Nuit du Hack 2011 Badge
French electronic conference badge
A source-backed French electronic attendee badge from Nuit du Hack 2011, preserved through an attendee report, badge photos, and linked reverse-engineering/programming tutorials.
Tag dossier
Badge records tagged with Electronic Badge, across Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Kenya, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States.
French electronic conference badge
A source-backed French electronic attendee badge from Nuit du Hack 2011, preserved through an attendee report, badge photos, and linked reverse-engineering/programming tutorials.
HackRVA MSP430 badge with Nokia LCD and source archive
The RVAsec 2012 badge is documented by HackRVA's public `rvasec-badge-2012` repository, which preserves Eagle board and schematic files, Gerbers, graphics, component datasheets, and release firmware for a badge built around an MSP430-class controller and Nokia 5110 / PCD8544 LCD behavior.
HackRVA electronic badge with LEDs, IR, audio, and USB
The RVAsec 2013 badge was a HackRVA-built electronic conference badge documented by official RVAsec and HackRVA sources, with LEDs, infrared badge-to-badge play, a piezo speaker, USB support, and badge-game behavior tied to conference interaction.
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.
Electronic skull badge with Konami and serial puzzle paths
A Ryan Clarke / 1o57 DEF CON 24 electronic skull badge with a mini processor, buttons, LED eyes, printed codes, hidden-trace/silkscreen text, serial strings, lanyard data, conference-media files, and a badge challenge that used the Konami Code as an early visible hook.
Hand-built badge with USB reflashing and CTF challenge hooks
The RVA5sec 2016 badge is documented by HackRVA's official interview as a hand-built custom-firmware electronic badge with reused/improved hardware, standard USB reflashing, low-frequency serial-transmission experimentation, and CTF challenge hooks.
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.
First Recon Village spy-silhouette badge
Recon Village's first Badge Life entry was The Original, a DEF CON 25 electronic badge with the village's spy-silhouette design, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and foundation-of-tradition framing.
Limited electronic badge for r2con speakers and friends
A limited electronic badge made for r2con 2017 speakers and friends in Barcelona, documented by the official badge-manufacturing talk and first-hand reporting that says it showed project-status information such as build state, last commit, and GitHub stars.
Kenyan electronic badge archive record
A conservative AfricaHackOn 2018 electronic-badge record anchored to the OPCDE Kenya agenda, which listed a dedicated making-of session for the badge during the Nairobi event.
10th-edition electronic badge
BruCON's 10th-edition electronic badge, documented as a schedule, venue-map, reminder, alcohol-sensor, and public ESP-IDF/KiCad badge project.
Tymkrs electronic text-adventure badge
A Tymkrs / Toymakers official DEF CON 26 electronic badge with a PIC32MM0256GPM controller, reverse-mounted LEDs, capacitive controls, four-AA battery stack, USB serial interface, badge-to-badge connector, add-on header, and a retro text-adventure badge challenge.
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.
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.
HackRVA electronic badge with games, puzzles, and two-channel audio
HackRVA's 2018 recap and badge wiki document more than 300 RVAsec electronic hardware badges with badge games, puzzles, two-channel audio behavior, challenge content, and badge-hacking competition context.
Spy and skull Recon Village badge variants
Recon Village's DEF CON 26 badge entry, The Dual Design, used two official visual variants: a classic spy silhouette and a detailed skull design in a black-and-white aesthetic.
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.
Printed or electronic ticket-type conference badge
CactusCon 8 is seeded as a conservative ticket-type badge record because official registration pages for the December 2019 Mesa event say CactusCon attendees received either a printed badge or an electronic badge depending on ticket type.
10th-anniversary special-edition electronic badge
A conservative official-archive record for HITB's 10th-anniversary Amsterdam electronic badge, documented on the 2019 event page as a special-edition badge with HITB Badge Village reprogramming, secret features, and challenges.
Official-history-backed CTF electronic badge
Hackfest's official history says the 2019 CTF innovated by introducing an electronic badge, and that the addition was an immediate hit with participants. The 2019 schedule documents badge pickup on October 31, November 1, and November 2, plus CTF registration and CTF room activity during the Plaza-era Quebec City event.
Steampunk Recon LED-eye badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 27 badge entry, The Skull Badge, was a steampunk-recon skull-shaped PCB design with mechanical artwork, LED eye illumination, and a CREW staff variant.
Pandemic-era HackRVA firmware archive with LCD, IR, audio, USB, and apps
The RVAsec 2020 badge is seeded from HackRVA's public firmware repository. The source tree documents a real badge software target with LCD display code, buttons, IR packet handling, menus, badge apps, audio/image asset playback, LED control, USB bootloader tooling, and a small C-like interpreter.
