CactusCon 11
Mesa Convention Center, Mesa, Arizona
The January 27-28, 2023 Arizona hacker and security conference edition whose official event page anchors the Mesa event and whose Badge Pirates writeup documents the ESP32-S2 CactusCon 11 badge.
Camp lineage
Hacker camp and conference editions represented in the worldwide catalogue, grouped by their event series and badge history.
Mesa Convention Center, Mesa, Arizona
The January 27-28, 2023 Arizona hacker and security conference edition whose official event page anchors the Mesa event and whose Badge Pirates writeup documents the ESP32-S2 CactusCon 11 badge.
Chicago, Illinois / undisclosed location
The May 19-20, 2023 Chicago THOTCON edition whose official schedule documents badge pickup and badge-required party entry, while Rob Rehrig's first-hand maker writeup and Fourfold's portfolio preserve the 0xC electronic badge.
Las Vegas, Nevada / DEF CON 31
The 2023 Recon Village badge edition documented by the official Badge Life archive as The Spy Silhouette with speaker-badge and lanyard context.
Pasadena, California
The Pasadena Hackaday Supercon edition whose Vectorscope badge combined RP2040/MicroPython control, a round display, analog ADC/DAC signal paths, prototyping area, and a public badge-hacking ceremony.
Bonsecours Market, Montreal
The Montreal NorthSec 2023 anniversary edition whose public badge repository and first-hand technical writeup document an attendee electronic badge with badge-chain interaction, optional OLED, RGB LEDs, AVR firmware behavior, and hardware-source context.
Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Virginia
The RVAsec 2023 edition whose official hotel-package wording and HackRVA repository document limited electronic badges, Raspberry Pi Pico-style flashing, LCD, three-color LED, D-pad, IR, rotary encoder, audio output, SDL simulator, and app/game firmware.
Academia Sinica Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Taipei
The HITCON CMT 2023 edition where the attendee badge acted as more than identification, activating booth and venue card-reader mini-games with NFC reader learning at the Activity Team booth.
Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay City
The September 27-29, 2023 ROOTCON edition whose official archive, conference overview, pocket guide, and media-server art directory documented Human/Human+ badge-and-lanyard inclusions and registration check-in.
Mexico
The BugCON 2023 edition whose Electronic Cats badge repository and README document a resistance-themed official badge, ESP32S3 or RP2040 feature statement, UART, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on ESP32S3, AA battery support, GPL firmware, CERN-OHL hardware files, KiCad hardware trees, and Arduino developer workflow.
Embassy Suites Omaha Downtown Old Market, Omaha, Nebraska
The April 12-15, 2023 Omaha Kernelcon edition whose official badge site documents the analog 1337 kHz AM radio badge and hardware-hacking playground.
SEEK, Cremorne, Melbourne
The 2023 BSides Melbourne edition whose official attendee communications and schedules document check-in, lanyards, badge interaction-protocol stickers, photo-consent lanyard colors, badge-based afterparty access, CTF, lockpick village, and keyboard soldering workshop context.
National Convention Centre, Canberra
The September 28-30, 2023 BSides Canberra edition whose official archive links the bPod badge repository and whose schedule includes the Introducing the new bPod talk.
CEC, Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires Ekoparty edition that publicly introduced a limited electronic badge offer of 500 units alongside free conference registration.
Sao Paulo
A Brazilian H2HC edition represented by a custom Game Boy game badge/artifact that depicts a virtual visit to the conference, venue, hotel, and Brazil.
Voco Orchard Singapore, Singapore
The Singapore SINCON Reloaded 2023 edition held 5-6 January 2023 at Voco Orchard Singapore, where the first SINCON badge became a Khong Guan Building-shaped interactive CTF badge.
Garderen
A documented Badge.Team event badge with public team credits and challenge/artwork context.
ETI Schauspielschule and c-base, Berlin
The December 27-30, 2022 decentralized Berlin year-end hacker event whose attendees received an electronic HiP badge and whose schedule later included a badge-hacking workshop.
Scoutinglandgoed Zeewolde
A Dutch camp badge shaped like a game console, with ESP32, RP2040, FPGA, and Hatchery apps.
Eastnor Castle Deer Park
The TiDAL badge year, bridging EMF's Python badge lineage toward the reusable Tildagon platform.
