NorthSec

NorthSec 2019

The Montreal NorthSec 2019 edition whose public badge repository documents an nRF52832 and STM32F070 electronic badge with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, USB, Li-ion battery support, hardware files, firmware, games, challenges, and schedule code.

Montreal · Canada · 2019

NorthSec 2019 Badge

The NorthSec 2019 badge repository documents an nRF52832 and STM32F070 electronic badge with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, USB, Li-ion or USB power, schematics, BOM material, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule code, and BLE/LED control utilities.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

NorthSec 2019 Badge archived

badge software

Games, challenges, and schedule apps

The repository tag preserves firmware apps, games, challenge material, schedule code, BLE control, and LED control utilities.

Compatibility: NorthSec 2019 Badge

NorthSec 2019 Badge source-backed

hardware architecture

nRF52 OLED/BLE badge platform

The 2019 badge kept the nRF52832/STM32F070 split with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, and Li-ion/USB power.

Compatibility: NorthSec 2019 Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

NorthSec 2019 Badge note

large archive scope caveat · source-backed but compact · documented

The public 2019 repository includes a broad hardware, firmware, games, challenge, and utility tree; this catalogue entry summarizes the main surfaces rather than indexing every file.

The record is accurate at the badge level and leaves per-game or per-challenge archaeology for later expansion.

NorthSec 2019 Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · policy decision · open

The 2019 badge page has no local image because this pass did not establish a fully rights-cleared specific image with attribution and processing provenance.

The record favors source-backed text over uncleared visual material.

Resources

NorthSec past editions event lineage · Official NorthSec source placing the 2019 conference at the Montreal Science Centre and the CTF at Marché Bonsecours. NorthSec 2019 badge repository tag hardware and firmware source · Public repository tag preserving hardware files, BOM material, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule code, and BLE/LED control material. NorthSec 2019 badge README source · Primary repository README for nRF52832, STM32F070F6P6, OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, Li-ion/USB power, schematic, build workflow, and USB DFU notes.

Sources

NorthSec: Past editions Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official lineage source for NorthSec 2019 venue and CTF context. NorthSec / GitHub: NorthSec 2019 badge README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary technical source for the nRF52832/STM32F070 badge and its BLE/OLED/NeoPixel/battery/USB architecture. NorthSec / GitHub: NorthSec 2019 badge repository tag Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source tree for hardware, BOM, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule, BLE control, and LED control.