Hackaday Remoticon.2 · United States · 2021

Hackaday Remoticon.2 DIY Badge

KiCad badge canvas with MicroMod carrier variant

Thomas Flummer's Remoticon.2 badge project published a KiCad badge canvas for the 2021 virtual Remoticon, giving builders a Remoticon.2-shaped PCB with open prototyping space plus uploaded KiCad, artwork, Gerber, and MicroMod carrier-board files.

Hackaday Remoticon Hackaday Supercon United States Virtual Event DIY Badge KiCad MicroMod OSH Park Prototype PCB North America

EventHackaday Remoticon.2

SeriesHackaday Superconference

LocationVirtual / online

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

Hackaday article author

Jenny List

Author of the Hackaday article documenting the Remoticon.2 badge concept and remote badge-production context.

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Remoticon.2 badge designer

Thomas Flummer

The Hackaday.io project identifies Thomas Flummer as the Remoticon.2 badge project author.

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carrier-board module context

SparkFun MicroMod ecosystem

The Remoticon.2 project exposes a MicroMod carrier-board variant; the catalogue credits the ecosystem context without implying SparkFun authored the Remoticon badge.

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event and article publisher

Hackaday

Hackaday published the Remoticon.2 badge article and hosted the Hackaday.io project surface used for this record.

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shared-board fabrication path

OSH Park

The Remoticon.2 project links OSH Park shared projects for the MicroMod carrier and paste/stencil route.

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Why It Mattered

It captures the second remote-year badge response: Hackaday coverage explicitly describes the badge as an exercise in builder ingenuity, where attendees could order a board, remove the placeholder pad grid, and design their own electronics around a shared visual identity.

Hardware

The Hackaday.io project describes a KiCad board with regular 0.1 inch pad-grid space for user circuitry, purple-OSH-Park-friendly styling, fine silkscreen details, uploaded KiCad/artwork files, Gerbers, and a MicroMod carrier-board variant with later hand-soldering notes.

Software & Apps

The base project is a hardware canvas rather than a finished firmware platform. Hackaday suggested builders could add electronics such as an ESP32 and even consider badge.team-style software, but no stock Remoticon.2 firmware is claimed for the template itself.

Lore

Hackaday's article places the project in the pandemic badge-production problem: when events were virtual and component supply uncertain, the badge became a locally ordered, builder-completed artifact instead of an event-floor handout.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

customization workflow source-backed

Builder-supplied electronics path

Hackaday described the badge as a prototyping board or PCB canvas where builders removed the placeholder grid and added electronics they had on hand.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon.2 DIY Badge

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fabrication files source-backed

Remoticon.2 artwork and Gerbers

The project file list exposes artwork archives, KiCad PCB material, Gerbers, and paste files for builders who wanted the shared visual identity.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon.2 DIY Badge

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hardware source source-backed

KiCad badge canvas

The Hackaday.io project published the badge as a KiCad design with regular 0.1 inch pad-grid space intended for user-added circuitry.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon.2 DIY Badge

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hardware variant source-backed

MicroMod carrier-board variant

Hackaday and the project files describe a MicroMod carrier-board variant, with later logs showing hand-soldered spacers, joysticks, USB through-hole pins, screen, and a RISC-V MicroMod module.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon.2 DIY Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

DIY distribution caveat note

The 2021 project was distributed as KiCad/artwork/Gerber files and shared fabrication paths, not as a verified centrally issued attendee badge.

The catalogue preserves the badge-culture artifact while avoiding universal distribution, official handout, or finished-product claims.

Confidence: source-backed classification
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2021 virtual event
Source note: Hackaday article and Remoticon 2 badge Hackaday.io project files.

builder-completion caveat note

Public sources describe the badge as a PCB canvas with space for builders to add their own electronics, including a MicroMod variant, rather than a complete stock electronics-and-firmware package.

The record avoids inventing a fixed MCU, app set, puzzle, or firmware behavior for the base Remoticon.2 template.

Confidence: primary project and Hackaday article
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2021 remote build
Source note: Hackaday article, Hackaday.io project description, file list, and project logs.

license and media caveat note

This pass did not identify a clear project-wide license on the Hackaday.io Remoticon.2 files that would support local reuse of project photos, renders, or artwork as catalogue images.

The project is cited for artifact facts and fabrication context, but image and artwork reuse is withheld pending explicit license or permission evidence.

Confidence: source-limited audit
Status: needs deeper license audit
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: Remoticon 2 badge Hackaday.io project, files page, Hackaday article media, OSH Park previews, and badge.gallery image policy.

missing rights-cleared image note

No local Remoticon.2 badge image has been added because Hackaday article images, Hackaday.io project photos, and OSH Park previews have not been paired with complete reusable image license or permission, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying article, project, or fabrication-preview media without complete image provenance.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy, Hackaday article media, Hackaday.io project media, and OSH Park preview material.

missing rights-cleared image note

No Hackaday Remoticon.2 DIY Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and Hackaday Remoticon.2 badge source trail.

Resources

Remoticon.2 MicroMod OSH Park project fabrication handoff · OSH Park shared project linked from the Hackaday.io project for the MicroMod carrier-board variant. Remoticon.2 badge article article · Hackaday coverage describing the 2021 remote badge as a KiCad file set, prototyping board, builder canvas, and MicroMod carrier-board variant. Remoticon.2 badge files hardware files · Hackaday.io file listing for KiCad PCB, artwork zip, MicroMod variant source zip, Gerbers, and paste files. Remoticon.2 badge project project page · Thomas Flummer Hackaday.io project source for the Remoticon.2 visual identity, KiCad design, 0.1 inch pad-grid customization area, files, logs, and author attribution. Remoticon.2 paste-stencil OSH Park project fabrication handoff · OSH Park shared project linked from the Hackaday.io project for the MicroMod carrier-board paste/stencil workflow.

Sources

Hackaday: The Hackaday Remoticon 2 Badge: An Exercise In Your Own Ingenuity Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Hackaday article source for the 2021 remote-badge production problem, KiCad-file distribution model, prototyping-board concept, builder customization, and MicroMod carrier-board variant. Hackaday.io / Thomas Flummer: Remoticon 2 badge Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Primary project source for Remoticon.2 badge naming, Thomas Flummer attribution, KiCad design, 0.1 inch pad-grid space, files, project logs, and OSH Park-linked fabrication paths. Hackaday.io / Thomas Flummer: Remoticon 2 badge files Retrieved 2026-05-21 · File-listing source for KiCad PCB, artwork archive, MicroMod carrier source zip, Gerber zips, and paste/stencil package. OSH Park / Thomas Flummer: Remoticon.2 MicroMod OSH Park projects Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Fabrication source for the shared MicroMod carrier-board route linked from the Remoticon.2 project; treated as a fabrication handoff rather than image-rights evidence.