Team badge of NorthSec
The 2024 README credits Team badge of NorthSec.
SourceNorthSec 2024 · Canada · 2024
NorthSec 2024 Badge
ESP32-S3 badge with four SAO ports
The NorthSec 2024 badge repository documents an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8 electronic badge loosely based on ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1, with sixteen NeoPixel RGB LEDs, six buttons, two pairing connectors, four SAO v1.69bis connectors, USB-C or 3xAAA power, hardware files, and PlatformIO/ESP-IDF firmware targets.
EventNorthSec 2024
SeriesNorthSec
LocationBonsecours Market, Montreal
CountryCanada
Image Provenance
- Asset
- optimized WebP from repository animation first frame
- Status
- licensed original repository raster
- Source
- hw/2024/cell.gif
- License
- MIT License
- Attribution
- NorthSec nsec-badge repository contributors
- Notes
- Original 375x500 animated GIF downloaded from the public nsec/nsec-badge 2024 branch and preserved in Public/images/source. The published WebP delivery asset is a static first-frame derivative, auto-oriented and stripped of metadata, showing physical NorthSec 2024 badges lit and connected on a badge-map surface. The repository LICENSE says everything is MIT unless otherwise stated; this is an official repository raster, not generated content or a placeholder. The published badge.gallery delivery file is an optimized WebP generated from the rights-cleared local derivative/source with metadata stripped, WebP quality 82, and a maximum side cap of 1600 pixels when the source is larger; upstream source URL, license, and attribution remain unchanged.
People
Authors & Credits
EiNSTeiN-
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
SourceSvieg
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
Sourcejgalar
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
Sourcejmarcil
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
Sourcelle
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
Sourcemjeanson
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
Sourcenyx0
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
Sourcesylemieux
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README credits.
SourceNorthSec
Official publisher of the NorthSec past-editions page and 2024 badge repository source.
Source20th and mtartare
Listed in the NorthSec 2024 badge README special-thanks line.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It expands the NorthSec badge into a dense add-on and interaction platform, with four SAO connectors and explicit pairing connectors before the 2025 badge's IR pairing and dual-SAO design.
Hardware
The README documents the ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8 core, sixteen NeoPixel RGB LEDs, six buttons, two pairing connectors, four Shitty Add-On v1.69bis connectors, USB-C or three-AAA battery power, and a hardware tree for the 2024 design.
Software & Apps
The repository documents PlatformIO and ESP-IDF firmware workflows, conference, CTF, and addon build environments, USB serial monitoring at 115200 baud, and DTR reset guidance.
Lore
NorthSec's official past-editions page places the 2024 edition at Marché Bonsecours and says more than 600 CTF participants played on site. The badge README credits Team badge and named contributors for the public release.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
firmware lifecycle
archived
Conference, CTF, and add-on firmware targets
The repository documents PlatformIO/ESP-IDF environments for conference, CTF, and addon firmware plus USB serial monitoring and DTR reset behavior.
Source
hardware architecture
source-backed
ESP32-S3 four-SAO badge core
The README documents ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8, sixteen NeoPixels, six buttons, two pairing connectors, and four SAO v1.69bis connectors.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
image provenance
note
The NorthSec 2024 image uses the official nsec-badge repository's `hw/2024/cell.gif` badge animation under the repository MIT license.
The public badge page, image archive, and API point at a real official repository raster with source URL, license, attribution, and processing notes preserved.
- Confidence
- project image provenance and repository license
- Status
- licensed original replacement applied
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- Project image provenance and nsec/nsec-badge 2024 branch.
public-source scope caveat
note
The repository documents hardware and firmware targets, but this pass does not enumerate every CTF firmware behavior, add-on program, or produced attendee-board variant.
The catalogue records verified badge surfaces and leaves deeper event-specific artifact inventory for future work.
- Confidence
- source-backed but compact
- Status
- documented
- Timeframe
- current NorthSec pass
- Source note
- NorthSec 2024 badge README and repository tree.
Resources
NorthSec 2024 badge README
source · Primary repository README for ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8, NeoPixels, buttons, pairing connectors, four SAO connectors, USB-C/AAA power, PlatformIO, ESP-IDF, and credits.
NorthSec 2024 badge animation
image source · MIT-licensed official repository GIF used as the local rights-cleared source raster; the public WebP is a static first-frame delivery derivative.
NorthSec 2024 hardware tree
hardware source · Repository hardware tree for the 2024 badge.
NorthSec past editions
event lineage · Official NorthSec source documenting the 2024 Marché Bonsecours edition and on-site CTF scale.
Sources
NorthSec: Past editions
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official lineage source for NorthSec 2024 Marché Bonsecours and CTF scale context.
NorthSec / GitHub: NorthSec 2024 badge README
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary technical source for ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8 hardware, LEDs, buttons, pairing connectors, four SAO connectors, power, PlatformIO/ESP-IDF firmware, and named credits.
NorthSec / GitHub: hw/2024/cell.gif
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · MIT-licensed official repository source GIF for the NorthSec 2024 badge image; the local WebP uses the first frame as an optimized static delivery image.