2023 Supercon Vectorscope badge article
Hackaday article introducing the Vectorscope badge hardware, software, and signal-generation concept.
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Official docs, app stores, wikis, talks, repositories, and issue pages across the badge catalogue.
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2024 Supercon 8 SAO Badge reveal
Upstream hardware/source article for Pico W, six SAO ports, individually accessible GPIO, dual I2C buses, starter petals, MicroPython, and CH32V003 context.
2024 Supercon SAO badge reveal
Hackaday source for six SAO ports, Raspberry Pi Pico W, GPIO/I2C topology, bundled petals, MicroPython, CH32V003 proto-petal, and contest framing.
2025 Communicator Badge customization article
Upstream source for modifiability, front-panel customization, and mechanical-replacement context.
2025 Communicator Badge reveal
Upstream reveal source for Communicator Badge name, LoRa mesh-chat concept, ESP32-S3, keyboard, LCD, SX1262 radio, LiPo charging, LVGL MicroPython, team credits, and after-event hacking intent.
2025 Communicator Badge reveal
Hackaday reveal source for the Communicator Badge name, LoRa mesh-chat concept, ESP32-S3, keyboard, LCD, SX1262 radio, LiPo charging, LVGL MicroPython, team credits, and after-event hacking intent.
ARAMCON production writeup
Hackaday article summarizing the Israeli event context, nRF52840/e-paper/audio badge design, manufacturing problems, and mesh-networking demo.
Ars DEF CON 27 badge story
Context article on Joe Grand's return, badge aesthetic, high-volume DEF CON context, and the official crystal-badge story.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 1's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 2's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 3's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 4's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 5's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 6's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 8's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 9's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 10's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 11's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 13's conservative non-electronic classification.
Badgelife history
VICE/Motherboard history placing the DEF CON 14 badge in the origin story of DEF CON badgelife.
Behind the scenes of the 2019 badge
Hackaday source for last-minute production, volunteer/team effort, distribution timing, and manufacturing context.
Belgrade badge hacks
Hackaday coverage of post-distribution badge hacks, demoscene entries, BBS modem work, and multiplayer serial games.
Building the Hackaday Superconference badge
Hackaday design article for PIC32, camera, OLED, MicroSD, accelerometer, power, expansion, firmware, and hardware tradeoffs.
Conference badges are hardware art
Voja Antonic's Hackaday article describing the BalCCon badge prototype lineage and IR synchronization idea.
DEF CON 23 record badge article
Contemporary article documenting LostboY / Ryan Clarke authorship, playable vinyl record format, role-color variants, secret alphabets, inner-groove markings, and analog puzzle clues.
DEF CON 24 Konami badge report
Contemporary source documenting the skull badge, mini processor, buttons, printed codes, Konami Code behavior, 1o57 authorship, and media-server badge-contest files.
DEFCON 21 attendee report
Attendee report documenting opening-ceremony badge discussion, Ryan Clarke / LostboY attribution, and puzzle interaction framing.
Decrypting DEF CON badge challenges
Later puzzle-analysis source using DEF CON 23 as an example of lanyard-based Nyctograph and Gold Bug enciphered secret messages.
Design and hacking drilldown
Designer-authored Hackaday article for Belgrade reuse, integrated LIS3 accelerometer, expansion pads, IR UART, USB bootloader, schematic, C framework, and MPLAB/Xpress workflow.
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.
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.