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The original DePaul Newsline article is still a useful indexed source for the IRL sponsorship and 1,700-badge build, but the live URL currently returns DePaul's 404 page through direct curl.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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live-article archive caveat · current source recheck · needs archive recovery
The catalogue cites the original source URL and corroborates event and technical details through InfoconDB and GitHub while leaving full article archive recovery for a later pass.
- Badge
- THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
- Category
- live-article archive caveat
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- current source recheck
- Status
- needs archive recovery
- Timeframe
- current THOTCON 0xA pass
- Source note
- DePaul Newsline source URL, current direct curl result, InfoconDB THOTCON 0xA records, and poplicola/Thotcon0xA_Pub repository.
event metadata
InfoconDB source for THOTCON 0xA dates, May 3-4, 2019, undisclosed Chicago location, program link, and schedule entries.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
firmware documentation
Repository README source for SparkFun ESP32 Thing Dev base, touch-pad mapping, LED pin mapping, speaker, microphone, audio examples, stock-firmware restore command, and Arduino setup.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
hardware and firmware examples
Public Poplicola repository preserving the THOTCON 0xA workshop PDF, stock-firmware binaries, LED examples, SoundBoard example, AudioStreaming example, and source handoff.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
university news article
DePaul Newsline source for the Idea Realization Lab sponsorship, THOTCON Infinity commission, six-month badge effort, and 1,700 custom circuit-board badge quantity.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
workshop listing
InfoconDB presentation source for the badge workshop covering board layout, components, some badge code, puzzle-spoiler boundary, and presenters Jay Margalus and Rudy Ristich.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
DePaul Newsline · retrieved 2026-05-15
University news source for DePaul IRL's first outside sponsorship, THOTCON Infinity commission, six-month build effort, and 1,700 custom circuit-board badges.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
GitHub / poplicola · retrieved 2026-05-15
README source for SparkFun ESP32 Thing Dev base, touch pads, six LED positions, speaker pin, microphone pins, audio conversion notes, and stock-firmware restore workflow.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
GitHub / poplicola · retrieved 2026-05-15
Repository source for public 0xA badge examples, workshop PDF, binaries, LED code, SoundBoard code, AudioStreaming code, and lack of detected license metadata in the current pass.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15
Workshop source for board-layout, component, code, and badge-hacking context, plus Jay Margalus and Rudy Ristich presenter attribution.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge
InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15
Event metadata source for May 3-4, 2019 dates, undisclosed Chicago location, program link, and schedule context including badge sessions.
Badge: THOTCON 0xA / Infinity Badge