Ruxcon 2016 · Australia · 2016

Ruxcon 2016 HHV Badge

STM32F030 IR Hardware Hacking Village badge

Ruxcon 2016's Hardware Hacking Village badge is preserved as an Australian STM32F030K6T6 badge with IR receiver/emitter hardware, eight LEDs, dual CR2032 holders, assembly documentation, and a public firmware archive.

Ruxcon Australia Melbourne STM32 STM32F030 IR LED CR2032 Hardware Hacking Village Oceania

EventRuxcon 2016

SeriesRuxcon

LocationCQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia

CountryAustralia

People

Authors & Credits

Ruxcon 2016 HHV host

Tim Noise

The official HHV page lists Tim Noise as a Hardware Hacking Village host.

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Ruxcon 2016 HHV host and tutorial instructor

Prof Morgan

The official HHV page lists Prof Morgan as a host and as instructor for the Introduction to NodeMCU on the ESP8266 session.

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build-guide and source-release publisher

Darkglade

Publisher of the Ruxcon 2016 HHV build PDFs, source-release post, and public firmware repository trail.

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event and Hardware Hacking Village publisher

Ruxcon

Official publisher of the Ruxcon 2016 event and HHV page used for date, venue, host, and village context.

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Why It Mattered

It fills the middle year between the 2015 Ruxcon STM32 workshop badge and the 2017 ESP8266/NodeMCU challenge badge, showing how the HHV lineage evolved from SMD badge assembly into firmware, IR protocol, and bootloader workflows.

Hardware

The RuxBadge instruction sheet lists an STM32F030K6T6 microcontroller, TSSP58038 IR receiver, 940 nm IR emitter, eight green 0805 LEDs, resistors, capacitors, ferrite bead, multiple headers, jumper shunt, and two CR2032 battery holders. It also documents two-sided assembly, LED orientation testing, IR receiver placement, and a boot-mode jumper.

Software & Apps

Darkglade's public source-release post links the 2016 HHV repository, whose README describes badge firmware in cleartext source and a forked Arduino-IRRemote tree containing the RuxBadge protocol, a modified Panasonic-derived IR protocol with an extended address field and timing tweaks.

Lore

The SimpleSolder sheet explicitly pointed attendees toward the more advanced and useful Ruxcon 2016 Hardware Hacking Village badge after they finished the beginner LED flasher, making the badge part of a tiered HHV learning path.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

firmware source archived

RuxBadge IR protocol firmware

The public repository preserves badge firmware and a fork of Arduino-IRRemote with the RuxBadge protocol, described as a modified Panasonic protocol with an extended address field and timing tweaks.

Compatibility: Ruxcon 2016 HHV Badge

Source

firmware workflow source-backed

UART bootloader jumper

The build sheet documents JP1 boot-position behavior, with LOAD for normal flash boot and NORM activating the UART-based bootloader despite reversed board markings.

Compatibility: Ruxcon 2016 HHV Badge

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workshop build path source-backed

STM32F030 IR badge assembly

The RuxBadge instruction sheet documents two-sided SMD assembly around an STM32F030K6T6, IR receiver/emitter, eight green LEDs, passives, headers, jumper, and dual CR2032 holders.

Compatibility: Ruxcon 2016 HHV Badge

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workshop progression source-backed

SimpleSolder to RuxBadge learning path

The SimpleSolder guide sent attendees who completed the beginner LED flasher toward the more advanced and useful Ruxcon 2016 Hardware Hacking Village badge.

Compatibility: Ruxcon 2016 HHV Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

hardware archive gap note

The recovered source trail proves the RuxBadge BOM, assembly workflow, STM32F030, IR components, LED array, boot jumper, CR2032 power, firmware, and IR protocol, but this pass did not recover schematic, PCB files, Gerbers, manufacturing count, or a project license.

The record keeps hardware claims to the build PDF and repository README instead of inventing board-layout, distribution-volume, or licensing detail.

Confidence: source-backed but incomplete
Status: needs schematic or PCB archive
Timeframe: 2016 hardware-village badge archive pass
Source note: RuxBadge instruction sheet, Darkglade source-release post, and ruxconhhv2016 repository.

missing rights-cleared image note

No local Ruxcon 2016 badge image is published because the recovered PDF images and public pages have not been paired with complete source URL, image license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes for catalogue publication.

The entry stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying PDF photos, event images, screenshots, or generated approximations.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy, live RuxBadge instruction sheet, GitHub API `license: null` for darkglade/ruxconhhv2016 on May 21, 2026, SimpleSolder instruction sheet, and Ruxcon 2016 source trail.

source-license caveat note

The Ruxcon 2016 HHV repository is public and source-backed, but this pass did not recover an explicit license covering firmware, derived IRRemote code, PDF imagery, or reuse of local badge assets.

The catalogue cites the repository as evidence but does not copy source, images, or derived local assets into the site.

Confidence: repository audit
Status: needs explicit license
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: darkglade/ruxconhhv2016 repository and badge.gallery image policy.

workshop errata note

The RuxBadge build sheet warns of design mistakes, reversed boot-jumper markings, and possible battery-holder contact shorts before battery insertion.

The catalogue records the badge as a real workshop artifact with documented assembly hazards rather than a frictionless production object.

Confidence: source-backed
Status: documented
Timeframe: Ruxcon 2016 HHV badge assembly
Source note: RuxBadge instruction sheet.

Resources

2016/2017 Ruxcon HHV code release source release note · Post-event source-release note documenting that the 2016 and 2017 Ruxcon HHV code was published on GitHub. Ruxcon 2016 Hardware Hacking Village official village page · Official HHV source for village hours, hosts Prof Morgan and Tim Noise, and the NodeMCU/ESP8266 tutorial context. Ruxcon 2016 RuxBadge instruction sheet build guide · Darkglade-hosted build PDF documenting the RuxBadge BOM, STM32F030K6T6, IR receiver/emitter, LEDs, CR2032 holders, SMD assembly, headers, boot jumper, and battery warning. Ruxcon 2016 SimpleSolder instruction sheet workshop guide · Beginner soldering guide that explicitly points attendees toward the more advanced Ruxcon 2016 Hardware Hacking Village badge. Ruxcon 2016 events page event schedule · Official events schedule placing the Hardware Hacking Village in the October 22 programme. Ruxcon 2016 official event page event page · Official Ruxcon source for the October 22-23, 2016 CQ Function Centre, Melbourne event and Australian security-conference context. darkglade/ruxconhhv2016 repository firmware source · Public repository preserving the Ruxcon 2016 HHV badge firmware and Arduino-IRRemote fork with the RuxBadge protocol.

Sources

Darkglade: Ruxcon Hardware Hacking Village 2016 RuxBadge instruction sheet Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary build-guide source for the STM32F030K6T6, TSSP58038 IR receiver, 940 nm IR emitter, green LEDs, CR2032 holders, boot jumper, and assembly warning details. Darkglade: Ruxcon Hardware Hacking Village 2016 SimpleSolder instruction sheet Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Workshop source establishing the RuxBadge as the more advanced HHV badge after the beginner SimpleSolder LED flasher. Darkglade: 2016/2017 Ruxcon HHV Code is finally on GitHub Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source-release post linking the public Ruxcon 2016 HHV code repository. GitHub: darkglade/ruxconhhv2016 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public repository source for badge firmware, cleartext implementation source, and Arduino-IRRemote fork containing the RuxBadge protocol. Ruxcon: Ruxcon Security Conference Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for Ruxcon 2016 dates, CQ Function Centre venue, Melbourne location, and security-conference framing. Ruxcon: Ruxcon 2016 Events Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official schedule source for the Hardware Hacking Village event placement. Ruxcon: Ruxcon 2016 Hardware Hacking Village Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official HHV source for host names, village scope, attendee hardware expectations, and the ESP8266/NodeMCU tutorial context.