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Badge records tagged with Asia, across China, India, Israel, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.
Indian hardware-hacking conference badge
A conservative Nullcon Goa 2014 hardware-badge record tied to the official Nullcon Hardware Badge 101 (Desi Jugaad) talk, which covered electronics, microcontrollers, LEDs, the design of the 2014 hardware badge, what could be done with it, and production problems.
Japanese ATmega328P LED attendee badge
AVTOKYO's official 2015 badge page says the conference made an electrical badge for attendees, with an AT-MEGA328P-PU, eight 5mm LEDs, two push buttons, 16 MHz crystal, resistors, capacitors, IC socket, coin-cell holder and battery, public KiCad PCB design, and public Arduino program.
Singapore ESP8266 CTF badge
NUS Greyhats' X-CTF 2016 finals used a custom ESP8266 electronic badge documented by the official event page, the badge designer's hardware and firmware writeups, and public hardware and firmware repositories.
MediaTek electronic badge with Wi-Fi, BLE, IR, joystick, and LED display
HITCON CMT 2017's official event page documents the HITCON Badge Challenges activity and an electronic badge powered by a MediaTek chipset, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, game-controller/joystick, infrared, and LED display features. The official ticketing page ties the limited deluxe electronic badge to the Premium Pass, and the events page says additional badges would be released for conference-day purchase.
Philippine official electronic badge sponsor-placement record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 11 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 21-22, 2017, and the official partnership kit sells logo placement on the official ROOTCON 11 electronic badge.
Special-edition electronic badge with Badge Village hacking path
A conservative record for the special-edition electronic badge given to HITBSecConf2018 Dubai attendees, documented by the official event archive as a hackable badge with Badge Village support.
Blockchain wallet badge with secure element, e-paper, Wi-Fi, and BLE
HITCON CMT 2018's official events page documents HITCON Wallet as a limited blockchain electronic badge for Royal VIP and Premium Pass holders, with secure-element cold-wallet functionality, electronic paper, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth Low Energy. The same official page says holders could join a secret activity during the conference and later use the device as an offline physical wallet for Bitcoin or Ethereum.
Special-edition HITB2018PEK badge with MTK-series hardware notes
A conservative official-archive record for the special-edition HITB2018PEK badge at JD-HITBSecConf2018 Beijing, with Badge Village evidence for secret features, mini-games, hidden challenges, open-source intent, and MTK-series hardware notes.
Indian conference identity badge with official sponsor and lanyard trail
A conservative Nullcon Goa 2018 badge record from official archive pages documenting March 2-3, 2018 conference registration, Holiday Inn Resort Goa venue context, a dedicated Badge Sponsor, a Lanyard Sponsor, and volunteer instructions requiring the badge to be clearly visible.
Philippine official badge and maker-post electronic-badge record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 12 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 27-28, 2018, the official quick guide says registration included an official ROOTCON badge, and Jay Turla / @shipcod3 preserves a public maker post titled ROOTCON 12 Electronic Badge.
nRF52840 e-paper smart badge with audio, NeoPixels, and SAO
A source-backed ARAMCON 2019 smart badge record for an nRF52840 conference badge with a 2.9-inch e-paper display, accelerometer, flash, MP3/WMA audio codec, Cherry MX keys, NeoPixels, SAO connector, CircuitPython support, and public KiCad hardware files.
Japanese cocktail-glass soldering-village PCB badge
AVTOKYO 2019's hardware soldering village used a cocktail-glass-shaped blinky PCB badge designed around AVTOKYO's no drink, no hack motto, transparent non-masked PCB areas, RGB flashing LEDs, reverse-mounted LED experimentation, CR2032 coin-cell power, and beginner soldering participation.
Japanese Halloween soldering-village PCB badge
CODE BLUE 2019's first hardware soldering village used a simple Halloween-themed blinky PCB badge, built around a custom PCB, RGB and 1206 LEDs, CR2032 coin-cell holder, CR2032 battery, transparent unmasked PCB smile, and normal or reverse LED soldering options.
