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Badge records tagged with No Image, across Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States.
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.
PIC32 badge with LCD, IR, capacitive sliders, and public firmware
The RVAs3c 2014 badge was a redesigned HackRVA electronic badge whose official preview and public firmware source document a PIC32-based platform with LCD, infrared, capacitive sliders, LEDs, speaker, micro USB, and game/application code.
Team hardware badge for the Bonsecours CTF
NorthSec's official past-editions page documents the 2015 Bonsecours CTF as a 54-team competition where participants, grouped in teams of eight, each had a hardware badge tied to network, IPv6 workstation, RF-monitoring, smartcard, and related challenge paths.
Hand-built HackRVA PCB badge with IR, LCD, audio, and USB
The RV4sec 2015 badge is documented by HackRVA's official build post as a hand-built electronic badge with custom PCB assembly, surface-mount components, IR, audio, micro USB, LCD, and an optional reset-header development path.
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.
HackRVA badge artifact with badge-intro and CTF-room context
The RVAsec 2017 badge record is intentionally conservative: official RVAsec sources place HackRVA badge distribution in the 2017 layout and sponsor trail, and InfoconDB preserves a Badge Intro item, but this pass did not recover final component, firmware, schematic, or complete attendee-guide evidence.
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.
TwinkleTwinkie PCB-art badge
TwinkleTwinkie's DEF CON 27 Hardware Hacking Village bio lists the BSides Vancouver 2019 Badge among notable artistic PCB badges and indie badge add-ons produced by the independent PCB artist. The current official B|Sides Vancouver site keeps the Vancouver Security BSides lineage visible, while this pass keeps the badge record limited to the artifact name, maker trail, and PCB-art classification.
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.
Arduino-compatible badge with games, base-station laser tag, and C interpreter
HackRVA's RVAsec 8 badge post documents the 2019 conference badge as a custom Arduino-compatible layout with games, Badge Monsters, Maze, base-station Laser Tag, a scoreboard plan, and a public Dustin Firebaugh C-interpreter repository.
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.
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.
Pico-era firmware with LCD, IR, D-pad, rotary encoder, and simulator
HackRVA's public RVAsec 2022 repository documents badge firmware for hardware and simulator targets, with RP2040/Pico SDK build flow, LCD display, three-color LED, D-pad, IR transmit/receive, rotary encoder, UF2 flashing, CLI startup path, and app/game framework.
ATtiny402 DeLorean PCB-art conference badge
An electronic PCB-art conference badge documented by its maker and badge sponsor, Punk Security, for BSides Cheltenham 2023. Punk Security's own dated event listing identifies its June 3 Cheltenham appearance as that year's badge-sponsor engagement, names a talk on building the BSides Delorean badges, and describes them as functional conference badges. The public `bsides-cheltenham-2023-badge` repository calls the artifact the Delorean badge, reports that parts sold for badge completion on the day raised more than £300 for Mind, and preserves EAGLE, Gerber, library, and Arduino firmware material. Its parts list names an ATtiny402, button, CR2032 clip, NeoPixel, and 3528 blue LED. The reviewed sources do not establish organizer-side 2023 confirmation, venue, production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, completed assembly count, safety validation, or reusable image provenance.
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.
ATtiny402 UFO PCB badge with source-described activity material
An electronic PCB badge identified by Punk Security's public source archive as the UFO badge for BSides Cheltenham 2024. Its repository preserves EAGLE, Gerber, Arduino firmware, vector-art, 3D-case, and activity-booklet material, and names an ATtiny402, button, CR2032 clip, and 5050 NeoPixel. The archive says the activity booklet was given out on the day. Punk Security's historical event timeline separately says it was the badge sponsor and had UFO badges, but currently renders that entry with an inconsistent early-2023 timestamp; the record therefore uses the repository's explicit 2024 badge identity without inventing an exact date or venue. The reviewed sources do not establish organizer-side 2024 confirmation, production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, activity participation or outcome, safety validation, or reusable image provenance.
Little Shop of Horrors ATtiny402 soil-sensor PCB badge
An electronic PCB badge documented by its maker and badge sponsor, Punk Security, for BSides Newcastle 2024. Punk Security's own dated event listing identifies its October 5 Newcastle appearance as that year's badge-sponsor engagement and says Simon Gurney presented the making of the conference badge. The public `bsides-newcastle-2024-badge` archive calls the artifact the Little Shop of Horrors Plant Badge, says it was given out at BSides Newcastle, and describes it as a working soil sensor. It preserves EAGLE, EasyEDA, Gerber, firmware, board-image, and schematic material, and names an ATtiny402, button, CR2032 clip, 5050 NeoPixel, and 6.8 kΩ resistor. The reviewed sources do not establish organizer-side 2024 confirmation, venue, production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, measurement performance, safety validation, or reusable image provenance.
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.
Retrospectively documented independent ESP32-S3 electronic badge
Retia, LLC's public repository is currently named `DefconBadge2026`, but its immutable first source-release commit calls the project `DEF CON badge (2024)` and its README is titled `DEF CON Badge (2024) — ESP32-S3`. That source snapshot includes KiCad and fabrication material named `2024_def_con_badge_v1`, a badge photograph, and high-level hardware documentation. The official DEF CON archive identifies the 2024 event as DEF CON 32, so the record is attached to that existing edition as a retrospectively documented independent artifact; neither Retia nor DEF CON source reviewed here calls it an official Human badge, an attendee entitlement, or a confirmed event handoff.
ATtiny402 skull PCB badge
A completed BSides Bournemouth 2025 electronic PCB badge created by the event's badge sponsor, Punk Security. BSides Bournemouth's official 2025 page establishes its Bournemouth 2600-led community cybersecurity conference and reports 200+ attendees; the Security BSides schedule records the August 16 date. Punk Security's own event page identifies it as badge sponsor and calls the artifact a Punk BSides skull badge, while its post-event repository identifies the Skull Badge and preserves EAGLE, Gerber, Arduino firmware, vector, and printed-art material. The archive names an ATtiny402, button, two CR2032 clips, and 5050 NeoPixel. The sources do not establish a production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, safety validation, or reusable image provenance.
ATtiny402 pirate-ship badge with venue treasure-chest interaction
A completed BSides Exeter 2025 electronic PCB badge created by the event's badge sponsor, Punk Security. Organizer ticketing and Security BSides sources establish the April 26 conference at The Forum, University of Exeter; Punk Security's own event listing identifies it as badge sponsor. Its post-event public repository identifies the pirate-ship badge, says it was given out at BSides Exeter, preserves EAGLE, EasyEDA, Gerber, badge/chest firmware, and chest-model material, and describes a venue treasure-chest interaction for unlocking additional LED modes. The archive names an ATtiny402, button, CR2032 clip, and 5050 NeoPixel for the badge. The sources do not establish a production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, chest count or deployment, safety validation, player outcome, or reusable image provenance.
ATtiny412, NeoPixel, and Morse-code game PCB badge
A completed BSides Newcastle 2025 electronic PCB badge created by the event's badge sponsor, Punk Security. Punk Security's public repository identifies it as the Space Badge, preserves board, schematic, EasyEDA, Gerber, artwork, firmware, and venue-sign material, and describes a Morse-code game using signs placed around the venue. Its README names an ATtiny412, one button, CR2032 holder, and 5050 NeoPixel. The sources do not establish a production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, safety validation, or reusable image provenance.
Maker-published one-off ESP32 badge-challenge device
A source-bounded independent BSides Peoria 2025 challenge-badge dossier. Technet8394's event-period public HackTheBadge README calls the work "My ESP32 code for the BSides Peoria Badge Challenge 2025." Its later source release documents an ESP32, a 240×320 ILI9341 TFT panel, two batteries, and wiring. BSides Peoria's official 2025 announcement establishes the October 25 Bradley University event, and its 2026 organizer retrospective says the prior edition drew nearly 350 people and had electronic badges. No reviewed organizer source links this specific maker project to a main attendee badge, official issuance, or completed handoff, so the catalogue keeps it as an independent event-associated challenge device.
