Series
South African BSides badge lineage, represented by source-backed ESP8266, CC1111/RFCat, ESP32 electronic badge records, and a conservative 2025 badge-sponsor artifact record.
South African BSides badge lineage, represented by source-backed ESP8266, CC1111/RFCat, ESP32 electronic badge records, and a conservative 2025 badge-sponsor artifact record.
Badges
ESP8266 IR faction-game badge
A BSides Cape Town 2016 badge built around ESP8266, 128x64 OLED display, eight UI buttons, rear reset and program buttons, IR transmit and receive, level LEDs, faction RGB LED, USB-charged 600 mAh LiPo, schedule UI, challenges, and an organic faction game.
two-part ESP and CC1111 RF challenge badge
A BSides Cape Town 2017 badge system documented as two separate physical badges: a black flux-capacitor badge with an ESP chip and a red RF badge with a CC1111 RFCat-compatible radio, USB port, and button.
ESP32 colour-screen game badge
BSides Cape Town 2019's badge was an ESP32 electronic badge with a 1.3-inch 240x240 IPS colour display, touch buttons, 18650 battery, custom PCB, 3D-printed case, Arduino/ESP32 firmware, local SDL debugging support, WiFi high-score sync, Bluetooth GamePad experiments, and a public GPL-3.0 firmware repository.
South African BSides badge-sponsor identity artifact record
BSides Cape Town's official 2025 sponsorship page lists a dedicated Badge Sponsor slot, while the official Quicket page anchors the December 6, 2025 Lagoon Beach Hotel & Spa event and swag-ticket context.