Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge
Ruxcon 2017's Hardware Hacking Village badge is preserved as an Australian ESP8266/NodeMCU challenge badge with official HHV schedule evidence, public firmware source, and post-event flag walkthroughs.
Ruxcon
Ruxcon 2017
The October 21-22, 2017 Ruxcon edition in Melbourne whose official Hardware Hacking Village schedule documents the Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge session and whose public Darkglade/GitHub trail preserves ESP8266/NodeMCU badge firmware and flag walkthroughs.
CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia · Australia · 2017
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge
source-backed
EasyFlag UART challenge
The first flag path used UART-visible boot/output behavior and per-badge material documented in the Darkglade EasyFlag writeup.
Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge
source-backed
HardFlag AES challenge
The hard flag path involved firmware inspection, Lua crypto module behavior, AES routines, and badge-specific challenge material.
Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge
archived
NodeMCU Lua firmware trail
Darkglade's writeups and source-release post identify the badge firmware as NodeMCU/Lua on ESP8266 and preserve a public code archive after the event.
Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge
source-backed
3.3V UART badge access
The official HHV page required attendees to bring a 3.3V USB-UART adapter, and the EasyFlag writeup shows UART boot output used to interact with the badge challenge.
Operational history
Issues & Camp Impact
The post-event HHV wrap says the badge Gerbers were not published because the badge art was commissioned for a limited run.
The catalogue cites the firmware and writeups while avoiding copied board artwork, undocumented image reuse, or claims of complete open hardware release.
The strongest surviving public technical sources are post-event challenge writeups that contain flag-recovery detail rather than neutral hardware documentation.
The catalogue uses them to prove badge behavior and firmware surfaces while avoiding full solution reproduction in the main badge summary.
The recovered source trail proves an assembled Ruxcon 2017 HHV badge, UART adapter requirement, ESP8266/NodeMCU firmware, and challenge behavior, but this pass did not recover schematic, PCB files, BOM, manufacturing count, or exact board revision.
The record keeps component claims to ESP8266/NodeMCU evidence and avoids unsupported board-layout or production-run detail.
No local Ruxcon 2017 badge image is published because public writeup images and event material have not been paired with complete source URL, image license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes for catalogue publication.
The entry stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying blog photos, event images, screenshots, or generated approximations.
Resources
Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge Flag Part 1
challenge writeup · Darkglade writeup documenting UART access, boot output, EasyFlag discovery, per-badge data, and NodeMCU/ESP8266 badge context.
Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge Flag Part 2
challenge writeup · Darkglade writeup documenting the harder badge flag, crypto/AES behavior, firmware inspection, and Lua/NodeMCU bytecode path.
Ruxcon 2017 official event page
event page · Official Ruxcon source for the 2017 Melbourne security-conference context and Aus-Pacific framing.
Ruxcon 2017 events page
event schedule · Official events schedule documenting the October 21-22, 2017 programme and Hardware Hacking Village activity context.
darkglade/ruxconhhv2017 repository
firmware source · Public repository preserving the Ruxcon 2017 HHV badge firmware source referenced by the source-release post.
Ruxcon 2017 Hardware Hacking Village
official village page · Official HHV source naming the Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge session and listing assembled badge plus 3.3V USB-UART adapter requirements.
2016/2017 Ruxcon HHV code release
source release note · Post-event source-release note documenting that the 2016 and 2017 Ruxcon HHV badge code was published on GitHub.
Ruxcon 2017 Hardware Hacking Village wrap
village writeup · Darkglade post-event wrap documenting badge-kit demand, the Ruxcon 2017 HHV page, non-public Gerber rationale, and source-material follow-up context.
Sources
Darkglade: 2016/2017 Ruxcon HHV Code is finally on GitHub
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Source-release post linking the public Ruxcon 2017 HHV badge repository and preserving post-event firmware availability context.
Darkglade: Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge Flag - Part 1 - The Easy Way
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · First-hand challenge writeup source for UART/boot-output behavior, EasyFlag path, per-badge data, and NodeMCU/ESP8266 badge context.
Darkglade: Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge Flag - Part 2 - The Hard Way
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · First-hand challenge writeup source for crypto-module/AES behavior, Lua bytecode inspection, and harder flag path.
Darkglade: Ruxcon 2017 Hardware Hacking Village Wrap
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Post-event source for badge-kit demand, public-material follow-up, and the explicit note that badge Gerbers were not published because of the commissioned limited-run artwork.
GitHub: darkglade/ruxconhhv2017
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public firmware repository for the Ruxcon 2017 HHV badge source referenced by the Darkglade release post.
Ruxcon: Ruxcon 2017 Events
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official schedule source for the October 21-22, 2017 programme and Hardware Hacking Village placement.
Ruxcon: Ruxcon 2017 Hardware Hacking Village
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for the Ruxcon 2017 HHV Badge session and required assembled badge plus 3.3V USB-UART adapter.
Ruxcon: Ruxcon Security Conference
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for Ruxcon 2017 security-conference and Melbourne/Aus-Pacific context.