RVAsec 2019 · United States · 2019

RVAsec 2019 Badge

Arduino-compatible badge with games, base-station laser tag, and C interpreter

HackRVA's RVAsec 8 badge post documents the 2019 conference badge as a custom Arduino-compatible layout with games, Badge Monsters, Maze, base-station Laser Tag, a scoreboard plan, and a public Dustin Firebaugh C-interpreter repository.

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EventRVAsec 2019

SeriesRVAsec

LocationRichmond Marriott, Richmond, Virginia

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

2019 badge team

HackRVA badge team

The HackRVA post credits the badge team for the 2019 custom layout and games.

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badge C interpreter author

Dustin Firebaugh

The HackRVA post and repository identify Dustin Firebaugh's interpreter as part of the 2019 badge software trail.

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event host

RVAsec

RVAsec provided the conference context for the eighth annual badge.

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Why It Mattered

It adds the Richmond, Virginia RVAsec/HackRVA lineage to the North American compendium with a software-rich badge record tied to games, base-station play, and on-badge interpreted C experiments.

Hardware

The public post documents an Arduino-compatible custom layout, RGB LED, audio, and badge interaction through base stations. The record does not infer exact MCU package, schematic, BOM, or radio/IR circuit beyond the source trail.

Software & Apps

The badge software surface includes Laser Tag, Maze, Badge Monsters, and Dustin Firebaugh's public badge C interpreter, with HackRVA documentation for collecting points through games and base-station hits.

Lore

HackRVA framed the 2019 badge as the eighth year of RVAsec badges and noted that the badge team had time constraints, leaving the scoreboard and base-station content as event/project caveats.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge game source-backed

Laser Tag and base stations

The 2019 badge post documents base-station laser-tag behavior and point collection plans.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2019 Badge

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badge games source-backed

Badge Monsters and Maze

HackRVA documented Badge Monsters and Maze as 2019 badge activities.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2019 Badge

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firmware experiment source-backed

Badge C interpreter

Dustin Firebaugh's public repository preserves a C interpreter intended for the 2019 badge.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2019 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

event-software caveat note

HackRVA noted time pressure around the scoreboard and base-station/game content, so the record treats some game/networking elements as planned or constrained rather than fully proven completed behavior.

The entry separates source-backed plans, public interpreter code, and final-event uncertainty.

Confidence: project-owner writeup
Status: documented
Timeframe: RVAsec 2019
Source note: HackRVA RVAsec 8 layout post.

missing rights-cleared image note

Recovered HackRVA and RVAsec pages include badge imagery, but this pass did not recover a specific original badge photo or official raster render with reusable license or explicit permission, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The record remains image-free rather than copying page media or generating a replacement.

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

Resources

HackRVA RVAsec 8 badge layout post project-owner build post · HackRVA post documenting the 2019 badge as the eighth RVAsec badge, with games, base stations, scoreboard caveats, Arduino-compatible layout, and badge-team notes. RVAsec 2019 badge interpreter repository firmware repository · Public HackRVA repository preserving Dustin Firebaugh's badge C interpreter for the 2019 badge. RVAsec badge archive official badge archive · RVAsec badge archive used to tie the 2019 badge to the public RVAsec badge lineage.

Sources

HackRVA: RVAsec 8 Layout 2019 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project-owner source for the 2019 badge games, base-station plan, custom layout, badge-team notes, and schedule pressure caveats. HackRVA / GitHub: HackRVA/badge2019interp Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public repository source for the 2019 badge C interpreter evidence.