Flexible-PCB tree-game badge
A Grand Idea Studio badge for the first official international DEFCON edition, built as an artistic flexible-substrate PCB with 32 LEDs, USB connectivity, accelerometer input, role-color artwork variants, and a task-completion tree-lighting game.
Taiwan-shaped ARM TrustZone challenge badge
An official HITCON CMT electronic board badge shaped around Taiwan, combining collectable conference identity, 24 LED unlock states, sponsor booth challenges, a snake warm-up, and ARM TrustZone exploitation stages.
Philippine custom programmable conference badge sponsor-placement record
ROOTCON's official archive and quick guide place ROOTCON 13 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 25-27, 2019, while the official sponsor prospectus sells an RC13 Badge add-on and describes ROOTCON as the first Philippine conference with a custom programmable conference badge.
Philippine Recovery Mode conference badge and lanyard kit
ROOTCON's official Recovery Mode quick guide places ROOTCON 14 on October 9-10, 2020 as a virtual event and lists a paid-attendee ROOTCON Survival Kit containing a conference badge, lanyard, and sticker set.
AVR/OLED Packet Hack Village badge with CTF binary-input mode
A source-backed Packet Hack Badge record for HITB+CyberWeek 2021 Abu Dhabi, documented by a first-hand Hackster project page and a public firmware repository.
Philippine reboot-edition virtual badge and artwork archive record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 15 on October 13-15, 2021 via Zoom Webinar and Discord, while the official sponsorship overview lists Human Badge benefits as virtual-only and the media server preserves ROOTCON 15 badge and lanyard artwork directories.
Taiwanese badge mini-games and card-reader conference pass
HITCON CMT 2023's official events page says the badge was more than an identification badge: card readers and mini-games were placed at booths and around the venue, attendees used their badges to activate and interact with them, and the Activity Team booth provided NFC card readers for hands-on inspection.
Philippine physical identity badge and lanyard inclusion record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 17 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 27-29, 2023, the official conference overview lists Badge, Lanyard + other swags for Human and Human+ tickets, and the official media server preserves lanyard_single.png in the ROOTCON 17 art directory.
Singapore building-shaped serial CTF badge
SINCON 2023's first badge was a Khong Guan Building-inspired interactive CTF badge with a custom single-sided PCB, ABOV A96S174 MCU, CH340G USB-serial bridge, micro-USB, CR2032 holder, 12 MHz crystal, SMD passives, and 1206 LEDs.
Vendor-booth BCPen/CPen challenge badge
A conservative BSides Goa 2024 vendor-booth badge record for SecOps Group's Hackable BCPen and CPen badges, documented on the SecOps Hack the Badge page and tied to the BSides Goa 2024 booth/free-exam challenge trail.
Raspberry Pi Pico fault-injection village device
A conservative Badge Village artifact record for HITBSecConf2024 Bangkok, where the official village page documented a specialized Raspberry Pi Pico-based device for controlled fault-injection experiments against embedded systems.
Electronic badge for SaikoCTF research participants
A conservative record for the electronic SaikoCTF badge promised to HITBSecConf2024 Bangkok research-study participants in the official recruitment statement.
Taiwanese PCB badge with games, BadUSB, and docking
HITCON CMT 2024's official activity page and PCB Badge guide frame every attendee ID as a PCB badge, with score accrual across activities, badge games, BadUSB play, docking between badges, game battle behavior, and on-site programmer or FTDI support at the activity desk.
Singapore dual-screen Octopus badge
Off-By-One Conference 2024 used an Octopus-themed hardware badge with ESP32-S3 and ATmega328P controllers, dual 128x128 GC9A01 round LCDs, IR, WS2812 LEDs, buttons, a user-flashable MicroPython challenge surface, and six published challenge flags.
Philippine official STL badge artifact record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 18 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 25-27, 2024, and the official media server preserves a Badge/STL directory with Rootcon 2024 Buttons and Rootcon 2024 Single Color STL files.
South Korean closed-conference entry badge availability record
Zer0Con's official archive places the closed vulnerability-research conference at Fairmont Ambassador Hotel Seoul on April 4-5, 2024, and POC Security's official update trail described an Entry badge with 120 available seats before the archive marked the edition sold out.
