Hacking the HiP Badge
Primary post-event source saying all HiP attendees received an electronic badge and documenting RGB LEDs, USB, battery charging, NFC radio, TVOC sensor, free team hardware, and take-home reuse.
Evidence index
Primary docs, public wikis, repositories, talks, press writeups, and first-hand notes used to support badge pages.
Primary post-event source saying all HiP attendees received an electronic badge and documenting RGB LEDs, USB, battery charging, NFC radio, TVOC sensor, free team hardware, and take-home reuse.
Primary source for assembly-created digital badges, event discovery/redeem workflow, and archived post-event state.
Primary source for assembly-created digital badges, categories, event discovery/redeem workflow, and archived post-event state.
Primary official source for Hub digital badge collection, token redemption, profile management, assembly-created badges, categories, and backoffice workflow.
Primary source for the 2017 badge being a Raw Hex HIDIOT 1.0 44CON edition, its Arduino-like build-it-yourself framing, two buttons, arbitrary USB HID payload use, documentation, assembly area, parts-kit flow, and Hackster project competition.
Official post linking the event brochure.
Official event metadata source for the 18-19 September 2025 44CON ticket and Novotel London West venue.
Primary source for the 2016 44CON badge being a HIDIOT 0.7 board, the roughly 500-board / fewer-than-150-built context, Digispark compatibility, Arduino IDE workflow, Micronucleus bootloader, V-USB note, non-standard USB connector, and hardware-safety warning.
Source for 2019 badge existence, ESP32-WROOM-32U core, C# NanoFramework reuse, and contrast with the 2016 ESP8266 badge.
Venue listing source for the public HITB+CyberWeek event, November 21-25, 2021 dates, Hall & ICC Abu Dhabi location, hybrid event framing, and hardware/software challenge context.
Primary source for the electrical attendee badge, AT-MEGA328P-PU, LEDs, push buttons, crystal, passive components, CR2023-spelled battery items, assembly caveats, PCB/program links, and project credits.
Official event-context source for AVTOKYO 2015 and the conference's Japanese community-security framing.
Primary event-context source for AVTOKYO 2019 and the conference's community-security framing.
Primary venue source for TK SHIBUYA, Chitose-Kaikan B1F, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Primary programme source for the Hackerware.io hardware soldering village and beginner badge-soldering activity.
Secondary contemporary source for ESP32, dual OLED display, MicroPython readiness, limited electronic-badge production, and distribution to conference attendees.
Secondary field note that current firmware could fix bugs and add functions, with MSC mode making updates quick.
Official workshop source proving the SpiderOak Aranya hands-on session, max-20 free hardware limit, ESP32 badge-board wording, keep-the-hardware statement, distributed wireless messaging app workflow, tooling requirements, and schedule context.
Official source proving the DC33 Aerospace Village badge page, DC32 hardware returning for DC33, new software, the DC33 SAO, badge feature summary, ADS-B antenna kit, and supporter bundle including one ADS-B Badge.
Event-listing source for the SINCON Reloaded Conference date range and Voco Orchard Singapore venue.
Primary post-event source for WiFi dependency, serial configuration, firmware modification, and challenge unlock behavior.
Primary author writeup for hardware design, game mechanics, screens, challenge unlocks, WiFi scan mode, and roles.
Primary author writeup mirror for design goals, free-conference constraints, RF behavior, pinouts, battery limitations, EEPROM effects, and attendee hacks.
Arduino sketch source for the lightly modified Blendster scanner using seven LEDs on the TDI 2020 off-the-shelf project.
Arduino sketch source for the basic blinky exercise by @techGirlMN, including LED and button pin examples.
Arduino sketch source for the August 8, 2020 `TDI Off the shelf` version with working button behavior.
Context source for Joe Grand's return to official DEF CON badge design, crystal-badge framing, and conference-scale badge culture.
Event-context source for the 26-27 Jun 2024 dates and M Hotel Singapore venue.
Contemporary event report source for more than 300 delegates and the handmade NodeMCU ESP8266 WiFi SoC conference badge.
Contemporary pre-event source for September 15-16, 2018 dates, UWA Business School venue, redesigned badges, and badge-hack prize context.
Primary official badge-guide source for the four-challenge CTF, BAT CON battery jumper, coin-cell blink behavior, CP2102 USB-to-UART serial path, 9600-baud PuTTY workflow, post-event unlock codes, and safety instructions.
Official post-event hint source linked from the AvengerCon IX badge guide.
Official lineage source for AvengerCon's 2016 origin, growth across U.S. Cyber Command units and partners, and the Augusta-era AvengerCon VIII and IX entries.
Primary event source for the May 12-13, 2025 Hilton Adelaide edition, villages, and CTF context.
Primary badge/lanyard evidence for the planned 2026 identity artifact: the sponsor brief lists printing, lanyards, and badges among direct activity funding needs.
Current official source for July 27-28, 2026 dates, Hilton/Amora Adelaide venue wording, sponsor tiers, and current sponsor-material links.
Primary event-context source for the hands-on BSides Adelaide format and statement that 2024 was the first BSides Adelaide edition.
Primary event-context source for July 27-28, 2026 dates, Amora/Hilton Adelaide location, third-edition framing, and CTF/hardware topic scope.
Official social source trail documenting the soldering village and naming Rishabh Soni, Prathmesh Dharkar, and Kunal Rajour as leads.
Official social source trail for IOTSRG as Badge Sponsor and wording that framed the BSides Agra badge as more than a pass and a collectible experience for every attendee.
Archived official source for the community-driven cybersecurity conference scope, Agra location, talks, workshops, and hands-on villages.
Archived official event source for the December 13, 2025 date, Dr B.R. Ambedkar University Civil Lines Agra venue, workshops/villages, welcome-kit ticket benefits, and Security BSides Agra chapter framing.
Primary source for the February 28-March 1, 2026 date range, Emerging Technologies Hub venue, Underground interactive ESP32 badge, badge-to-badge communication, screen, controls, SAO support, limited BSides SAO, Firnsy/Ballarat Hackerspace credit, and Eurekative/volunteer CTF credit.
Prospectus source for the Electronic Badge sponsorship item described as electronic badge design and build for 500 delegates.
Primary prospectus source for electronic badge design/build for 500 delegates.
Primary event source for the 2026 Time Travel theme, July 4 date, QUT Gardens Point venue, CTF, IoT, and hardware-hacking context.
Primary sponsor-page source for the Electronic Badge and Lanyards supporter slot.
Public post-event source for event-day badge and shirt pickup, and for naming BLARGE as the supporter making the electronic badge possible.
Primary badge-page source for official schematic, plastic frame STEP, firmware repository, and image-rights boundary.
Primary event-context source for the April 15-16, 2016 dates, Canberra Rex Hotel venue, and BSides Canberra 2016 framing.