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ATtiny2313 Blade Runner badge with ESP32CAM add-on path
LayerOne 2019's electronic badge used a Blade Runner / Voight-Kampff theme around a small ATtiny2313 LED-and-button badge, with Hackaday documenting optional add-on boards including an ESP32CAM eye/face-recognition module for the badge's test-of-humanity behavior.
Ukrainian ESP32 badge and CTF platform
A Ukrainian NoNameCon 2019 electronic badge built by TechMaker around an ESP32 platform with Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, OLED display, LEDs, capacitive input, OTA firmware, SpyNet backend interaction, and a six-flag badge CTF.
Bangle.js JavaScript and TensorFlow smartwatch badge
A NodeConf EU 2019 attendee smartwatch badge built around the NodeWatch/Bangle.js open-source JavaScript watch platform, with Espruino programming, nRF52832 BLE hardware, colour LCD, sensors, GPS/Glonass, app loading, and TensorFlow Lite gesture experiments.
nRF52 OLED/BLE badge with games and challenges
The NorthSec 2019 badge repository documents an nRF52832 and STM32F070 electronic badge with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, USB, Li-ion or USB power, schematics, BOM material, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule code, and BLE/LED control utilities.
Buenos Aires speaker VIP identity badge
A conservative NotPinkCon 2019 record for the VIP badge listed as a speaker benefit in the conference CFP, tied to the Buenos Aires women-led information-security conference rather than an electronic badge lineage.
ESP32 39x9 LED-matrix badge for Pixels Camp
A Portugal source-backed ESP32 PCB badge for Pixels Camp 2019 with a 39x9 RGB LED matrix, IS31FL3741 LED driver, CH340G USB serial, USB/LiPo power, and public schematic/PCB design files.
Membrane-keyboard ARG badge
The Queercon 16 Q Badge was an electronic DEF CON-adjacent social badge with a custom membrane keyboard, 2.9-inch e-paper display, RGB lighting, Bluetooth-capable TI CC2640R2 controller, Holtek LED driver, AA battery power, RJ12 6P6C badge-to-badge connector, and ARG mechanics across Q, C, and Handler badge roles.
Philippine custom programmable conference badge sponsor-placement record
ROOTCON's official archive and quick guide place ROOTCON 13 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 25-27, 2019, while the official sponsor prospectus sells an RC13 Badge add-on and describes ROOTCON as the first Philippine conference with a custom programmable conference 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.
Steampunk Recon LED-eye badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 27 badge entry, The Skull Badge, was a steampunk-recon skull-shaped PCB design with mechanical artwork, LED eye illumination, and a CREW staff variant.
STM32 and iCE40 Enigma-machine badge with linked-ring challenge
The SAINTCON 2019 Enigma Badge was a two-board electronic conference badge shaped as a segment of an Enigma rotor, combining a curved RGB LED matrix, lampboard LEDs, 26 buttons, plugboard wiring, minibadge-holder support, and badge-to-badge connectors for a cooperative ring challenge.
DePaul IRL ESP32 badge with capacitive pads, LEDs, speaker, and microphone
The THOTCON 0xA / Infinity badge was a Chicago electronic conference badge produced with DePaul's Idea Realization Lab for the May 3-4, 2019 event. DePaul Newsline reported a six-month, 1,700-unit custom circuit-board badge build; the public Poplicola repository documents a SparkFun ESP32 Thing Dev base, five capacitive touch pads, six LEDs, speaker output, microphone input, stock-firmware restore commands, and Arduino examples.
ESP32 e-paper keyboard badge
A WiFi-connected MicroPython badge for TROOPERS19 with ESP32-WROVER, 2.9 inch e-paper display, full QWERTY keyboard, joystick, USB-C charging/flashing, LEDs, accelerometer, and Shitty Addon support.
Bring-your-own-controller WS2812B LED badge
An unofficial 36C3 badge kit made as a bring-your-own-controller blinky platform with a PCB, eight WS2812B addressable LEDs, eight 100 nF capacitors, lanyard, prototyping area, and controller examples using an Adafruit Feather M4 Express with CircuitPython.
ATtiny841 soldering badge with colored and RGB LEDs
The WOPR Summit 0x00 badge was an attendee-assembled electronic badge for the inaugural Atlantic City conference. Hackaday documents a WarGames/WOPR-inspired board with a dozen colored LEDs, eight RGB LEDs, through-hole LEDs and resistors, battery holders, and an ATtiny841 controller, while Russell Handorf's build guide preserves the soldering and staff-flashing workflow.
CCCamp 2019 wearable sensor badge
A wrist-worn CCC Camp badge focused on sensing, health-style signals, BLE, and a Python-friendly app ecosystem.
Unofficial SR-latch PCB badge for Labitat
An unofficial Labitat indie badge for 35C3 using the congress artwork theme, a simple flip-flop memory circuit, reverse-mount LEDs, a two-AA battery holder, and an optional power-only Shitty Add-On footprint.
