HITCON CMT 2024 · Taiwan · 2024

HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge

Taiwanese PCB badge with games, BadUSB, and docking

HITCON CMT 2024's official activity page and PCB Badge guide frame every attendee ID as a PCB badge, with score accrual across activities, badge games, BadUSB play, docking between badges, game battle behavior, and on-site programmer or FTDI support at the activity desk.

HITCON Taiwan Taipei PCB Badge BadUSB Badge Game FTDI Programmer Docking Score East Asia Asia

EventHITCON CMT 2024

SeriesHITCON

LocationAcademia Sinica Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Taipei

CountryTaiwan

People

Authors & Credits

PCB badge activities and support

HITCON Activity Team

Credited here for the activity-desk support surface, badge games, and PCB Badge guide material documented by HITCON.

Source

event and PCB badge publisher

HITCON

Official publisher of the CMT 2024 activity, location, ticketing, and PCB Badge guide sources used for this record.

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Why It Mattered

It shows HITCON continuing from NFC/card-reader interaction into a fuller PCB badge ecosystem where the attendee credential became a venue game surface, peripheral-like BadUSB toy, social docking object, and supported hacking target.

Hardware

The recovered official sources identify the artifact as a PCB attendee badge and document docking between badges, programmer and FTDI support, and QR-code/source access on the lanyard or back of the PCB. This pass intentionally avoids unsupported chip, schematic, connector-pinout, power, or BOM claims.

Software & Apps

The official PCB Badge guide documents score display and activity scoring, badge-game behavior, BadUSB play, game battle flows, troubleshooting/reset guidance, and QR/source-code discovery, but this record does not claim a direct firmware repository URL until it is recovered as a stable public link.

Lore

HITCON introduced the 2024 guide with 'More than just a Badge' framing: attendees could use the badge for activities, dock it with others, get help from the activity desk, and follow QR/source-code hints printed with the physical credential.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge game source-backed

BadUSB badge game

The official PCB Badge guide documents a BadUSB activity path as part of the 2024 badge game surface.

Compatibility: HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge

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event mechanic source-backed

Score-accruing PCB badge activities

The 2024 activity system used the PCB badge as an attendee score surface across HITCON activities and games.

Compatibility: HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge

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social badge interaction source-backed

Badge docking and game battle

The 2024 badge guide describes docking badges with other attendees and game battle behavior, making the physical badge a social interaction device.

Compatibility: HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge

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workshop support source-backed

Programmer and FTDI activity-desk support

HITCON documented programmer and FTDI support at the activity desk for attendees working with the PCB badge.

Compatibility: HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

hardware-detail caveat note

Recovered official sources document PCB badge behavior, BadUSB play, docking, score mechanics, and programmer/FTDI support, but this pass does not recover a stable schematic, BOM, chip list, pinout, or direct firmware repository URL.

The dossier records the verified interaction model while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.

Confidence: source-backed but intentionally narrow
Status: needs public schematic or firmware archive
Timeframe: 2024 badge archive pass
Source note: HITCON CMT 2024 event, ticketing, and PCB Badge guide pages.

missing rights-cleared image note

No local HITCON CMT 2024 badge image has been added because a rights-cleared original photo or official upstream render with exact attribution and reuse terms has not been verified.

The 2024 HITCON entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery or using generated/placeholder art.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and HITCON CMT 2024 source pages.

Resources

HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge guide badge guide · Official PCB Badge guide for score display, BadUSB play, badge docking, game battle, programmer/FTDI support, QR/source-code discovery, and troubleshooting. HITCON CMT 2024 activities event page · Official activity page documenting the PCB Badge framing, score accrual across activities, games, programmer support, and attendee activity context. HITCON CMT 2024 location venue page · Official location page for the Academia Sinica Humanities and Social Sciences Building venue in Taipei. HITCON CMT 2024 ticketing ticket page · KKTIX ticketing page corroborating the 2024 dates, Academia Sinica venue, and welcome-kit inclusion of an attendee badge.

Sources

HITCON: Welcome to HITCON CMT 2024 PCB Badge Guide! Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary badge-guide source for score display, badge games, BadUSB play, docking, game battle, programmer and FTDI help, QR/source-code discovery, and troubleshooting. HITCON CMT 2024: Events Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary activity source for every attendee ID as a PCB badge, score accrual, badge games, and programmer support. HITCON CMT 2024: Location Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary venue source for the Academia Sinica Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Taipei location. KKTIX / HITCON: HITCON CMT 2024 Ticketing Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Ticketing source for 2024 dates, venue, and welcome-kit attendee-badge inclusion.