REcon 2026 · Canada · 2026

REcon 2026 Badge

Montreal CH32V203 and RP2040 badge by Electronic Cats with LoRa and NFC

A Canadian REcon 2026 official electronic badge by Electronic Cats, documented by the official sponsors page and the public badge-recon-2026 repository as a CH32V203 primary board with an RP2040 daughterboard, an SSD1306 OLED, a Semtech SX1262 915 MHz LoRa radio, an NFC PN7150 daughterboard, four buttons, USB-C, and a rich LoRa radar, chat, flag, NFC flag-hunt, magspoof, and Simon challenge surface.

REcon Canada Montreal CH32V203 RP2040 SSD1306 OLED SX1262 LoRa NFC PN7150 Magspoof Electronic Cats AGPL-3.0 CERN-OHL-1.2 North America

EventREcon 2026

SeriesREcon

LocationHilton Double Tree Montreal, Montreal

CountryCanada

People

Authors & Credits

badge lead developer

DeimosHall (Francisco Torres)

The public repository credits DeimosHall (Francisco Torres) as the lead developer of the REcon 2026 badge firmware and hardware.

Source

official electronic badge sponsor and repository publisher

Electronic Cats

The official REcon 2026 sponsors page names Electronic Cats as the electronic badge sponsor, and the badge-recon-2026 repository is published under the ElectronicCats GitHub organization.

Source

Why It Mattered

It adds the standalone Montreal REcon conference (distinct from the DEF CON Recon Village) to the Canadian badge map with an official sponsor confirmation, a dual-licensed AGPL-3.0 and CERN-OHL-1.2 repository with full KiCad design files, a named designer, and a richly documented challenge surface, while keeping the final OLED variant and distribution scope withheld.

Hardware

The ElectronicCats/badge-recon-2026 repository documents a CH32V203 primary microcontroller, an RP2040 daughterboard carrying the SSD1306 OLED display and PN7150 NFC, a Semtech SX1262 915 MHz LoRa radio, four push buttons, USB-C power, and a complete KiCad hardware project under CERN-OHL-1.2. The exact populated OLED variant (128x32 or 128x64) and the physical distribution scope are not confirmed in the recovered sources.

Software & Apps

The AGPL-3.0 firmware and recon2026-v1 release expose a LoRa social layer with Radar, Chat, and Flags over 915 MHz, an NFC flag-hunt that broadcasts a tapped flag to every nearby badge, magspoof magnetic-stripe emulation, a Simon Says solo game, per-button RGB LED control, a USB serial CLI enumerating as RECON2026, a hidden reversing challenge, and a Konami-code easter egg carried from the 2025 badge.

Lore

REcon is a premier reverse-engineering and security conference held annually in Montreal since 2005, and the 2026 edition ran June 19-21 with training June 15-18 at the Hilton Double Tree Montreal. The official sponsors page names Electronic Cats as the electronic badge sponsor, and the public repository credits DeimosHall (Francisco Torres) as lead developer.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge challenge officially documented

NFC flag-hunt

The PN7150 NFC daughterboard supports tag and reader detection, Mifare Classic read and write, and a flag-hunt where tapping a tag unlocks a flag and broadcasts it to every nearby badge.

Compatibility: REcon 2026 Badge

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badge challenge and game officially documented

Magspoof and Simon

The badge emulates magnetic stripe cards over USB serial and includes a solo Simon Says memory game triggered by holding button 4.

Compatibility: REcon 2026 Badge

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badge interface officially documented

RECON2026 USB CLI

A USB serial console enumerating as RECON2026 exposes commands for ping, mode, LEDs, LoRa transmit, chat, stats, beacon, scan, lock, Simon, reset, and test injectors.

Compatibility: REcon 2026 Badge

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badge networking officially documented

LoRa social layer

The release notes document a 915 MHz badge-to-badge LoRa social layer with Radar discovery, Chat, and Flags sharing over the SX1262 radio.

Compatibility: REcon 2026 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

OLED variant and distribution gap note

The repository carries two SSD1306 OLED footprint variants (128x32 and 128x64) and does not confirm which is populated on the final badge, nor whether the badge was distributed to all attendees or a limited quantity.

The catalogue records the full hardware and challenge surface without asserting the exact populated OLED variant or the physical distribution scope.

Confidence: repository but incomplete
Status: needs final-population confirmation
Timeframe: 2026 badge archive pass
Source note: ElectronicCats/badge-recon-2026 repository footprints and release notes.

missing rights-cleared image note

No REcon 2026 badge image is published because no reusable original badge photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes has been recovered.

The Canadian record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository diagrams, screenshots, 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 ElectronicCats/badge-recon-2026 repository.

Resources

REcon 2026 official site official event page · Official REcon source for the June 19-21, 2026 conference with training June 15-18 at the Hilton Double Tree Montreal, Canada. REcon 2026 sponsors official sponsors page · Official sponsors page naming Electronic Cats as the electronic badge sponsor for REcon 2026. badge-recon-2026 repository source repository · Electronic Cats repository for the REcon 2026 badge, with full KiCad hardware design under CERN-OHL-1.2 and firmware under AGPL-3.0, documenting the CH32V203 primary, RP2040 daughterboard, SX1262 LoRa, PN7150 NFC, SSD1306 OLED, and challenge surface. recon2026-v1 release release page · Tagged release with pre-built firmware and release notes documenting the LoRa radar, chat, and flags, NFC flag-hunt, magspoof, Simon, USB CLI, hidden reversing challenge, and Konami-code easter egg.

Sources

GitHub / Electronic Cats: badge-recon-2026 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary repository source for the CH32V203 primary and RP2040 daughterboard hardware, SX1262 915 MHz LoRa, PN7150 NFC, SSD1306 OLED, four buttons, USB-C, full KiCad project, and the AGPL-3.0 firmware with CERN-OHL-1.2 hardware. GitHub / Electronic Cats: recon2026-v1 release notes Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for the LoRa radar, chat, and flags, NFC flag-hunt, magspoof, Simon Says, USB RECON2026 CLI, hidden reversing challenge, and Konami-code easter egg. REcon: REcon 2026 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the June 19-21, 2026 Montreal reverse-engineering conference and Hilton Double Tree Montreal venue. REcon: REcon 2026 Sponsors Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source naming Electronic Cats as the electronic badge sponsor.