ESP32-C3/NFC electronic badge with first-party binaries and later public source
BSides Vancouver's official 2025 badge page calls the artifact an electronic badge, links its first-party programming bundle, and directs firmware information to a public project archive. That archive documents a 2025 REV 2 board and a public firmware refactor committed in 2026, so this record separates the completed 2025 artifact from the later source-tree revision.
Transparent PET flex-PCB cube conference badge
A completed Italian End Summer Camp {21} electronic badge whose organizer-owned badge-2025 repository explicitly calls it a flex-PCB badge distributed at ESC{21}. The public archive includes KiCad hardware, Gerbers, a BOM, placement data, folding material, a case directory, and firmware material; an author retrospective and first-person maker project document a transparent PET board folded into a cube. Public sources do not establish a recipient total, final unit-by-unit configuration, safety certification, a unified final firmware release, or reusable image provenance.
ATtiny1614 infrared-capable electronic crab badge
A completed CSIDES 2025 electronic PCB badge created by the event's badge sponsor, Punk Security. The organizer's sources and Eventbrite listing establish the October 3 Grand Pier community cybersecurity conference in Weston-super-Mare; Punk Security's own event page calls it the custom badge sponsor and identifies an infrared-capable badge. Its post-event public repository identifies the crab badge, preserves board, schematic, Gerber, firmware, and artwork material, and names an ATtiny1614, buttons, two CR2032 clips, 5050 NeoPixel, trimmer, capacitor, transistor, and 940 nm infrared LEDs. The sources do not establish a production quantity, attendee allocation, individual handoff, final unit-by-unit configuration, electrical-safety result, device-interaction outcome, or reusable image provenance.
ATtiny412 and LIS2MDLTR electronic compass badge
A completed CyberNorth CyberFest 2025 electronic PCB badge documented by its maker, Punk Security, as a compass badge distributed at the Community Conference. CyberNorth's official 2025 materials place that conference on October 7 at Newcastle Civic Centre within its month-long northeast England cybersecurity festival. The public maker archive names an ATtiny412, button, CR2032 clip, 5050 NeoPixel, and LIS2MDLTR three-axis magnetometer, and preserves EAGLE, EasyEDA, Gerber, firmware, and board-art material. The sources do not establish a production count, recipient ledger, final unit-by-unit configuration, calibrated field performance, electrical-safety result, or reusable image provenance.
Completed 418-unit, three-variant MNCERT/CC electronic-badge collection
A completed MNSEC 2025 electronic-badge collection commissioned by MNCERT/CC and documented by Beelog Technologies. Beelog's public project page states that it designed, manufactured, and developed 418 electronic badges for MNCERT/CC; the public MNSEC2025BADGE archive identifies the order with the September cybersecurity conference, says three badge types were completed, and preserves Gerber, schematic, firmware, example-code, and supporting-material directories. The sources do not establish attendee allocation, a per-unit delivery record, final unit-by-unit configuration, safety validation, or reusable image provenance.
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.
Early Bird ticket-tier conference token
A conservative United Kingdom BSides Cheltenham 2026 conference-token record from the organizer's Early Bird ticket package, which promises an exclusive Limited Edition BSides Cheltenham 2026 Challenge Coin alongside entry, afterparty access, a t-shirt, and a swag bag. The Early Bird tier sold out before the October 3 event, which the organizer has since wrapped up as its biggest edition, without any public note on the coin itself.
Ticket-included Indian conference identity artifact
A conservative Indian BSides Chennai 2026 identity-artifact record from the organizer's ticket page, which listed an Event Badge among the Last Bird ticket inclusions. The May 30 Turyaa Hotel OMR conference is now listed as passed by the Security BSides global calendar, and the organizer's separate CTF page says the CTF concluded. The still-visible ticket page remains pre-event sales copy rather than proof of badge handoff.
Discrete-logic cassette LED badge with attendee play and volunteer rewind variants
The BSides Cleveland 2026 conference badge, published by the organizers on October 6, 2026 as CC0 KiCad designs: a cassette-tape-shaped, all-SMD coin-cell board in two variants. A Schmitt-trigger oscillator clocks a 74HC4017 decade counter that steps rings of orange, green, and blue LEDs, so the attendee cassette appears to play and the volunteer cassette appears to rewind. The back artwork hides a Vigenère-and-ROT13 easter egg that decodes to Hack The Planet. The September 26 event is officially completed, but no source gives a badge count or describes the handoff.