Unofficial DEF CON 26 ESP32-WROVER Wild West of IoT badge
The AND!XOR DC26 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 26 badgelife board themed as the Wild West of IoT, built around an ESP32-WROVER module with WiFi/Bluetooth, a color LCD, microSD, IS31FL3736-driven RGB lighting, CP2102N USB serial, LULZCODE scripting, the B.E.N.D.E.R. console challenge, and badge-to-badge networking ambitions.
Kenyan electronic badge archive record
A conservative AfricaHackOn 2018 electronic-badge record anchored to the OPCDE Kenya agenda, which listed a dedicated making-of session for the badge during the Nairobi event.
ESP8266 WiFi badge running the Proteus firmware ecosystem
A Swiss Area41 2018 conference badge with an ESP8266 WiFi chip, display, web-based name configuration, LCD nickname display, Area41 schedule app, WiFi-scanning behavior, button-order Easter eggs, and public Proteus firmware.
NodeMCU-based electronic badge and hardware-interface tool
The BUSSide was the BSides Canberra 2018 electronic badge, issued to 2,000 delegates and documented through official BUSSide pages, CSides talk notes, GitHub Pages documentation, and a public source repository.
Attendee kit badge by Jonathan Singer
The BSides Orlando 2018 badge is preserved as a simple discrete marquee badge given to attendees as a kit, documented by Jonathan Singer's Hackaday.io project record and anchored to the official Security B-Sides Orlando 2018 event site.
Handmade NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi badge with badge-hack contest context
Contemporary Australian Cyber Security Magazine coverage documents BSides Perth 2018 attendees receiving a cool, unique handmade conference badge using a NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC, with a badge-hack prize promoted before the event.
Tampa Bay BSides badge/lanyard artifact with electronic assembly context
BSides Tampa 2018 is represented here by a visible event badge/lanyard artifact in a CC BY-SA documentary photo, paired with an attendee report that says more than 750 attendees participated in Electronic Badge Assembly among the event activities.
ATTiny861 LED and SAO badge archive
The BSidesPDX 2018 badge is a source-backed Portland Security BSides badge archive tied to the official BSidesPDX 101 badge panel and the public PDX Badgers KiCad, BOM, LED mapping, and ATTiny861 firmware archive.
Happy Gecko plus Bluetooth badge
A Happy Gecko-based BornHack badge that added a Nordic nRF51 Bluetooth-capable microcontroller and a breakout-board branch for hardware add-ons.
10th-edition electronic badge
BruCON's 10th-edition electronic badge, documented as a schedule, venue-map, reminder, alcohol-sensor, and public ESP-IDF/KiCad badge project.
Christchurch identity tag with source-backed badge-challenge context
CHCon 2018's official site documents identification tags/badges as part of the event materials and says CTF, badge, and locksport challenges would run throughout the main event.
Ticketed paid-badge registration artifact
CactusCon 2018 is seeded as a conservative paid-badge record because contemporaneous Arizona LoCo Team meeting notes say the September 28-29 Mesa Convention Center event required tickets, offered free admission, and let attendees pay to get a badge.
Ticket and certificate checksum camp record
A conservative non-electronic Camp++ 2018 record for attendee identity: the official camp pages document ticket registration, no required personal data, end-of-event ticketing-data destruction, certificate checksum verification, and instructions to bring the ticket to Fort Monostor.
Brisbane pre-registration credential with special speaker-badge evidence
CrikeyCon V is represented by official archive evidence for Friday pre-registration badge collection plus call-for-participation benefits that promised special speaker badges to presenters, trainers, and event or workshop holders.
Bluetooth LE wrist party badge
The DC503 DEF CON 26 VIP Banglet is a source-backed wrist-worn party badge documented by the Apache-2.0 `pdxbadgers/2018-banglet` repository and by BSidesPDX 2018's public Making of the Banglet talk listing.
Tymkrs electronic text-adventure badge
A Tymkrs / Toymakers official DEF CON 26 electronic badge with a PIC32MM0256GPM controller, reverse-mounted LEDs, capacitive controls, four-AA battery stack, USB serial interface, badge-to-badge connector, add-on header, and a retro text-adventure badge challenge.
ESP32 fox badge with jewels and robot paths
A fox-shaped ESP32 badge with 5x7 LED eye matrices, touch pads, buzzer, 18650 power, Lego Technic mounting holes, and jewel add-ons.
Bottle-shaped ESP32 BLE and OLED badge
A small-batch H2HC 2018 bottle-shaped PCB badge with an ESP32 WROOM, I2C OLED display, six controllable LEDs, BLE behavior, AAA or USB power, and Arduino IDE source-code notes.
Qihoo360 Unicorn Team electronic badge with Badge Village games
An official HITB Amsterdam electronic badge record for registered conference attendees, with public CommSec Village evidence for Qihoo360 Unicorn Team design, Badge Village hacking support, packet-decoding play, mini-games, hidden challenges, and hardware specs.