event-date archive inconsistency · primary organizer-hosted archive · needs dated archive recovery
The record avoids turning a stale or mixed archive page into an incorrect precise date claim and leaves the date open for a dated official programme, ticket, or post-event report.
Source note: OzSec 2025 event archive.
event-date, sale, and fulfillment boundary · official event-date offer plus public source release · event dates elapsed; fulfillment unverified
The catalogue records a real advertised 2026 artifact and a source release without representing either as a universal attendee entitlement, confirmed sale, completed delivery, or completed event program.
Source note: DOJOConf Panamá official event page, Electronic Cats public post, and badge-dojocon-2026 v1.0 release.
event-network dependency · primary docs · historical
Post-event use depended on either successful event-time setup or manual reflashing.
Source note: Disobey 2019 Badge.Team docs.
event-network limitation · primary docs · historical
Hatchery/app workflows depended on network context, so event-time and post-event behavior should be documented separately.
Source note: Disobey 2020 Badge.Team docs.
event-service lifecycle caveat · archived official guide · post-event service state not preserved
The record treats the score and synchronization system as documented event-time behavior, not a permanently available badge service.
Source note: DEF CON Singapore Official Badge Laser* Tag archive.
event-software caveat · project-owner writeup · documented
The entry separates source-backed plans, public interpreter code, and final-event uncertainty.
Source note: HackRVA RVAsec 8 layout post.
event-source split · mixed source trail · documented
The dossier keeps hardware claims tied to the project archive and event claims tied to Pixels Camp and Portuguese event coverage.
Source note: CADLAB, Pixels Camp FAQ, Shifter, and PCGuia.
event-unit hardware and firmware parity gap · attributed event device identification plus manufacturer baseline · generic Blinky 2350 platform documented; event configuration unrecovered
Manufacturer facts are labelled platform baseline only, and no retail configuration is presented as a universal or event-specific Workday build.
Source note: Mainak Sarkar's devcon-badge-pet README and Pimoroni Blinky 2350 product documentation.
experimental LED firmware caveat · official badge page · experimental
The record preserves the WLED-style extension idea while avoiding a claim that all badges shipped with that behavior or that it was part of the event firmware baseline.
Source note: Disobey 2026 badge page.
explicit message, authorship, content, and endorsement boundary · maker language and public self-submission only · seller/self-submission wording recorded; authority and content rights unsubstantiated
The entry preserves factual source language without claiming that any named/unnamed party authored, approved, sponsored, designed, endorsed, licensed, or consented to the message, artwork, or presentation.
Source note: DEFCON 34 Badgelife Form response and BigFuckingBadge DEF CON 34 page.
exposed electronics caution · primary repository · documented
The safety note belongs in the record because it affects handling of the physical artifact.
Source note: Ekoparty Badge 2025 repository README/use section.
extension pinout care · primary docs · documented caveat
The badge exposed rich expansion hardware, but safe use depended on reading the correct connector documentation.
Source note: Badge.Team extension-header documentation.
external antenna caveat · primary FAQ · documented
The catalogue records the optional antenna path while preserving the modification risk and RF-protection context.
Source note: AV Badge FAQ external antenna section.
external media caveat · source-backed but rights-limited · documented
The catalogue avoids importing media from social/gallery/press surfaces while preserving source links for future review.
Source note: Grand Idea Studio documentation links and DEF CON 17 official contest-results media list.
fabrication and handoff gap · organizer archive but future event · needs post-event fabrication and distribution evidence
The record keeps the published design archive while avoiding shipped-hardware, allocation, or outcome claims until the event passes.
Source note: BSidesTLV 2026 Hardware Village page and the bsidestlv-2026-badge organizer repository.
fast-flash photosensitivity and optical-safety boundary · maker describes a wide flash-rate trimmer · no reviewed optical-safety guidance identified
The catalogue records the stated visual control without presenting fast flashing as safe, suitable for every viewer, or a substitute for appropriate user caution.
Source note: SAO HackThePlanet product page.
fast-flash photosensitivity and optical-safety boundary · maker describes fast visual patterns · no reviewed optical-safety guidance identified
The catalogue records the stated visual effects without presenting them as safe or suitable for every viewer.
Source note: #NOICE SAO product page.
field operation caveat · primary user guide · documented
The record presents the badge as a serviceable field device with operational constraints rather than a frictionless consumer gadget.
