BugCON

BugCON 2023

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.

Mexico · Mexico · 2023

BugCON 2023 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.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

BugCON 2023 Badge source-backed

badge controller

ESP32S3/RP2040 feature statement

The README identifies the BugCON 2023 badge as an ESP32S3 or RP2040 design with UART, ESP32S3 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, and AA battery support.

Compatibility: BugCON 2023 Badge

BugCON 2023 Badge documented

developer workflow

Arduino dual-target developer workflow

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.

Compatibility: BugCON 2023 Badge

BugCON 2023 Badge archived source

hardware archive

KiCad ESP32-S3 and RP2040 hardware archive

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.

Compatibility: BugCON 2023 Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

event and firmware inventory caveat · repository metadata and decoded source files · needs archive/event-page recovery

The repository proves the official BugCON 2023 badge and preserves firmware examples, but this pass did not recover a stable official BugCON 2023 event page, venue/date source, distribution count, release binary, final flashed image, or complete audit of every generated web asset and sketch dependency.

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.

hardware variant evidence caveat · README and repository tree · documented with caution

The README describes ESP32S3 or RP2040, the tree exposes an ESP32-S3 KiCad design, and the second hardware path is named SAMD11 even though its schematic symbol and properties identify RP2040 hardware.

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.

license scope caveat · GitHub API, repository README, and license files · documented

GitHub detects GPL-3.0 for the repository, while the README and LICENSE_HARDWARE.md state that hardware documentation is under CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.2 and that Electronic Cats and BugCON trademarks are not granted for PCB sales.

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.

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

No BugCON 2023 badge image is published because the README logo, repository image files, firmware web assets, KiCad/svg2shenzhen graphics, and hardware-source render candidates have not been paired with complete reusable image rights, attribution, source URL, and processing provenance for catalogue publication.

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.

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