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Hackaday Remoticon 2020 Unofficial Badge

Community KiCad/OSH Park badge template for the virtual event

Thomas Flummer's 2020 Remoticon badge was an unofficial CC BY-SA 4.0 KiCad PCB template released for the virtual Hackaday Remoticon, combining decorative Remoticon artwork, prototyping area, a MakersBox SMD challenge circuit, Feather-mounting pads, Gerbers, and an OSH Park shared-project path.

Hackaday Remoticon Hackaday Supercon United States Virtual Event Unofficial Badge KiCad OSH Park SMD Challenge Feather North America

Hackaday Remoticon 2020 Unofficial Badge badge image

EventHackaday Remoticon 2020

SeriesHackaday Superconference

LocationVirtual / online

CountryUnited States

Image Provenance

Asset: optimized WebP from official upstream repository render
Status: licensed official upstream raster render
Source: RENDER/remoticon_badge.jpg
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Attribution: Thomas Flummer / flummer/remoticon2020-badge repository
Notes: Original 3000x1849 JPEG upstream render downloaded from the public flummer/remoticon2020-badge repository and preserved in Public/images/source. GitHub reports the repository license as CC BY-SA 4.0, the README embeds this exact render at the top of the page, and the original JPEG EXIF copyright credits Thomas Flummer; this is an official upstream repository render, not generated content, placeholder art, a social-media copy, or an approximate badge image. 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

Remoticon poster artwork inspiration

Aleksandar Bradic

Flummer's writeup identifies Aleksandar Bradic's Remoticon poster artwork as visual inspiration; this credit does not grant local image reuse.

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SMD challenge circuit source

MakersBox

The badge README credits the SMD challenge circuit source used in the board.

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event host and Remoticon publisher

Hackaday

Hackaday hosted the virtual Remoticon event page and discussion that anchors the no-official-badge context.

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shared-board fabrication path

OSH Park

The project linked an OSH Park shared-board path for builders ordering the base PCB.

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unofficial badge designer and writeup author

Thomas Flummer

Thomas Flummer published the 2020 Remoticon unofficial badge repository and blog writeup.

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Why It Mattered

It records how badge culture adapted when the official virtual event did not ship a central attendee badge: the artifact became a self-order/forkable public hardware template rather than a distributed conference credential.

Hardware

The public repository preserves KiCad schematic and PCB files, Gerbers, render assets, a mostly open prototyping/decorative board, SMD challenge circuitry, Adafruit Feather mounting option on the back, and breakout/test-point access for Feather pins.

Software & Apps

No fixed badge firmware is documented for the base PCB. The record treats software as user-supplied through any Feather or other electronics the builder adds, and cites the repository as hardware-source evidence rather than firmware evidence.

Lore

The Hackaday.io Remoticon discussion records no official badge for 2020 and welcomes unofficial work. Flummer's blog frames the board as a way for online-event participants to customize, order, and build a shared badge-like artifact despite the distributed event format.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

fabrication workflow source-backed

OSH Park self-order workflow

The project linked an OSH Park shared board so remote participants could order boards rather than receive a centrally distributed official badge.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon 2020 Unofficial Badge

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hardware expansion source-backed

Feather back-mount option

The README and writeup document Adafruit Feather mounting on the back with pins broken out to test points for user-added electronics.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon 2020 Unofficial Badge

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hardware source source-backed

KiCad and Gerber badge base

The repository preserves KiCad project files and Gerbers so builders could fork or fabricate the unofficial Remoticon board.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon 2020 Unofficial Badge

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soldering challenge source-backed

MakersBox SMD challenge circuit

The badge incorporated an SMD soldering challenge circuit credited to MakersBox, turning part of the board into a small assembly exercise.

Compatibility: Hackaday Remoticon 2020 Unofficial Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

distribution-scope caveat note

The badge was published for people to order, customize, or fork; public sources do not prove centralized production or attendee-wide distribution.

Claims are limited to a self-order/forkable hardware template and do not imply all Remoticon attendees received one.

Confidence: project-owner writeup
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2020 online-event build
Source note: Thomas Flummer blog, GitHub README, and OSH Park shared project.

firmware-scope caveat note

The base badge repository documents hardware files and optional Feather mounting, but does not define stock event firmware for the template itself.

Software claims remain limited to user-supplied electronics and do not invent a Remoticon 2020 badge firmware platform.

Confidence: repository audit
Status: documented
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: flummer/remoticon2020-badge repository contents and README.

image provenance upgrade note

The Remoticon 2020 visual uses Thomas Flummer's official `RENDER/remoticon_badge.jpg` upstream render from the public CC BY-SA 4.0 flummer/remoticon2020-badge repository.

The record now has a rights-cleared official upstream raster render with source URL, license, attribution, local source preservation, and optimized WebP delivery while avoiding generated, placeholder, social-media, or OSH Park preview imagery.

Confidence: repository license and exact raster source
Status: licensed official upstream render applied
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: flummer/remoticon2020-badge README, LICENSE.txt, `RENDER/remoticon_badge.jpg`, GitHub license metadata, JPEG EXIF copyright, and badge.gallery image policy.

unofficial badge classification note

The Hackaday.io Remoticon discussion and repository README state that there was no official badge and identify the board as an unofficial community badge.

The compendium treats the artifact as a source-backed community badge template, not as the official event credential or a universal attendee handout.

Confidence: primary-source discussion and README
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2020 virtual event
Source note: 2020 Remoticon Hackaday.io discussion and flummer/remoticon2020-badge README.

Resources

2020 Remoticon start page event page · Official Hackaday.io start page for the November 6-8, 2020 virtual Remoticon, workshop context, public chat, and discussion thread where official-badge scope was clarified. Badgelife for online events project writeup · Thomas Flummer writeup explaining the unofficial Remoticon 2020 board, online-event motivation, visual-art inspiration, prototyping/decorative intent, Feather option, and OSH Park path. MakersBox SMD Challenge circuit component source · Referenced SMD soldering challenge circuit source used as part of the unofficial Remoticon 2020 badge design. Remoticon 2020 OSH Park project fabrication handoff · Shared OSH Park board-order path linked from the repository/writeup for builders who wanted the base PCB. Remoticon 2020 badge README source · README source for unofficial classification, no-official-badge note, customization invitation, SMD challenge, Feather mounting, and Gerber availability. Remoticon 2020 badge license license · Repository license source for the CC BY-SA 4.0 hardware/source release and the upstream README-embedded render selected for local WebP delivery. Remoticon 2020 badge repository hardware source · Public KiCad, schematic, PCB, Gerber, render, and README repository for the unofficial Remoticon 2020 badge template. Remoticon 2020 upstream render image source · Official repository `RENDER/remoticon_badge.jpg` upstream raster render retained locally as the source image and served as an optimized WebP delivery asset.

Sources

GitHub: flummer/remoticon2020-badge Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Primary hardware repository for KiCad board files, schematics, Gerbers, renders, README, and GitHub-reported CC BY-SA 4.0 repository license metadata. GitHub / Thomas Flummer: Hackaday Remoticon 2020 Unofficial Badge README Retrieved 2026-05-21 · README source for explicit unofficial-badge status, no-official-badge context, customization invitation, SMD challenge circuit, Feather mounting option, and Gerbers. GitHub / Thomas Flummer: Remoticon 2020 badge CC BY-SA 4.0 license Retrieved 2026-05-21 · License text source for the repository release and selected upstream render; GitHub reports the repository license as CC BY-SA 4.0. GitHub / Thomas Flummer: Remoticon 2020 RENDER/remoticon_badge.jpg Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Image-provenance source for the official upstream README-embedded badge render used as the rights-cleared Remoticon 2020 visual under the repository CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Hackaday.io: 2020 Remoticon: Pandemic Creativity! (start here) Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Official virtual-event source for November 6-8, 2020 Remoticon context, workshop list, and discussion evidence that there was no official badge while unofficial work was welcomed. MakersBox / GitHub: Attiny85ChallengeHackaday2020 Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Referenced SMD challenge circuit source incorporated into the unofficial Remoticon 2020 badge. Thomas Flummer: A bit of #badgelife for online events Retrieved 2026-05-21 · Project-owner writeup proving the unofficial Remoticon badge concept, customization/order model, artwork inspiration, SMD challenge, Feather mounting, and online-event motivation.