Source note: PamirAI Distiller BHV Edition user guide.
field-accessory availability · primary docs · historical
The badge game depended on accessories that some attendees needed to borrow from the badge hacking area.
Source note: HackerHotel 2020 getting-started docs.
field-kit dependency · primary docs · documented
The official page recommended a micro USB data cable plus replacement AA batteries or a power bank, so a prepared kit mattered for camp hacking.
Source note: RomHack badge page and RHC22 README.
field-report scope caveat · official docs plus secondary field report · needs schematic-level review
The dossier can use the report for mesh gameplay and relay-interface lore while keeping low-level hardware claims anchored to primary sources.
Source note: Hackaday field report and Badge.Team HackerHotel 2024 docs.
field-use caveats · primary README · documented
The record preserves practical attendee-facing limitations instead of presenting the badge as frictionless hardware.
Source note: nearform/nceubadge2018 README Bugs section.
field-writeup scope caveat · first-hand writeup · documented
The catalogue uses them to enrich firmware and challenge behavior while keeping authoritative hardware-source claims tied to the official NorthSec repository.
Source note: NorthSec competition write-up index and Jean Privat's 2025 badge writeups.
final component, standards, firmware-release, and support scope · public repository documentation · needs final release confirmation
The catalogue preserves the documented architecture and declared licenses without asserting a particular part population, full standard conformance, reproducible attendee firmware, or a final supported release.
Source note: `keeloi79/not-a-crosswalk-sao` README, source tree, and licensing declaration.
final configuration and firmware lifecycle boundary · public build and firmware documentation · design and baseline firmware public; event-specific final state unpublished
Readers can reproduce the documented public design without mistaking one source configuration for a verified event-wide production, security, or support state.
Source note: Hackropole hardware, assembly, and WLED documentation.
final delivery and distribution gap · organizer-linked repository and historical event archive · event record and design archive not reconciled
The catalogue preserves the real design/archive trail without treating a planning repository as proof of a final issued conference badge.
Source note: OzSec 2025 event archive and OzSecICT badge-crashandburn README.
final hardware and software release boundary · official pre-event badge update and repository review · limited planned revision surface public; final unit and release unrecovered
The record preserves the published V2 direction without presenting it as a finished specification, operating guide, safe configuration, or final hardware/software release.
Source note: Software You Can Love 2026 official updates, Matthew Knight organizer post, and ZigEmbeddedGroup/sycl-badge repository review.
final hardware population caveat · official hardware and module documentation · source design detailed; attendee population unresolved
The record distinguishes open design capability from a claimed uniform production configuration or a complete inventory of event-issued variants.
Source note: OnionDAO Badge README, Hardware Overview, and Swappable Modules documentation.
final hardware, companion, power, and electrical-safety gap · public repository review · design outline and source files public; production/safety result unrecovered
The record preserves source-backed badge and companion context without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, deployment, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
Source note: punk-security/bsides-exeter-2025-badge README, EAGLE source, Gerber archives, and companion material.
final hardware, manufacturing, and electrical-safety gap · KiCad source, BOM, and production-file snapshot · production-ready design documented; final board unconfirmed
Readers can inspect a manufacturing-ready source design without treating it as a completed, safe, validated, or reproducible attendee device.
Source note: hardware/bsidesorl-v1.kicad_sch, hardware/bsidesorl-v1.kicad_pcb, and hardware/jlcpcb/ production files.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · inherited technical documentation · board context public; final 2026 configuration unconfirmed
Readers can inspect inherited technical context without treating it as a safety validation, complete specification, compatibility guarantee, or reproducible final device.
Source note: BSidesFW2026Badge Hardware Specifications V4 and public 2026 repository tree.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · firmware README and repository-tree review · partial hardware summary public; production device unconfirmed
The catalogue preserves the narrow source-backed hardware outline without representing it as a complete build specification, safety assessment, compatibility guarantee, or fabrication recipe.
Source note: Eagle 5 README, repository tree, and initial-release commit.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · public source archive review · native source visible; production/safety evidence unrecovered
The catalogue preserves the source-backed design trail without calling it a fabrication recipe, tested device specification, safety assessment, or compatibility guarantee.
Source note: SemiTO-V repository tree, KiCad sources, README, and primary team posts.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · README and KiCad archive review · component outline and source tree visible; production/safety record unrecovered
The record preserves the documented design and component outline without calling it a fabrication recipe, safety assessment, universal compatibility result, or final production specification.