Indian Security BSides badge-sponsor and soldering-village record
A conservative source-backed BSides Agra 2025 badge record from the archived official site and official social trail, documenting an IOTSRG Badge Sponsor role, all-attendee collectible-badge framing, and a hands-on soldering village without asserting an unrecovered final circuit.
Israeli limited hardware CTF badge
BSidesTLV's official 2025 badge page documents The Infinity Glove, a limited pre-order electronic badge sold with BSidesTLV 2025 entry, picked up on site, and framed as a custom-designed hardware CTF with hidden puzzles and badge-holder-only stages.
Singapore RP2350 and ECP5 FPGA challenge badge
NUS Greyhats' public GreyBadge archive identifies the 2025 GreyCTF badge as GreyMecha/Army, with RP2350-side CircuitPython firmware, KiCad hardware files, an ECP5U_25 FPGA schematic, GC9A01 SPI display, Li-ion power-path circuitry, summit UF2/filesystem releases, and named challenge apps.
Taiwanese hacker-pet PCB badge with Red-vs-Blue tower play
HITCON 2025's official PCB Badge guide and public technical repository document an attendee PCB badge with a hacker-pet mode, built-in games, pedometer scoring, cross-board interaction, BadUSB behavior, Red-vs-Blue tower-capture play, and released STM32CubeIDE-oriented firmware/PCB project materials.
Philippine electronic badge and Type-B fallback record
A ROOTCON 19 badge-distribution record documenting electronic badges distributed first-come at on-site check-in, guaranteed electronic badges for Human+ and Blackcard attendees, and a simpler non-electronic Type-B badge fallback.
Indian hands-on electronic badge village kit
A conservative VULNCON 2025 Solder & Spark Badge Village record for the official IoTSRG-hosted activity where participants built an electronic badge from a kit with PCB, components, soldering tools, battery, switch, and testing time.
South Korean closed-conference entry badge availability record
Zer0Con's official 2025 page places the closed vulnerability-research conference at Fairmont Ambassador Hotel Seoul on April 10-11, 2025, and POC Security's official update trail described a Zer0Con2025 Entry badge with 100 available seats.
Planned Israeli hardware CTF badge
A planned BSidesTLV 2026 electronic badge record from the official Hardware Village page: the June 25, 2026 conference centers its hardware CTF on an electronic badge and schedules Badge Talk plus Badge Hacking sessions.
Unofficial CH32V305 SDR badge preorder
A community HFSDR badge preorder for DEF CON Singapore 2026, documented through Hackin7's r/Defcon preorder post and the linked public rhgndf/hfsdr hardware, firmware, host-software, and WebUSB archive.
HTX village badge with illuminated public-safety icons
HTX's official DEF CON Singapore coverage documents Public Safety Village badges, including a badge image described as featuring illuminated icons of emergency vehicles, alongside the first DEF CON Public Safety Village.
CSIT C517 finalist BLE mesh challenge hardware
A source-backed TISC@DEF CON SG finals challenge artifact: CSIT's official C517 page documents the on-site TISC finals, and a finalist writeup says each of the top-50 finalists received an ESP32 hardware trinket running a customized BLE mesh chat protocol to reverse engineer.
Singapore custom PCB hackathon badge
NUS Hackers' Hack&Roll 2026 introduced the event's first custom PCB badge, documented by the organizer recap, a Friday Hacks making-of talk, and a public MIT-licensed ESP-IDF firmware and component archive.
Philippine planned electronic badge and Type-B fallback
The ROOTCON 20 con-goers guide documents a planned September 2026 badge distribution model: electronic badges distributed first-come during on-site check-in while supplies last, with a simpler Type-B non-electronic badge fallback.
Goa soldering-village badge with hidden challenge
A conservative Seasides 2026 Hardware Hacking Village badge record from official Seasides and HW101 pages documenting a drop-in soldering village where attendees could build a custom badge and pursue a hidden hardware/firmware challenge.
South Korean closed-conference entry badge availability record
Zer0Con's official 2026 page places the closed vulnerability-research conference at Fairmont Ambassador Hotel Seoul on April 2-3, 2026, and POC Security's official update trail described Zer0Con2026 registration as limited to 120 seats.