Country dossier

Germany

Worldwide badge coverage for Germany, grouped into seeded badges, event editions, add-ons, operational issues, resources, and evidence sources.

27 badge(s) · 26 event(s) · 8 series · 1999-2025

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Seeded artifacts

Badges

1999

CCCamp 1999 Pass

A conservative identity-pass record for the first Chaos Communication Camp, before public sources document an official electronic camp badge.

2003

CCCamp 2003 Pass

A source-conservative record for CCCamp 2003 as a pre-electronic-badge identity/pass artifact in the camp lineage.

2007

Sputnik / OpenBeacon

A small active 2.4 GHz RFID badge/tag used with OpenBeacon base stations for real-time camp tracking and post-camp hardware experiments.

2010

Easterhegg 2010 eHaserl

A source-backed record for the eHaserl, the Easterhegg 2010 surprise badge from the Munich Chaos Computer Club, with official assembly notes, flashing instructions, errata, and a badge talk.

2011

r0ket

A shiny electronic nametag and full-featured microcontroller development board that established the long-lived CCC Camp badge tradition rad1o later built on.

2011

TROOPERS11 Nixie Badge

A source-backed early TROOPERS electronic badge built around a glowing nixie-tube digit, a programming station for badge scores, a Cat-5 LANyard switch, and hidden capacitive-touch and pad-field hack surfaces.

2013

Hackover 2013 Badge

A source-backed Hackover 2013 badge record: the event blog described an assembled and flashed badge PCB for every attendee, with ARM processor, 2.4 GHz radio, 6.5 Kpx LCD, USB, and buttons.

rad1o badge image

2015

rad1o

A HackRF-inspired software-defined radio badge that let campers receive, transmit, inspect spectrum, flash evolving firmware, solder RF add-ons, and keep hacking long after camp.

2017

GPN17 Badge

An Entropia-produced Gulaschprogrammiernacht 17 badge built around ESP8266, a 128x128 LCD, 18650 power, sensors, WS2813 LEDs, IR, a ROM store, and Hack-the-Badge camp challenges.

2018

35C3 Labitat Indie Badge

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.

card10 badge image

2019

card10

A wrist-worn CCC Camp badge focused on sensing, health-style signals, BLE, and a Python-friendly app ecosystem.

2019

TROOPERS19 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.

2019

Unofficial 36C3 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.

2022

GPN20 Laminated Identity Badge

A source-backed non-electronic GPN20 attendee-badge record anchored by the Entropia wiki workflow for printing and laminating badges at the infodesk.

2022

HiP Berlin 2022 Badge

The Hacking in Parallel Berlin attendee badge was an ESP32-C3 electronic badge with RGB LEDs, USB-C Serial/JTAG, battery charging, NFC/I2C storage, SAO/I2C expansion, buttons, and RIOT OS board support.

2022

TROOPERS22 Badge

A conservative TROOPERS22 badge record anchored by Badge.Team's public PID/code entry for Troopers 2022 badges and the official TROOPERS22 event context.

2023

37C3 Hub Digital Badges

The 37C3 Hub archived a digital badge system where assemblies could create badges that visitors might find, redeem, and display during the Hamburg Congress.

flow3r badge image

2023

flow3r

A petal-shaped electronic instrument where touch and gestures become sound and light.

Hackaday Berlin 2023 Voja4 Badge badge image

2023

Hackaday Berlin 2023 Voja4 Badge

Hackaday Berlin 2023 gave European attendees a Berlin-reskinned Voja Antonic Voja4 badge: a compatible revision of the 2022 Supercon down-to-the-metal computer trainer and retrocomputer, with public event sources tying it to the March 25-26 MotionLab.Berlin gathering and Saturday badge-hacking ceremony.

2023

TROOPERS23 Badge

A Badge.Team-powered TROOPERS23 electronic badge with a public retrospective PDF, open hardware repository, firmware repository, and companion SAO hardware repository.

2024

38C3 Hub Digital Badges

The 38C3 Hub archived an expanded digital badge system where assemblies created discoverable event badges for visitors, grouped into categories such as General, Exploration, and Help.

2024

Easterhegg 2024 RCA Badge

A source-backed Easterhegg 2024 badge record for the Rabbit Chaos Adventure: the event wiki points to challenges on campus, laptop, and badge, while the public repository preserves RCA badge files, schematics, Gerbers, parts exports, media, and printable add-ons.

