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Early press coverage warned that preview photos showed a prototype whose production colors, USB/debug headers, and SD-card inclusion differed from final badges.

A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.

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prototype-photo caveat · secondary press source · documented

The catalogue avoids binding the record to a specific public preview photo until an exact production-badge image is cleared.

Badge
DEF CON 16 Badge
Category
prototype-photo caveat
Severity
note
Confidence
secondary press source
Status
documented
Timeframe
pre-event coverage
Source note
Wired DEF CON 16 preview.

Evidence

Related Resources

project page

DEFCON 16 badge project page

Primary designer page with MC9S08JM60 hardware, infrared transfer, SD-card/FAT16 support, USB bootloader, role variants, documentation, contest, and official image-path context.

Badge: DEF CON 16 Badge

Source trail

Evidence Sources

Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15

DEFCON 16 Badge

Primary project source for MC9S08JM60 hardware, infrared transfer, SD-card/FAT16 support, USB bootloader, 8,500-badge production, role variants, contest links, and official page image paths.

Badge: DEF CON 16 Badge

Grand Idea Studio · retrieved 2026-05-15

Making the DEFCON 16 Badge

Primary slide source for role-color counts, 8,500-piece production framing, hardware choices, and source/schematic release context.

Badge: DEF CON 16 Badge

Nuts & Volts / Joe Grand · retrieved 2026-05-15

Making the DEFCON 16 Badge

Primary article source for DEF CON 16 design goals, Freescale platform, SD-card infrared file transfer, TV-B-Gone behavior, operating states, and production constraints.

Badge: DEF CON 16 Badge