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The public documentation says the first attempt should be seated and away from stairs or hard surfaces, the person wearing electrodes should control the zap button, and zap modes should run on batteries rather than USB power.

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zap-mode operation caveat · primary README and firmware · documented

User-facing wording preserves the practical safety boundary around operating surviving badges or reproductions.

Badge
seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge
Category
zap-mode operation caveat
Severity
warning
Confidence
primary README and firmware
Status
documented
Timeframe
badge operation
Source note
Tipsy Badge README Safe Use Conditions and Safety sections.

Evidence

Related Resources

badge manual

Tipsy Badge README

Primary documentation source for DEF CON 33 sales context, Tor profit donation note, safety disclaimer, hardware list, modes, calibration, photo workflow, and flashing guidance.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

firmware source

tipsy.ino

Arduino firmware source for RP2040 pin mapping, menu modes, zap modes, USB warning behavior, display handling, storage behavior, and CC BY-NC 4.0 source header.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

source image

tipsy.readme.png

Exact repository badge photo used as the local source original and optimized WebP delivery image under the repository CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

Source trail

Evidence Sources

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

Defcon 33 Tipsy Badge

Primary badge manual source for Hacker Warehouse sales context, Tor profit donation note, safety disclaimer, hardware list, calibration, steering, wobble, color-game, photo, flashing, and user-operation details.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

LICENSE

License source for Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International terms; used as the visible reusable image/source permission basis for the selected upstream repository photo.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

seeess/Defcon-Tipsy-33-Badge

Repository source for public files, firmware tree, data assets, STL hardware accessories, source image, repository metadata, and visible CC BY-NC 4.0 license context.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

tipsy.ino

Firmware source for authorship, CC BY-NC 4.0 source header, RP2040 pin mapping, modes, display behavior, current measurement, USB warning behavior, file-storage support, and button handling.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge