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United Kingdom

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

13 badge(s) · 13 event(s) · 6 series · 2012-2025

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Seeded artifacts

Badges

2012

TiLDA

The first EMF electronic badge, designed around wireless communication, Arduino-style hacking, and camp game mechanics.

2013

SiNE

A small Electromagnetic Wave badge with ATTiny44A, 20 location LEDs, IR receiver/transmitter, unique-ID beacon behavior, coin-cell power, and a ship-wide treasure hunt.

2014

TiLDA MKe

An EMF badge built around camp schedules, radio base-station updates, online registration, alerts, torch mode, and practical utilities.

2016

The 44CON 2016 badge was the unreleased HIDIOT 0.7 board, a USB Human Interface Device Input/Output Toolkit prototype that attendees could build, program through the Arduino IDE as a Digispark-compatible device, and use for HID payload experiments.

2016

TiLDA MK3

An EMF badge with color LCD, WiFi, sensors, MicroPython, app library, and USB hacking workflow.

2017

44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge

The 44CON 2017 brochure documents the conference badge as a Raw Hex HIDIOT 1.0 44CON edition, a build-it-yourself USB HID board programmed through the Arduino IDE and supported by HIDIOT documentation, assembly help, and a Hackster project competition.

2018

SteelCon 2018 Floppy Disk Badge

A non-electronic SteelCon attendee badge where floppy disks were used as the badge object for a year with a retro gaming area and orange shirts.

2018

TiLDA MK4

An EMF badge with MicroPython, WiFi, GSM/SMS/calling, screen, sensors, keypad, Grove connectors, and a badge store.

2022

TiDAL

The EMF 2022 badge, renamed TiDAL, with MicroPython app development and a software repository for badge apps and API proxy services.

2023

OSHCamp 2023 Badge

A WiFi badge for Open Source Hardware Camp 2023, designed as a name badge, solder-paste workshop board, USB-UART adapter, qwiic/STEMMA QT sensor host, and post-event Tasmota room sensor.

2024

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge

CyberThreat 2024 featured brand-new hackable badges from Secure Impact with nine challenges, documented by the official CyberThreat site and final-challenge walkthrough PDFs by badge challenge author Nathan Taylor.

2024

Tildagon

A reusable hexagonal badge platform with six expansion slots, MicroPython apps, and community hexpansions.

2025

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge

The 44CON 2025 badge is a public Electronic Cats hardware and firmware project that can run with a CH32-style shield for an OLED mini-game or with an ESP32 Wemos D1 module plus optional buzzer, MT3608 boost converter, AD8317 RF detector, and add-on board.

Events

Camp and Event Editions

Electromagnetic Field 2012

Electromagnetic Field · Pineham Park · 2012 · 1 badge(s)

The first EMF badge year, introducing TiLDA as a radio-enabled Arduino-style camp badge.

Electromagnetic Wave 2013

Electromagnetic Wave · Milton Keynes · 2013 · 1 badge(s)

The EMF spin-off event that used the SiNE badge for LED effects, IR-based games, locator beacons, and a scurvy-themed scavenger hunt.

Electromagnetic Field 2014

Electromagnetic Field · Bletchley · 2014 · 1 badge(s)

The TiLDA MKe year, focused on schedules, radio base stations, and practical camp utilities.

44CON 2016

44CON · London · 2016 · 1 badge(s)

The September 14-16, 2016 London 44CON edition whose official badge-onboarding post documents the HIDIOT 0.7 USB HID prototype board.

Electromagnetic Field 2016

Electromagnetic Field · Guildford · 2016 · 1 badge(s)

The TiLDA MK3 year, where MicroPython became central to the EMF badge experience.

44CON 2017

44CON · London · 2017 · 1 badge(s)

The September 13-15, 2017 London 44CON edition whose official brochure documents the 44CON edition HIDIOT 1.0 badge from Raw Hex.

Electromagnetic Field 2018

Electromagnetic Field · Eastnor Castle Deer Park · 2018 · 1 badge(s)

The TiLDA MK4 badge combined MicroPython, sensors, WiFi, GSM, and a badge store.

SteelCon 2018

SteelCon · Sheffield · 2018 · 1 badge(s)

A UK security-conference year whose official badge timeline documents floppy disks as attendee badges, tied to a retro gaming area and orange shirts.

