BSides Canberra 2023 bPod
The 2023 BSides Canberra bPod badge is source-backed by the official BSides archive, schedule material, and public GitLab repository containing KiCad hardware, firmware, updater, and server code.
BSides Canberra
BSides Canberra 2023
The September 28-30, 2023 BSides Canberra edition whose official archive links the bPod badge repository and whose schedule includes the Introducing the new bPod talk.
National Convention Centre, Canberra · Australia · 2023
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
BSides Canberra 2023 bPod
source-backed
Snake and tetris online scoreboard
The firmware and server trees preserve snake and tetris apps, score-token generation, online scoreboard tables, and bPodUpdater/server packaging.
BSides Canberra 2023 bPod
source-backed
Hardware-tool app suite
The firmware tree includes apps for schedule, WiFi scan, I2C detect, I2C/SPI sniffing, UART terminal, GPIO, MCP23S17/MCP23017 tooling, LEDs, brightness, QR, text, and diagram viewing.
BSides Canberra 2023 bPod
source-backed
ESP32-S2 colour-screen badge core
The bPod repository and update page document an ESP32-S2 badge with ST7735 colour screen, capacitive touch controls, USB-C, LEDs, SAO connector, flash, and PSRAM-related hardware files.
BSides Canberra 2023 bPod
archived
KiCad and PCBWay manufacturing archive
The repository preserves KiCad schematic/PCB/project files plus PCBWay render, BOM, placement, Gerber/drill, flashing binary, and flashing instruction artifacts.
Operational history
Issues & Camp Impact
No local BSides Canberra 2023 bPod image is published because the public repository images and event materials have not been paired with a clear reuse license, attribution, source URL, and processing notes for catalogue publication.
The entry stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository renders, event screenshots, or attendee photos without complete image provenance.
The bPod repository is public and contains exact hardware, firmware, updater, server, and manufacturing artifacts, but this pass did not find a top-level project license covering reuse of repository images or source material.
The catalogue can cite the repository as evidence while keeping image publication and license-sensitive reuse conservative.
Resources
BSides Canberra archive
archive index · Official archive index linking the 2023 Webpage, CSides meetups, and 2023 Badge Repository - bPod.
BSides Canberra 2023 CTF writeup
attendee writeup · Attendee/team writeup documenting the bPod electronic badge, snake and tetris games, badge firmware dumping, online scoreboards, and event CTF context.
BSides Canberra 2023 event page
event page · Official event page for the September 28-30, 2023 edition at the National Convention Centre.
bPod repository
hardware and firmware source · Public GitLab repository preserving bPod KiCad files, PCBWay manufacturing exports, firmware, updater packaging, and scoreboard server code.
BSides Canberra 2023 schedule
schedule · Official exported schedule page linking the 2023 sessions, speakers, and schedule JSON; the speaker export includes Introducing the new bPod.
Sources
BSides Canberra: BSides Canberra 2023
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event source for the September 28-30, 2023 National Convention Centre edition.
BSides Canberra: BSides Canberra 2023 Schedule
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary schedule source for the exported 2023 schedule and the Introducing the new bPod speaker material.
BSides Canberra: BSides Canberra Archive
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary archive source linking the 2023 Badge Repository - bPod.
GitLab / Peter Rankin: pjranki/bpod
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary repository source for bPod hardware files, firmware, updater, scoreboard server, schedule data, manufacturing exports, and ESP32-S2/ST7735/touch/SAO evidence.
Shea Security / Sijing Zheng: Winners of BSides Canberra 2023 CTF
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Secondary attendee writeup source for bPod game, scoreboard, firmware-dump, and CTF impact context.