NorthSec 2019 · Canada · 2019

NorthSec 2019 Badge

nRF52 OLED/BLE badge with games and challenges

The NorthSec 2019 badge repository documents an nRF52832 and STM32F070 electronic badge with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, USB, Li-ion or USB power, schematics, BOM material, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule code, and BLE/LED control utilities.

NorthSec Canada nRF52832 STM32F070 OLED BLE NeoPixel Games Challenges North America

EventNorthSec 2019

SeriesNorthSec

LocationMontreal

CountryCanada

People

Authors & Credits

badge team

Team badge for NorthSec

The 2019 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 2019.

Source

Why It Mattered

It is a mature public NorthSec badge archive: not just a README, but a hardware-source and firmware tree spanning board manufacture, attendee apps, games, schedule behavior, and challenge surfaces.

Hardware

The README and hardware tree document nRF52832 plus STM32F070 hardware, OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, battery management, ICR14500 or USB power, USB charging, schematic material, BOM, Gerbers, drill files, and assembly documentation.

Software & Apps

The repository includes firmware applications, command-line and Docker/CQFD build paths, badge games, challenges, schedule material, BLE control, LED control, Nordic SDK and S132 SoftDevice dependencies, and STM32 USB DFU support.

Lore

NorthSec's official past-editions page places the 2019 conference at the Montreal Science Centre with the CTF at Marché Bonsecours, while the repository preserves the badge implementation and public source tree for the same edition.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge software archived

Games, challenges, and schedule apps

The repository tag preserves firmware apps, games, challenge material, schedule code, BLE control, and LED control utilities.

Compatibility: NorthSec 2019 Badge

Source

hardware architecture source-backed

nRF52 OLED/BLE badge platform

The 2019 badge kept the nRF52832/STM32F070 split with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, and Li-ion/USB power.

Compatibility: NorthSec 2019 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

large archive scope caveat note

The public 2019 repository includes a broad hardware, firmware, games, challenge, and utility tree; this catalogue entry summarizes the main surfaces rather than indexing every file.

The record is accurate at the badge level and leaves per-game or per-challenge archaeology for later expansion.

Confidence: source-backed but compact
Status: documented
Timeframe: current NorthSec pass
Source note: NorthSec 2019 badge repository tag.

missing rights-cleared image note

The 2019 badge page has no local image because this pass did not establish a fully rights-cleared specific image with attribution and processing provenance.

The record favors source-backed text over uncleared visual material.

Confidence: policy decision
Status: open
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: NorthSec 2019 badge README and repository tag.

Resources

NorthSec 2019 badge README source · Primary repository README for nRF52832, STM32F070F6P6, OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, Li-ion/USB power, schematic, build workflow, and USB DFU notes. NorthSec 2019 badge repository tag hardware and firmware source · Public repository tag preserving hardware files, BOM material, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule code, and BLE/LED control material. NorthSec past editions event lineage · Official NorthSec source placing the 2019 conference at the Montreal Science Centre and the CTF at Marché Bonsecours.

Sources

NorthSec: Past editions Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official lineage source for NorthSec 2019 venue and CTF context. NorthSec / GitHub: NorthSec 2019 badge README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary technical source for the nRF52832/STM32F070 badge and its BLE/OLED/NeoPixel/battery/USB architecture. NorthSec / GitHub: NorthSec 2019 badge repository tag Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source tree for hardware, BOM, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule, BLE control, and LED control.