Electromagnetic Field 2022

Electromagnetic Field · Eastnor Castle Deer Park · 2022 · 1 badge(s)

The TiDAL badge year, bridging EMF's Python badge lineage toward the reusable Tildagon platform.

Open Source Hardware Camp 2023

Open Source Hardware Camp · Hebden Bridge Town Hall · 2023 · 1 badge(s)

A UK open-source hardware camp whose WiFi badge doubled as a solder-paste workshop device, name badge, USB-UART adapter, and post-event sensor platform.

CyberThreat 2024

CyberThreat · London · 2024 · 1 badge(s)

The London CyberThreat 2024 edition whose official event site documents brand-new Secure Impact hackable badges with nine challenges and published official walkthroughs for the final two badge challenges.

Electromagnetic Field 2024

Electromagnetic Field · Eastnor Castle Deer Park · 2024 · 1 badge(s)

The first Tildagon year, intended as a reusable badge platform with hexpansions.

44CON 2025

44CON · Novotel London West, London · 2025 · 1 badge(s)

The September 18-19, 2025 44CON edition at Novotel London West whose public Electronic Cats repository documents the 44CON 2025 RF-detector badge hardware and firmware.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Tildagon ongoing

BLE/social-state app

Social Battery

Yale32's Social Battery renders configurable social energy as a fuel gauge and adds BLE remote support, another example of post-event badge apps using the platform's radio and display surface.

Tildagon community example

GNSS hexpansion

GPS Hexpansion

The Machine Shop's GPS Hexpansion and its published files document a location-sensing hardware path for Tildagon owners.

TiDAL historical

GPIO music hardware app

Euclidean Tides

Giles Greenway's Euclidean Tides uses the badge GPIO header and TRS sockets to produce Euclidean rhythms; without external wiring it still works as a blinkenlicht.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge documented

I2C expansion

STEMMA QT / Qwiic expansion

The qwiic/STEMMA QT compatible port gives the badge a plug-in sensor ecosystem for post-event use and experiments.

Tildagon community example

LED decorative hexpansion

LED Filament hexpansion

John Thurmond's LED Filament hexpansion appears in the official showcase as a rainbow LED-filament add-on, extending Tildagon's visual display culture beyond the onboard LEDs.

TiDAL in progress

LED hardware app

neopixel_rave

Chris's neopixel_rave drives WS2812/NeoPixels from TiDAL, with Hatchery notes about torch-LED data wiring, level-shifting constraints, and external 5V/power-bank needs.

Tildagon current EMF 2026 lifecycle

LED hexpansion app

EEH Logo Hexpansion app

Matt Emerick-Law's EEH Logo app controls NeoPixels on the East Essex Hackspace LED Logo Hexpansion and advertises that the hexpansion is expected to be available at EMF 2026.

Tildagon ongoing

LED hexpansion app

Pacman LED

Matt Emerick-Law's Pacman LED app controls LEDs on the Pacman hexpansion created by The Untitled Goose, capturing another app-store entry tied to a named physical add-on.

Tildagon community example

adapter hexpansion

Legacy adapter hexpansion

dratini0's legacy adapter connects Tildagon to SAO, TiDAL, and QW/ST-style expansion traditions, showing that add-ons also serve compatibility and reuse.

TiLDA MK4 historical

app-store ecosystem

Badge Store installation flow

The MK4 wiki documents installing apps directly on badge through the Badge Store app: choose Install, pick a category/app, save it, then restart back to the launcher.

TiDAL historical

app-store ecosystem

TiDAL Hatchery app store

The EMF 2022 Hatchery API still lists TiDAL categories across event, game, graphics, hardware, utility, data, silly, unusable, and adult apps, preserving the badge as an app ecosystem rather than a one-off PCB.

Tildagon ongoing

app-store ecosystem

Tildagon App Directory

The live app directory makes Tildagon a post-event software platform, with badge, background, game, media, music, pattern, hexpansion utility, schedule, WiFi, and sensor apps published by community authors.

TiLDA MK4 historical

app-store publishing workflow

Badge Store submission workflow

Apps were submitted by adding a folder with main.py metadata headers to the Mk4-Apps GitHub repository, validating with tilda_tools, and opening a pull request; official rules banned malicious apps and code/image hot-loading without good reason.

Tildagon community example

audio sensor hexpansion

Microphone hexpansion

Lix's Microphone hexpansion prototype stores visualisation code on EEPROM and samples audio on the badge, a concrete example of self-describing add-on behavior.

