Country dossier
Worldwide badge coverage for Mexico, grouped into seeded badges, event editions, add-ons, operational issues, resources, and evidence sources.
Seeded artifacts
RP2040 audio, microphone, LEDs, and EdgeImpulse badge
BugCON 2022's Electronic Cats badge repository documents an RP2040 electronic badge for BugCON 2022 CDMX with USB serial access, LEDs, microphone, buzzer or speaker, a small machine-learning trail through EdgeImpulse, Arduino Mbed programming notes, KiCad hardware files, and Blink/AudioWAV firmware examples.
Resistance-themed ESP32-S3 and RP2040 official badge
BugCON 2023's Electronic Cats repository documents the official resistance-themed BugCON 2023 badge with an ESP32S3 or RP2040 platform statement, UART, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on ESP32S3, AA battery support, public Arduino firmware, GPL-3.0 software licensing, CERN-OHL v1.2 hardware licensing, and KiCad hardware source.
Official Electronic Cats ESP32-C6 community and VIP badge
BugCON 2024's official Electronic Cats badge was an open-hardware ESP32-C6 badge line with community and VIP variants, USB serial workflow, displays, LEDs, battery power, firmware directories, KiCad hardware trees, and CERN-OHL hardware licensing.
PY32F030 OLED and NeoPixel badge with role variants and Metro add-on
BSides CDMX 2025's Electronic Cats repository documents a Security BSides CDMX badge built around a Puya PY32F030F28U6TR, NeoPixels, OLED display, two AAA battery holder, Shitty Addon connector, role-specific KiCad hardware variants, a Metro add-on, public firmware, release HEX files, and BOM assets.
RV1106 Linux badge with add-on and embedded-Linux hacking path
BugCON 2025's Electronic Cats badge repository documents an open-hardware RV1106G3 Linux badge with ARM Cortex-A7, RISC-V MCU, NPU, ISP, GPIO, MIPI CSI, UART, SPI, I2C, USB hub, Ethernet path, WS2812E NeoPixels, 18650 battery support, Python scripting, and a PY32F002 add-on board.
ESP32-S3 Minino badge for BLE, Wi-Fi, OLED, and badge apps
HackGDL 2025's official Electronic Cats event badge was an ESP32-S3 Minino-platform badge with BLE, Wi-Fi, USB-C, four buttons, three NeoPixels, an OLED screen, buzzer, three-AAA battery holder, SAO connector, case, and ready-to-use badge apps.
Source-backed RV1106G3 Linux camera badge artifact
Electronic Cats publicly listed and sourced a Camera Badge HackGDL 2026: an RV1106G3 Linux camera badge with a 3 MP camera and public hardware files. HackGDL's official site records its completed March 14, 2026 edition and names Electronic Cats among sponsors; the organizer's public feed later promoted the 2026 badge alongside 2025 stock. These sources establish a named event-associated artifact, not ticket inclusion, attendee receipt, access-control use, recipient count, production run, or final deployed firmware.
Official open-hardware headless ESP32-C5 wireless-security badge with public KiCad and C5 firmware sources
Electronic Cats' public badge-pwnterrey-2026 repository describes itself as the official Pwnterrey 2026 badge and publishes a native KiCad hardware project plus a CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.2 file. Pwnterrey's official site places the free cybersecurity conference in Monterrey on May 29, 2026; Bishop Fox separately corroborates the date and Rincón Tostitos By Jardín 85 venue. The source documents a portable headless ESP32-C5 RISC-V badge with USB-C serial context, NFC tag-emulation circuitry, and GPS material. Electronic Cats' companion repository calls itself official Pwnterrey 2026 firmware and preserves an ESP32-C5 Marauder-derived source and build trail. These sources establish a real official event badge and public design and firmware references, but not a production quantity, registration-tier allocation, final assembled configuration, completed recipient handoff, final signed release, safe operational use, or reusable badge-image right.
Electronic Cats ESP32-C6 badge source with public KiCad hardware and firmware archives
Electronic Cats' public Badge_Tropicon-2026 repository describes its project as the official TROPICON 2026 badge and publishes native KiCad design material. Its commit-pinned hardware README identifies an ESP32-C6, a 2.79-inch 142×428 colour IPS display using an NV3007, LoRa hardware, and an AHT30 sensor. A companion Electronic Cats firmware archive documents software for the TROPICON badge and is marked GPL-3.0 by GitHub. The official TROPICON site establishes the completed April 17-18 Cozumel event, but does not itself link or independently confirm the technical archives, allocation, credential role, final production configuration, recipient handoff, or reusable-image rights.
Included interactive Electronic Cats badge with AAA-powered screens
WomenCon's public ticket posts describe the Digital Morpher as an interactive, collectible electronic badge designed and developed by Electronic Cats and included with admission. An IQSEC-host-linked public update told attendees to bring their own AAA batteries to power its screens and announced registration kit handoff; a post-event WomenCon source statement says Electronic Cats badges functioned during live hardware hacking. No component, firmware, or reusable-image archive is published.
Events
The BugCON 2022 CDMX edition whose Electronic Cats badge repository and README document an RP2040 electronic badge with USB serial use, LEDs, microphone, buzzer or speaker, EdgeImpulse audio-classification context, Arduino Mbed programming notes, KiCad hardware files, and firmware examples.
The BugCON 2023 edition whose Electronic Cats badge repository and README document a resistance-themed official badge, ESP32S3 or RP2040 feature statement, UART, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on ESP32S3, AA battery support, GPL firmware, CERN-OHL hardware files, KiCad hardware trees, and Arduino developer workflow.
The Mexico City BugCON security conference edition whose official Electronic Cats badge repository documents community and VIP ESP32-C6 hardware variants, firmware paths, and CERN-OHL hardware release.
The July 18, 2025 Mexico City Security BSides edition whose official event page documents the Ex Fabrica MX venue and whose Electronic Cats repository preserves a PY32F030 badge, role variants, Metro add-on, firmware, BOMs, and hardware renders.
The November 20-21, 2025 Mexico City BugCON edition whose official event pages and Electronic Cats repository document a Linux-capable RV1106 badge with open hardware source, add-on board, and release-image flashing path.
The March 1, 2025 Guadalajara HackGDL edition whose official pages and Electronic Cats repository document a HackGDL event badge based on the ESP32-S3 Minino platform.
The completed March 14, 2026 Guadalajara HackGDL edition whose official page, sponsor deck, organizer feed, and Electronic Cats sources document an event-associated RV1106G3 camera badge artifact without proving attendee inclusion or credential allocation.
The May 29, 2026 Pwnterrey cybersecurity conference in Monterrey, described by its official site as a free event. Electronic Cats' public repository identifies an official Pwnterrey 2026 ESP32-C5 badge and publishes its native KiCad project, while a companion repository identifies official firmware. These post-event public sources establish the event-linked artifact and source trail but not allocation, final production configuration, recipient handoff, final signed firmware, or image-reuse rights.
The completed April 17-18, 2026 cybersecurity event in Cozumel. The official TROPICON home establishes the event's date and location, while Electronic Cats' public hardware repository describes its project as the official TROPICON 2026 badge and a companion firmware archive names the same edition. The reviewed event page does not itself link or independently confirm those technical archives, allocation, credential role, final production, recipient handoff, or image-reuse rights.
The completed July 25, 2026 first WomenCon edition at IQSEC in Mexico City. Official WomenCon ticket posts advertised an included Electronic Cats Digital Morpher Badge, and an IQSEC-host-linked public trail records attendee-supplied AAA batteries for badge screens, registration kit handoff, and a post-event source statement that Electronic Cats badges supported live hardware hacking. No technical or rights-cleared-image archive is public.
Lifecycle
The hardware tree and release assets preserve a Metro add-on with silkscreen/edge SVGs, source artwork, `Metro.hex`, and a Metro add-on BOM CSV.
The repository preserves a separate Add_On_Bugcon_2025 tree with PY32F002AA15M footprint/source material, KiCad files, decorative artwork, and firmware/libraries.
The repository and store page say the badge ships with BLE apps, Wi-Fi apps, and a digital-pet app as ready-to-use examples for the event.
The product documentation names a 3 MP SC3336 camera and MIPI CSI connection as part of the 2026 camera-badge surface.
Electronic Cats describes the Camera Badge HackGDL 2026 around the RV1106G3 Linux platform with ARM Cortex-A7, RISC-V, NPU, and ISP context.
The README and store page document HackGDL 2025 as an ESP32-S3 badge based on the Minino platform.
