Disobey 2026 · Finland · 2026

Disobey 2026 Badge

ESP32-S3 MicroPython game badge

A Finnish Disobey badge built around ESP32-S3, a 1.9-inch TFT display, SK6812MINI RGB LEDs, joystick/buttons, MicroPython game firmware, OTA setup, web flashing, badge competitions, and a public hardware/firmware repository.

Badge.Team Disobey Finland ESP32-S3 MicroPython TFT SK6812 OTA CTF Europe

EventDisobey 2026

SeriesBadge.Team Adjacent Events

LocationKaapelitehdas, Helsinki

CountryFinland

People

Authors & Credits

PCB design

tracy

Repository README credits tracy for PCB design.

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badge firmware and documentation team

Disobey Badge Team

Repository README names the Disobey badge team members for the 2025/2026 badge firmware project.

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third-party Rust support library author

Taneli Kaivola

crates.io metadata names Taneli Kaivola as the publisher of the MIT-licensed disobey2026badge crate.

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Why It Mattered

It extends the Disobey lineage with a modern source-backed European badge whose public docs preserve both attendee operation and developer surfaces: schematic, STEP model, MicroPython firmware tree, social-game firmware, CTF-flashing workflow, and post-event firmware experiments.

Hardware

The hardware archive documents an ESP32-S3 WROOM-2 module, 1.9-inch ER-TFT019-1 display, SK6812MINI-EA RGB LEDs, joystick plus Start/Select/A/B controls, button matrix, USB-C and three-AA battery power selection, GPIO expansion, v11 schematic PDF, and STEP mechanical model.

Software & Apps

The official badge page documents minimal pre-flashed firmware with hardware test and OTA update, event WiFi provisioning, web-flash fallback, serial access, game firmware for social duels and miniapps, a separate CTF challenge firmware path with source release still pending in the public page, and third-party firmware links. The GitHub repository preserves the MicroPython build, frozen firmware/modules, development firmware, hardware docs, game-development guide, image-conversion guide, and build/deploy workflow, while a separate MIT-licensed Rust support crate documents ST7789 display, button, LED, backlight, and haptic APIs.

Lore

The badge page explicitly says the badges were the delayed Disobey 2025 badges finally arriving for Disobey 2026, and warns attendees to handle the screen carefully. Post-event submissions include public 3D-printable hardware mods, an experimental WLED/LED-extension path, and third-party Rust firmware that broadened the post-event surface with games, demos, peripheral examples, and name-tag behavior.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge app framework source-backed

Social game firmware and miniapps

The badge page describes social-game firmware for badge-to-badge duels and asks miniapp authors to submit pull requests so apps can be built into shared firmware.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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event challenge firmware source-backed

CTF challenge firmware station

The official page documents a second CTF firmware path and a flashing station near the CTF area, with source release promised after the event.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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event competition source-backed

Hardware mod and miniapp competitions

The competition rules solicit hardware mods, 3D models, apps, games, and standalone firmware for the badge, and list public hardware-mod submissions.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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firmware workflow source-backed

Minimal OTA first-use firmware

Badges shipped with minimal firmware for hardware testing and OTA update; the official page documents event-WiFi provisioning and a web-flash fallback if OTA failed.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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hardware architecture source-backed

ESP32-S3 TFT badge core

The hardware docs document ESP32-S3 WROOM-2, a 1.9-inch ER-TFT019-1 display, SK6812MINI RGB LEDs, joystick/buttons, GPIO mapping, schematic v11, and STEP mechanical model references.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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hardware mod archive source-backed

Post-event 3D-printed hardware mods

The official badge page lists public Best Hardware Mod submissions, including 3D-printable battery holder and case approaches for carrying or protecting the badge.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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post-event firmware experiment experimental

Experimental LED extension firmware

The official page links a post-event experiment for controlling extra addressable LEDs from the badge through WLED-style firmware work.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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third-party firmware examples source-backed

Rust games and demos

The Rust repository documents badge examples including Breakout, Skyroads, Snake, Space Shooter, demoscene, shader, vector demo, display tests, LED bars, microphone, name-tag, scrolling, vibration, and async task-switch examples.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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third-party firmware library source-backed

Rust support library

The MIT-licensed disobey2026badge crate and repository expose Rust APIs for the ST7789 display, nine GPIO buttons, WS2812 LEDs, display backlight, and vibration motor.

Compatibility: Disobey 2026 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

screen handling caution moderate

The badge page warns attendees to handle the badge carefully because the screen can be damaged if the badge is dropped or treated roughly.

The physical artifact has a documented handling caveat that belongs with the hardware record.

Confidence: official badge page
Status: documented warning
Timeframe: event use
Source note: Disobey 2026 badge page.

CTF firmware release caveat note

The official badge page still says the CTF challenge firmware source code will be released after the event, but the public sources checked in this pass did not expose that release.

The catalogue keeps the CTF flashing-station workflow as source-backed event behavior while avoiding a false claim that the CTF firmware source has already been published.

Confidence: official badge page
Status: source still pending
Timeframe: post-event refresh on 2026-05-19
Source note: Disobey 2026 badge page and public repository refresh.

delayed badge lineage note

The official page says the badges were originally supposed to arrive before Disobey 2025 and finally arrived for Disobey 2026.

The record uses the 2026 event edition while preserving the 2025/2026 naming split found in the badge URL and repository.

Confidence: official badge page
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2025-2026
Source note: Disobey 2026 badge page.

experimental LED firmware caveat note

The post-event LED extension path is documented as experimental firmware work rather than an official shipped attendee feature.

The record preserves the WLED-style extension idea while avoiding a claim that all badges shipped with that behavior or that it was part of the event firmware baseline.

Confidence: official badge page
Status: experimental
Timeframe: post-event refresh on 2026-05-21
Source note: Disobey 2026 badge page.

miniapp competition archive gap note

The official badge page lists public hardware-mod submissions but still leaves the Best Miniapp competition entries as coming soon.

The catalogue can cite the competition workflow and hardware-mod entries, but should not claim a complete public miniapp archive until the official page or repository publishes it.

Confidence: official badge page
Status: still pending
Timeframe: post-event refresh on 2026-05-21
Source note: Disobey 2026 badge page.

missing rights-cleared image note

No local Disobey 2026 badge image is published because the official badge page images have not been paired with an explicit reusable license, attribution, and processing provenance for catalogue publication.

The Finnish record stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying official-page imagery, screenshots, social photos, or generated artwork.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and Disobey 2026 badge page.

repository license caveat note

The repository README says the project uses submodules with various licenses and instructs readers to check individual component licenses.

Firmware and hardware facts can be sourced from the repository, but code-reuse and asset-reuse claims should not be collapsed into one blanket license statement.

Confidence: repository README
Status: needs component-level review
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: disobey-badge-2025-game-firmware README.

Resources

Disobey 2025 badge hardware docs hardware documentation · Hardware source for ESP32-S3 WROOM-2, 1.9-inch TFT display, SK6812MINI LEDs, button matrix, GPIO mappings, schematic v11, and STEP model references. Disobey 2025/2026 badge firmware firmware source · Public repository preserving MicroPython firmware, build workflow, hardware docs, frozen modules, development firmware, game-development docs, and badge-team credits. Disobey 2026 Rust badge library third-party firmware library · MIT-licensed Rust support library for the Disobey 2026 badge with ST7789 display, GPIO button, WS2812 LED, backlight, vibration, games, demos, peripheral examples, and name-tag behavior. Disobey 2026 badge page official badge docs · Official badge page documenting delayed 2025/2026 badge arrival, care warning, power, controls, OTA setup, competitions, firmware, CTF station, web flashing, and third-party firmware links. Disobey 2026 event page event page · Official event context for Disobey 2026 at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki on February 13-14, 2026. Disobey 2026 web flasher flashing tool · Official web-flash fallback linked from the badge page for attendees who cannot or do not want to use command-line flashing. disobey2026badge crates.io package package registry · Crates.io package metadata for the MIT-licensed Disobey 2026 badge support library published by Taneli Kaivola.

Sources

Disobey: Disobey 2026 Badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary badge page for delayed 2025/2026 badge arrival, screen-care warning, three-AA or USB-C power, OTA first-use flow, controls, competitions, game firmware, CTF flashing station, web flasher, and third-party firmware links. Disobey: Disobey 2026 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event-context source for the February 13-14, 2026 Helsinki edition at Kaapelitehdas. GitHub / Disobey: disobeyfi/disobey-badge-2025-game-firmware Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public firmware repository for MicroPython firmware, game platform, build/deploy workflow, repository structure, badge-team credits, and license caveat. GitHub / Disobey: HARDWARE.md Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Hardware source for ESP32-S3 WROOM-2, TFT, SK6812MINI LEDs, buttons, GPIO mapping, schematic, STEP model, and development-hardware notes. GitHub / Taneli Kaivola: tanelikaivola/disobey2026badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Third-party MIT-licensed Rust badge support library preserving peripheral abstractions and example firmware for the Disobey 2026 badge. crates.io: disobey2026badge crate metadata Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Registry metadata identifies the package as a hardware support library for the Disobey 2026 badge, published by Taneli Kaivola under the MIT license.