Tildagon community example

audio/light hexpansion

TGSTL sound-to-light hexpansion

The named TGSTL sound-to-light module records the performative side of Tildagon expansion culture: audio-reactive light hardware built for the badge edge.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge source published

badge add-on

Front-side add-on board

The repository includes a separate KiCad add-on project, and the README notes the add-on location on the badge front side.

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge source-backed

badge challenge set

Secure Impact nine-challenge badge

The official CyberThreat page says CyberThreat 2024 used brand-new hackable badges from Secure Impact with nine challenges.

Tildagon ongoing

badge-to-badge game app

EMFight

JonTheNiceGuy's EMFight lets EMF Camp badge holders challenge each other, keeping inter-attendee play in the app-store layer rather than only in built-in firmware.

Tildagon ongoing

breadboard hexpansion utility

Breadboard Tester

naomi's Breadboard Tester is scoped to breadboard hexpansions and toggles eGPIO and GPIO pins, making hardware bring-up and pin probing part of the app-store lifecycle.

SiNE historical

camp-game extension

Treasure-hunt LED alphabet

The wiki describes hidden beacons around EMWave/Stubnitz: reaching a clue location and holding the badge near the matching letter lit the corresponding location LED, with progress preserved in EEPROM.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge source published

configuration hardware

I2C OLED routing jumpers

The README documents default CH32 OLED control and a cut-and-bridge jumper path for switching the display bus to ESP32 control.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge recommended configuration

controller option

ESP32 Wemos D1 module mode

Electronic Cats recommends soldering the ESP32 Wemos D1 module for the best badge experience, with OLED-routing jumpers available when moving display control from CH32 to ESP32.

Tildagon community example

decorative PCB hexpansion

Goosespansion

Skyler Mansfield's Goosespansion is a named PCB hexpansion with published files, showing how the Tildagon gallery tracks both creator attribution and reusable fabrication data.

Tildagon community example

decorative hexpansion

Ducks hexpansion

Tiff's Ducks hexpansion records the purely expressive side of the ecosystem: camp-lore ornamentation using the same connector format as active electronics.

Tildagon community example

decorative hexpansion set

Petals

lornajane's Petals use multiple decorative hexpansions around a badge, illustrating how the connector can turn the badge silhouette into a larger wearable object.

Tildagon ongoing

diagnostic app

WiFi Scanner

JonTheNiceGuy's WiFi Scanner app scans nearby access points and includes a connection doctor that decodes STAT_* failures, a practical post-event network-debugging upgrade.

Tildagon ongoing

diagnostic/radio app

Tildagon WiFi Radar

webboggles' Tildagon WiFi Radar turns a single badge into a directional WiFi radar: rotate the badge to sweep and nearby APs appear as blips on a polar display.

Tildagon community example

display hexpansion

HUB75 hexpansion

dratini0's HUB75 hexpansion ties the badge platform to large LED-matrix display experiments through published hardware files.

Tildagon community example

display/mechanical hexpansion

Flipspansion

kliment's Flipspansion is an adapter for mounting a hexpansion upside down, with caveats around USB-port-adjacent slots preserved in its project notes.

Tildagon historical EMF 2024 app

event navigation app

HAB Flash

Tom Dalby's HAB Flash app used Tildagon as a HABVille navigation and tracking tool, sending location to a physical receipt printer during EMF 2024.

TiDAL in progress

event service app

Barstats

James Harrison's Barstats is an event-related Hatchery app, documenting that TiDAL apps included live camp-service integrations as well as graphics and games.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge source published

feedback add-on

Buzzer alert option

The recommended build includes a buzzer, and the RF-detector behavior can use audible alerts when signal detection warrants it.

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge source-backed

firmware challenge

CRC16/XMODEM firmware integrity repair

The A Nice Edit walkthrough describes firmware validation, red-screen failure after an edited flash, CRC16/XMODEM analysis, corrective bytes, and restoring a valid challenge-completion firmware image.

Tildagon ongoing

firmware recovery tool

WebUSB flashing workflow

The WebUSB flasher gives owners an official browser-based recovery and update path, with caveats around USB serial access and supported browsers.

TiLDA MK4 historical

firmware update

USB firmware update path

Base firmware updates used tilda-tools over USB/DFU rather than the Badge Store; the update page says they fixed stability, performance, and phone-call problems but wiped apps and settings.

Tildagon ongoing

firmware updater hexpansion app

MD Updater

Matthew Wilkes's MD Updater updates firmware on the Megadrive interface hexpansion, evidence that Tildagon add-ons can have their own firmware-maintenance lifecycle.

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge source-backed

firmware workflow

Optiboot and avrdude firmware workflow

The final-challenge walkthroughs document Optiboot at 115200 baud and avrdude commands for dumping and writing flash through an Arduino-compatible bootloader.

44CON 2016 HIDIOT 0.7 Badge historical

firmware/toolchain path

Digispark-compatible Arduino workflow

44CON instructed attendees to install Digistump AVR Boards, select the Digispark default 16.5 MHz target, use Micronucleus, and upload sketches through the Arduino IDE.

Tildagon current EMF 2026 lifecycle

future-event lifecycle app

EMF 2026 Countdown

pikesley's EMF 2026 Countdown keeps Tildagon active between camp editions, using the badge as a countdown surface for the next EMF cycle.

TiDAL post-event

game app

Doom!

Phlash's Doom port reached revision 8 in 2024; the Hatchery notes basic play, menus and demo levels, while warning that it overwrites the unused OTA partition and cannot ship the WAD through Hatchery because of upload size.

TiDAL historical

graphics app

TiDAL 3D

Mat Booth's TiDAL 3D renderer loads Wavefront OBJ/MTL models and uses custom firmware with native framebuffer and 3D math routines for performance.

Tildagon ongoing

haptics hexpansion app

Caffeine Jitters

walkerdanny's Caffeine Jitters is a companion app for the Club Mate haptics hexpansion, where badge buttons adjust jitter frequency.

Tildagon ongoing

hardware add-on ecosystem

Hexpansions

Six edge connectors allow community hardware modules such as prototyping boards, decorative boards, sensors, GPS, communications, plotter experiments, and other hexpansions.

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge source-backed

hardware architecture

ATmega1284P and FTDI serial path

The A Nice Edit walkthrough identifies ATmega1284P processors and an FTDI serial converter chip used to provide USB serial access to the badge.

SiNE historical

hardware development artifact

Development-board bring-up path

The team built three development boards before final production so hardware wiring could be checked and firmware could be written while the final badges were produced.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge documented

hardware expansion

Badge topper prototyping area

The badge/topper arrangement exposed prototyping and expansion space, making the badge a workshop board rather than a closed souvenir.

TiLDA MK4 historical

hardware expansion

Grove and SAO connectors

TiLDA MK4 exposed Grove headers, conductive thread points, and a SAO connector for sensors, add-ons, and badge-to-badge hardware experiments.

TiLDA MK4 historical

hardware expansion

Grove and SAO expansion headers

The MK4 wiki records Grove UART/I2C connectors, a Shitty Add-Ons connector, conductive-thread points, Neopixel header use, and UART numbering gotchas for hardware hacking.

SiNE documented

hardware hacking workflow

ISP flashing and fuse settings

The badge wiki documents avrdude/ISP flashing for ATTiny44A with t44 part flag and low/high/extended fuse values, pointing deeper work to the firmware Makefile.

Tildagon ongoing

hardware/software expansion

EEPROM-backed hexpansion apps

EEPROM-equipped hexpansions can carry metadata plus a LittleFS filesystem containing an app.py, allowing hardware add-ons to ship their own badge-side behavior.

Tildagon ongoing

hexpansion companion app

BadgeBot

Team Robotmad's BadgeBot is published as a Tildagon App Directory app for the Hex Drive hexpansion, extending the same hardware ecosystem already visible through HexManager.

Tildagon ongoing

hexpansion utility app

HexManager

Team Robotmad's HexManager app is a 2026 app-store release for managing hexpansion EEPROMs, making Tildagon's hardware add-on lifecycle visible as badge-side software.

Tildagon ongoing

installation control app

Fluroclock

John Rogers and Ben Eriksson's Fluroclock app controls an EMF installation from the badge, showing Tildagon as a controller for camp-side media hardware.

Tildagon ongoing

lighting/network app

ArtNet Receiver

mich181189's ArtNet Receiver turns Tildagon into a networked lighting-control receiver, with the app-directory description explicitly warning that the first release is janky and hard-coded.

