BugCON
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.
Mexico City · Mexico · 2024
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.
Lifecycle
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 firmware tree preserves separate Community and VIP directories, with Community firmware build guidance and VIP development framed around CircuitPython and Thonny.
The repository startup path tells attendees to connect the badge over USB and open the serial port at 115200 baud to see badge text.
Operational history
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 entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying repository or web imagery without complete provenance.