ATtiny816 Light The Way attendee badge
A completed BSides Joburg 2026 electronic attendee badge documented through a first-hand August 13, 2026 reversing write-up and its MIT-licensed firmware archive: the badge shipped as an ATtiny816 in a VQFN-20 package with seven front LEDs, a 3.3V coin cell holder, and a switch, and the write-up reports lighthouse artwork for general attendees plus a distinct speaker image variant.
Planned Indian Security BSides identity artifact
A conservative planned Indian BSides Mumbai 2026 identity-artifact record from the organizer's provisional October 3 programme, which schedules badge pickup during morning registration and breakfast. The organizer's pass page identifies admissions and goodies but does not describe a badge entitlement or the credential's form.
Planned Illinois Security BSides badge with sponsor-logo surface
A conservative planned Illinois Security BSides conference-badge record from organizer sponsorship material. The BSides Peoria 2026 call for sponsors says organizers are locking in badge runs, and the official 2026 prospectus includes a Logo on Badge sponsorship benefit. The official home places the October 24 event at Bradley University, but these pre-event sources do not establish a final credential form, electronics, ticket inclusion, allocation, or delivery.
Source-conservative afterparty admission identity artifact
BSidesKC's current 2026 activities page says attendees had to present a BSidesKC badge for afterparty entry. Together with the official event page, that establishes a 2026 badge-linked admission artifact; it does not identify a material, design, QR/barcode, RFID/NFC, electronics, or whether it was the separately documented 2025 Badge Pirates hardware.
Completed ESP32-S3 CircuitPython conference badge with public source
Carolina Code Conference's organizer documented Circuit Board Badge pickup for its August 14-15 event, and its named badge partner published a source archive for an ESP32-S3 CircuitPython board. The archive identifies five WS2812 LEDs, three buttons, a 1.77-inch ST7735S display, Micro-USB, and CR123A or USB power. It supports a released badge software and hardware reference, not a recipient ledger, an independently audited final production configuration, or a rights-cleared physical-badge image.
Sold-out RP2040, LoRa, NFC, and LED community-event badge preorder
DEFCON Furs' official 2026 site and Hack Your Lives donation-store listing identify a distinct 2026 #badgelife badge for the DEF CON 34 period. The currently sold-out listing describes an assembled badge plus a blank PCB, an RP2040, LoRa radio, NFC, 48 RGB LEDs, MicroPython, touch points, and an SAO 1.69bis interface. It says paid orders will be assembled and shipped by September 30, while blanks were offered for in-person DEF CON pickup. Those are organizer-published preorder and planned-fulfillment statements, not proof that every order shipped, that each unit has the described final configuration, or that a specific recipient collected one.
ATtiny1616 coin-cell admission badge with a hidden serial-console challenge
GrrCON's 15th-anniversary 2026 badge, documented after the September 24-25 conference by an attendee writeup and a published firmware dump, is a coin-cell electronic badge built around a Microchip ATtiny1616. Its artwork shows a green cat with a tentacle mane coiled around a circuit on an amber disc inside a bolted green ring, edged with green LEDs and a single yellow eye LED. A hidden 9600-baud serial console, reached by grounding one pin, asks for a secret code; the answer, rick astley, returns ACCESS GRANTED and a rickroll link. The writeup credits Dave Schwartzberg of Hak4Kidz as designer and challenge author.
Planned volunteer staff identity credential for Grand Rapids conference
A conservative planned GrrCON 2026 volunteer identity-artifact record from the organizer's official volunteer terms. The terms say selected volunteers will be given a GrrCON staff badge and say dismissal revokes that badge. The official home places the September 24-25 conference at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, but neither source establishes the badge's material, electronic form, technical function, completed issuance, or use by general attendees.
