Elliot Williams
Author of the reviewed July 13, August 13, September 12, and September 23, 2026 Hackaday Supercon announcements. Authorship of the announcements is not a badge-design attribution.
SourceHackaday Supercon 2026 · United States · 2026
Hackaday Supercon 2026 Planned Badge
Planned tenth-anniversary Supercon badge; design unrevealed
Hackaday's official August 13, 2026 ticket announcement says Supercon Ten admission includes a sweet hackable badge, and the September 12, 2026 newsletter adds that the badge is going to be bigger this year but that this is all organizers can say at this time. The July call for proposals schedules a Friday badge-hacking day and a Sunday badge-hack showcase. No controller, board, display, radio, firmware, or artwork has been published, so this is an organizer-confirmed planned badge rather than a revealed design.
SeriesHackaday Superconference
LocationSupplyframe DesignLab and ArtCenter South Campus, Pasadena, California
CountryUnited States
People
Authors & Credits
Hackaday
Official publisher of the 2026 call for proposals, ticket announcement, newsletter teaser, and speaker announcement used for this planned badge record.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It extends the strongly documented Pasadena Supercon badge lineage, from the 2016 LED-matrix badge through the 2025 Communicator, into the tenth-anniversary edition while keeping the record at the exact organizer statements: a bigger hackable badge is promised, and nothing about its construction is known. It also anchors the new two-stage ArtCenter South Campus edition in the catalogue ahead of the usual October badge-reveal cycle.
Hardware
Nothing is published. No reviewed Hackaday source announces a 2026 controller, PCB, display, radio, keyboard, power system, SAO port, connector standard, dimensions, artwork, enclosure, or production quantity. The 2025 Communicator Badge and every earlier Supercon badge remain prior-year records and are not reused as 2026 specifications.
Software & Apps
Nothing is published. No 2026 firmware, repository, source license, flashing workflow, badge game, or challenge system has been released. An author's comment reply to a reader, that the badge must have an add-on, is a teaser, not a specification.
Lore
Hackaday frames Supercon Ten as the tenth in-person Superconference on November 6-8, 2026 in Pasadena. The July 13 call for proposals moves the two 20-and-40-minute talk tracks a few blocks south to the ArtCenter South Campus with roughly 20 percent more capacity while keeping the Friday badge-hacking day at Supplyframe HQ; the August 13 ticket announcement priced early-bird admission at 150 dollars against a 296-dollar regular ticket plus fees; and the September 12 newsletter and September 23 first-round speaker announcement keep badge hacking among the advertised festivities without revealing the badge.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
organizer teaser
officially teased; details withheld
Bigger-badge teaser
The official September 12, 2026 newsletter says the badge is going to be bigger this year but that this is all organizers can say at this time. The statement is retained verbatim and is not converted into a size, feature, or component claim.
Source
planned badge inclusion
officially advertised; design unrevealed
Hackable badge included with admission
The official August 13, 2026 ticket announcement says Supercon Ten admission includes a sweet hackable badge. No reviewed source identifies the badge's physical form, electronics, or distribution mechanics.
Source
planned conference activity
officially scheduled
Badge-hacking day and showcase programme
The official call for proposals schedules a casual badge-hacking day at Supplyframe HQ on the morning of Friday, November 6 and a Sunday-evening showcase of attendee badge hacks. The schedule proves the hacking programme, not a badge design or a per-attendee handout record.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
missing rights-cleared image
note
No Hackaday Supercon 2026 Planned 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 2026 Supercon call for proposals, Supercon Ten ticket announcement, Supercon Is Nigh newsletter, and first-round speaker announcement.
pre-event badge, hardware, and fulfilment boundary
note
Official Hackaday sources confirm that the tenth in-person Supercon will include a hackable badge described only as bigger this year, but the event has not occurred and no reviewed source publishes a controller, board, display, radio, power system, connector, artwork, firmware, repository, license, production quantity, ticket-tier eligibility, pickup or shipping flow, or final handoff.
The catalogue preserves the organizer-confirmed planned badge without presenting teaser language as a hardware specification, a completed build, or an attendee-wide delivery record.
- Confidence
- official Hackaday announcements
- Status
- planned; event not yet held
- Timeframe
- before the November 6-8, 2026 event
- Source note
- Hackaday call for proposals, ticket announcement, newsletter, and speaker announcement, retrieved 2026-09-24.
prior-year badge non-transferability
note
The Supercon lineage includes deeply documented prior badges such as the 2025 Communicator Badge with ESP32-S3, LoRa, keyboard, and MicroPython, and the author comment that the 2026 badge must have an add-on. None of that is 2026 evidence, and no prior-year component, radio, connector, or firmware stack may be read into the unrevealed design.
Readers can follow the documented lineage without assuming the tenth-anniversary badge repeats any earlier platform or feature.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- lineage context only
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source review
- Source note
- badge.gallery Supercon lineage records and the reviewed 2026 Hackaday sources.
Resources
2026 Hackaday Supercon: Announcing Our First Round Of Speakers
official programme announcement · Official September 23, 2026 Hackaday speaker announcement confirming the November 6-8 Pasadena dates, the Art Center campus move, and badge hacking among the advertised festivities, with no badge design detail.
2026 Hackaday Supercon: Call For Proposals
official event announcement · Official July 13, 2026 Hackaday article placing the tenth in-person Superconference on November 6-8 in Pasadena, moving the two talk tracks to the ArtCenter South Campus for about 20 percent more capacity, scheduling the Friday badge-hacking day at Supplyframe HQ, and planning the Sunday badge-hack showcase.
Supercon Is Nigh!
official newsletter post · Official September 12, 2026 Hackaday newsletter post teasing that the badge is going to be bigger this year while explicitly withholding every further design detail.
Supercon Ten Tickets On Sale Now
official ticket announcement · Official August 13, 2026 Hackaday ticket article naming the sweet hackable badge included with admission, the 150-dollar early-bird and 296-dollar regular prices plus fees, and the Saturday-Sunday venue move to ArtCenter South Campus.
Sources
Hackaday: 2026 Hackaday Supercon: Call For Proposals
Retrieved 2026-09-24 · Primary official source for the November 6-8, 2026 dates, tenth in-person edition framing, ArtCenter South Campus venue move, two 20-and-40-minute talk tracks, Friday badge-hacking day, and Sunday badge-hack showcase.
Hackaday: Supercon Ten Tickets On Sale Now
Retrieved 2026-09-24 · Primary official source stating that admission includes a sweet hackable badge, alongside ticket prices, sales opening, and venue capacity context. Its author's comment reply that the badge must have an add-on is retained only as a teaser, not a specification.
Hackaday: Supercon Is Nigh!
Retrieved 2026-09-24 · Primary official source for the bigger-badge teaser, the bigger venue with courtyard hacking space, and the two talk tracks, with the explicit statement that no further badge detail can be shared at this time.
Hackaday: 2026 Hackaday Supercon: Announcing Our First Round Of Speakers
Retrieved 2026-09-24 · Primary official source reconfirming the November 6-8 Pasadena dates and Art Center campus move and listing badge hacking among the festivities, without badge hardware or software content.