PhreakNIC

PhreakNIC 27

The planned November 6-7, 2026 PhreakNIC edition, currently seeded only from the public PhreakNIC site and Tyler Crumpton's PN26 project-owner writeup that says a cooler MK.II electronic shelf-label badge is planned for PhreakNIC 27.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee · United States · 2026

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge

A conservative pre-event record for Tyler Crumpton's public plan to bring an even cooler MK.II electronic shelf-label badge to PhreakNIC 27, currently scheduled for November 6-7, 2026.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge planned

planned badge interaction

Planned specialty stations

The public plan sketches badge stations for hardware hacking, puzzles, games, a photo booth, or similar event-specific interactions.

Compatibility: PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge planned

planned communication path

Planned UART or wireless interaction

The project-owner plan calls out UART or wireless communication so stations can update badge state or behavior without reflashing a full image.

Compatibility: PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge planned

planned event tooling

Planned self-service update stations

The next-version plan keeps the self-service update-station idea that was not fully reliable enough for PN26 field deployment.

Compatibility: PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge planned

planned firmware improvement

Planned EEPROM image storage

The PN26 writeup lists EEPROM storage for image data as the first improvement target for the next version, avoiding PN26's full-firmware-patch workflow.

Compatibility: PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · open

No PhreakNIC 27 image is published because the available public evidence does not provide a specific final badge photo or official raster render with source URL, reusable license or permission basis, attribution, and processing provenance.

The planned record stays image-free rather than reusing PN26 article photos, generated art, screenshots, or speculative visuals.

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge note

pre-event badge caveat · project-owner plan · planned

This record is seeded from a public project-owner plan before the November 6-7, 2026 event and does not claim that the MK.II badge has shipped.

The catalogue can track the announced lineage while keeping all final hardware, software, distribution, and production claims open until post-event sources appear.

PhreakNIC 27 Planned MK.II ESL Badge note

source-depth caveat · single project-owner planning source plus official site · needs post-event source recovery

The current public trail names a planned MK.II badge and desired improvements, but no dedicated PN27 repository, schematic, BOM, firmware tree, attendee guide, station code, production note, or final event schedule entry has been recovered.

The record avoids final component, firmware, interaction, and distribution claims until stronger PhreakNIC 27 sources appear.

Resources

PhreakNIC website official event site · Official PhreakNIC website used as the live event-lineage anchor while the planned PN27 badge remains pre-event. Official PN26 Electronic Badge project-owner writeup · Primary project-owner writeup that documents the PN26 ESL badge and explicitly says work was already underway on a cooler MK.II version for PhreakNIC 27, scheduled for November 6-7, 2026.

Sources

CrumpSpace / Tyler Crumpton: Official PN26 Electronic Badge Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Project-owner source for the public PN27 MK.II planning statement, future date, and expected follow-up direction from the PN26 ESL badge. PhreakNIC: PhreakNIC Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official website anchor for the PhreakNIC event series; it is not used as final badge-spec evidence.