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The quoted badge text says the board is loaded with an Arduino Leonardo bootloader and can be treated as an Arduino clone, but warns that getting everything to work and fit can be finicky.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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finicky Arduino-clone caveat · badge text quoted in field writeup · historical
The compendium records this as a practical attendee caveat rather than an unresolved defect: the badge was intentionally open and modifiable, but not frictionless.
- Badge
- Security Fest 2018 Challenge Badge
- Category
- finicky Arduino-clone caveat
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- badge text quoted in field writeup
- Status
- historical
- Timeframe
- badge hacking workflow
- Source note
- Zeta-Two field writeup quoting the challenge badge text.
bill of materials
BOM listing the 69x43 mm board's ATmega32U4, USB-A connector, four-position DIP switch, two tactile switches, red/green LEDs, crystal, passives, and ISP header.
Badge: Security Fest 2018 Challenge Badge
field writeup
Zeta-Two field report documenting the challenge badge, HID/serial behavior, DIP-switch clue paths, prize flow, and community attribution.
Badge: Security Fest 2018 Challenge Badge
source
Public hardware repository with board files, schematic/layout assets, firmware directory, and Gerbers for the challenge badge.
Badge: Security Fest 2018 Challenge Badge