NorthSec 2018 · Canada · 2018

NorthSec 2018 Badge

nRF52 OLED/BLE badge with NeoPixels

The NorthSec 2018 badge repository documents an electronic badge with an nRF52832 main controller, STM32F070 USB controller, OLED display, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, battery management, Li-ion/USB power, USB charging, and schematic release.

NorthSec Canada nRF52832 STM32F070 OLED BLE NeoPixel Li-ion USB DFU North America

EventNorthSec 2018

SeriesNorthSec

LocationMontreal

CountryCanada

People

Authors & Credits

badge team

Team badge for NorthSec

The 2018 README credits Team badge for NorthSec.

Source

event and badge repository publisher

NorthSec

Official publisher of the NorthSec past-editions page and public nsec-badge repository tag for 2018.

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Why It Mattered

It marks NorthSec's move from the nRF51 platform to nRF52 hardware and adds RGB LED behavior while retaining the public hardware and firmware trail that makes the badge auditable.

Hardware

The README describes an nRF52832 Cortex-M4F handling OLED, BLE, battery management, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, and buttons, with an STM32F070F6P6 handling USB. It documents rechargeable ICR14500 Li-ion or USB power, USB charging behavior, SWD access, and a public schematic.

Software & Apps

The public build notes cite Nordic SDK 14.2.0, S132 SoftDevice 5.0.0, STM32CUBE support, Makefile builds, SWD flashing, and STM32 USB DFU programming.

Lore

NorthSec's official past-editions page says the 2018 event outgrew Marché Bonsecours with additional conference, track, and training space, while the badge repository preserves the electronic-badge implementation from that year.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

hardware architecture source-backed

nRF52 NeoPixel badge core

The 2018 badge moved to nRF52832 with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, battery management, and STM32 USB handling.

Compatibility: NorthSec 2018 Badge

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power system source-backed

Rechargeable ICR14500 and USB charging

The README documents Li-ion battery or USB power and USB charging when the power switch is on.

Compatibility: NorthSec 2018 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

license dependency caveat note

The README documents Nordic SDK, S132 SoftDevice, and STM32 build dependencies whose upstream redistribution terms are outside this catalogue record.

The catalogue records the public badge workflow without overclaiming dependency licensing.

Confidence: primary README
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2018 firmware build
Source note: NorthSec 2018 badge README.

missing rights-cleared image note

No 2018 badge image is published locally because explicit rights and provenance for a documentary photo or official raster render were not established in this pass.

The badge remains source-backed without violating the no-generated/no-placeholder image policy.

Confidence: policy decision
Status: open
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: NorthSec 2018 badge README and repository tag.

Resources

NorthSec 2018 badge README source · Primary repository README for nRF52832, STM32F070F6P6, OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, Li-ion/USB power, USB charging, and build notes. NorthSec 2018 badge repository tag source · Public repository tag preserving the 2018 badge source tree and schematic trail. NorthSec past editions event lineage · Official NorthSec source documenting the expanded 2018 conference, track, and training context.

Sources

NorthSec: Past editions Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official lineage source for NorthSec 2018 event expansion context. NorthSec / GitHub: NorthSec 2018 badge README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary technical source for the nRF52832/STM32F070 badge, OLED, BLE, NeoPixel LEDs, buttons, Li-ion power, USB charging, schematics, SDK, and DFU workflow.