Hackaday Europe 2024 Vectorscope Badge badge image

2024

Hackaday Europe 2024 Vectorscope Badge

Hackaday Europe 2024 in Berlin reused the 2023 Hackaday Supercon Vectorscope badge: an RP2040/MicroPython analog playground with a round IPS display, ADC/DAC signal path, front controls, joystick, prototyping space, and badge-hack ceremony.

2025

39C3 Cyberwatch Badge

An electronic badge created for 39C3 as a modular, solderable watch-style device. The project was designed to be reconfigurable with interchangeable daughter boards (called shards) for different use cases.

2025

39C3 Hub Digital Badges

The 39C3 info pages documented a Hub badge system where participants could collect assembly-created digital badges via redeem tokens, profile assignment, QR codes, and challenge or visit workflows.

2025

GPN23 Identity Badge

A source-backed non-electronic GPN23 badge record for the printed attendee badges and lanyard workflow documented by Entropia's FAQ and badge how-to.

2025

Hackaday Europe 2025 SAO Badge

Hackaday Europe 2025 reused the Supercon 8 Simple Add-On badge concept in Berlin: an SAO-focused badge with I2C/GPIO exposure, MicroPython lineage, revamped Europe firmware, Supercon contest-winner add-ons, and badge-hacking ceremony context.

Events

Camp and Event Editions

Chaos Communication Camp 1999

Chaos Communication Camp · Germany · 1999 · 1 badge(s)

The first Chaos Communication Camp belongs in the lineage as an early outdoor camp identity/pass era before public electronic badge records.

Chaos Communication Camp 2003

Chaos Communication Camp · Germany · 2003 · 1 badge(s)

The second Chaos Communication Camp sits between the early pass era and the later Sputnik/OpenBeacon infrastructure badge.

Chaos Communication Camp 2007

Chaos Communication Camp · Finowfurt Aviation Museum · 2007 · 1 badge(s)

The camp where Sputnik/OpenBeacon active RFID tags turned attendance itself into a 2.4 GHz tracking and experimentation surface.

Easterhegg 2010

Easterhegg · Munich · 2010 · 1 badge(s)

The Munich Easterhegg edition whose eHaserl surprise badge was documented through assembly instructions, flashing notes, alternative software, and a public badge talk.

Chaos Communication Camp 2011

Chaos Communication Camp · Finowfurt Aviation Museum · 2011 · 1 badge(s)

The camp where r0ket introduced many attendees to the idea of a deeply hackable electronic camp badge.

TROOPERS11

TROOPERS · Heidelberg · 2011 · 1 badge(s)

A German IT-security conference whose attendee badge used a nixie tube, score programmer, Cat-5 LANyard switch, capacitive touch secret, and hackable pad fields.

Hackover 2013

Hackover · Bürgerschule, Hannover · 2013 · 1 badge(s)

The second Hackover edition, whose ticket included an assembled and flashed badge PCB with ARM processor, 2.4 GHz radio, LCD, USB, and buttons.

Chaos Communication Camp 2015

Chaos Communication Camp · Ziegeleipark Mildenberg · 2015 · 1 badge(s)

The camp where rad1o turned the official badge into a serious SDR platform.

Gulaschprogrammiernacht 17

Gulaschprogrammiernacht · ZKM and HfG, Karlsruhe · 2017 · 1 badge(s)

Entropia's 2017 Karlsruhe hackathon and conference, where the GPN17 Badge doubled as a GulaschPushNotifier, ROM-store device, and Hack-the-Badge target.

35th Chaos Communication Congress

Chaos Communication Congress · Leipzig · 2018 · 1 badge(s)

The 2018 Chaos Communication Congress in Leipzig, where Thomas Flummer produced an unofficial Labitat indie badge around the 35C3 Refreshing Memories visual theme.

36th Chaos Communication Congress

Chaos Communication Congress · Leipzig · 2019 · 1 badge(s)

The 2019 Chaos Communication Congress in Leipzig, where Thomas Flummer produced an unofficial bring-your-own-controller LED badge kit for hallway badgelife hacking.

Chaos Communication Camp 2019

Chaos Communication Camp · Ziegeleipark Mildenberg · 2019 · 1 badge(s)

The edition whose card10 badge explored wearable sensing and app distribution.

TROOPERS19

TROOPERS · Heidelberg · 2019 · 1 badge(s)

A German IT-security conference with a public ESP32 e-paper keyboard badge hardware writeup, KiCad files, and Shitty Addon ecosystem.

