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The retrospective says the boards used 30 SK6805 RGB LEDs each and that the team manually placed roughly 105,000 LEDs using laser-cut mylar solder-paste stencils.

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SHA2017 Badge moderate

manual assembly load · team retrospective · historical

The badge's visual polish came with substantial volunteer assembly effort that belongs in the compendium's production history.

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SHA2017 Badge
Category
manual assembly load
Severity
moderate
Confidence
team retrospective
Status
historical
Timeframe
pre-event and camp preparation
Source note
Niek Blankers SHA2017 badge retrospective.

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Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

SHA2017

Primary documentation and volunteer credits.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

GitHub / Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

appfs module

Application filesystem module referenced from the SHA2017 wiki.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

Hack42 · retrieved 2026-05-15

WebUSB

WebUSB installer path referenced by Badge.Team-era install docs.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

SHA2017 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15

Badge/Documentation

Primary event-wiki source for hardware, software, WebUSB, appfs, driver, and production details.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

media.ccc.de · retrieved 2026-05-15

SHA2017 Badge

Public badge talk listing Niek and Sebastius as speakers.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge