Kernelcon

Kernelcon 2025

The April 3-4, 2025 Omaha Kernelcon edition whose official badge site documents the Race Condition Raspberry Pi Pico racing badge and bonus-track activity.

Hilton Omaha Downtown Old Market, Omaha, Nebraska · United States · 2025

Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition Badge

Kernelcon's 2025 Race Condition badge was a Raspberry Pi Pico electronic badge with a TM1637-driven seven-segment display, three-AAA power, seven addressable RGB LEDs, buzzer, track-racing modes, reaction test, synthesizer, achievements, and CTF flag unlocks.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition Badge source-backed

badge game

Achievements and CTF flag unlocks

The official about page documents eight achievement levels that unlocked LED patterns and CTF flags.

Compatibility: Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition Badge

Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition Badge historical

soldering activity

Bonus track build

Attendees could build a bonus track with standoffs, headers, jumper wires, and a detect-pad bridge, then insert it into the badge for racing.

Compatibility: Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · open

No Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition image is published because the official badge-site images have not been reconciled with a reusable license, attribution, and processing record.

The record stays image-free rather than using uncleared activity photos or schematic screenshots.

Kernelcon 2025 Race Condition Badge note

source-code archive caveat · official site audit · needs public repository recovery

The official 2025 badge site documents behavior and schematic material, but this pass did not recover a public final firmware repository or board-source archive comparable to 2026.

The record documents source-backed behavior while avoiding claims about open firmware availability.

Resources

Kernelcon 2025 bonus-track activity activity guide · Official guide for building and inserting a bonus track with soldered headers, jumper wires, detect pad, and badge detection. Kernelcon 2025 InfoconDB record event metadata · InfoconDB source for April 3-4, 2025 dates and Hilton Omaha Downtown Old Market venue. Kernelcon 2025 badge site official badge page · Official badge site for the Race Condition badge.

Sources

Kernelcon badge site: Race Condition badge about page Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for Raspberry Pi Pico, TM1637, seven-segment display, three AAA power, seven RGB LEDs, buzzer, racing modes, achievements, high scores, CTF flags, and credits. Kernelcon badge site: Race Condition badge activities Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary activity source for bonus-track build, soldering, standoffs, headers, jumper tracing, detect pad, and badge detection.