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BSides Puerto Rico 2019 DIY Badge

ATtiny13A solder-and-program participant badge

BSides Puerto Rico 2019's badge is preserved as a DIY participant kit: an easy-through-hole electronic badge built around an ATtiny13A, two red/blue LEDs, two 680 ohm resistors, a slide switch, CR2032 power, public Gerbers, KiCad files, Arduino sample code, and real assembled-badge photos.

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BSides Puerto Rico 2019 DIY Badge badge image

EventBSides Puerto Rico 2019

SeriesBSides Puerto Rico

LocationPuerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan

CountryPuerto Rico

Image Provenance

Asset: optimized WebP from repository photo
Status: licensed original photo
Source: docs/img/frontfullassembly.jpg
License: Apache License 2.0
Attribution: soynerdito / BSidesPR_2019_Badge repository contributors
Notes: Original 458x442 assembled-badge repository JPEG downloaded from soynerdito/BSidesPR_2019_Badge, stripped of metadata, and published as an optimized WebP delivery asset without generated content or visual retouching. The repository README embeds this exact physical front-assembly photo, and the repository license is Apache-2.0. The published badge.gallery delivery file is an optimized WebP generated from the rights-cleared local derivative/source with metadata stripped, WebP quality 82, and a maximum side cap of 1600 pixels when the source is larger; upstream source URL, license, and attribution remain unchanged.

People

Authors & Credits

badge repository publisher and documentation author

soynerdito

GitHub publisher of the public BSidesPR_2019_Badge repository used for the badge source, documentation, sample code, and image provenance.

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event organizer

BSides Puerto Rico / Obsidis Consortia

The Security BSides wiki page says BSides Puerto Rico was organized by Obsidis Consortia, a community-run not-for-profit organization.

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Why It Mattered

It adds a Caribbean hacker-conference badge lineage to the worldwide compendium and captures a modest but important community badge pattern: every participant received a solderable artifact that taught basic assembly, bootloader/programming setup, and simple LED firmware.

Hardware

The badge documentation lists two bicolor LEDs, two 680 ohm resistors, one slide switch, a CR2032 battery and holder, and an ATtiny13A microcontroller. The GitHub repository preserves Gerber files, KiCad project files, drill files, source images, and front/back assembled-badge photos under Apache-2.0.

Software & Apps

Programming used the Arduino IDE after configuring ATtiny support and burning the ATtiny bootloader. The public documentation links sample Arduino code for police-light and fade behavior, and the repository keeps the ArduinoSamples tree with those examples.

Lore

The official BSides wiki describes BSidesPR as the only hacker conference in the Caribbean for the 2019 edition, while the badge README says the badge was not a sale product: it existed to share and learn through hands-on soldering at the conference.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

assembly workflow archived

Through-hole soldering kit

The documentation frames the badge as a DIY kit distributed to participants, with easy-to-mount DIP components and step-by-step resistor, LED, switch, and battery-holder assembly.

Compatibility: BSides Puerto Rico 2019 DIY Badge

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firmware examples archived

Police lights and fade samples

The public sample-code tree preserves simple police-light and fade examples for the red/blue LED badge hardware.

Compatibility: BSides Puerto Rico 2019 DIY Badge

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firmware workflow archived

Arduino IDE ATtiny programming path

Programming instructions use the Arduino IDE, ATtiny support configuration, bootloader/fuse burning, and sample badge sketches.

Compatibility: BSides Puerto Rico 2019 DIY Badge / ATtiny13A

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

image provenance note

The local image is the front assembled-badge JPEG from the Apache-2.0 GitHub repository, stripped of metadata and otherwise kept as a real repository photo.

This satisfies the original-photo requirement without introducing generated, synthetic, or placeholder imagery.

Confidence: repository audit
Status: cleared
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: BSidesPR_2019_Badge docs/img/frontfullassembly.jpg and repository LICENSE.

programming prerequisite note

Programming required Arduino IDE setup, ATtiny support configuration, and bootloader/fuse burning before sample code could be uploaded.

The badge taught more than soldering, but the software path depended on a working microcontroller-programming toolchain.

Confidence: primary docs
Status: documented
Timeframe: assembly and workshop use
Source note: BSides PR 2019 Badge Documentation programming section.

source depth note

The public sources are strong for kit intent, BOM, assembly, Arduino workflow, Gerbers, KiCad files, and photos, but they do not provide a full event field report or attendee writeup for how the badge was used during the day.

The record keeps its claims to documented kit distribution, assembly, and sample-code behavior rather than inventing on-site gameplay or contest lore.

Confidence: source-backed but compact
Status: documented caveat
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: BSides PR 2019 badge docs, repository README, and Security BSides wiki page.

Resources

BSides PR 2019 Badge Documentation badge docs · Read the Docs source for kit distribution, bill of materials, assembly steps, Arduino programming, and sample-code links. BSides Puerto Rico 2019 wiki event page · Security BSides wiki source for October 11, 2019 date, Puerto Rico Convention Center venue, Caribbean conference framing, schedule, and Hardware Village context. BSidesPR 2019 Arduino samples firmware examples · Repository sample-code tree for police-light and fade badge behavior. BSidesPR 2019 assembled badge photo image source · Apache-2.0 repository JPEG used as the local original-photo hero image. BSidesPR 2019 badge README source · Raw README source for DIY participant-badge framing, sharing/learning intent, photo embeds, and docs link. BSidesPR 2019 badge repository source repo · Public repository preserving README, Gerbers, KiCad files, drill files, Arduino samples, documentation images, and Apache-2.0 license. BSidesPR 2019 repository license license · Apache-2.0 license source for the repository containing badge design files, documentation, sample code, and images.

Sources

GitHub: soynerdito/BSidesPR_2019_Badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary repository source for Gerber files, KiCad design files, drill files, ArduinoSamples, documentation images, README, and Apache-2.0 license. GitHub: BSidesPR_2019_Badge LICENSE Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Apache-2.0 license source used for local image provenance and repository reuse. GitHub raw README: Badge for BSides PR 2019 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Raw README source for DIY badge intent, all-participant framing, learning/sharing language, and embedded front/back physical badge photos. Read the Docs: BSides PR 2019 Badge Documentation Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary badge documentation source for participant kit distribution, DIP/easy-mount component framing, BOM, assembly photos, soldering steps, and Arduino IDE programming workflow. Security BSides Wiki: BsidesPR2019 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Event source for October 11, 2019, Puerto Rico Convention Center, Hardware Village, and the page's statement that BSidesPR is the only hacker conference in the Caribbean.