hardware source repo · Public PDX Badgers repository preserving the 2015 Badger Eagle board, schematic, library, Gerber archives, OSH Park design rules, board-art files, and CC BY-SA 3.0 license file.

Sources

BSidesPDX: Schedule Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official event source for the October 16, 2015 BSidesPDX date and the Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking workshop slot with Michael Leibowitz. BSidesPDX: Speakers Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official event source for surrounding BSidesPDX 2015 speaker and hardware-security context; used for event context rather than image reuse. GitHub / PDX Badgers: pdxbadgers/pcb-2015 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public repository source for the 2015 Badger PCB, schematic, library, board-art files, Gerber archives, OSH Park DRC, and CC BY-SA 3.0 PCB license file. GitHub / PDX Badgers: badger.brd Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Board-file source proving a concrete PCB archive for the 2015 Badger design. GitHub / PDX Badgers: badger.sch Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Schematic source for the 2015 Badger hardware archive. GitHub / PDX Badgers: pdxbadgers/fw-2015 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public firmware repository source for the BSides PDX 2015 Badger firmware archive. GitHub / PDX Badgers: BSides PDX 2015 Badger Firmware README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Firmware README source for `/flag`, `/leds`, LED mode, per-device, and RGB endpoint behavior. GitHub / PDX Badgers: badger.ino Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Firmware source for ESP8266 WebServer usage, BadgerNet SSID naming, BSides PDX 2015 Badger web UI, CTF flag update handler, and LED pin/control behavior. GitHub / PDX Badgers: COPYING.TXT Retrieved 2026-05-15 · License source for CC BY-SA 3.0 terms covering the PCB repository archive; no repository image is published locally from this pass.