Engadget DEF CON 24 badge feature
Contemporary feature source for Ryan Clarke / 1o57 attribution, robot-skull badge form, roughly 20,000 badges, and last-minute badge programming context.
Outbound map
Resources
Official docs, app stores, wikis, talks, repositories, and issue pages across the badge catalogue.
2109 matching resource(s)
Espressif Fri3d Camp 2022
Espressif coverage of the badge and camp context.
Hackaday AND!XOR DC26 hands-on review
Secondary hands-on review corroborating ESP32-WROVER, WiFi/Bluetooth, mesh/botnet framing, GreenPAK button handling, IS31FL3736 LEDs, CP2102N USB, serial adventure behavior, and pre-event badge delivery.
Hackaday AND!XOR DC27 hands-on review
Secondary hands-on source corroborating the badge as a hardware-hacking tool, BMD-340/nRF52840 core, FT2232H dual-channel USB behavior, OLED/LED/light-pipe presentation, USB-C, SWD, JTAG, SPI, I2C, UART, and bit-bang workflows.
Hackaday BSides Cape Town badge report
Hackaday report documenting the ESP8266, OLED, IR, LEDs, LiPo, faction game, schedule, challenges, and unlockable applications.
Hackaday Europe 2025 speakers and SAO bag note
Hackaday article documenting the four Supercon Add-On Contest winners being included in the Europe schwag bag.
Hackaday Europe 2025 ticket and badge preview
Primary Hackaday article for March 15-16, 2025 MotionLab.Berlin dates, badge-hacking/workshop context, SAO showpiece framing, revamped firmware, included add-ons, and badge flashing through the SAO port.
Hackaday Europe 2026 CFP and badge announcement
Primary article naming the 2025 Hackaday Supercon Communicator Badge as the badge being brought to Europe and describing LoRa, MicroPython, plug-in apps, Meshtastic, Lecco, and Politecnico Milano context.
Hackaday Europe 2026 final pre-party update
Last pre-event source for Lecco pre-party, workshops, and attendee comment guidance to bring a laptop and USB cables for badge hacking.
Hackaday Europe 2026 ticket update
Article corroborating May 16-17, 2026 Lecco dates, a fun badge to hack on, and Hackaday Europe's move beyond Berlin.
Hackaday IHC 2018 badge article
Hackaday overview of the phone-shell badge, hardware, and design intent.
Hackaday Ninja Networks party badge article
Contemporary secondary coverage pointing readers to the Ninja Networks DC17 party badge archive and photos; used only as corroborating context.
Hackaday PN26 ESL badge coverage
Secondary technical coverage corroborating the official badge claim, ZBD 55c-RB electronic shelf-label reuse, DB9 pogo programming approach, QR customization, and conference field workflow.
Hackaday ZACon V badge report
Hackaday report summarizing the free South African security-conference badge hardware, mesh behavior, 77 final boards, and Maltego visualization.
Hackaday at DEF CON 21
Contemporary field report naming Ryan Clarke as badge designer and documenting the non-electronic-electronic PCB playing-card design, copper/soldermask/silkscreen artwork, XOR gate, and crypto challenge.
Hackaday hands-on card10
Hands-on report documenting late assembly, ECG-pad workshop use, documentation quality, and RTC/watch caveats.
Hacking The Thotcon 0x8 Badge
Hackaday source for Jedha, John Wallis, Workshop 88, ATmega32u4, NeoPixels, potentiometers, micro USB, tesserHack firmware, USB serial play, Bus Pirate recovery, and Hackaday.io project handoff.
Hacks and puzzles article
Hackaday source for hidden puzzle layers, gravity simulation, moving-message display, Tetris clone, infrared protocol, prize framing, and badge-hacking award categories.
Hackster AND!XOR DC25 article
Secondary coverage corroborating the DC25 badge as a hackable BLE DEF CON 25 indie badge and pointing to the Hackaday.io project.
Hackster coverage
Hardware overview.
Hands-on the AND!XOR unofficial DEF CON badge
Hackaday hands-on source for unofficial DEF CON context, visible hardware, controls, radio, GPIO breakouts, USB serial behavior, games, and sale/distribution plan.
Help Decipher The DEFCON Badge
Contemporary Hackaday source documenting the 7-inch vinyl record badge, non-electronic alternation context, collaborative badge-hacking effort, and early puzzle hunt.
It's Alive! Badge for Hackaday Belgrade
Hackaday announcement and event context for the first European Hackaday conference badge.
