NolaCon

NolaCon 2025

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 Patches Badge

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

Add-ons & Upgrades

NolaCon 2025 Patches Badge officially documented

badge customization

Customizable Patches build

The official page invites attendees to make each Patches badge unique with interchangeable limbs, LED choices, and personal flair.

Compatibility: NolaCon 2025 Patches Badge

NolaCon 2025 Patches Badge officially documented

multi-year badge continuity

Voodoo Heart series continuity

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.

Compatibility: NolaCon 2025 Patches Badge

NolaCon 2025 Patches Badge officially documented

soldering workflow

Learn to Solder badge tradition

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.

Compatibility: NolaCon 2025 Patches Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

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

No NolaCon 2025 Patches badge image is published because the official badge page, schedule, sponsor PDF, and surrounding event media do not pair a specific physical badge photo or full official raster render with reusable image rights, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.

The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying official site media, screenshots, social photos, event graphics, generated art, or placeholders.

technical-source gap · official source but incomplete · needs badge-team archive

The official badge page proves Patches, soldering tradition, customization, and Voodoo Heart continuity, but this pass did not recover a schematic, BOM, controller, firmware repository, badge guide, battery details, LED count, production count, or complete challenge archive.

The catalogue records the verified 2025 badge artifact and avoids inventing unsupported electronics or firmware behavior.

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