RVAsec

RVAs3c 2014

The 2014 RVAsec edition whose official preview and firmware-release post document a redesigned HackRVA electronic badge with public firmware, bootloader goals, games, LCD, IR, capacitive sliders, LEDs, speaker, micro USB, and PIC32 hardware.

Richmond, Virginia · United States · 2014

RVAs3c 2014 Badge

The RVAs3c 2014 badge was a redesigned HackRVA electronic badge whose official preview and public firmware source document a PIC32-based platform with LCD, infrared, capacitive sliders, LEDs, speaker, micro USB, and game/application code.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

RVAs3c 2014 Badge source-backed

badge game platform

IR and LCD game surface

Official preview material documents IR, LCD, LED, audio, and input surfaces intended for badge applications and games.

Compatibility: RVAs3c 2014 Badge

RVAs3c 2014 Badge planned/source-backed

badge hacking workflow

USB bootloader goal

The preview describes a bootloader and micro-USB programming path as a goal for post-event hacking.

Compatibility: RVAs3c 2014 Badge

RVAs3c 2014 Badge source-backed

firmware archive

Public firmware source

The 2014 badge firmware source was publicly released by RVAsec and preserved in HackRVA's GitHub repository.

Compatibility: RVAs3c 2014 Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

RVAs3c 2014 Badge note

implementation-depth caveat · official preview plus repository · documented

Some source text describes goals and in-progress firmware rather than a complete post-event final-behavior manual, so the entry separates proven hardware/source release from planned bootloader and hacking ambitions.

The record avoids overstating final attendee software behavior beyond public sources.

RVAs3c 2014 Badge note

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

The official preview and `HackRVA/rvasec-badge-2014` README include badge imagery, including `final_badges_at_conf.jpg`, but the GitHub API reports no repository license and the recovered file-level licenses cover programmer/dependency code rather than the photo or documentation.

The record remains image-free until an explicitly reusable original photo or official raster render is recovered.

RVAs3c 2014 Badge note

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

No RVAs3c 2014 Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Resources

HackRVA rvasec-badge-2014 repository firmware repository · Public HackRVA repository preserving source code for the 2014 RVAs3c badge. RVAs3c badge preview official badge-team interview · Official preview documenting 2014 badge goals, PIC32 hardware, LCD, IR, capacitive sliders, LEDs, speaker, USB, and hacking intent. RVAs3c badge firmware source release official firmware release · Official RVAsec post announcing public firmware source for the 2014 badge.

Sources

HackRVA / GitHub: HackRVA/rvasec-badge-2014 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public repository source for the 2014 badge firmware evidence. RVAsec: RVAs3c Badge Firmware Source Released Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for public firmware-release provenance. RVAsec / HackRVA: RVAs3c Badge Preview Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for 2014 hardware, software goals, and badge-team rationale.