RVAsec 2023 · United States · 2023

RVAsec 2023 Badge

HackRVA electronic badge with UF2 flashing, audio output, IR, and games

The RVAsec 2023 badge is backed by official RVAsec package language for limited HackRVA electronic badges and HackRVA's public firmware repository. The repository documents LCD display, three-color LED, D-pad, IR Tx/Rx, rotary encoder, audio output, micro-USB UF2 flashing, SDL simulator support, and a broad app/game tree.

RVAsec HackRVA United States Richmond Electronic Badge RP2040 LCD IR Audio Games SDL Simulator No Image North America

EventRVAsec 2023

SeriesRVAsec

LocationRichmond Marriott, Richmond, Virginia

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

badge firmware publisher

HackRVA

HackRVA publishes the 2023 badge firmware and simulator repository.

Source

event host

RVAsec

RVAsec provided the 2023 conference context.

Source

Why It Mattered

It extends the Richmond lineage with a source-backed electronic badge that is both event-listed and developer-visible, including simulator tooling and many user-facing apps rather than only a hardware teaser.

Hardware

The README documents a badge hardware target with LCD display, three-color LED, D-pad, IR Tx/Rx, rotary encoder, audio output, micro USB flashing into RPI-RP2 storage mode, and hardware-specific RP2040 HAL files. Audio/jack input remains explicitly not implemented.

Software & Apps

The source tree includes apps and games such as Asteroids, Battlezone, Clue, Etch-a-Sketch, Game of Life, Ghost Detector, Gulag, Hacking Simulator, Lunar Lander, Magic 8 Ball, Maze, Pong, Slot Machine, Smashout, Spacetripper, Tank vs Tank, username support, RVASEC splash, and test screensavers.

Lore

RVAsec package pages frame the electronic badge as a limited hotel-package item, while the repository exposes the practical badge-development workflow for attendees and developers.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge software source-backed

Expanded badge games

The repository includes Asteroids, Battlezone, Clue, Pong, Tank vs Tank, Magic 8 Ball, Badge Monsters, Maze, and other apps/games.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2023 Badge

Source

developer tooling source-backed

SDL simulator

The README documents an SDL simulator build for local app development and debugging.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2023 Badge

Source

software/audio behavior source-backed

Audio-output support

The 2023 status table marks audio output working on both badge hardware and simulator while audio/jack input remains not implemented.

Compatibility: RVAsec 2023 Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

missing rights-cleared image note

No 2023 RVAsec badge image is published because no specific image has complete reusable license or permission basis, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The record remains image-free rather than copying repository, event, or article media.

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

missing rights-cleared image note

No RVAsec 2023 Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, 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 RVAsec 2023 badge source trail.

repository-license caveat note

The public badge2023 repository exposes source and image directories but no visible top-level repository license in GitHub metadata during this pass.

The repository is used as evidence, but images are not published in the catalogue.

Confidence: GitHub metadata
Status: open
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: GitHub repository metadata and source audit.

Resources

HackRVA badge programme page badge-team overview · HackRVA overview of the RVAsec badge programme, limited badge availability, games, surprises, schedules, and sponsor model. HackRVA badge2023 repository firmware repository · Public HackRVA repository documenting RVAsec 2023 badge firmware, UF2 flashing, SDL simulator, component status, and app/game tree. RVAsec 2023 InfoconDB entry conference archive · Conference archive context for RVAsec 2023 and schedule material.

Sources

HackRVA: HackRVA Badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Badge-team overview source for the limited electronic badge lineage. HackRVA / GitHub: HackRVA/badge2023 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public source for 2023 badge firmware, hardware status table, SDL simulator path, app tree, and flashing workflow. InfoconDB: RVAsec 2023 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Conference archive source for the 2023 RVAsec context.