The README identifies the BugCON 2023 badge as an ESP32S3 or RP2040 design with UART, ESP32S3 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, and AA battery support.
The README lists the Puya PY32F030F28U6TR microcontroller as the badge core, and the firmware README documents the PY32F0 MCU family and Cortex-M0+ build path.
The README lists RP2040, USB, LEDs, microphone, buzzer or speaker, and EdgeImpulse-backed machine-learning context for the BugCON 2022 badge.
The README documents an RV1106G3 platform with ARM Cortex-A7, RISC-V MCU, NPU, ISP, and Linux operating-system support.
Public documentation lists 18650 battery support, buck conversion, WS2812E NeoPixels, and Python spidev examples for LED control from Linux.
Public documentation lists NeoPixels, OLED display, two AAA battery holder, and Shitty Addon connector as badge technology.
Public badge documentation lists an integrated OLED screen, four physical buttons, three NeoPixels, buzzer, three-AAA battery holder, USB-C, and Shitty Addon connector.
Electronic Cats lists WS2812E NeoPixels, buttons, a USB hub, GPIO/UART, 18650 battery support, and a buck-converter power path; this does not establish final production configuration or safety validation.
The README documents broad RV1106 interfaces including GPIO, camera/sensor MIPI CSI, UART, SPI, I2C, USB hub support, and GPIO-based Ethernet path.
The community variant used ESP32-C6 hardware with USB, two AA batteries, LEDs, and a 128x32 0.91-inch I2C SSD1306 OLED.
The VIP variant used ESP32-C6 hardware with USB, two AA batteries, LEDs, and a 1.28-inch GC9A01 circular TFT LCD.
The hardware tree preserves separate KiCad directories and board rasters for Community, Guest, Speaker, Sponsor, and Staff role variants.
The hardware README names an ESP32-C6, a 2.79-inch 142×428 colour IPS NV3007 display, LoRa hardware, and AHT30; the archive contains native KiCad project, schematic, and PCB material. This retains a high-level documented design surface without asserting a final BOM, populated revision, power path, antenna, test result, safety assessment, or final unit configuration.
Electronic Cats' companion repository calls itself official Pwnterrey 2026 firmware and retains ESP32-C5 headless Marauder-derived source, documentation, and build material. Its root MIT text credits Just Call Me Koko; this record does not equate that upstream text or visible build artifacts with a final signed event binary, production configuration, safety review, or generalized authorization to operate wireless functions.
The README points Arduino developers to the project wiki and links the Arduino Mbed RP2040 core as the programming route for the badge.
The firmware developer guide documents required Arduino libraries, RP2040 and ESP32-S3 pin edits, production pin changes, and compile/flash commands for both board targets.
The releases page preserves `app.hex`, `Metro.hex`, and BOM CSVs for Community, Guest, Speaker, Staff, and Metro add-on outputs.
The badge README points developers to the Minino firmware guide for ESP-IDF setup, modular app structure, compile, flash, and monitor workflows.
Separate firmware directories preserve an SSD1306 OLED DinoGame sketch and a BLE advertising Spoof sketch modified for ESP32-S3.
The firmware tree preserves an AudioWAV sketch with USB mass-storage and PWM audio behavior plus an EdgeImpulse note linking audio-classification tutorial material.
The Badge firmware tree preserves menu, terminal, Wi-Fi server, generated web assets, AirTag, UART, hardware-pin, and NeoPixel control source files.
The firmware tree preserves separate Community and VIP directories, with Community firmware build guidance and VIP development framed around CircuitPython and Thonny.
The README and releases document Rockchip/Luckfox upgrade_tool flashing for Bugcon-Badge-2025 image tarballs and the v1.0/v1.1 release path.
The repository startup path tells attendees to connect the badge over USB and open the serial port at 115200 baud to see badge text.
The README tells attendees to connect over USB, select the correct serial port at 115200 baud, observe terminal startup, and type `help` for additional commands.
The README documents bootloader mode, ESP Tool web flashing at address 0x0, and an esptool.py console command for `HackGDL_2025.bin` on ESP32-S3.
The firmware README documents GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain setup, J-Link or PyOCD programming, Makefile configuration, and make/flash commands for PY32F0 targets.
The ESP32-S3 schematic backs ESP32-S3-WROOM, USB-C, SSD1306 OLED, WS2812B Mini LEDs, buttons, slide switch, I2C, and battery-rail claims; the repository's SAMD11-named tree contains an RP2040 schematic with USB-C, W25Q flash, battery, OLED, WS2812B Mini LEDs, and switches.
The hardware tree preserves KiCad schematic and board files whose schematic names RP2040, SPH0641LM4H microphone, PAM8302AAD amplifier, W25Q16JV flash, MCP1700 regulator, battery, buzzer, LEDs, micro-USB, BOOT, and RESET elements.
The public hardware tree preserves KiCad board, schematic, project, footprint, camera, MCU, USB, power, and mechanical-source files for the named 2026 artifact.
The repository provides CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.2 text for the hardware documentation. The licence file is treated as a hardware-documentation basis only, not an automatic licence for firmware, photos, readme graphics, logos, event branding, or trademarks.
A WomenCon update preserved through an IQSEC-linked public profile says attendees needed to bring their own AAA batteries to turn on the badge screens and that registration distribution of shirts and kits started at 08:30. It names neither battery count or specification nor display technology, kit inventory, pickup verification, assembly, electrical safety, replacement, or individual handoff result.
Electronic Cats calls its public hardware project Badge Oficial Tropicon 2026, while TROPICON's official home establishes the completed Cozumel event. The event page does not itself link or independently confirm the repository, and neither source establishes ticket inclusion, quantity, price, pickup, delivery, admission use, or recipient handoff.
WomenCon calls the Digital Morpher an interactive electronic and collectible badge designed or developed by Electronic Cats, explicitly intended to be connected for hardware hacking. The sources do not identify the connection type, interfaces, hardware-hacking activities, safety rules, firmware behavior, challenge, access-control role, or supported workflow.
Electronic Cats describes its public hardware repository as the official Pwnterrey 2026 badge, while Pwnterrey's official site documents the free May 29 Monterrey cybersecurity-event context. Neither reviewed source confirms admission inclusion, recipient eligibility, quantity, price, pickup, delivery, completed handoff, or a credential function.
WomenCon's early-ticket post says the $550 MXN first phase had 20 tickets and included the Digital Morpher Badge. A later Fase 2 post says the $850 MXN ticket included it and frames the event at 100 people maximum. These public snapshots do not prove final ticket price, sales count, registration completion, attendee eligibility, comp/speaker allocation, refund, recipient identity, kit contents, or per-attendee delivery.
The hardware repository exposes native KiCad schematic, PCB, project, footprint, and related automation material. Public source availability does not by itself establish a complete BOM, fabrication readiness, tested manufacturing output, production run, firmware parity, or reuse rights for every non-hardware asset.
The published KiCad source identifies an NT3H2111W0FHK NFC tag chip and GPS footprints and labels. This preserves the design-level evidence without asserting a fitted GPS receiver, a particular NFC configuration, field performance, data practice, authorized use case, or final assembled configuration.
The README documents 3.3 V TTL UART2 debug serial at 115200 baud, root credentials, terminal access, Python 3.11.6, and a simple Python hello-world path.
The hardware archive publishes native KiCad material with CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.2 text for hardware documentation, and GitHub marks the separate firmware archive GPL-3.0. These source and license findings do not automatically cover firmware deployment, repository graphics, event media, logos, trademarks, or local image publication.
The badge README describes a portable headless ESP32-C5 RISC-V device with USB-C and serial CLI context, while the KiCad source identifies the ESP32-C5-WROOM-1-N4 module value. The sources do not establish a final production revision, exact USB behavior, antenna, radio configuration, test result, or operation of every assembled unit.
A post-event WomenCon text reproduced through the IQSEC-linked public trail says Electronic Cats electronic badges were functioning at 100 percent with hardware hacking in real time. That supports completed-event use at a high level, but does not document test methods, affected units, functionality, defects, user outcomes, firmware version, repairs, security controls, or an independently reproducible result.
Operational history
The entry preserves both source statements and does not select a sensor, claim a final component list, or represent public design files as a verified production configuration.
Credits stay at the named organization level and do not infer an open-hardware release, named-person authorship, production responsibility, ownership, or reusable-image permission.
The catalogue preserves the official design and event association without presenting the badge as universally issued, sold, delivered, accepted, or used as an admission credential.
Event and software claims stay bounded to the repository, README, developer guide, visible source tree, and decoded representative files instead of inventing event logistics or treating the repository as a fully inventoried production archive.
