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Chaos Communication Camp

The German quadrennial outdoor hacker camp, home to several of Europe's most influential electronic event badges.

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Lineage Notes

The German quadrennial outdoor hacker camp, home to several of Europe's most influential electronic event badges.

Use the badge cards below for sourced hardware, software, lore, issues, add-ons, and author credits.

Badges

Seeded records

Chaos Communication Camp 1999 · 1999

CCCamp 1999 Pass

Early Chaos Communication Camp identity artifact

A conservative identity-pass record for the first Chaos Communication Camp, before public sources document an official electronic camp badge.

Chaos Communication Camp 2003 · 2003

CCCamp 2003 Pass

Pre-Sputnik Chaos Communication Camp identity artifact

A source-conservative record for CCCamp 2003 as a pre-electronic-badge identity/pass artifact in the camp lineage.

Chaos Communication Camp 2007 · 2007

Sputnik / OpenBeacon

CCCamp 2007 active RFID badge

A small active 2.4 GHz RFID badge/tag used with OpenBeacon base stations for real-time camp tracking and post-camp hardware experiments.

Chaos Communication Camp 2011 · 2011

r0ket

CCCamp 2011 electronic badge

A shiny electronic nametag and full-featured microcontroller development board that established the long-lived CCC Camp badge tradition rad1o later built on.

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Chaos Communication Camp 2015 · 2015

rad1o

CCCamp 2015 SDR badge

A HackRF-inspired software-defined radio badge that let campers receive, transmit, inspect spectrum, flash evolving firmware, solder RF add-ons, and keep hacking long after camp.

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Chaos Communication Camp 2019 · 2019

card10

CCCamp 2019 wearable sensor badge

A wrist-worn CCC Camp badge focused on sensing, health-style signals, BLE, and a Python-friendly app ecosystem.

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Chaos Communication Camp 2023 · 2023

flow3r

CCCamp 2023 music and light badge

A petal-shaped electronic instrument where touch and gestures become sound and light.