Country dossier
Worldwide badge coverage for Israel, grouped into seeded badges, event editions, add-ons, operational issues, resources, and evidence sources.
Seeded artifacts
nRF52840 e-paper smart badge with audio, NeoPixels, and SAO
A source-backed ARAMCON 2019 smart badge record for an nRF52840 conference badge with a 2.9-inch e-paper display, accelerometer, flash, MP3/WMA audio codec, Cherry MX keys, NeoPixels, SAO connector, CircuitPython support, and public KiCad hardware files.
Israeli limited hardware CTF badge
BSidesTLV's official 2025 badge page documents The Infinity Glove, a limited pre-order electronic badge sold with BSidesTLV 2025 entry, picked up on site, and framed as a custom-designed hardware CTF with hidden puzzles and badge-holder-only stages.
Planned Israeli RP2040 hardware CTF badge
A planned BSidesTLV 2026 electronic badge whose organizer repository, published September 22, 2026, documents the full design ahead of the November 11, 2026 Alice in AI Land conference: the Alice Controller v0.4 RP2040 handheld badge, a separate soldering-kit LED chaser, and the online boulder-pushing puzzle challenge the badge is used to play.
Events
The Israeli ARAMCON 2019 event whose smart badge is documented through CircuitPython board support, public hardware files, firmware repositories, and a production writeup.
The BSidesTLV 2025 edition whose official badge page documents the limited Infinity Glove electronic badge as a custom hardware CTF with on-site pickup.
The planned November 11, 2026 BSidesTLV Alice in AI Land edition whose official Hardware Village page documents a Badge CTF Challenge and whose organizer repository, published September 22, 2026, now exposes the full RP2040 Alice Controller badge design, soldering-kit board, firmware, production packages, and the online challenge ahead of the event.
Lifecycle
The official badge page frames the electronic badge as a custom-designed hardware CTF with hidden puzzles and special stages only badge holders can access.
The current Hardware Village page says attendees can test their skills by uncovering secrets hidden in the event's electronic badge.
The organizer repository documents a separate through-hole soldering-workshop board: a TLC555P and CD4017BE LED chaser with four LEDs, a 500k trimmer, and CR2032 power, cut to Alice, White Rabbit, and looking-glass artwork.
BSidesTLV documents the Infinity Glove as a limited electronic badge sold by pre-order only and collected on-site at the event.
The current Hardware Village page says session details, workshop bookings, and tool guidance are still being prepared, so no final badge-session schedule is claimed.
The badge has CircuitPython board support and an MIT-licensed firmware repository with badge-drive copy/install steps and CircUp library installation.
The ARAMCON badge combined an nRF52840 module, 2.9-inch e-paper display, accelerometer, flash, MP3/WMA audio codec, Cherry MX keys, NeoPixels, SAO connector, and KiCad PCB files.
The build story and Hackaday article call out a clothespin-based programming jig as part of the practical production workaround trail.
The production story documents planned mesh networking and audio streaming, with final event success framed around a room-scale mesh LED demo rather than complete audio broadcast behavior.
The badge was listed as a 50 NIS electronic-badge add-on with limited availability and explicit no-on-site-sales guidance.
Operational history
The record distinguishes hardware capability and project ambition from the exact final attendee experience.
The record keeps the published design archive while avoiding shipped-hardware, allocation, or outcome claims until the event passes.
The record preserves badge existence, distribution, and CTF framing while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.
The Israeli entry now has a rights-cleared original documentation photo with source URL, license, attribution, and processing notes while avoiding generated or placeholder imagery.
The Israeli 2026 record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying page media, screenshots, or generated artwork.
The Israeli BSidesTLV entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery or using generated/placeholder art.
The record should not claim shipped hardware, final challenge behavior, attendee distribution scope, or post-event outcomes until the event happens, even though the organizer design archive is public.