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The public sources prove an ESP32 touchscreen badge batch with Wi-Fi, SD card slots, PCBWay assembly, customs/tariff logistics, and a selectable ESP32-S3 binary manifest. They still do not recover a schematic, BOM, Gerbers, source code, changelog, signed release, challenge files, battery details, full component placement record, or source-to-event deployment mapping.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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technical-source gap · badge-maker production and binary-delivery sources with limited archive depth · binary delivery documented; needs schematic, BOM, source, and deployment recovery
The catalogue records the verified chip-family flashing target and maker-announced continuation while avoiding unsupported board, firmware-source, challenge, and production claims.
- Badge
- BSidesKC 2025 Badge
- Category
- technical-source gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- badge-maker production and binary-delivery sources with limited archive depth
- Status
- binary delivery documented; needs schematic, BOM, source, and deployment recovery
- Timeframe
- refreshed 2026-08-05
- Source note
- Badge Pirates tariff/shipping updates, public 2026 Ad Astra update, and BSidesKC 25 flash manifest.
badge-maker continuation update
Badge Pirates' public update says the delayed prior-year badge received a Lunar Lander contest port for BSidesKC 2026, instructs owners to bring it, and expressly says there was no new hardware.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
badge-maker production writeup
Badge Pirates production source documenting 250 fully assembled ESP32 electronic badges from PCBWay with 3.2 inch touch screens, Wi-Fi, SD card slots, customs scrutiny, and tariff impact.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
event metadata
BSides Global event listing for the April 25-26, 2025 BSidesKC event tagged Kansas City and USA.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
firmware delivery
Maker-hosted browser flasher with a selectable BSidesKC 25 entry and USB delivery path. It does not identify its presented firmware as the 2026 Ad Astra build.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
firmware manifest
Machine-readable maker-hosted manifest identifying BSidesKC 2025 version 1.0.0 as an ESP32-S3 target with bootloader, partition, and firmware binary paths; it is binary delivery evidence, not public source code or a dated event-deployment record.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
fulfillment update
Badge Pirates update documenting BSidesKC 2025 badge orders, U.S. Customs hold status, and planned pickup or shipping choices for badge purchasers.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
official cross-year event context
Official source for the April 25, 2026 Kansas City Kansas Community College event named in the later continuation context; it does not map an individual 2025 hardware unit to the event.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
BSides Global · retrieved 2026-05-15
Event source for the April 25-26, 2025 Kansas City, USA BSidesKC listing.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
BSidesKC · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source for the April 25, 2026 event context referenced by the maker's prior-badge continuation update; it does not independently confirm actual reflashing or participant use of a 2025 unit.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
Badge Pirates · retrieved 2026-05-15
Maker-hosted version 1.0.0 manifest for the selectable BSidesKC 25 browser-flasher target, identifying an ESP32-S3 chip-family build and binary components. It does not name an Ad Astra release or publish source code.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
Badge Pirates · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary production source for the 250 fully assembled ESP32 badges, 3.2 inch touch screens, Wi-Fi, SD card slots, PCBWay assembly, customs inspection, and tariff impact.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
Badge Pirates · retrieved 2026-05-15
Clearly attributable badge-maker update saying a Lunar Lander contest was ported to last year's BSidesKC badge for 2026, with no new hardware.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
Badge Pirates · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary fulfillment source for BSidesKC 2025 badge orders, customs hold status, and pickup or shipping plan.
Badge: BSidesKC 2025 Badge