The catalogue treats this as a real event-associated camera-badge artifact without representing it as a universal attendee credential or completed fulfillment record.
Event claims stay bounded to BugCON 2022 CDMX and the public badge repository instead of inventing dates, venue, ticket tier, or distribution scope.
The catalogue records public software provenance without representing a visible build artifact as the final event firmware, an audited release, a complete source history, or an authorized deployment.
The record avoids setup, login, and interface-command instructions and does not infer security, privacy, operational, or final firmware properties beyond the documented high-level platform.
The catalogue links public source material at a high level without treating it as a final deployment, safety/compliance result, operating policy, privacy practice, or authorization to use any communications capability.
Software claims stay tied to the README, release path, and Minino documentation rather than treating the repository as a fully inventoried final production archive.
Software claims stay tied to the README instructions, visible firmware tree, and decoded example sketches rather than treating the repository as a complete final production firmware archive.
Published design references are not treated as a build recipe, electrical-safety endorsement, radio-performance claim, certification claim, or proof that every public component was fitted to every event unit.
Hardware claims stay tied to visible source files rather than inferring which variant shipped, how many boards were produced, or whether every tree name matches the final production board identity.
The compendium records the source-described artifact and usage context without inventing a component-level architecture, reproducible hack path, implementation assurance, or open-source status.
The record links source and license material while leaving media publication, firmware-modification scope, branding, and trademark reuse outside the stated hardware-documentation basis.
Hardware claims remain limited to the documented high-level surface and visible source tree rather than being treated as an audited final production specification.
The record has a rights-cleared official upstream raster with source URL, license basis, attribution, local source preservation, and optimized WebP delivery while avoiding generated, placeholder, screenshot, social-media, or conference-gallery imagery.
The catalogue cites the source trail but publishes no image and makes no broad code, hardware, artwork, or trademark reuse claim.
The catalogue can cite the open-hardware claim and public source while avoiding assumptions that firmware, SDK material, readme images, KiCad renders, logos, or event graphics are reusable publication assets.
The catalogue can cite and publish the selected hardware render while keeping firmware/source licensing and event trademarks separate from the hardware-documentation reuse basis.
The catalogue can cite the source and hardware release while keeping image publication and trademark reuse separate from code and hardware licensing.
The catalogue can cite GPL software and CERN-OHL hardware documentation while avoiding assumptions that firmware, photos, logos, screenshots, KiCad renders, trademarks, or other media all share one reuse scope.
The compendium can cite the open-hardware release while avoiding assumptions that all firmware, screenshots, photos, or repository media share the same reuse terms.
The catalogue can cite the README's open-hardware claim and public source while avoiding assumptions that firmware, photos, readme images, logos, KiCad renders, or other repository media are reusable publication assets.
The Mexico record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying diagrams, screenshots, event artwork, GitHub assets, logos, or generated imagery without complete provenance.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository graphics, event visuals, screenshots, social-media images, placeholders, or generated approximations.
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying product photos, repository screenshots, GitHub attachments, logos, or generated imagery without complete provenance.
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event logos, README images, GitHub assets, KiCad screenshots, social photos, or generated imagery without complete provenance.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying LinkedIn media, social posts, screenshots, event graphics, placeholders, or generated approximations.
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying logos, screenshots, GitHub assets, KiCad outputs, event graphics, social photos, or generated imagery without complete provenance.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository media, event graphics, social posts, screenshots, placeholders, or generated approximations.
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository or web imagery without complete provenance.
The catalogue records a real source-documented event artifact without converting a maker description into organizer confirmation, universal issuance, a credential claim, or a completed fulfilment record.
Software and production claims stay tied to README, release names, public hardware trees, and the named SDK branch rather than treating the repository as a fully inventoried production archive.
The entry does not turn a bring-your-own-battery reminder into an electrical specification or a safety recommendation.
Software and production claims stay tied to README, releases, firmware README, visible hardware tree, and named release assets rather than treating the repository as a fully inventoried manufacturing archive.
The record does not present limited-capacity sales language, a registration announcement, or a high-level functional post as a complete distribution, entitlement, or support record.
The dossier contains no operational instructions and does not treat source-described wireless, NFC, or GPS capabilities as permission to test third-party systems, collect data, evade privacy expectations, or operate outside lawful owner-authorized work.
