Aerospace Village DC33 ADS-B Badge
Aerospace Village's DEF CON 33 badge record documents the DC32 ADS-B badge hardware returning for DC33 with new software, Winglet OS 2.0 release artifacts, DC33 SAO support, and an ADS-B accessory ecosystem.
Aerospace Village
Aerospace Village at DEF CON 33
The DEF CON 33 Aerospace Village edition where the DC32 ADS-B Linux badge hardware returned with new Winglet OS 2.0 software, DC33 SAO support, ADS-B badge accessories, and a SpiderOak Aranya ESP32-S3 workshop badge board.
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada · United States · 2025
Aerospace Village DC33 Aranya ESP32 Badge Board
Aerospace Village's DEF CON 33 workshop schedule documented a SpiderOak Aranya hands-on workshop where up to 20 attendees received free ESP32 badge-board hardware, flashed a distributed wireless messaging application, and kept the board afterward.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
Aerospace Village DC33 ADS-B Badge
source-backed
1090 MHz ADS-B receiver
The badge natively receives and displays nearby aircraft using 1090 MHz ADS-B signals, with an onboard PCB antenna and optional external antenna path.
Aerospace Village DC33 ADS-B Badge
source-backed
SAO I2C/UART/CAN expansion
The badge includes an SAO connector that supports I2C, UART, CAN Bus, and more; the DC33 release explicitly adds Aerospace Village DC33 SAO support.
Aerospace Village DC33 Aranya ESP32 Badge Board
source-backed
Qwiic, microSD, and USB-C interfaces
The official workshop hardware summary and repository README document USB-C, two Qwiic ports, a microSD slot, battery management, and battery connector support.
Aerospace Village DC33 ADS-B Badge
documented
USB Ethernet and SSH workflow
The FAQ documents USB-C Ethernet access and SSH to root@192.168.100.1, with Wi-Fi and USB-C platform caveats called out separately.
Aerospace Village DC33 ADS-B Badge
released
Winglet OS 2.0
Winglet OS 2.0 added ADS-B range and reliability work, Map Scope, GPS View, flight-board improvements, SD-card custom media, Wi-Fi scanning, USB-host reliability fixes, optional 3 A charging, and DC33 SAO support.
Optional IR, debug, and expansion pads
The README documents an optional Vishay TFBS4711 IR transceiver path, debug LEDs, UART/test points, expansion pins, and WS2812 data access for further hardware experimentation.
Aerospace Village DC33 Aranya ESP32 Badge Board
source-backed
ESP32-S3 workshop badge-board core
The workshop page describes the supplied hardware as an ESP32 badge board, and the board README documents an ESP32-S3 demo board for Aranya Embedded.
Aerospace Village DC33 ADS-B Badge
source-backed
GPS moving-map context
The badge provides GPS own-ship position on a moving map, and the FAQ documents manual coordinate fallback when GPS lock is unavailable.
Aerospace Village DC33 Aranya ESP32 Badge Board
source-backed
RGB notification LED and tactile button
The workshop page calls out a large RGB notification LED and a large tactile button as the board's attendee-facing interaction surface.
Aranya wireless messaging demo
Attendees were expected to compile, configure, deploy, and modify an Aranya distributed wireless messaging application on the workshop board.
Operational history
Issues & Camp Impact
The FAQ says the badge collects 1090 MHz ADS-B only, not 978 MHz, and that radar display traffic depends on correct badge coordinates from GPS lock or manually entered position.
The record preserves the RF and navigation limits without implying universal aircraft tracking or software-selectable ADS-B bands.
The build guide requires a Linux machine tested on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 and warns the Buildroot build can take around an hour and a half; the FAQ also documents Windows, macOS USB-C, Wi-Fi, SSH, keyboard, and battery-reset caveats.
The record presents Winglet OS as publicly buildable and hackable while making clear that toolchain, USB, and access workflows are not frictionless for every host.
The FAQ warns external-antenna installation can disturb a tiny AC-coupling capacitor, explains the capacitor protects downstream RF parts from DC and low-frequency high-power signals, and says the external antenna must be selected in settings.
The catalogue records the optional antenna path while preserving the modification risk and RF-protection context.
Aerospace Village states that the DC32 badge is back for DC33 as the same badge hardware with new software.
The catalogue treats this as a DC33 software/support/accessory refresh of the Aerospace Village ADS-B badge, not as a newly designed 2025 board revision.
No Aerospace Village DC33 badge image is published because the official page, repository, and release imagery were not reconciled to a specific reusable original photo or official raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying official page graphics, store imagery, repository screenshots, or generated imagery without complete provenance.
No Aranya workshop board image is published because the official workshop page and demo-board repository have not been paired with a visible reusable image license or explicit permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying workshop media, repository board images, screenshots, or generated imagery without complete provenance.
The board README describes optional parts and assembly paths, including an IR transceiver not populated by default.
The record separates the documented board capability surface from any claim that every workshop board shipped with every optional component populated.
GitHub did not report a license for aranya-project/demo-board-v2 during this pass, even though the repository exposes README text, PCB source, and board images.
The repository is cited as public technical evidence, but its images and design files are not republished locally or treated as broadly reusable catalogue assets.
The official schedule limited the SpiderOak Aranya workshop to 20 attendees because hardware was included for free.
The catalogue treats the board as a limited attendee-retained workshop artifact, not a village-wide or DEF CON-wide attendee badge.
Resources
Building Winglet OS
build guide · Repository guide documenting the Linux/Ubuntu build requirement, Buildroot workflow, winglet-kernel, winglet-boot, winglet-gui, and output image artifacts.
AV Badge README
hardware and software docs · Primary README source for ADS-B/GPS/Linux SBC features, Wi-Fi, memory/storage, battery, USB-C, Dump1090 exposure, microSD, and SAO bus support.
SpiderOak Demo V2 Board README
hardware docs · Repository documentation source for the ESP32-S3 demo board, Aranya Embedded target, front/back board views, assembly options, power architecture, IR, microSD, debug LEDs, expansion pads, and mechanical dimensions.
aranya-project/demo-board-v2
hardware repository · Public repository for the workshop badge board, including KiCad PCB file, front/back board images used only as evidence, and hardware README; GitHub reports no repository license, so no image is copied locally.
Aerospace Village DC33 badge page
official badge page · Official Aerospace Village source for the DC33 badge page, DC32 hardware returning for DC33, new software, DC33 SAO context, ADS-B feature summary, and supporter bundle badge line.
Aerospace Village DEF CON 33 workshop schedule
official workshop page · Official Aerospace Village source for the SpiderOak Aranya workshop, max-20 free hardware limit, ESP32 badge-board language, keep-the-hardware statement, schedule timing, and tooling requirements.
AV Badge FAQ
operational caveats · Primary FAQ source for 1090 MHz-only ADS-B behavior, GPS/manual-position requirements, external-antenna cautions, USB Ethernet/SSH, Wi-Fi, keyboard, and battery-reset caveats.
IR Demo V2 KiCad PCB
pcb file · KiCad PCB source for the demo-board hardware used as public design-file evidence.
Winglet OS 2.0 release
software release · GitHub release for the DC33-era Winglet OS 2.0 image and u-boot artifacts, with ADS-B, GPS, flight-board, Wi-Fi, USB-host, charging, and DC33 SAO support changes.
Aranya Embedded
software repository · Public Aranya Embedded repository linked by the board README for the ESP32-S3 demonstration software target.
Aerospace Village AV Badge repository
source repo · Public repository preserving the ADS-B badge software, hardware references, releases, tutorials, FAQ, and Winglet OS build documentation.
Sources
Aerospace Village: Aerospace Village DEF CON 33 workshop schedule
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official workshop source proving the SpiderOak Aranya hands-on session, max-20 free hardware limit, ESP32 badge-board wording, keep-the-hardware statement, distributed wireless messaging app workflow, tooling requirements, and schedule context.
Aerospace Village: DC33 Badge
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source proving the DC33 Aerospace Village badge page, DC32 hardware returning for DC33, new software, the DC33 SAO, badge feature summary, ADS-B antenna kit, and supporter bundle including one ADS-B Badge.
GitHub / Aerospace Village: AV Badge 2024 README
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for ADS-B reception, 1090 MHz framing, Linux SBC feature set, built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, dual-core processor, 128 MB DDR3 RAM, 8 GB eMMC, microSD, Dump1090 network exposure, 18650 battery, USB-C, and SAO support.
GitHub / Aerospace Village: AV Badge FAQ
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for GPS lock/manual-coordinate behavior, 1090 MHz-only ADS-B limitation, external-antenna caution, USB Ethernet/SSH, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, USB host quirks, and battery polarity warning.
GitHub / Aerospace Village: AerospaceVillage/avBadge_2024
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public repository source for the badge project, releases, tutorials, FAQ, build guide, and software/hardware archive context.
GitHub / Aerospace Village: Building Winglet OS
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for the Winglet OS Buildroot workflow, tested Ubuntu versions, winglet-kernel, winglet-boot, winglet-gui, output image format, u-boot, and SD/eMMC flashing context.
GitHub / aranya-project: IR Demo V2 KiCad PCB
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public KiCad PCB file source for the demo-board hardware and board-layout evidence.
GitHub / aranya-project: SpiderOak Demo V2 Board README
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary board documentation source for ESP32-S3, Aranya Embedded target, front/back board views, assembly options, power switching, IR, microSD, debug LEDs, test points, expansion pads, lanyard holes, and mechanical dimensions.
GitHub / aranya-project: aranya-project/demo-board-v2
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public hardware repository source for the SpiderOak Demo V2 Board used as workshop board evidence; GitHub reports no repository license in this pass, so repository images are cited but not copied into the catalogue.
GitHub Releases / Aerospace Village: Winglet OS 2.0
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Release source for Winglet OS 2.0 assets and changes, including ADS-B range/reliability, Map Scope, GPS View, flight-board improvements, custom SD media, Wi-Fi scanning, light mode, USB host reliability, optional 3 A charge rate, and Aerospace Village DC33 SAO support.