Source note: Open Sauce 2026 Badge README and native KiCad source tree.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · public repository review · design outline and source files public; production and safety result unrecovered
The record preserves a source-backed hardware outline without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
Source note: punk-security/bsides-cheltenham-2023-badge README, EAGLE source, and Gerber archive.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · public repository review · design outline and source files public; production/safety result unrecovered
The record preserves a source-backed hardware outline without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
Source note: punk-security/bsides-newcastle-2025-badge README, EAGLE source, and Gerber archive.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · public repository review · design outline and source files public; production/safety result unrecovered
The record preserves a source-backed hardware outline without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
Source note: punk-security/cyberfest-2025-badge README, EAGLE source, and Gerber archive.
final hardware, power, and electrical-safety gap · public repository review · design outline and source files public; production/safety result unrecovered
The record preserves a source-backed hardware outline without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
Source note: punk-security/csides-2025-badge README, EAGLE source, and Gerber archive.
final hardware, power, case, and electrical-safety gap · public repository review · design outline and source files public; production and safety result unrecovered
The record preserves a source-backed hardware outline without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, case-fit, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
Source note: punk-security/bsides-cheltenham-2024-badge README, EAGLE source, Gerber archive, and case material.
final hardware, power, radio, and physical-unit boundary · Retia immutable README and KiCad source tree · high-level design and fabrication source public; final unit/manufacturing evidence unrecovered
Source-backed component and interface references remain a bounded design trail rather than a universal physical-badge specification, safety certification, performance claim, manufacturing record, or operating guidance.
Source note: Retia DEF CON Badge (2024) README, KiCad source, schematic PDF, and fabrication-output tree.
final hardware, power, safety, firmware-release, and support boundary · maker README and public source tree · high-level hardware and build path published; final-unit validation unrecovered
The archive remains useful for provenance and study without becoming a universal assembly, modification, update, electrical-safety, or support recommendation.
Source note: Cobalt DC34 Badge README and current public repository tree, reviewed 2026-09-07.
final hardware, power, sensing, and electrical-safety gap · public repository review · design outline and source files public; production, sensing, and safety result unrecovered
The record preserves a source-backed hardware outline and soil-sensor description without treating public project material as a fabrication, repair, measurement, electrical-safety, or universal final-unit specification.
Source note: punk-security/bsides-newcastle-2024-badge README, EAGLE source, EasyEDA project, and Gerber archive.
final hardware, schematic, manufacturing, and configuration gap · public README and schematic source · current production target and schematic published; final build not confirmed
Hardware claims stay tied to public source targets and documentation rather than becoming a final board specification, manufacturing result, complete build recipe, or evidence that any given unit contains a specific component set.
Source note: FirstBuild DefCon34-Badge README, schematic PDF, and repository tree.
final revision and engineering archive gap · official product description · maker says final version may vary
The dossier keeps the stated feature set intentionally narrow and does not promote it into a final reproducible engineering design or a manufacturing-quality claim.
Source note: Zach's Hacks product page and public product payload.
final-hardware archive gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs post-event technical source
The record does not claim processor, display, radio, CTF, battery, or shipped electronic features beyond the public sources.
Source note: BSides Brisbane 2025 Humanitix page and 2025 sponsorship prospectus.
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.
Source note: Zeta-Two field writeup quoting the challenge badge text.
firmware TODO caveat · primary README · work in progress
The record documents intended and exposed firmware surfaces without implying that every listed protocol or feature was complete during DEF CON 33.
Source note: Differential Destroyer README firmware TODO section.
firmware absence caveat · source-backed but intentionally narrow · documented
The dossier keeps the artifact as a beginner soldering-village blinky badge instead of inventing software behavior.
Source note: Hackster.io blinky-badge writeup and AVTOKYO 2019 event page.
firmware absence caveat · source-backed but intentionally narrow · documented
The dossier keeps the artifact as a beginner soldering-village blinky badge instead of inventing software behavior.
Source note: Hackster.io blinky-badge writeup.
firmware and app release boundary · official documentation and MIT firmware repository · partly documented / post-event source pass
The catalogue records the released software architecture and recovery workflow without converting a public repository into claims about final attendee experience.
Source note: Fri3d Camp 2026 badge documentation and badge_firmware_MicroPythonOS README.