Gulaschprogrammiernacht 20

Gulaschprogrammiernacht · ZKM and HfG, Karlsruhe · 2022 · 1 badge(s)

Entropia's 2022 Karlsruhe edition whose public wiki documents on-site printed and laminated attendee badges plus badge-issue queue feedback.

Hacking in Parallel Berlin 2022

Hacking in Parallel · ETI Schauspielschule and c-base, Berlin · 2022 · 1 badge(s)

The December 27-30, 2022 decentralized Berlin year-end hacker event whose attendees received an electronic HiP badge and whose schedule later included a badge-hacking workshop.

TROOPERS22

TROOPERS · Heidelberg · 2022 · 1 badge(s)

A German TROOPERS conference edition whose public Badge.Team PID record names Troopers 2022 badges as using the Badge.Team platform.

37th Chaos Communication Congress

Chaos Communication Congress · Hamburg · 2023 · 1 badge(s)

The December 27-30, 2023 Hamburg Chaos Communication Congress whose official Hub archived an assembly-created digital badge system, distinct from a physical or electronic attendee badge.

Chaos Communication Camp 2023

Chaos Communication Camp · Ziegeleipark Mildenberg · 2023 · 1 badge(s)

The flow3r badge shifted the camp badge toward music, touch, light, and collaborative art.

Hackaday Berlin 2023

Hackaday Europe · MotionLab.Berlin · 2023 · 1 badge(s)

The March 25-26, 2023 Berlin Hackaday conference whose official preview offered attendees a Berlin-reskinned Voja4 down-to-the-metal computer trainer badge and a Saturday-night badge-hacking ceremony.

TROOPERS23

TROOPERS · Heidelberg · 2023 · 1 badge(s)

A German TROOPERS conference edition with a Badge.Team-powered electronic badge documented through the official badge retrospective, public hardware repository, firmware repository, and SAO hardware repository.

38th Chaos Communication Congress

Chaos Communication Congress · Hamburg · 2024 · 1 badge(s)

The December 27-30, 2024 Hamburg Chaos Communication Congress whose official Hub archived an expanded assembly-created digital badge system, distinct from a physical or electronic attendee badge.

Easterhegg 2024

Easterhegg · OTH Regensburg · 2024 · 1 badge(s)

The 21st Easterhegg in Regensburg, where the Rabbit Chaos Adventure tied campus, laptop, and badge challenges to a public badge repository and hardware-hacking area.

Hackaday Europe 2024

Hackaday Europe · MotionLab.Berlin · 2024 · 1 badge(s)

The Berlin Hackaday Europe edition whose public schedule included a badge-hacking ceremony and whose field reports document reuse of the 2023 Vectorscope badge.

39th Chaos Communication Congress

Chaos Communication Congress · Hamburg · 2025 · 2 badge(s)

The December 27-30, 2025 Hamburg Chaos Communication Congress whose official info pages documented a Hub badge system for assembly-created digital souvenirs, challenge rewards, and help/exploration badges.

Gulaschprogrammiernacht 23

Gulaschprogrammiernacht · HfG and ZKM, Karlsruhe · 2025 · 1 badge(s)

Entropia's 2025 GPN edition with source-backed non-electronic attendee badges, lanyard reuse guidance, badge design/production notes, and safeR/orga badge context.

Hackaday Europe 2025

Hackaday Europe · MotionLab.Berlin · 2025 · 1 badge(s)

The March 15-16, 2025 Berlin Hackaday Europe edition at MotionLab, with public sources documenting a Supercon 8 SAO badge reuse, revamped Europe firmware, bundled SAOs, and a Saturday-night badge-hacking ceremony.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

rad1o documented solder option

RF hardware add-on

External antenna and SMA mod

The antenna guide documented temporary human/copper-wire reception tricks and the proper SMA modification, including rotating or bridging the 0-ohm resistor in the RF path.

flow3r ongoing

app-store publishing workflow

flow3r app index workflow

New apps are published by adding a TOML pointer under the flow3r-apps index and opening a merge request; after merge the app appears in the public directory.

flow3r ongoing

app-store update workflow

flow3r app version releases

The app index treats a commit that increments metadata.version in flow3r.toml as a new release, making post-camp app maintenance part of the badge lifecycle.