Tildagon ongoing

maintenance workflow

Forced hexpansion detection and recovery

Official docs preserve post-event recovery behavior: firmware v1.6.0+ can force hexpansion detection with button chords, and failed updates may require better WiFi or flashing.

Tildagon community example

mechanical hexpansion

Omni wheel

Nathan Dumont's Omni wheel appears in the official showcase with published files, another example of Tildagon add-ons using mechanical play rather than only electronics.

Tildagon community example

mechanical/media hexpansion

Flopagon

Nathan Dumont's Flopagon uses a floppy-disk form factor, documenting that Tildagon add-ons range beyond simple sensors into playful media and mechanical experiments.

Tildagon ongoing

multiplayer game app

TILDENSTEIN 3D

webboggles' TILDENSTEIN 3D is a 2026 Tildagon App Directory release: a Wolfenstein-style raycasting FPS with ESP-NOW multiplayer set around the EMF Camp grounds.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge historical

name-badge accessory

3D name plate generator

The badge decoration workflow included a 3D name-plate generator so attendees could personalize the badge object without changing the electronics.

44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge historical

on-site assembly

Badge assembly area

The 2017 brochure directed attendees to a badge assembly area after buying the parts needed to build the badge from the front desk.

44CON 2016 HIDIOT 0.7 Badge historical

on-site assembly

Badge soldering workshop

44CON states that fewer than 150 attendees left the soldering workshop with fully functioning HIDIOT 0.7 boards from the roughly 500 distributed boards.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge source published

operating mode

Shield-only OLED mini-game mode

The README says the badge can operate with the shield installed, where it drives the OLED display and runs the built-in mini-game without the ESP32 path.

44CON 2016 HIDIOT 0.7 Badge historical

payload software

DigiKeyboard HID payload examples

The 2016 guide demonstrates DigiKeyboard-style USB keyboard payloads and points toward deeper V-USB work until the HIDIOT 1.0 software stack matured.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge historical

physical add-on

Laser-cut badge add-ons

The writeup credits oomlout and Paul Downey collaboration around laser-cut badge decorations that extended the base PCB into a more complete name-badge object.

44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge historical

post-build challenge

Hackster HIDIOT project competition

The brochure promoted a HIDIOT Hackster project-submission path with a prize for the best attendee project.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge documented

post-event firmware lifecycle

Tasmota room-sensor firmware

Electrolama describes flashing Tasmota by default so the badge could continue as a room sensor after camp when paired with an external sensor.

Tildagon ongoing

post-event setup

Post-EMF WiFi setup

The post-event WiFi guide documents how owners can attach the badge to a home or workshop network after the camp infrastructure is gone.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge source published

power add-on

MT3608 boost converter rail

The MT3608 boost converter raises the badge's 5 V supply to the 9 V rail used by the RF detector, and must be adjusted before the RF module is connected.

Tildagon community example

printable display hexpansion

7-Segment display

Iain Yarnall's 7-Segment display model is a printable visual add-on in the official showcase, showing the hardware record also needs printables and non-PCB artifact links.

Tildagon community example

printable mechanical hexpansion

Interlocking Brick Hexpansions

Floppy's Interlocking Brick Hexpansions provide stud-compatible plates in multiple sizes, including versions that account for USB-C clearance.

SiNE historical

privacy/control feature

Locator ID and erase workflow

Each badge transmitted a random 9-bit ID about five times a second, showed the ID on LEDs A-I at power-up or with the ID button, and allowed users to clear the ID by holding Erase.

Tildagon community example

prototyping hexpansion

Protoboard Hexpansion

Jake Walker's Protoboard Hexpansion gives badge owners a small general-purpose prototyping surface in the official connector shape.

Tildagon community example

radio hexpansion

DECTspansion

The official Tildagon hexpansion guide preserves jasonalexander-ja's DECTspansion as a community-made radio expansion example for the reusable EMF 2024 badge platform.

Tildagon community example

reference PCB hexpansion

OG Hexpansion

kliment's OG Hexpansion is the official gallery's reference-style PCB example exposing badge-edge pins and linking back to the EMF 2024 hardware repository.

Tildagon ongoing

repair workflow

Replacement components path

The official docs now preserve concrete repair paths for damaged screens, FPC cables, LEDs, and battery connectors, treating Tildagon as maintainable camp hardware rather than a disposable novelty.

