NolaCon
The May 16-18, 2025 New Orleans hacker conference whose official badge page documented the Patches electronic badge as a Voodoo Heart badge-series continuation and Learn to Solder artifact.
Hyatt Centric French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana · United States · 2025
NolaCon 2025's Patches badge continued the conference's Learn to Solder badge tradition, with the official badge page presenting Patches as a customizable Voodoo Heart-series character whose limbs, LEDs, and personal flair could make each build unique.
Lifecycle
The official page invites attendees to make each Patches badge unique with interchangeable limbs, LED choices, and personal flair.
The badge maker frames Patches as part of the Voodoo Heart badge series and says it combines with last year's badge and next year's final piece.
NolaCon's badge page says the badge had been a conference Learn to Solder centerpiece for the past three years and presents Patches as the 2025 continuation.
Operational history
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying official site media, screenshots, social photos, event graphics, generated art, or placeholders.
The catalogue records the verified 2025 badge artifact and avoids inventing unsupported electronics or firmware behavior.