39C3 Cyberwatch Badge source-backed

badge communication

LoRa shard path

Project documentation and README material link a LoRa expansion shard to an adapted Meshtastic path, indicating an explicit long-range radio capability target.

39C3 Cyberwatch Badge source-backed

badge hardware

Modular watch architecture

The 39C3 Cyberwatch project is documented as a solderable watch-style base badge that is designed to accept interchangeable shard boards through a modular hardware concept.

39C3 Cyberwatch Badge needs completion

badge software

Firmware expectation context

Project sources indicate a base firmware expectation around congress time and a prebuilt firmware trail for shard use, but they do not confirm a complete public production release artifact set for all build variants.

rad1o historical

case ecosystem

Laser-cut and 3D printed cases

The case page linked DXF outlines, simple laser-cut enclosures, SMA-compatible variants, 3D-printable cases, and a limited 32C3 screw-and-spacer kit.

rad1o historical

desktop SDR workflow

GNU Radio and Gqrx workflow

The SDR guide documented GNU Radio, gnuradio-companion, osmocom_fft, Gqrx, SDR#, udev rules, kernel-module workarounds, and cross-platform setup for using rad1o as an SDR peripheral.

GPN17 Badge historical

event challenge ecosystem

Hack-the-Badge challenges

The GPN17 challenge page collected badge-hacking tasks, scoring, and prize context for attendees during the event.

rad1o historical with 2022 update

firmware and l0dable bundle

binary-cccamp2015 firmware package

The binary repository preserved flashable camp firmware, HackRF images, games, animations, fonts, images, l0dables, and a REV 05 release aligned with HackRF v2022.09.1.

rad1o historical

firmware mode

HackRF and HKRF-OLD modes

The bootloader exposed HACKRF and HKRF-OLD modes, with different USB product IDs for newer and older HackRF software compatibility.

flow3r ongoing

firmware update

flow3r firmware update paths

Official docs preserve multiple update paths: webflash, USB mass-storage flashing, and a built-in WiFi updater introduced in firmware v1.3.0.

hardware add-on

RCA badge add-ons

Participant reporting says CTF success yielded cool add-ons for the Easterhegg badge and that the badge could later be soldered in the hackerspace.

TROOPERS23 Badge historical

hardware add-on

TROOPERS23 SAO

The separate tr23-sao-hw repository documents a companion SAO board for the TROOPERS23 badge.

r0ket historical

hardware add-on ecosystem

m0duls and shields

The r0ket wiki tracked hardware hacks, shields, and add-on ideas, making expansion hardware part of the badge culture from the start.

TROOPERS19 Badge historical

hardware add-on interface

Shitty Addon connector

The TROOPERS19 badge exposed a 3.3 V I2C Shitty Addon interface so the badge could wear its own small add-on boards.

flow3r ongoing

hardware expansion

Qwiic / STEMMA QT expansions

The badge exposes two JST-SH 4-pin footprints following the I2C Qwiic / STEMMA QT pinout, giving app authors a documented path to breakout-board hardware.

r0ket historical

hardware hacking competition

r0ketlauncher competition

28C3 included USB missile launchers for a competition to combine launcher hardware with r0ket; the first 100 published hacks could keep the launcher.

r0ket historical

hardware m0dul

RGB flame m0dules

Team r0ket brought RGB flame m0dules to 28C3 as a purchasable hardware extension for the badge.

card10 historical

hardware workshop add-on

ECG electrode pad kit

Hackaday reports a 10 EUR workshop kit for soldering electrode pads to a sacrificial USB-C cable, including a demo where pads on the temples sensed left/right eye movement.

rad1o historical

hardware/software upgrade path

SMA antenna and PortaPack-inspired paths

Public writeups and later community experiments connected rad1o to HackRF/PortaPack-style standalone SDR usage beyond the official camp firmware and documented SMA mod path.

lanyard interaction hardware

Cat-5 LANyard switch

The badge used a Cat-5 cable through the board as a LANyard switch, making the physical lanyard part of the badge interaction.

rad1o historical

mobile SDR app

Patched RF Analyzer for Android

The wiki pointed Android users to a patched RF Analyzer APK/source path because upstream RF Analyzer did not yet work with rad1o.

Easterhegg 2024 RCA Badge archived source

multi-board hardware package

Badge/head/hood/arm/back PCB set

The repository exposes separate schematic PDFs and Gerber ZIPs for the badge, head, hood, arm, and back boards, making the RCA artifact a multi-board kit rather than a single PCB record.

flow3r ongoing

networking add-on

Badge Net

Badge Net builds on Badge Link to provide Ethernet and IPv6 connectivity between badges through the 3.5 mm jacks, exposed to MicroPython as a normal network interface.