Making the DEFCON 16 Badge
Joe Grand's Nuts & Volts article covering DEF CON 16 design goals, SD-card file transfer, IR, TV-B-Gone behavior, cost, and production.
Making the DEFCON 17 Badge
Nuts & Volts article source linked by Grand Idea Studio for a narrative badge-making account.
New SuperCon badge reveal
Hackaday reveal source for the 8x16 LED matrix, four user buttons, reset and wake controls, IR communications, accelerometer, PIC18LF25K50, two AAA cells, USB programming, and Voja Antonic design credit.
PCWorld DEF CON 18 badge gallery
Press source for lithographed aluminum, Kent Displays 128x32 low-power display, USB, role variants, and hackable styling.
Queercon 16 hardware badge hands-on
Hackaday source for the 2019 Q and C badge split, custom membrane keyboard, e-paper display, RGB LEDs, TI CC2640R2, Holtek LED driver, RJ12 connector, AA power, Handler badges, base station, and ARG flow.
Remoticon.2 badge article
Hackaday coverage describing the 2021 remote badge as a KiCad file set, prototyping board, builder canvas, and MicroMod carrier-board variant.
Supercon 2018 badge firmware article
Hackaday firmware source for Jaromir Sukuba's BASIC work, CP/M emulator context, Voja Antonic hardware design, Ziggurat29 tokenizer speedups, and Zork/retrocomputing lore.
Supercon 2018 badge hacking report
Hackaday field report documenting the badge-hacking area, LED sculptures, shift-register examples, wireless add-ons, and community projects during Supercon.
Supercon 2023 badge hacks
Post-event Hackaday roundup documenting the badge-hacking ceremony and categories.
Supercon 2024 badge add-on winners
Post-event source for Supercon Add-On Contest winners and the plan to produce selected add-ons for Hackaday Europe 2025 distribution.
Supercon 2024 badge add-on winners
Hackaday post-event source for winning and honorable-mention SAOs, production plan for Hackaday Europe 2025, and functional I2C/NFC/IR/LED add-on context.
Supercon 2025 customization article
Hackaday source for front-panel customization, two-PCB stack-up, front-board mechanical role, M3 hardware notes, and STEP/DXF/SVG model path.
The Cubic Cyphercon Badge
Hackaday source for the cube construction, more-than-400 hand-soldered run, LEDs, microprocessors, buses, USB terminal behavior, mesh network, text adventure, and time-sharing emulator lore.
The Supercon Badge Is A Freakin' Computer
Hackaday reveal source for 320x240 color display, full QWERTY keyboard, BASIC, CP/M, games, Easter eggs, GPIO/I2C/serial hacking, and Belgrade lineage.
Vectorscope badge introduction
Hackaday article introducing the 2023 badge hardware, analog signal path, MicroPython workflow, and design intent.
WIRED DEF CON 20 badge reveal
Contemporary article documenting Ryan Clarke's design goals, embedded game, cryptography, badge variants, IR interactions, free/open software, VGA expansion, and secret-society story.
WIRED DEF CON 21 badge reveal
Detailed contemporary source for role variants, PCB inner-layer continuity clues, poker-card artwork, famous-hacker face cards, Uber mechanical watch, Easter eggs, and Ryan Clarke design quotes.
Wired DEF CON 16 preview
Pre-event coverage documenting prototype caveats, SD-card advice, designer context, and public badge expectations.
Gothenburg Skyline Badge mirror
Readable mirror of the badge writeup, useful for text extraction and corroborating serial/CTF details.
50bee.png artwork asset
Repository artwork asset referenced by the README with an Ivycraft credit; retained as a source clue but not promoted as a public badge image because image-specific reuse provenance is incomplete.
wagonparty images directory
Repository sprite/image asset directory retained as source context only; no asset is promoted as a catalogue image because the repository has no visible license and the files are not documentary badge photos.
How to grow a flow3r
Camp talk covering assembly, operation, software writing, community, and extension paths.
DEFCON 15 badge assembly drawing
Assembly drawing source for board population and manufacturing reference.
DEFCON 17 badge assembly drawing
Assembly drawing source for board population and manufacturing reference.
2024 SAINTCON MiniBadge guide
Public build-guide PDF linked from the official trading page for submitted and official MiniBadges brought to SAINTCON 2024.
35C3 badge assembly instructions
Detailed assembly guide source for components, two-AA battery holder, reverse-mounted buttons and LEDs, power-only SAO footprint, and board-rework caveat.
44CON 2025 badge README
Badge setup guide documenting shield-only and ESP32 modes, OLED routing, boost configuration, buzzer, potentiometer, RF detector, and safety warnings.