Nuit du Hack 2015 · France · 2015

Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge

Electrolab Arduino Micro-compatible kit

A limited NDH2K15 electronic collector badge kit sold through the official Nuit du Hack store, described as Arduino Micro-compatible, USB-compatible, easy to program or hack, and developed by Electrolab.

Nuit du Hack France Arduino Micro Electrolab USB HID Accelerometer RGB LED EEPROM Kit

EventNuit du Hack 2015

SeriesNuit du Hack / leHACK

LocationAcadémie Fratellini, La Plaine Saint-Denis

CountryFrance

People

Authors & Credits

NDH 2015/2016 badge workshop reporter

Virtualabs

Virtualabs published the 2015 electronics workshop and 2016 Pimp My Badge reuse reports used for the lifecycle record.

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NDH2K15 electronic badge developer

Electrolab

The official store page says the electronic badge was developed by Electrolab for NDH2K15.

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Why It Mattered

The 2015 record closes an important French lineage gap between the 2014 Black Badge challenge and later leHACK history: it shows Nuit du Hack offering a purchasable hardware badge kit with wearable and prototyping intent rather than only a challenge prize object.

Hardware

The official store page documents USB/HID keyboard and mouse emulation, a 3-axis accelerometer, RGB LED, additional EEPROM, USB or 3xAAA power, and a prototyping area. The page does not expose schematic, firmware, or BOM files, so detailed MCU and layout claims stay limited to Arduino Micro compatibility.

Software & Apps

Public software evidence is interaction-level: Arduino Micro compatibility, USB behavior, and HID keyboard/mouse emulation. No firmware repository or app-store equivalent has been recovered for this first pass.

Lore

The badge was explicitly sold as an NDH collector item, supplied as a kit, limited to 200 pieces, priced separately from the event ticket, and collected on site during Nuit du Hack 2015.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

firmware capability official store feature

USB HID keyboard and mouse emulation

The official store lists USB/HID keyboard and mouse emulation as a supported hack path for the Arduino Micro-compatible kit.

Compatibility: Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge

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hardware expansion area official store feature

Wearable prototyping area

The kit advertised a prototyping area and explicitly invited attendees to hack the hardware in wearable and other forms.

Compatibility: Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge

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post-event workshop lifecycle historical

Pimp My Badge 2016 workshop reuse

The 2016 report describes a Pimp My Badge workshop using the previous year's electronic badge and updating the standard library with additional examples.

Compatibility: Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge

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workshop companion historical

Arduino pendant workshop compatibility

The 2015 electronics workshop built a battery-powered Arduino pendant with an 8x8 LED matrix and noted that it could be combined with the 2015 electronic badge.

Compatibility: Nuit du Hack 2015 Electronic Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

limited availability note

The official store listed the NDH2K15 electronic badge as a ticket-excluded collector kit limited to 200 pieces, sold out at 35 EUR and collected on site.

The page should not imply that every attendee automatically received this badge; it was a limited store item.

Confidence: official store page
Status: historical
Timeframe: pre-event sales
Source note: Nuit du Hack 2015 store page.

missing rights-cleared image note

No documentary photo of the exact badge kit has been cleared for public reuse.

Publish no image until licensing and attribution for an original badge photo are cleared.

Confidence: project provenance
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: Project image provenance and Nuit du Hack 2015 store page.

no-new-badge reuse caveat note

Virtualabs says the 2016 Pimp My Badge workshop presented the previous year's electronic badge because there was no new electronic badge that year.

The 2015 badge should be treated as a reusable workshop platform across the following edition, while the catalogue should not invent a distinct NDH 2016 badge without stronger sources.

Confidence: participant workshop report
Status: historical
Timeframe: Nuit du Hack 2016
Source note: Virtualabs Nuit du Hack 2016 report.

Resources

Electrolab maker-space credit context · Organization credited by the official store page as the badge developer. NDH 2015 electronics and Arduino workshop workshop writeup · Virtualabs workshop post describing a wearable Arduino pendant that could be combined with the 2015 electronic badge. NDH 2016 Pimp My Badge reuse post-event reuse note · Virtualabs 2016 report documenting a Pimp My Badge workshop around the previous year's electronic badge because there was no new badge that year. NDH2K15 electronic badge store entry official store page · Official Nuit du Hack 2015 store entry documenting the electronic badge kit, price, limited run, hardware features, and Electrolab credit. Nuit du Hack 2015 venue page event page · Official 2015 venue page documenting the June 20-21 event context and Académie Fratellini location.

Sources

Nuit du Hack: Store - Nuit du Hack 2015 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for the NDH2K15 electronic badge kit, hardware feature list, limited run, price, and Electrolab developer credit. Nuit du Hack: Lieu - Nuit du Hack 2015 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for the 2015 edition location and event context. Virtualabs: NDH 2015 - Atelier électronique & Arduino Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source for the companion wearable Arduino pendant workshop and badge-combination note. Virtualabs: De retour de la Nuit du Hack 2016 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source for the 2016 Pimp My Badge reuse workshop and explicit no-new-badge context.