The Diana Initiative 2020 · United States · 2020

The Diana Initiative 2020 Off-the-Shelf Virtual Badge

Arduino Nano breadboard badge for the virtual Badge Village

The Diana Initiative 2020 off-the-shelf virtual badge was a self-built Arduino Nano and breadboard-badge workshop artifact for the online conference. Sched documents the August 22, 2020 `Basic Arduino coding using virtual Badge` Village Workshop, while TechGirlMN's archive preserves the Tinkercad virtual badge, hardware BOM, wiring notes, and Arduino Create firmware examples.

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EventThe Diana Initiative 2020

SeriesThe Diana Initiative

LocationVirtual / online

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

event and workshop host

The Diana Initiative

Sched preserves The Diana Initiative 2020 virtual conference context and the Basic Arduino coding using virtual Badge Village Workshop.

Source

scanner code source attribution

Blendster

The scanner sketch is presented as Blendster's basic scanner, lightly modified for the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf project.

Source

workshop material and badge-build author

TechGirlMN

The Maker Village archive, hardware guide, and Arduino Create sketches attribute the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf badge materials to TechGirlMN / @TechGirlMN.

Source

Why It Mattered

It adds a pandemic-era virtual security-conference badge record where the badge was not a centrally manufactured attendee PCB, but a source-backed common-parts Arduino build that let remote participants assemble, simulate, and code a badge-like artifact from home.

Hardware

TechGirlMN's hardware page lists a solderable breadboard-style PCB, Arduino Nano, seven 220 ohm resistors, seven LEDs, a push button, and a 10K ohm resistor. The wiring chart maps the seven LEDs across Arduino digital pins D2 through D8 and the example sketches read a button input around pin 10.

Software & Apps

The Arduino Create examples include `TDI 2020 basic blinky code`, a lightly modified Blendster seven-LED scanner for the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf project, and a second `grab and go` version dated August 8, 2020 with working button behavior.

Lore

TechGirlMN describes taking a one-off badge `Off the Shelf` when The Diana Initiative went virtual. The Maker Village archive embeds a Tinkercad virtual badge model and an attendee finished-project photo, but this catalogue keeps the record image-free because the recovered media does not expose reusable publication rights.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

badge input source-backed

Push-button interaction

The build guide lists a button and 10K resistor, and the Arduino examples include button-reading behavior for the workshop badge exercises.

Compatibility: The Diana Initiative 2020 Off-the-Shelf Virtual Badge

Source

firmware examples public examples

Arduino Create blinky and scanner examples

The archive links basic blinky, seven-LED scanner, and grab-and-go sketches for the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf badge workshop.

Compatibility: The Diana Initiative 2020 Off-the-Shelf Virtual Badge

Source

hardware architecture source-backed

Arduino Nano off-the-shelf badge core

TechGirlMN's hardware guide centers the remote badge build on an Arduino Nano mounted to a solderable breadboard-style PCB.

Compatibility: The Diana Initiative 2020 Off-the-Shelf Virtual Badge

Source

virtual build asset source-backed

Tinkercad virtual badge model

The Maker Village archive links an off-the-shelf virtual badge in Tinkercad so remote participants could inspect or simulate the project.

Compatibility: The Diana Initiative 2020 Off-the-Shelf Virtual Badge

Source

visual interface source-backed

Seven-LED badge face

The BOM and wiring chart document seven LEDs with 220 ohm resistors mapped across Arduino digital pins D2 through D8.

Compatibility: The Diana Initiative 2020 Off-the-Shelf Virtual Badge

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

missing rights-cleared image note

No The Diana Initiative 2020 Off-the-Shelf Virtual 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 The Diana Initiative 2020 Sched workshop page, TechGirlMN Maker Village archive, TechGirlMN hardware BOM page, Tinkercad virtual badge model, and Arduino Create code examples.

source-depth caveat note

Public sources preserve the workshop, BOM, wiring chart, Tinkercad model, and Arduino sketches, but this pass did not recover a formal schematic, Gerber set, distribution count, repository license, or official reusable badge photo.

The record limits hardware and software claims to the common-parts build guide and public code previews, with image publication withheld until rights-cleared provenance exists.

Confidence: source-backed but incomplete
Status: needs deeper archive recovery
Timeframe: current Diana Initiative 2020 pass
Source note: TechGirlMN Maker Village archive, TDI Off the Shelf Hardware Edition, Tinkercad model, Arduino Create examples, and badge.gallery image policy.

virtual-event artifact boundary note

The recovered sources support an off-the-shelf Arduino Nano badge workshop artifact for remote participants, not a claim that every attendee received a centrally manufactured physical badge.

The catalogue models the badge as a virtual-conference workshop build and simulation artifact rather than upgrading it into an all-attendee production electronic badge.

Confidence: source-backed
Status: documented
Timeframe: The Diana Initiative 2020 virtual conference
Source note: The Diana Initiative 2020 Sched workshop page, TechGirlMN Maker Village archive, and TechGirlMN hardware guide.

Resources

Basic Arduino coding using virtual Badge official workshop schedule · Sched source for The Diana Initiative 2020 online conference, August 21-22, 2020 super-event dates, August 22 Village Workshop timing, and @TechGirlMN speaker attribution. Blendster scanner example Arduino Create sketch · Arduino Create preview source for the lightly modified Blendster seven-LED scanner used on the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf project. Diana Initiative 2020 Maker Village archive maker archive · TechGirlMN archive source for the off-the-shelf virtual badge context, Tinkercad model link, attendee finished-project evidence, and Arduino Create code links. Off the shelf virtual badge virtual badge model · Tinkercad model linked from the Maker Village archive as the virtual badge used for the remote workshop exercise. TDI 2020 basic blinky code Arduino Create sketch · Arduino Create preview source for @TechGirlMN's basic blinky code, initial LED pins, button input, and digitalWrite/digitalRead workshop path. TDI Off the Shelf Hardware Edition hardware build guide · TechGirlMN source for the Arduino Nano, solderable breadboard PCB, seven LEDs, seven 220 ohm resistors, button, 10K resistor, and D2-D8 wiring chart. TDI off-the-shelf grab-and-go code Arduino Create sketch · Arduino Create preview source for TechGirlMN's August 8, 2020 grab-and-go code with working button behavior.

Sources

Arduino Create / TechGirlMN: TDI 2020 basic blinky code Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Arduino sketch source for the basic blinky exercise by @techGirlMN, including LED and button pin examples. Arduino Create / TechGirlMN: Blendster scanner example Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Arduino sketch source for the lightly modified Blendster scanner using seven LEDs on the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf project. Arduino Create / TechGirlMN: TDI off-the-shelf grab-and-go code Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Arduino sketch source for the August 8, 2020 `TDI Off the shelf` version with working button behavior. TechGirlMN: Diana Initiative 2020 Maker Village archive Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Maker archive source for the off-the-shelf virtual badge, Tinkercad virtual model link, attendee finished-project evidence, and Arduino Create code examples. TechGirlMN: TDI Off the Shelf Hardware Edition Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Build-guide source for the common-parts Arduino Nano badge BOM, LED/button/resistor list, breadboard PCB, and D2-D8 LED wiring chart. The Diana Initiative / Sched: Basic Arduino coding using virtual Badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official workshop-schedule source for The Diana Initiative 2020 online event, August 21-22 super-event dates, August 22 Village Workshop slot, online attendance mode, and @TechGirlMN speaker attribution. Tinkercad / TechGirlMN: Off the shelf virtual badge in Tinkercad Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Virtual badge model linked from the TechGirlMN archive for remote badge simulation and workshop build context.