Tildagon ongoing

schedule app

Now & Next

JonTheNiceGuy's Now & Next app shows current and upcoming EMFCamp stage items, carrying the badge from novelty hardware into a live event companion.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge source published

sensor add-on

AD8317 RF detector

The README describes an AD8317 RF detector path that measures RF signal strength, displays results on the OLED, and is intended to detect hidden wireless devices.

Tildagon ongoing

sensor app

Seismograph

webboggles' Seismograph app turns the onboard IMU into a live waveform and Richter-readout instrument with auto-scaling and axis cycling.

TiLDA MK3 historical

software add-on ecosystem

App Library

The app library and USB copy workflow let attendees add their own MicroPython apps to the badge.

TiDAL historical

software add-on ecosystem

TiDAL apps and custom ports

Developer docs and community writeups show TiDAL apps and experiments such as a custom Doom port while preserving MicroPython functionality.

TiLDA MKe historical

software upgrade path

Camp utility apps

TiLDA MKe was designed around event schedule updates, talk alerts, online registration, torch mode, and camp utility behavior.

Tildagon ongoing

software upgrade path

Tildagon OS app updates

MicroPython apps and OS work continue after the event through the documented app publishing and simulator workflow.

TiLDA historical

software/hardware add-on ecosystem

Wireless games and contributed code

The original TiLDA wiki grouped wireless experiments, game mechanics, contributed code, hardware plans, and bug fixes as a shared camp hacking surface.

Tildagon ongoing

sound-to-light app

TGSTL

Tony Goacher's TGSTL app turns a SparkFun sound detector into a Tildagon sound-to-light path, tying the app store to a physical sensor hexpansion.

44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge historical

tutorial code

Raw Hex tutorial examples

The Raw Hex tutorial repository preserves example code used alongside the HIDIOT documentation flow.

Tildagon current EMF 2026 lifecycle

village app

Hat Village

pikesley's Hat Village app is listed as the official app of Hat Village at EMF 2026, showing that Tildagon app distribution is already carrying future village-specific software.

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

TiDAL moderate

custom firmware caveat · live Hatchery app metadata · documented caveat

The TiDAL 3D Hatchery entry says the app requires a custom firmware build with extra framebuffer routines and a native 3D maths module.

Not every app-store entry runs on a stock badge; some represent firmware forks and deeper platform modifications.

TiLDA MK4 moderate

firmware/apps · primary wiki · post-event fixed/improved

The MK4 wiki says firmware was substantially fixed and improved during and after EMF, resolving issues with call handling and apps; the firmware-update page also warns that updating wipes apps and settings.

MK4 needs lifecycle treatment because the shipped camp experience, app behavior, and post-event firmware state were not identical.

Tildagon moderate

firmware/hardware caveat · primary docs · documented caveat

The hardware overview warns that eGPIO does not work in firmware v1.6.0, a concrete compatibility caveat for hexpansion or GPIO-dependent work.

Hardware add-ons and examples may depend on firmware version, so the badge needs lifecycle tracking rather than one-time hardware notes.

TiDAL moderate

firmware/storage caveat · live Hatchery app metadata · documented caveat

The Doom! Hatchery entry warns that running the app overwrites the unused OTA partition and that Hatchery could not host the compressed DOOM1.WAD because it was too large.

Some TiDAL apps changed device storage/update assumptions and required manual asset handling, so app-store links need per-app risk notes.

44CON 2016 HIDIOT 0.7 Badge warning

USB electrical safety caveat · official badge guide · historical

44CON warned that hardware faults could damage computers and recommended using a USB hub while connecting or programming the HIDIOT.

The badge page preserves the original safety context instead of presenting USB HID payload experimentation as risk-free.

Tildagon note

app metadata caveat · live app directory · documented caveat

The MD Updater app-store entry describes a real Megadrive-interface firmware updater but currently lists a placeholder source repository URL.

The compendium keeps the app and author record while flagging that source-code provenance is weaker than other Tildagon app entries.

TiDAL note

app-store caveat · live Hatchery API · historical

The TiDAL Hatchery still exposes app status labels such as working, in progress, unknown, and unusable, so individual app entries should be treated as living or historical software records rather than guaranteed polished releases.

The compendium records representative apps but keeps status and caveat language visible for users who may revive old TiDAL hardware.

TiLDA MK4 note

app-store policy · primary wiki · historical

The Badge Store submission rules required general-audience, non-malicious apps, Code of Conduct compliance, unique app folders, metadata headers, validation, and pull requests; they also warned that others could improve submitted apps.

