CactusCon

CactusCon 13

The February 14-15, 2025 Arizona hacker and security conference edition whose InfoconDB event record anchors the Mesa Convention Center context and whose Badge Pirates repository preserves the CactusCon 13 badge archive.

Mesa Convention Center, Mesa, Arizona · United States · 2025

CactusCon 13 Badge

The CactusCon 13 badge is preserved through Badge Pirates' public CactusCon13 repository, which publishes KiCad CAD files, Gerber output, outer-board variants, 3D-print assets, ESP32-S3 reference material, and a MIT-licensed source archive for the 2025 CactusCon badge.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

CactusCon 13 Badge source-backed

badge interface

SPI TFT touch, buttons, and rotary dial

The Project-CC13 board comments identify an SPI TFT with touch, two input buttons, and one rotary dial.

Compatibility: CactusCon 13 Badge

CactusCon 13 Badge source-backed

firmware workflow

USB serial, MicroSD, and buzzer path

The CC13 archive comments document USB-to-serial programming, MicroSD, and buzzer hardware context.

Compatibility: CactusCon 13 Badge

CactusCon 13 Badge source-backed

hardware architecture

ESP32-S3 WROOM N16 badge core

The CC13 KiCad archive comments identify an ESP32-S3 WROOM N16-class badge core with Wi-Fi/Bluetooth LE context.

Compatibility: CactusCon 13 Badge

CactusCon 13 Badge source-backed

manufacturing archive

Gerber and MIT-licensed CAD archive

Badge Pirates publishes CC13 Gerbers, KiCad sources, documentation outputs, and an MIT repository license.

Compatibility: CactusCon 13 Badge

CactusCon 13 Badge source-backed

mechanical source

3D-print and STEP archive

The public repository includes 3d_Prints model/STL material and a Project-CC13 STEP export for mechanical reference.

Compatibility: CactusCon 13 Badge

CactusCon 13 Badge source-backed

power architecture

Dual 14500 power and fuel gauge

The CC13 KiCad comments identify LiPo charging, dual 14500 battery holders, and fuel-gauge hardware.

Compatibility: CactusCon 13 Badge

CactusCon 13 Badge source-backed

variant archive

Role-specific outer boards

The CAD-OuterBoard tree preserves attendee, Mafia, speaker, staff, and generic outer-board KiCad variants.

Compatibility: CactusCon 13 Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

CactusCon 13 Badge note

documentation-depth caveat · repository tree inspection · documented

The CactusCon13 repository lacks a descriptive README in the inspected public tree, so hardware claims are tied to directory names, KiCad comments, and repository metadata rather than a narrative badge-maker writeup.

The record remains useful for source discovery while preserving the limits of the public documentation.

CactusCon 13 Badge note

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

No CactusCon 13 badge image is published because the available repository, website-gallery, event-page, or rendered assets have not been selected with complete source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying gallery, board-output, screenshot, social, or generated media.

CactusCon 13 Badge note

software-source caveat · repository tree inspection · needs firmware archive recovery

The CactusCon13 repository exposes CAD, outer-board, documentation, reference, and 3D-print material, but this pass did not recover standalone final firmware, event-game source, OTA service code, or challenge archive.

The catalogue records verified hardware/manufacturing evidence while avoiding unsupported claims about badge software behavior.

Resources

CactusCon 13 InfoconDB record event metadata · InfoconDB source for the February 14-15, 2025 Mesa Convention Center CactusCon 13 event context. CactusCon 13 KiCad CAD tree hardware source · Repository CAD tree with Project-CC13 KiCad files, schematic sheets, STEP export, ESP32-S3 reference material, and Gerber outputs. CactusCon 13 documentation outputs hardware source · Repository DOCS tree preserving ESP32-S3 pinout reference and Badge Pirates drawing-sheet files. CactusCon 13 outer-board archive hardware source · Repository outer-board KiCad tree preserving attendee, Mafia, speaker, staff, and general role-board variants. CactusCon 13 license license · MIT license source for the public repository archive. CactusCon 13 Gerbers manufacturing output · Repository Gerber archive preserving Project-CC13 production output. CactusCon 13 3D-print archive mechanical source · Repository 3d_Prints tree preserving model and STL material for the CC13 badge archive. CactusCon13 repository source repo · Badge Pirates public repository preserving the CactusCon 13 badge archive under an MIT license.

Sources

GitHub / Badge Pirates, LLC: BadgePiratesLLC/CactusCon13 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public repository source for CactusCon 13 KiCad, outer-board, 3D-print, documentation, reference, and license material. GitHub / Badge Pirates, LLC: CactusCon 13 CAD and outer-board archive Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Hardware source for Project-CC13 KiCad files, schematic sheets, Gerbers, STEP export, and role-board variants. GitHub / Badge Pirates, LLC: CactusCon 13 LICENSE Retrieved 2026-05-15 · MIT license source for the public CactusCon13 repository archive. InfoconDB: CactusCon 13 (2025) Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Event metadata source for CactusCon 13 dates and Mesa Convention Center venue.