Merch-bundle electronic badge kit for the online con
CarolinaCon Online 2021 offered a merch bundle with a CarolinaCon Online T-shirt, sticker, and a kit containing all parts needed to make that year's badge; after orders closed, the organizers began bulk-ordering shirts and badge supplies for shipment.
RP2040 New Normal macro-pad badge
An MK Factor official DEF CON 29 electronic badge built around Raspberry Pi's RP2040, a 1.8-inch LCD, six-button D-pad surface, SAO connectors, USB-C, speaker, coin-cell plus USB power behavior, UF2 firmware updates, HID macro-pad mode, and a New Normal challenge path.
Source-limited Badge Intro artifact in the continuing HackRVA electronic-badge lineage
The RVAsec 2021 badge record is intentionally narrow: InfoconDB preserves a Badge Intro session at the November 4-5, 2021 Omni Richmond event, and HackRVA's current badge page describes an annual electronic badge lineage with schedules, games, surprises, sponsorship, and limited badge availability.
Pre-order merch-bundle Conference PCB Badge
CarolinaCon Online 2's official pages advertised a merch bundle containing a CarolinaCon T-shirt, shot glass, sticker, and Conference PCB Badge, with pre-orders closing on the last day of the April 29-May 1, 2022 online conference.
MK Factor musical keyboard badge
An MK Factor official DEF CON 30 musical badge with Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040-class hardware, a playable keyboard, display, speaker, audio input/output behavior, boot-mode and mass-storage update paths, and a music-and-pop-culture badge challenge spread across nine badge variants.
Circular global-surveillance badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 30 badge entry, The Radar Badge, was a circular radar-themed badge with a world-map overlay, teal and emerald styling, compass markings, and coordinate markings.
First limited electronic EKO badge offer
A conservative Ekoparty 2023 record for the first limited electronic badge offer, capped at 500 units and used as a paid support option for a free Buenos Aires hacker conference.
HackRVA electronic badge with UF2 flashing, audio output, IR, and games
The RVAsec 2023 badge is backed by official RVAsec package language for limited HackRVA electronic badges and HackRVA's public firmware repository. The repository documents LCD display, three-color LED, D-pad, IR Tx/Rx, rotary encoder, audio output, micro-USB UF2 flashing, SDL simulator support, and a broad app/game tree.
Classic spy badge with speaker variant
Recon Village's DEF CON 31 badge entry, The Spy Silhouette, returned to the fedora silhouette with die-cut shape, LED illumination, a speaker-badge variant, and custom Recon Village lanyard.
Contra-themed laser-tag badge with custom clear-PC housing
The THOTCON 0xC badge was a Chicago electronic conference badge built around a Contra-inspired, conference-wide laser-tag game and a custom injection-molded clear polycarbonate housing. Rob Rehrig's first-hand writeup documents the badge theme, enclosure work, IR receiver/emitter layout, TIR lens work, Xometry manufacturing path, and roughly 2,000-badge production scale.
First AvengerCon electronic scavenger-hunt badge
The AvengerCon VIII 8-8-8 badge was the conference's first electronic badge, documented by U.S. Army public-affairs coverage as a scavenger-hunt badge where attendees collected codes to light LEDs or hacked the badge to bypass the contest.
Greek Security BSides electronic circuit badge and soldering challenge
A source-backed Greek Security BSides electronic circuit badge record: the recovered official wrap-up says participants received an electronic circuit badge, soldered it until it lit up, could reuse it as a breadboard, and found that it contained secrets.
RP2350 handheld-game badge
An official DEF CON 32 electronic badge built around Raspberry Pi RP2350 silicon, a handheld-game-style interface, LEDs, firmware archives, and a DEF CON 32 badge game whose GB Studio project files were published after the event.
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.
HackRVA firmware and emulator badge with IR, audio, games, and badge-hacking context
The RVAsec 2024 badge record combines official RVAsec package/layout evidence for limited HackRVA electronic badges and badge-hacking context with HackRVA's public firmware and emulator repository. The source tree documents LCD, three-color LED, D-pad, IR, rotary encoder, audio output, SDL simulator, and expanded games/apps.
Multi-layer tactical recon badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 32 badge entry, The Recon Soldier, was a tactical-recon multi-layer PCB badge with red and blue LED eyes, 3D assembled design, and military helmet artwork.
Modular cyberpunk watch-style badge
An electronic badge created for 39C3 as a modular, solderable watch-style device. The project was designed to be reconfigurable with interchangeable daughter boards (called shards) for different use cases.
Four-challenge serial CTF badge
The AvengerCon IX electronic badge carried a built-in four-challenge CTF, coin-cell blink behavior, BAT CON battery jumper, micro-USB connection, CP2102 USB-to-UART serial path, and post-event unlock codes published by the official badge page.
