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Security-Bits follow-up corroborating H2HC 2024 HackerID printing, Global Traveler ID use, DASCOM DC-7600 card-printer preparation, CR80 card stock, 600 DPI duplex re-transfer printing, and UV-ribbon capability.
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Official docs, app stores, wikis, talks, repositories, and issue pages across the badge catalogue.
Security-Bits follow-up corroborating H2HC 2024 HackerID printing, Global Traveler ID use, DASCOM DC-7600 card-printer preparation, CR80 card stock, 600 DPI duplex re-transfer printing, and UV-ribbon capability.
Team-lead retrospective with production timeline, PCBWay rescue, LED volume, and event experience notes.
Uri Shaked's long-form production story for the badge concept, prototyping, audio ambition, CircuitPython path, and shipping constraints.
Official program source for non-electronic badge rationale, titanium material, waterjet fabrication, kiln oxidation, role variants, clue surfaces, and Ryan 1o57 Clarke credit.
Official LCA2019 programme source for the January 21-25, 2019 University of Canterbury, Christchurch context and tutorial/miniconf framing.
Official programme source documenting the January 21-25, 2019 Christchurch event context and miniconf/tutorial structure.
Official Arduino IDE guide covering the custom fri3d-esp32 board package, examples, upload flow, MicroPython partition behavior, and reset implications.
Tim Noise writeup documenting ARM toolchain setup, OpenOCD/Bus Pirate SWD workflow, firmware example builds, flashing, and OLED/I2C example context.
Project-owner announcement for the unofficial 36C3 badge kit, bringing kits to Congress, and the bring-your-own-controller blinky-badge goal.
Archived OpenBeacon project site for historical context.
Hackaday.io v0j4 notes describing the 4-bit architecture, instruction and memory model, LED raster display, GPIO, serial path, SAO port, and PIC24 implementation.
CH405 Labs page for the Mini Cyberdeck 0o00.
Espruino event note placing NodeConf EU 2017 in Kilkenny on November 5-8 and identifying it as a custom-badge deployment.
Hackaday.io gallery source used only as evidence of the project record and image-rights caveat; no gallery image is copied locally.
Hackaday.io starter guide for direct binary programming, PGM/DIR/SS modes, examples, assembler, emulator, and technical deep-dive links.
Primary retrospective log for team expansion, design goals, BMD-300 selection, display/LED/regulator production context, S132 firmware base, activation code, bling, games, production quantities, and source-release caveats.
Primary retrospective source for design goals, ESP32-WROVER selection, 220x176 display, SD-card and SPI tradeoffs, IS31FL3736 lighting, CP2102N serial, two-AA power, SAO work, B.E.N.D.E.R. results, and production lessons.
Contemporary Hackaday.io source for ESP8266, serially addressable LEDs, injection-molded rocket enclosure, Jaycon Systems, and badgelife manufacturing context.
Hackaday.io source for the ToorCon badge request, 400 kits, SMD Challenge role, hidden codes, 8-bit art, eight SMD LEDs, 0201 LED, ATtiny84, and assembly-video pointer.
Project log archive for surviving build notes.
Project logs for the 2018 badge.
Creator project page for the Italian Hacker Camp 2018 badge.
Official Hackaday.io project source for the retrocomputer concept, attendee distribution, BASIC/CP/M table of contents, hardware hacking notes, proto-board files, and MIT firmware-license statement.
Official Hackaday.io project page for ECP5 FPGA, Game Boy form factor, buttons, display, cartridge adapter, flash-backed cartridges, toolchain setup, and hardware overview.
Project-owner source for unofficial classification, Labitat context, SR-latch memory theme, reverse-mount LEDs, board artwork, and GitHub design-file link.
Project-owner Hackaday.io source for DEF CON 25 context, BMD-300/nRF52 hardware specs, TFT, LEDs, sensors, microSD, badge functions, team list, files, and project status.
Project-owner Hackaday.io source for Wild West of IoT framing, DEF CON 26 date/location context, ESP32-WROVER component listing, team roster, and open hackable badge/dev-board purpose.
Project-owner Hackaday.io source for DEF CON 27 context, BMD-340/nRF52840 hardware specs, IS31FL3741 lighting, capacitive touch, FT2232H, SWD/Tag-Connect, SAO 1.69bis, BOTNET, B.E.N.D.E.R., team roster, sponsors, and free-distribution framing.
Project-owner Hackaday.io source for DEF CON 28 pandemic-cancellation context, distributed free badge-drop framing, bling, embedded CTF, MyBASIC hardware scripting, Slack/scoreboard links, team roster, sponsors, and project logs.
Project-owner Hackaday.io source for production logs, STM32/RFM69/OLED/RGB features, shell behavior, production quantities, and failure/fix history.
Primary project writeup documenting the limited run, ESP8266/OLED hardware, Arduino/MQTT software, hand-built construction, costs, challenges, and future badge plan.
Hackster project noting that the author ran the ESP32 TV-output experiment on a BSides Cape Town 2019 badge and pointing to the original badge software writeup.
Hackaday.io project page for the BalCCon Cyberdeck 0o27 badge.
Andrew MacPherson writeup documenting hardware, game goals, screen/UI behavior, challenge unlocks, WiFi behavior, and team credits.
First-hand SensePost writeup documenting the two-part 2017 badge hardware, CC1111/RFCat RF badge, ESP flux-capacitor badge, RF chat idea, and challenge flow.
NodeMCU-based serial radio chat and BBS modem badge hack.
Hackaday.io project page for the first official BalCCon badge.
Official Hackaday.io documentation for the Mike Harrison camera badge, hardware list, prototype caveat, MacroFab assembly support, Microchip parts donation, files, and hack categories.
Primary designer page with hardware, production, role-color, contest, documentation, source-code, and hack details.
Primary designer page with MC9S08QG8, LED matrix, capacitive sensor, optional accelerometer/RF, production, role variant, operating-state, contest, and documentation details.
Primary designer page with MC9S08JM60 hardware, infrared transfer, SD-card/FAT16 support, USB bootloader, role variants, documentation, contest, and official image-path context.
Primary designer page with MC56F8006, MEMS microphone, RGB LED, operating states, production quantity, role-shape puzzle, documentation, source-code, and contest details.
Grand Idea Studio source for DEF CON 27 badge project files, firmware, fixtures, community resources, and NFMI/security-research links.
Grand Idea Studio project page documenting the first official international DEFCON badge, flexible PCB, tree game, USB, accelerometer, CR2032 power, 3,300-unit production, role variants, CC BY 4.0 design license, and documentation links.
Project context for E-ALE as in-person embedded Linux seminars using real hardware kits priced near cost, plus slides/code licensing context.
Project page for the 2022 badge.
Great Scott Gadgets project page for ARM Cortex-M3 hardware, bootloader, development setup, GoodFET context, and open-source design files.
Security-Bits writeup documenting the ATTiny85 USB HID injector badge, Wattuino Nanite 85 basis, two-PCB construction, Micronucleus bootloader, Arduino/Digistump workflow, and payload caveats.
Security-Bits writeup documenting bottle-shaped ESP32 badge hardware, OLED, BLE behavior, LEDs, programming, power, and practical warnings.
Security-Bits writeup documenting wooden-PCB construction, wrapped wire, NE555 clock circuit, and LED behavior.