DEF CON
The planned August 6-9, 2026 DEF CON edition whose official preregistration copy guarantees an onsite Human badge and whose public media-server badge archive already exposes DC34 electronic SAO electrical and mechanical specifications.
LVCC West Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada · United States · 2026
DEF CON's official preregistration copy guarantees an onsite DEF CON 34 Human badge, an official badge-alert post says DEF CON 34 is an electronic badge year, and the official media server publishes DC34 SAO electrical and mechanical specifications that make the 2026 badge a source-backed planned electronic-badge record.
Lifecycle
The official DC34 SAO specification documents 3.0 V VDD, 100 mA tested total supply across both SAOs, GPIO pins, I2C devices at 0x3C and 0x19, and mirrored unkeyed 6-pin SAO headers.
The SAO spec states that the badge is powered by two AA batteries and that USB-C power-bank operation keeps the badge continuously on.
DEF CON's official badge-alert post says DEF CON 34 is an electronic badge year, that the badge comes from a hardware hacking legend, and that the SAO spec sheet is early support for add-on projects.
DEF CON's official ticket page says preregistration guarantees a DEF CON 34 Human badge when the ticket is redeemed onsite in Las Vegas.
Operational history
Hardware and software fields stay limited to the official SAO spec until DEF CON publishes final badge files or credible post-event technical documentation.
The entry stays image-free rather than copying ticket graphics, registration art, media-server diagrams, social-media previews, or generated badge art.
The catalogue can document the planned Human badge, official electronic-badge-year teaser, and public electronic interface constraints now, but it must not claim final shipped artwork, firmware, badge-game rules, manufacturing quantities, or all attendee-role variants until post-event sources appear.