ToorCamp 2022 · United States · 2022

ToorCamp 2022 Spider Badge

OlyMEGA light-sensing LED spider badge

ToorCamp 2022's badge is documented by an official badge-talk session and assembly PDF as an OlyMEGA-built soldering badge: four LEDs forming spider eyes, a photocell, potentiometer, MOSFET, slide switch, resistors, and a battery holder whose circuit lights the eyes in darkness.

ToorCamp United States Washington Orcas Island Outdoor Hacker Camp OlyMEGA Spider Badge Photocell LED MOSFET Soldering Badge North America

EventToorCamp 2022

SeriesToorCamp

LocationDoe Bay Resort & Spa, Orcas Island, Washington

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

badge builder and makerspace

OlyMEGA

The assembly guide credits OlyMEGA, Olympia's makerspace, and volunteers for bringing the spider badge to ToorCamp.

Source

badge talk presenter

Rich Gonzales

Official ToorCamp schedule profile and talk page identify Rich Gonzales as the presenter for the 2022 Badge Talk.

Source

event and schedule publisher

ToorCamp

Official publisher of the badge talk schedule entry and linked assembly resource.

Source

Why It Mattered

It fills a ToorCamp gap between the 2018 jar-of-fireflies kit and the 2024 Shadybucks wristband trail, preserving a concrete camp badge where art design, project management, attendee assembly, light sensing, and simple analog behavior were part of the badge experience.

Hardware

The assembly PDF lists four 470 ohm resistors, one photocell, four LEDs, a slide switch, MOSFET, potentiometer, and battery holder with batteries. It instructs builders to orient LED negative legs toward the ToorCamp logo, fold LED legs flat because the battery pack covers the pads, test function before gluing and soldering the holder, and adjust the potentiometer to change the darkness trigger level.

Software & Apps

No firmware or microcontroller source is claimed for this badge. The public sources describe an analog/light-sensing circuit rather than a programmable app platform; optional modifications include adding a buzzer or other output to BZ1 and using the badge with a laser as a tripwire alarm.

Lore

The official talk abstract says Rich Gonzales planned to discuss the project management, design process, budgeting, realistic timelines, and art-design path from concept to finished art. The quick guide credits OlyMEGA, Olympia's makerspace, and its volunteers for bringing the badge to camp.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

analog tuning source-backed

Potentiometer darkness threshold

Builders could adjust the potentiometer to control how dark it needed to be before the badge lights turned on.

Compatibility: ToorCamp 2022 Spider Badge

Source

assembly workflow source-backed

Attendee soldering workflow

The assembly guide steps through resistor, photocell, LED, switch, MOSFET, potentiometer, and battery-holder installation with orientation and test reminders.

Compatibility: ToorCamp 2022 Spider Badge

Source

badge electronics source-backed

Light-sensing spider-eye circuit

The quick guide documents a photocell, potentiometer, MOSFET, resistors, battery holder, and four LEDs used to light the spider eyes based on darkness level.

Compatibility: ToorCamp 2022 Spider Badge

Source

optional modification source-backed

Buzzer or tripwire modification

The guide suggests attaching a buzzer or anything else to BZ1 and notes the badge can become a tripwire alarm when pointed at with a laser.

Compatibility: ToorCamp 2022 Spider Badge

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

assembly-source scope note

The public record proves the talk, assembly guide, part list, and analog badge behavior, but this pass did not recover schematic files, PCB manufacturing files, production quantity, or a source repository.

The record keeps hardware claims tied to the assembly PDF rather than inventing design files or firmware surfaces.

Confidence: official schedule PDF
Status: documented with limits
Timeframe: ToorCamp 2022
Source note: ToorCamp 2022 Badge Talk and linked quick-guide PDF.

image reuse boundary note

The linked PDF includes badge imagery, but no reusable image license, exact attribution basis for photos/figures, or processing permission was recovered for local publication.

The record remains image-free until a rights-cleared original photo or official upstream raster is available.

Confidence: local image policy
Status: left image-free
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and ToorCamp 2022 badge assembly PDF.

missing rights-cleared image note

No ToorCamp 2022 Spider 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 ToorCamp 2022 Badge Talk and assembly PDF source trail.

no firmware claim note

The recovered guide describes an analog light-sensing circuit and optional buzzer/tripwire behavior, but not a microcontroller, firmware, app platform, or badge-to-badge protocol.

The badge is modeled as a soldering and analog electronics badge rather than a programmable badgelife platform.

Confidence: source-backed hardware scope
Status: documented
Timeframe: ToorCamp 2022
Source note: ToorCamp 2022 badge assembly PDF.

Resources

Rich Gonzales speaker profile speaker profile · Official schedule speaker profile used to tie the badge talk to Rich Gonzales. ToorCamp 2022 Badge Talk official schedule session · Official schedule source for Rich Gonzales' badge talk about project management, design process, budgeting, realistic timelines, and art design from concept to finished art. ToorCamp 2022 Badge assembly guide assembly guide · Linked PDF quick guide listing badge parts, assembly orientation, battery-holder checks, potentiometer adjustment, and optional buzzer/tripwire modification ideas. ToorCamp wiki event wiki · Official wiki source for ToorCamp 2022 dates, Doe Bay Resort & Spa venue, Orcas Island context, and outdoor hacker-camp lineage framing.

Sources

ToorCamp / pretalx: ToorCamp 2022 Badge Talk Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official schedule source identifying the badge-talk session, Rich Gonzales, and the design/project-management topics behind the badge. ToorCamp / pretalx: Rich Gonzales Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official speaker profile source for the badge-talk presenter credit. ToorCamp / pretalx media: Toorcamp 2022 Badge assembly Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary linked PDF source for parts, LED orientation, battery-holder soldering order, potentiometer adjustment, and optional buzzer/tripwire modifications. ToorCamp Wiki: ToorCamp wiki Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official wiki source for ToorCamp 2022 dates, Doe Bay Resort & Spa venue, Orcas Island context, and camp lineage.