RV4sec 2015 · United States · 2015

RV4sec 2015 Badge

Hand-built HackRVA PCB badge with IR, LCD, audio, and USB

The RV4sec 2015 badge is documented by HackRVA's official build post as a hand-built electronic badge with custom PCB assembly, surface-mount components, IR, audio, micro USB, LCD, and an optional reset-header development path.

RVAsec HackRVA United States Richmond PCB Badge IR LCD Speaker Micro USB Solder Paste Reflow No Image North America

EventRV4sec 2015

SeriesRVAsec

LocationRichmond, Virginia

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

badge build author

Paul Bruggeman

The post is attributed to Paul Bruggeman and describes the badge build.

Source

badge design credit

Morgan

The build post credits Morgan in the design work.

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badge design credit

Paul

The build post credits Paul in the design work.

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badge team

HackRVA

The build post documents HackRVA as the badge builder.

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Why It Mattered

The source captures the labor and fabrication side of a regional hacker-conference badge: panelized boards, solder-paste stencil workflow, hand assembly, reflow, through-hole finishing, testing, and sponsor-backed production.

Hardware

The RV4sec 2015 badge includes IR receiver and transmitter parts, micro USB, a speaker, an LCD, a coin-cell/battery holder, buttons, and a reset option through unpopulated surface-mount pads, built using the badge-team's surface-mount production workflow, per the build post.

Software & Apps

The public 2015 source trail is mostly build/process oriented. It does not expose a complete firmware repository in this pass, so the record treats software claims conservatively and keeps the reset-header option as a hacking/development surface.

Lore

HackRVA framed the 2015 badge as a multi-person, sponsor-backed badge build with late assembly work, logo engraving, soldering parties, hand inspection, and final badge batches moving to the conference.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge hacking surface source-backed

Reset-header development option

The 2015 build post documents unpopulated surface-mount pads and a reset-header option for connecting into the board.

Compatibility: RV4sec 2015 Badge

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production workflow source-backed

Hand-built surface-mount production

The official post documents panelized boards, solder-paste stencil work, reflow, inspection, through-hole soldering, and testing.

Compatibility: RV4sec 2015 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

firmware-source gap note

The 2015 source trail proves hardware and fabrication but does not expose a complete event firmware repository in this pass.

Software behavior is kept conservative until firmware or attendee documentation surfaces.

Confidence: source-limited
Status: unrecovered
Timeframe: RVAsec 2015
Source note: 2015 HackRVA build post.

missing rights-cleared image note

The build post includes badge photos, but this pass did not recover reusable image rights, attribution, source URL, and processing notes for publication in the catalogue.

The record remains image-free rather than copying article media.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: HackRVA/RVAsec source audit.

Resources

HackRVA badge build post project-owner build post · HackRVA build post documenting 2015 badge fabrication, components, assembly, soldering, testing, and badge-team credits. RVAsec badge archive official badge archive · Official RVAsec badge archive tying the 2015 build post into the RVAsec badge lineage.

Sources

RVAsec / HackRVA: Badges: Hack.RVA at it again! Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project-owner source for 2015 badge hardware, fabrication workflow, sponsor support, and credits.