Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
The catalogue can track the announced lineage while keeping all final hardware, software, distribution, and production claims open until post-event sources appear.
Evidence
Official browser tool added on October 21, 2026 for designing a custom floppy-disk shutter for the badge's LEGO-compatible 2x4 socket: marker drawing, text in Osifont, Overpass, Orbitron, OCR-B, or Eat Fruits, SVG import, multi-colour inlay depth, and print-ready STL export. Its preview mesh is credited to a pn27-badge project file named epop55-cassette-stl-socket-4.stl.
Official PhreakNIC website for the November 6-7, 2026 event at the Clarion Inn & Suites, Murfreesboro. Besides preregistration and challenge coins, its news feed carries the September 30, 2026 PN27 Badge Sneak Peek post by tylercrumpton (new frame, cool wireless features, a ka-chunk-y slot for the disk, and a LEGO-compatible customizable shutter slider bit) with an official reveal video that is not reused here.
Official PN27 schedule entry, added October 9, 2026, for Tyler Crumpton's 11:30-11:50 talk on November 6: the badge is built on the same recycled hardware as PN26's, with conference customization, wireless communication, and battery-less operation.
Public source of the official site, including the September 30, 2026 badge-post commit, the October 9 schedule and speaker data, and the October 21 badge-customizer commit with its font and third-party notices.
Primary project-owner writeup that documents the PN26 ESL badge and explicitly says work was already underway on a cooler MK.II version for PhreakNIC 27, scheduled for November 6-7, 2026.
Source trail
Project-owner source for the public PN27 MK.II planning statement, future date, and expected follow-up direction from the PN26 ESL badge.
Primary official source that the PN27 badge has a LEGO-compatible 2x4 socket on the front where the floppy-disk shutter would go and that attendees may print their own shutter; it documents the case, not the electronics.
Official website for the November 6-7, 2026 event. Its September 30, 2026 PN27 Badge Sneak Peek post is the first organizer source for the floppy-disk frame, disk slot, wireless features, and LEGO-compatible shutter; it gives no electronics specification.
Primary official schedule abstract stating that the PN27 badge reuses PN26's recycled electronic shelf-label hardware and adds conference customization, wireless communication, and battery-less operation. It is a talk announcement, not a hardware release.