The app store was curated and collaborative rather than an anonymous binary upload service.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge warning

assembly and voltage safety caveat · repository README · source published

The RF-detector path depends on configuring the MT3608 boost converter to 9 V before installing the RF module, and the README says JP1 is disconnected to prevent damage until voltage is confirmed.

The badge page preserves the original power-safety context for the AD8317 RF detector instead of presenting the module as a no-risk plug-in.

TiLDA MK4 note

bootstrap/reset caveat · primary wiki · historical

The wiki warns that some badges needed factory reset before showing the loading screen and that first software download might require reset retries.

The detail page should preserve first-boot and recovery behavior, not only final hardware specifications.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge note

controller-mode caveat · repository README · source published

The README says at least one of the two control paths must be soldered: shield-only operation gives OLED mini-game behavior, while the recommended fuller experience uses the ESP32 Wemos D1 module and related support parts.

The record separates the minimal shield/display experience from the ESP32 and RF-detector build path instead of treating every configuration as identical.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge note

default-firmware scope caveat · designer writeup and repository · historical

Tasmota is documented as the default post-event firmware path, while deeper Arduino/example-code use should be treated as an extension path unless traced to a specific published build.

The catalogue avoids overstating app-store-like functionality for a badge whose public record is centered on Tasmota and open hardware files.

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge note

distribution scope caveat · official event page · documented source limitation

The official page proves hackable badges at CyberThreat 2024 and describes in-person delegate hands-on opportunities, but does not publish exact badge quantity, ticket-tier eligibility, or whether every on-site attendee received one.

The catalogue records the badge as a CyberThreat 2024 challenge artifact without inventing a universal distribution count.

SiNE note

documentation/lore · primary wiki · historical

The clue list and badge behavior are preserved, but the wiki notes some details were only filled in after EMWave had passed and still left some answers to be added.

The hidden-beacon mechanic is source-backed, while exact participant gameplay reconstruction remains partial.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge note

dual-module assembly choice · designer writeup · historical

The badge design supported ESP8285 QFN and ESP-12 module population choices, a practical manufacturing and workshop tradeoff rather than one fixed public configuration.

The record names both options so readers do not infer every badge had the same radio-module build.

TiLDA note

early platform · primary wiki · historical

The wiki records multiple software/hardware bug and fix sections, reflecting the experimental nature of early EMF badge development.

Useful context for how much of later badge culture grew from visible, community-maintained troubleshooting.

SiNE note

flashing caveat · primary wiki and firmware repository · documented

Firmware hacking required ISP programming, avrdude, the ATTiny44A t44 part flag, and specific fuse values rather than a beginner-friendly USB bootloader path.

The badge was hackable, but deeper firmware work assumed AVR tooling and care around fuse configuration.

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge note

hardware archive gap · official walkthroughs · needs deeper archive recovery

The walkthroughs document ATmega1284P, FTDI serial, Optiboot, flash dumping and flashing, but do not publish schematic, PCB files, BOM, component placement, enclosure files, source firmware, or manufacturing records.

Hardware and software fields stay limited to the official challenge walkthrough evidence.

44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge note

hardware-repository license boundary · public repository review · needs explicit license clarification

The public HIDIOT hardware repository exposes board, schematic, and PNG files but no repository license metadata, and its README includes trademark and documentation-use constraints.

The catalogue links the hardware archive for evidence but does not copy media or imply broad reuse rights beyond what the source states.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge note

image provenance upgrade · project image provenance and repository license · licensed original replacement applied

The OSHCamp visual now uses an optimized WebP derived from a transparent cutout derived from the Solderpad-licensed `images/oshcamp23_badge_04.jpg` photo in the Electrolama badge repository.

The public badge page, image archive, and API point at a licensed original-photo derivative with source and attribution preserved.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge note

license-scope caveat · repository metadata and README review · needs explicit license clarification

GitHub reports the repository license as MIT, while the README says the hardware is released under CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.2; the source pass did not recover the referenced LICENSE_HARDWARE file.

The catalogue links repository images, diagrams, and hardware files as evidence but does not copy media or collapse the software, hardware, documentation, and artwork license boundaries.

Tildagon note

living platform · primary docs and live app directory · ongoing

Tildagon is not a fixed one-camp artifact: EMF says the badge is intended to return across events, while the live app directory and hexpansion docs continue to accumulate apps, add-ons, and recovery notes.

badge.gallery needs to treat Tildagon as a lifecycle record with recurring app, firmware, and hexpansion updates instead of a static EMF 2024 page.

SiNE note

locator privacy · primary wiki · not collected

SiNE was designed to transmit a random badge ID to Raspberry Pis around the ship for movement trails, with public data planned after the event and a user-visible erase workflow.

The plan makes SiNE an early example of a playful badge feature with privacy implications; the wiki also states that the Raspberry Pis were never set up, so no location data was collected.

44CON 2016 HIDIOT 0.7 Badge note

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

No original documentary HIDIOT 0.7 badge photo or official upstream raster render has been cleared with source URL, reusable license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The badge remains image-free until an explicitly reusable 44CON 2016 artifact photo is recovered.

44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge note

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

No original documentary HIDIOT 1.0 44CON edition photo or official upstream raster render has been cleared with source URL, reusable license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The badge remains image-free until an explicitly reusable 44CON 2017 artifact photo or render is recovered.

44CON 2025 RF Detector Badge note

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

The public repository includes useful diagrams and rendered media, but no selected physical badge photo or official upstream raster has been paired with a clear reusable image license or permission basis, attribution, source URL, and processing notes for catalogue delivery.

The badge remains image-free until an explicitly reusable 44CON 2025 badge photo or render is cleared.

TiLDA note

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

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

TiDAL note

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

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

SiNE note

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

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

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge note

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

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

SteelCon 2018 Floppy Disk Badge note

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

No SteelCon 2018 Floppy Disk 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 Kingdom record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

TiLDA MK3 note

network/security · historical source trail · historical

The historical source trail records network/security caveats around insecure camp WiFi and HTTPS/SSL limitations for default apps.

Shows the practical tradeoffs of networked badges at camp scale.

SteelCon 2018 Floppy Disk Badge note

non-electronic badge caveat · official timeline · historical

The record is a conference identity-object badge, not an electronic PCB badge.

The compendium includes it because the official event history calls the disks badges; hardware/software fields remain conservative so readers do not infer electronics.

44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge note

parts-kit and assembly dependency · official brochure · historical

The 2017 brochure told attendees to buy the parts needed to build the badge from the front desk and use the assembly workshop area, so the badge experience depended on component kits and hands-on soldering.

The record models the badge as a build-it-yourself hardware artifact rather than a fully passive giveaway.

44CON 2016 HIDIOT 0.7 Badge note

prototype software maturity · official badge guide · historical

44CON described the 0.7 board as unreleased hardware with mostly finalized hardware but an incomplete HIDIOT software stack.

The record treats 0.7 as a real event badge and prototype board while separating Digispark-compatible operation from later HIDIOT 1.0 behavior.

TiLDA MK4 note

radio/cellular · primary wiki and talk · historical

The MK4 wiki says the badge team was aware of instability while using calling capability and records a community observation that external antennas improved cellular reliability.

Useful reminder that badge RF/cellular features can be field-sensitive.

Tildagon note

repairability · primary docs · ongoing

Official docs document replacement paths for multiple fragile or field-repairable components, including display-related parts, LEDs, and battery connectors.

The maintenance record matters because reusable camp badges only stay useful if spare-part and repair workflows survive after the event.

CyberThreat 2024 Hackable Badge warning

soft-brick safety caveat · official walkthrough · documented

The A Nice Edit walkthrough warns that the challenge carries a high risk of soft-bricking the badge and explains that erasing flash without preserving the bootloader can make USB programming unrecoverable without ISP.

The badge page preserves the original risk context for firmware modification instead of presenting the challenge as routine or risk-free.

SteelCon 2018 Floppy Disk Badge note

source-depth caveat · single official timeline · needs photo and attendee-source recovery

The official timeline documents the object and rationale but does not expose individual artifact photos, designer names, or attendee stories in text.

The first-pass record should be upgraded only when licensed original photos or more detailed archives are recovered.

OSHCamp 2023 Badge note

workshop kit dependency · official event page and designer writeup · historical

The OSHUG event page framed the badge session as a solder-paste and reflow workshop and told attendees to bring their own tools and accessories for programming and use.

The badge experience depended on workshop readiness instead of only passive distribution; that is useful context for anyone comparing camp-badge accessibility.

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