Kernelcon

Kernelcon 2020 Virtual

The March 25-28, 2020 Kernelcon virtual edition whose Hack-Master badge was documented through public repository, talk, and ZonkSec writeup sources after the conference moved online.

Virtual / Omaha, Nebraska · United States · 2020

Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge

The Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master badge was a dual-PCB electronic badge with an ATmega328P-AU, three-AAA power, nine APA102 RGB LEDs, a backlit custom image reel, serial-port game plans, EEPROM mode storage, and ICSP pogo-pin programming.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge source-backed

manufacturing workflow

Pogo-pin ICSP production workflow

Public sources document ICSP programming with pogo pins and a clothespin pogo-clamp workflow used during badge production.

Compatibility: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge

Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge historical

mechanical/electronic feature

Backlit image reel

The Hack-Master badge used a dual-PCB assembly and two RGB LEDs as backlights for a custom image reel.

Compatibility: Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · open

No Kernelcon 2020 badge image is published because the recovered repository photos and animation have not been cleared with complete reuse provenance.

The Hack-Master record stays image-free under the no-generated/no-placeholder image policy.

Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master Badge note

virtual-event behavior caveat · project-owner source · historical

The serial CTF mini game was removed when Kernelcon 2020 became virtual, so the record documents planned/offline capability without claiming that the mini game ran at the event.

The badge remains an electronic artifact, but its event-game behavior is kept narrower than the original hardware capability.

Resources

Kernelcon2020 Badge talk badge talk metadata · Talk record for Tyler Rosonke and Aaron Gunning explaining the Hack-Master badge production story. Kernelcon 2020 InfoconDB record event metadata · InfoconDB event record for the March 25-28, 2020 virtual Kernelcon context. Kernelcon 2020 badge repository hardware archive · Public ZonkSec repository preserving ATmega328P, dual-PCB, image-reel, LED, serial, EEPROM, and pogo-pin programming notes.

Sources

InfoconDB: Kernelcon2020 Badge: nonononoyes Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Talk metadata source naming Tyler Rosonke and Aaron Gunning and summarizing the badge-making presentation. ZonkSec GitHub repository: kernelcon-2020-badge README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for the Hack-Master dual-PCB badge, ATmega328P-AU, three AAA power, nine APA102 LEDs, backlit image reel, serial mini-game removal, EEPROM, and ICSP pogo-pin programming.