Series
Australian hacker-conference badge lineage, represented by public evidence for the 2016 home-made Arduino running-order badge, the 2018 BUSSide hardware interface badge, the 2019 Nopia 1337 electronic-badge firmware and Hardware Hacking Village trail, the 2021 SAMD21/ESP32 e-paper badge, the 2023 bPod ESP32-S2 badge, the 2024 555-timer orc blinky badge, and the pre-event 2026 electronic badge and speaker/event-host badge record.
Australian hacker-conference badge lineage, represented by public evidence for the 2016 home-made Arduino running-order badge, the 2018 BUSSide hardware interface badge, the 2019 Nopia 1337 electronic-badge firmware and Hardware Hacking Village trail, the 2021 SAMD21/ESP32 e-paper badge, the 2023 bPod ESP32-S2 badge, the 2024 555-timer orc blinky badge, and the pre-event 2026 electronic badge and speaker/event-host badge record.
Badges
Home-made Arduino badge with conference schedule display
BSides Canberra 2016 is represented by official event context and a contemporary Register report saying delegates received a home-made Arduino badge that displayed the conference running order.
NodeMCU-based electronic badge and hardware-interface tool
The BUSSide was the BSides Canberra 2018 electronic badge, issued to 2,000 delegates and documented through official BUSSide pages, CSides talk notes, GitHub Pages documentation, and a public source repository.
Australian electronic badge firmware and Hardware Hacking Village record
BSides Canberra 2019 is preserved as a source-backed electronic-badge record because the official ticketing page included an electronic badge, the Hardware Hacking Village page offered badge firmware reflashing and direct discussion with hardware badge makers, and the later official speaker export names the 2019 firmware line as Nopia 1337.
Hybrid-year badge with SAMD21, ESP32, e-paper, LEDs, and firmware restoration flow
BSides Canberra 2021 is source-backed by the official event page, an attendee production note, public firmware repository, schematic mirror, and Mos & Boo badge-hacking writeups documenting a shipped electronic badge with SAMD21, ESP32-PICO-D4, e-paper display, LEDs, capacitive touch, and firmware reflashing workflow.
ESP32-S2 colour-screen badge with touch controls, games, and hardware tools
The 2023 BSides Canberra bPod badge is source-backed by the official BSides archive, schedule material, and public GitLab repository containing KiCad hardware, firmware, updater, and server code.
Middle-earth themed 555-timer LED soldering badge
BSides Canberra 2024's public ticketing page promised an electronic badge, and an attendee writeup describes the shipped badge as an orc-shaped soldering badge built around a 555 timer, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, and 9V battery power.
Pre-event Canberra electronic-badge and speaker-credential record
BSides Canberra 2026 is represented as a planned/pre-event record because its public Humanitix ticketing page says general and student entry include a t-shirt and electronic badge, while the official CFP says accepted talks or events receive a speaker/event-host badge.