TROOPERS23 Badge historical firmware

platform lifecycle

Badge.Team firmware track

The public Badge.Team firmware repository gives the badge a recoverable software trail instead of leaving the dossier at a hardware-only record.

TROOPERS22 Badge source-backed minimal record

platform lifecycle

Badge.Team platform link

PID.codes names Troopers 2022 badges in the Badge.Team platform identifier record, tying the badge to the wider Badge.Team ecosystem even though hardware and firmware details remain unrecovered.

r0ket historical

post-camp software lifecycle

28C3 mesh and l0dable update

The 28C3 update promised an improved mesh network, l0dables for interactive installations, and support for the next flame generation.

HiP Berlin 2022 Badge source-backed

post-event lifecycle

37C3 take-home reuse workshop

At 37C3, Hardware Hacking Area mentors provided HiP badges to teams for embedded-programming practice and allowed the devices to be taken home after the showcase.

card10 post-event

post-event software lifecycle

card10 firmware and BLE evolution

The 2021 evolution talk documents continuing firmware, Hatchery, BLE, companion-app, sensor, and reuse work after Camp 2019.

Hackover 2013 Badge historical

radio interaction surface

2.4 GHz radio badge surface

The 2013 development post lists 2.4 GHz radio as one of the headline badge features, placing Hackover in the same radio-badge experimentation era as other early European badges.

card10 historical

software add-on ecosystem

Hatchery apps

card10's wearable hardware was extended through Hatchery-hosted applications and firmware workflows.

flow3r ongoing

software add-on ecosystem

flow3r apps

flow3r's app directory and MicroPython docs support post-event applications, instruments, utilities, and experiments.

flow3r ongoing

software audio engine

bl00mbox audio engine

bl00mbox lets multiple flow3r applications make sound together, with foreground/background audio behavior documented for app authors.

HiP Berlin 2022 Badge source-backed

visual hardware

Sixteen WS2812B LEDs

RIOT OS board documentation lists 16 WS2812B LEDs, while the 37C3 workshop source describes the badge as having many RGB LED lights.

workshop/lifecycle

EH2010 soldering workshop

The official wiki walks attendees through solder-bridge removal, LCD connector placement, ATmega88 socketing, IR parts, USB contact soldering, jumpers, and final display insertion.

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

r0ket note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No local r0ket badge image is published because the Camp 2011 wiki `R0ket-display.jpeg` file page lists uploader and file history but does not expose an explicit reusable image license, permission basis, or complete attribution/processing trail for catalogue publication.

The record stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying the archived wiki image, Hackaday images, screenshots, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No local GPN17 badge image is published because the Entropia wiki file pages and GitHub tree expose useful badge imagery and firmware/UI assets, but no explicit reusable image license, permission basis, attribution requirements, and processing provenance were recovered for catalogue publication.

The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying Entropia wiki photos, screenshots, repository web assets, Hackaday.io media, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No local GPN20 identity-badge image is published because the public wiki sources document the printed-and-laminated workflow but no reusable original artifact photo or official raster render has been paired with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The record stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying wiki media, attendee photos, screenshots, placeholder art, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No local GPN23 identity-badge image is published because the public how-to, FAQ, awareness, and orga pages document the badge workflow but do not provide a rights-cleared original badge photo or official reusable raster render with complete attribution and processing provenance.

The record remains image-free rather than copying wiki images, badge-design screenshots, attendee photos, placeholder art, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No CCCamp 1999 Pass 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 Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No CCCamp 2003 Pass 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 Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No Sputnik / OpenBeacon 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 Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No Hackover 2013 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 Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No Easterhegg 2010 eHaserl 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 Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No Easterhegg 2024 RCA 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 Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No TROOPERS19 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 Germany record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

source-depth caveat · repository, talk, wiki, field report, and participant reports · repository reviewed; firmware still not asserted

The repository review confirms schematics, Gerbers, LCSC parts exports, media, 3D-print files, NE556-related challenge material, and multi-board RCA structure, but this pass still does not claim a complete firmware architecture or full electrical BOM extraction.

The dossier is now specific about the public artifact package while still avoiding unsupported firmware and chip-level claims beyond what the repository and reports expose.

Resources

Sources