Funen
BornHack's RP2040-powered Game On badge emphasized CircuitPython and handheld games.
Belgium
An ESP32-WROVER camp badge with display, add-ons, GameOn, Time Blaster, and open hardware/software references.
Rome
The first RomHack hacker camp in Rome, where Cyber Saiyan produced the RHC22 electronic badge.
Dudelange, Luxembourg
A Luxembourg hacker camp edition whose public wiki documents camp wristbands, infodesk registration, hackerpassport stamps, and goodie bags rather than a sourceable electronic badge.
Fényes Camping, Tata, Hungary
The tenth H.A.C.K. outdoor camp in Hungary, source-backed as an identity-artifact record through ticket registration, random ticket IDs, campsite reception checks, certificate checksum verification, and government-ID arrival context rather than an electronic badge.
ZKM and HfG, Karlsruhe
Entropia's 2022 Karlsruhe edition whose public wiki documents on-site printed and laminated attendee badges plus badge-issue queue feedback.
Heidelberg
A German TROOPERS conference edition whose public Badge.Team PID record names Troopers 2022 badges as using the Badge.Team platform.
Gothenburg
The Swedish Security Fest edition with a publicly remembered tram-inspired badge that blinked lights and included a Rickroll reference.
Vaba Lava, Tallinn
The September 22, 2022 Estonian Security BSides edition at Vaba Lava whose official page says each participant received a special badge that was also a DIY soldering project.
Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Linq, and Harrah's, Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2022 Hacker Homecoming edition whose MK Factor official musical badge used Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040-class hardware, a playable keyboard, display, speaker, audio I/O, firmware extraction paths, and a multi-part community badge challenge.
Utah Valley Convention Center, Provo, Utah
The October 25-28, 2022 SAINTCON edition in Provo, Utah, whose official archive and MiniBadges-of-2022 assembly guide document official, sponsor, and personal MiniBadge categories, acquisition paths, assembly instructions, and community-booth badge activity.
Virtual / online
The April 29-May 1, 2022 CarolinaCon Online 2 edition whose official pages document a merch bundle with an electronic Conference PCB Badge.
City View at Metreon, San Francisco, California
The June 4-5, 2022 San Francisco Security BSides edition whose official Sched archive documents a Hardware Village where limited participants received pre-assembled Arduino-programmable HID badges for harmless rubber-ducky experiments.
Las Vegas, Nevada / DEF CON 30
The 2022 Recon Village badge edition documented by the official Badge Life archive as The Radar Badge, a circular radar and world-map themed badge.
Doe Bay Resort & Spa, Orcas Island, Washington
The July 13-17, 2022 ToorCamp outdoor hacker camp at Doe Bay Resort & Spa, whose official schedule and assembly PDF document a Rich Gonzales / OlyMEGA badge with light-sensing LED spider-eyes and attendee assembly guidance.
Pasadena, California
The November 4-6, 2022 return-to-Pasadena Hackaday Supercon 6 edition whose official badge was Voja Antonic's Voja4 front-panel 4-bit computer running on a PIC24FJ256GA704 with 272 LEDs, button programming, serial save/load, manuals, assembler, emulator, firmware, and SAO/IO expansion.
Marche Bonsecours, Montreal
The return-to-in-person NorthSec edition at Marche Bonsecours whose public repository archive preserves a 2022 ESP32 badge hardware tree, production files, BOM material, challenge assets, and SAO hardware directories.
Richmond, Virginia
The RVAsec 2022 edition whose public HackRVA firmware repository documents an RP2040/Pico-oriented badge software stack, LCD, three-color LED, D-pad, IR, rotary encoder, UF2 flashing, simulator, CLI, and badge app framework.
Mexico City (CDMX)
The BugCON 2022 CDMX edition whose Electronic Cats badge repository and README document an RP2040 electronic badge with USB serial use, LEDs, microphone, buzzer or speaker, EdgeImpulse audio-classification context, Arduino Mbed programming notes, KiCad hardware files, and firmware examples.
Embassy Suites Omaha Downtown Old Market, Omaha, Nebraska
The March 30-April 2, 2022 Omaha Kernelcon edition whose public badge repository preserves the ESP8266 watch-badge firmware and flashing workflow.
Brisbane
The CrikeyCon 8 edition whose public badge page documents a simple LED badge circuit, coin-cell or SAO-header power, and soldering instructions.