Norwegian Security BSides SolaSec duck-shaped CTF badge
A source-backed Norwegian Security BSides electronic badge record: Noroff's post-event report documents a custom SolaSec electronic duck badge with seven LED challenge indicators, the official recordings page preserves Caleb Davis's Sykt Badge talk, and Cryptax's CTF write-up documents RP2040/MicroPython behavior, USB serial access, Wi-Fi AP setup, and on-badge web challenges.
Portuguese Security BSides electronic badge with badge-sponsor trail
A source-backed Portuguese Security BSides electronic-badge record: the official BSidesLisbon 2025 about page says the edition would have an electronic badge, the sponsors page lists a Badge Sponsor section for BitSight, and Eventbrite anchors the November 13-14, 2025 Auditorio FMD-UL conference.
Czech Security BSides PCB badge with attendee chip challenges
A source-backed Czech Security BSides electronic badge record: the official BSides Prague 2025 schedule page announced a PCB badge powered by multiple processors, and a first-hand organizer retrospective documents the first generation of electronic badges, attendee chips, challenge XP, interactive panels, and nickname display.
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.
Limited Colombian NFC hardware-hacking badge
A conservative Colombian DragonJARCON 2025 record for an optional electronic hardware badge and a separate DragonJARCON 2025 NFC hacking badge raffle limited to 100 units.
Voodoo Heart electronic badge and Learn to Solder artifact
NolaCon 2025's Patches badge continued the conference's Learn to Solder badge tradition, with the official badge page presenting Patches as a customizable Voodoo Heart-series character whose limbs, LEDs, and personal flair could make each build unique.
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.
Official limited Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge package record
The RVAsec 2025 badge is seeded from the official RVAsec 14 registration page, which listed a guaranteed hotel package with a custom RVAsec challenge coin and a Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge while supplies lasted. No public 2025 hardware repository, firmware tree, schematic, BOM, or final badge photo provenance was recovered in this pass.
Cyber Vigilance owl badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 33 badge entry, The Cyber Owl, was a cyberpunk owl electronic badge with intricate mechanical detail, metallic blue-gray finish, and glowing pink LED eyes.
Antisyphon-sponsored ESP32-S3 badge CTF
The Wild West Hackin' Fest Deadwood 2025 e-badge was the conference's electronic badge and badge CTF artifact. The official WWHF e-badge page identifies Antisyphon Training as the badge sponsor, Meta CTF as the scoreboard/challenge partner, multiple challenges solvable from badge behavior or firmware, and Ray Feltch, David Fletcher, and Rick Wisser as badge-team contacts.
Pre-event electronic badge design/build record for 500 delegates
BSides Brisbane 2026 is represented here as a planned pre-event electronic badge record: the official prospectus offers an Electronic Badge item for design and build for 500 delegates, while ticketing lists conference badge pickup and a VIP special badge tier.
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.
Planned Portuguese BSides electronic badge experience
A conservative pre-event record for BSides Porto 2026's advertised electronic badge experience, anchored to the official site and ticketing page rather than component-level badge documentation.
ESP32 portable CTF badge
BSides San Diego 2026 handed attendees a Cyberpunk Bunny electronic badge: an ESP32-powered portable CTF with cryptography challenges, wireless hacking, hidden secrets, an accelerometer-driven oracle, BLE co-op behavior, and an ultimate hidden flag path.
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.
Planned electronic Human badge with SAO specs
DEF CON's official preregistration copy guarantees an onsite DEF CON 34 Human badge, and the official media server publishes DC34 SAO electrical and mechanical specifications that make the 2026 badge a source-backed planned electronic-badge record.
Official social electronic badge with soldering-village enhancement trail
NorthSec 2026's official registration page lists a new social electronic badge as an included item for conference, CTF, combo, and training ticket holders while supplies lasted. The official villages and community-schedule pages document badge pickup through attendees' nSec order QR codes, soldering-village activity where attendees could enhance their badge with blinking electronic parts, plus a badge museum showing NorthSec's electronic-badge history.
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.
Planned official limited Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge package record
The planned RVAsec 2026 badge is seeded from current official RVAsec 15 registration/package material listing a limited Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge. Because the event is scheduled for June 9-10, 2026, this record is pre-event and does not claim shipped hardware, final firmware, production quantity, or attendee distribution outcomes.
Madrid Hackplayers electronic development-board CTF badge
A source-backed Spanish hacker-conference electronic badge record: the official h-c0n post says Hackplayers finally produced an electronic badge for the sixth 2026 edition, describes it as a fully functional development board, and ties pickup to the February 6 conference registration and CTF start; the public `therealdreg/hcon2026hwctf` repository and Hackplayers post-event write-up document RP2350/RISC-V firmware, tooling, named co-creators, and winner write-ups.