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The repository names a Waveshare RP2040-Zero and the publisher's dated commits report local hardware smoke, display, input, switch, and buzzer stages. The reviewed public material provides no factual assembled-unit photo, PCB, schematic, BOM, Gerber, power/battery design, component configuration, display selection, enclosure, fabrication record, production-test report, electrical-safety result, SAO interface/pinout, host test, run size, or delivery evidence. The catalogue does not turn source paths or first-person test claims into a confirmed physical badge.
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physical hardware, configuration, and production boundary · repository description, commit-pinned code review, and first-person commit history · source-level project with limited local-test claims; physical artifact unverified
Readers can discover the exact source project and its limited publisher-reported hardware work without mistaking either for a completed, compatible, safe, manufactured, or distributed event artifact.
- Badge
- Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- physical hardware, configuration, and production boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- repository description, commit-pinned code review, and first-person commit history
- Status
- source-level project with limited local-test claims; physical artifact unverified
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source pass
- Source note
- MadmanTimmy3241/Defcon-badge-V2-RP2040 repository, commit-pinned tree, and 2026-07-21 hardware-test commit.
Evidence
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first-person commit-history claim
The commit message reports local boot-smoke and diagnostics testing on hardware, while saying actual over-air infrared still needs physical LED/receiver wiring. This is the repository publisher's first-person claim and explicit incomplete-work note, not independent proof of assembly, interface compatibility, safety, manufacture, distribution, or attendee use.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
immutable public source snapshot
The pinned source tree preserves the V2 sketch and its current support files. Its header identifies a DEF CON 34 Agency badge V2 and states that handshake, infrared, and logging logic is not wired up yet. It documents source state, not completed functionality, a final configuration, a deployed event unit, operation instructions, or a released build.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
official event registration page
DEF CON's official registration page supplies DEF CON 34 event context only. It does not name MadmanTimmy3241's Agency SAO Badge V2, authorize the project, establish a vendor or village role, confirm handoff, or make the project an admission credential.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
public independent Arduino/C++ source repository
MadmanTimmy3241's public repository description identifies DEF CON 34 'Agency' SAO badge firmware for a Waveshare RP2040-Zero. It establishes a named independent source project, not an official DEF CON, BadgeLife, village, vendor, or credential record; it does not establish a physical unit, board design, production run, allocation, handoff, support, license, or image reuse.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official event registration context for DEF CON 34. The page does not mention this independent repository, a related badge, a maker, a drop, a sale, admission use, or image rights.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
MadmanTimmy3241 / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary first-person commit note for local boot-smoke/diagnostics claims and remaining over-air infrared wiring work. The note is retained as a limited publisher claim rather than independent hardware verification, a production report, or an operational endorsement.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
MadmanTimmy3241 / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Commit-pinned public source tree for the V2 sketch and support files. The source header calls it DEF CON 34 Agency badge V2 and says handshake, infrared, and logging are not wired up yet. It does not prove current source compiles, maps to a specific board, has been installed on a physical unit, is safe to modify, or is a complete firmware release.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)
MadmanTimmy3241 / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public repository for the DEF CON 34 'Agency' SAO badge firmware / Waveshare RP2040-Zero description. It supports a source-project and event-label claim only; it does not identify a real-world person, prove final physical hardware, establish a released build, license, event authorization, distribution, access function, or reusable image permission.
Badge: Agency SAO Badge V2 (DEF CON 34)