Italian Hacker Camp 2018 · Italy · 2018

IHC 2018 1337 3310 WiFi

Nokia-3310-inspired ESP32 badge

An Italian Hacker Camp badge built around recycled Nokia 3310 shells, ESP32 WiFi hardware, an LCD, keypad, accelerometer, compass, buzzer, NeoPixels, and MicroPython.

Italian Hacker Camp Italy ESP32 MicroPython WiFi Nokia 3310 Recycled Shell

EventItalian Hacker Camp 2018

SeriesItalian Hacker Camp

LocationPadova

CountryItaly

People

Authors & Credits

badge creator and project author

Mastro Gippo

Listed as the Hackaday.io project author for the 1337 3310 WiFi badge.

Source

Why It Mattered

It is a strong smaller-European-camp record because the badge deliberately turns an iconic consumer object into a hackable camp computer, while Hackaday coverage and the creator's project page preserve the bill of materials and design intent.

Hardware

Hackaday and the creator page describe an ESP32-WROOM module, LCD, keypad matrix, buzzer, accelerometer, compass, NeoPixels, LiPo cell and charger, USB-serial, and recycled Nokia 3310 shells.

Software & Apps

The badge is documented as running MicroPython, with hardware access through GPIO/I2C and a focus on programmable badge behavior rather than a closed demo.

Lore

The project name riffs on the Nokia 3310 as a nostalgic, durable phone shell: the badge keeps the familiar keypad and silhouette while replacing the inside with a camp WiFi badge.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

mechanical reuse historical

Recycled Nokia 3310 shell

The badge's mechanical identity comes from turning old Nokia 3310 phone shells into camp badge enclosures while keeping the keypad and handheld form factor.

Compatibility: IHC 2018 1337 3310 WiFi badge

Source

software upgrade path historical

MicroPython phone-shell hacking

The ESP32 badge is documented as MicroPython-capable, making the recycled phone shell a programmable badge platform rather than a static prop.

Compatibility: IHC 2018 1337 3310 WiFi badge

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

missing rights-cleared image note

No IHC 2018 1337 3310 WiFi 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 Italy 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 Italian Hacker Camp 2018 badge source trail.

source-depth caveat note

Original media and software archive still incomplete.

The entry is sourceable, but image and deeper software details remain intentionally omitted until licensing and archive recovery improve.

Confidence: creator project and secondary article
Status: needs original media recovery
Timeframe: post-event archive
Source note: Hackaday.io project page, project logs, Hackaday article, and creator profile.

Resources

1337 3310 WiFi project project page · Creator project page for the Italian Hacker Camp 2018 badge. 1337 3310 WiFi project logs project logs · Project log archive for surviving build notes. Hackaday IHC 2018 badge article article · Hackaday overview of the phone-shell badge, hardware, and design intent.

Sources

Hackaday: IHC Badge: It's Not (Quite) A Nokia Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Secondary coverage preserving hardware overview and IHC 2018 context. Hackaday.io: 1337 3310 WiFi Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary creator project page for badge concept, hardware, shell reuse, and MicroPython context. Hackaday.io: Mastro Gippo Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Author profile used to anchor the public creator credit.