CactusCon 12 · United States · 2024

CactusCon 12 Badge

Project NeoRogue ESP32-S3 badge archive

The CactusCon 12 badge is preserved through Badge Pirates' public CactusCon-12 repository, which includes KiCad CAD files, Gerbers, BOM exports, QA code, art assets, reference documents, and ProjectNeoRogue front/back raster outputs for the 2024 CactusCon badge.

CactusCon United States Arizona Mesa Badge Pirates Project NeoRogue ESP32-S3 WROOM WS2812B OLED Rotary Encoder USB-C CH340N MicroSD SAO KiCad North America

EventCactusCon 12

SeriesCactusCon

LocationMesa Convention Center, Mesa, Arizona

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

badge design and source archive publisher

Badge Pirates

Repository publisher for the CactusCon 12 badge CAD, Gerbers, BOM, QA code, documentation, artwork, and reference material.

Source

event publisher

CactusCon

Event lineage credit for CactusCon 12, currently anchored here through InfoconDB because a stable old official page was not recovered in this pass.

Source

Why It Mattered

It fills the year between the CactusCon 11 writeup and the later CC13/CC14 open-hardware archives, while keeping the record anchored to public repository evidence and explicit caveats for missing license and image provenance.

Hardware

The CactusCon-12 CAD archive identifies an ESP32-S3 WROOM badge core, USB-to-serial programming, MicroSD, LiPo charging, 14500 battery holders, fuel gauge, five input buttons, two rotary dials, two SPI OLED displays, an I2C OLED path, WS2812B LEDs, CH340N USB serial, TP4054-class charger evidence, MAX17048 fuel gauge, and a Badgelife SAO v1.69 expansion footprint. The repository also preserves Gerbers, an interactive BOM, XLSX BOM/reference files, and ProjectNeoRogue front/back board-output images.

Software & Apps

The public CODE tree exposes BasicCodeForQA, but this pass did not recover a full event firmware release, challenge source, OTA service, or final badge application archive. The record therefore treats the repository as hardware/manufacturing evidence plus QA-code context rather than a complete software-source release.

Lore

InfoconDB records CactusCon 12 as a February 16-17, 2024 Mesa Convention Center event. Badge Pirates' ProjectNeoRogue-named repository outputs preserve the badge as a real CactusCon hardware artifact while leaving final event-game behavior and image reuse unresolved.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge interface source-backed

Five buttons, dual rotary dials, and OLED display path

KiCad comments and schematic sheets document five input buttons, two rotary dials, two SPI OLED paths, and an I2C OLED path.

Compatibility: CactusCon 12 Badge

Source

badge lighting source-backed

WS2812B LED archive

The CactusCon 12 board archive preserves WS2812B LED footprints and LED schematic material.

Compatibility: CactusCon 12 Badge

Source

firmware workflow source-backed

USB serial and MicroSD path

The public CAD archive documents USB-to-serial programming context, CH340N evidence, and MicroSD support.

Compatibility: CactusCon 12 Badge

Source

hardware architecture source-backed

ESP32-S3 WROOM ProjectNeoRogue core

The CactusCon-12 CAD archive identifies an ESP32-S3 WROOM core for the ProjectNeoRogue badge hardware.

Compatibility: CactusCon 12 Badge

Source

hardware expansion source-backed

SAO v1.69 expansion

The CactusCon 12 board file includes a Badgelife SAO v1.69 footprint for add-on expansion.

Compatibility: CactusCon 12 Badge

Source

manufacturing archive source-backed

Gerber, BOM, and QA-code archive

Badge Pirates publishes Gerbers, BOM exports, an interactive BOM, ESP32-S3 reference material, and BasicCodeForQA for the CactusCon 12 badge.

Compatibility: CactusCon 12 Badge

Source

power architecture source-backed

14500 battery, charger, and MAX17048 gauge

The CAD archive records 14500 battery-holder, TP4054-class charging, and MAX17048 fuel-gauge evidence.

Compatibility: CactusCon 12 Badge

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

missing rights-cleared image note

No CactusCon 12 badge image is published because the repository board-output images, artwork, event graphics, and Badge Pirates gallery images have not been paired with complete reusable image rights, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository PNGs, website gallery files, screenshots, or generated media.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and BadgePiratesLLC/CactusCon-12 repository.

repository-license caveat note

The public CactusCon-12 repository does not expose a visible repository license in GitHub metadata or the top-level tree inspected in this pass.

The catalogue cites the public source trail as evidence but does not republish images or imply reusable licensing for the CactusCon 12 archive.

Confidence: repository metadata check
Status: needs license clarification
Timeframe: current CactusCon 12 pass
Source note: GitHub repository metadata and top-level tree for BadgePiratesLLC/CactusCon-12.

software-source caveat note

The repository includes BasicCodeForQA, but this pass did not recover final event firmware, badge-game source, OTA service code, or challenge material.

The record keeps software claims limited to QA-code context and hardware-programming surfaces.

Confidence: repository tree inspection
Status: needs final firmware recovery
Timeframe: current CactusCon 12 pass
Source note: BadgePiratesLLC/CactusCon-12 CODE tree.

Resources

CactusCon 12 BasicCodeForQA qa code · Repository QA-code tree used only as limited software evidence, not as a final event firmware claim. CactusCon 12 Gerbers manufacturing output · Repository Gerber and drill archive for the ProjectNeoRogue fabrication outputs. CactusCon 12 InfoconDB record event metadata · InfoconDB source for the February 16-17, 2024 Mesa Convention Center CactusCon 12 event context. CactusCon 12 KiCad CAD tree hardware source · Repository CAD tree with CactusCon12 KiCad files, schematic sheets, BOM output, Gerbers, and board-output context. CactusCon 12 README source · Minimal repository README source identifying the archive as CactusCon12 badge files. CactusCon 12 documentation outputs hardware source · Repository DOCS tree preserving CactusCon12 BOM, ESP32-S3 pinout reference, interactive BOM, and ProjectNeoRogue board-output images. CactusCon-12 repository source repo · Badge Pirates public repository preserving the CactusCon 12 ProjectNeoRogue badge archive.

Sources

GitHub / Badge Pirates, LLC: BadgePiratesLLC/CactusCon-12 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public repository source for CactusCon 12 ProjectNeoRogue badge files, CAD, CODE, DOCS, artwork, and reference-material directories. GitHub / Badge Pirates, LLC: CactusCon 12 CAD archive Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Hardware source for ESP32-S3, displays, controls, USB serial, MicroSD, power, MAX17048, LEDs, SAO, BOM, and Gerber evidence. GitHub / Badge Pirates, LLC: CactusCon 12 BasicCodeForQA Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Limited QA-code source; not treated as final event firmware or challenge source. InfoconDB: CactusCon 12 (2024) Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Event metadata source for CactusCon 12 dates and Mesa Convention Center venue.