Completed write-in Scottish conference identity badge
A conservative completed Scottish attendee-identity artifact. Hack Glasgow's official statistics page, updated August 16, reports continuing 2026 ticket and check-in reporting after the August 15 conference; its FAQ says attendees could write any handle or name on their badge on the day. The sources do not establish the badge's material, ticket inclusion, allocation, electronics, access role, or individual delivery.
ESP32-C3 NFC hacker badge with Lua apps, open-sourced hardware and firmware
The Hack the North 2026 hacker badge, documented by the official Devpost event page, attendee firmware archives, and since October 13-14, 2026 by Hack the North's own open-source hardware and firmware repositories: an AA-powered ESP32-C3-MINI-1 board with a 320x240 ST7789 display, eight buttons, an SC7A20 accelerometer, an MFRC522 NFC reader, and WS2812B LEDs. It served as each hacker's ID and meal QR code, unlocked hidden apps by scanning flower-pattern stickers, swapped contacts by bumping badges over BLE, ran a Solana NFC scavenger hunt, and installs user Lua apps from a browser IDE.
Planned tenth-anniversary Supercon badge; design unrevealed
Hackaday's official August 13, 2026 ticket announcement says Supercon Ten admission includes a sweet hackable badge, and the September 12, 2026 newsletter adds that the badge is going to be bigger this year but that this is all organizers can say at this time. The July call for proposals schedules a Friday badge-hacking day and a Sunday badge-hack showcase. No controller, board, display, radio, firmware, or artwork has been published, so this is an organizer-confirmed planned badge rather than a revealed design.
ATmega328P calculator kit badge with DTMF tones, hidden games, a badge-to-badge link, and an in-event firmware fix
The JawnCon 0x3 badge, documented on JawnCon's official badge page ahead of the October 16-18, 2026 conference at Arcadia University. The JawnCon0x3 Badge is a four-digit, seven-segment calculator kit built around an ATmega328P-P with a 16-key keypad. Every key plays a touch-tone (DTMF) pair, typed codes unlock hidden games, a USB-serial menu renames the badge and shows high scores, and a wired serial link lets two badges introduce themselves and count links. A 20-pin edge connector lets attendees plug in their own hardware. The page has attendees assemble the kit at the JawnCon soldering station. During the conference the official homepage said this year's badge had sold out and published a fixed firmware image, with a reprogrammer in the Chillout space. Kit counts and how many attendees received one are not published.
ESP32-C3 Wi-Fi stamp-passport badge for MNSEC13
An MNSEC 2026 (MNSEC13) event badge documented through a user-guide deck and front and back board renders uploaded on September 28, 2026 by the Beelog maintainer of the MNSEC 2025 badge archive. The guide, headed MN CERT/CC 2026, describes a badge that joins the MNSEC Badge Cloud over event Wi-Fi, shows booth stamps, a contact card, and badge status, and reacts with light, sound, and vibration; its Stamp Passport collects stamps from 14 sponsor booths for a prize draw.
Moscow STM32 serial-console badge
An OFFZONE 2026 conference badge documented through a first-hand attendee toolkit: an STM32 board with a USB Virtual COM Port exposing a built-in serial console with led, echo, and mini-game commands, four addressable LEDs driven by an official bytecode format distributed with the badge docs, and animation sequences verified byte-for-byte on real 2026 hardware.
ESP32-S3 Meshtastic LoRa badge with Type-B fallback
The ROOTCON 20 con-goers guide documented a 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. After the September 23-25 event, ROOTCON's official media server published a post-event ROOTCON 20 drop on September 28, 2026, including rc20-human-fw.bin, a compiled ESP32-S3 firmware image that identifies itself as the ROOTCON 20 Badge and runs a Meshtastic LoRa mesh stack on an SX1262 radio with an SSD1315 OLED, four WS2812B LEDs, and Tetris and Breakout games.
HackRVA firmware and simulator badge archive
RVAsec 2026 is now source-backed beyond the earlier package listing: the public HackRVA `badge2026` repository preserves Badge 2026 firmware, simulator/build instructions, UF2 flashing workflow, app source, image assets, and June 10, 2026 release binaries after the June 9-10 conference.
ESP32-C5 V2X badge with 802.11p sniffer and OCPP EVSE mode
A ScapyCon 2026 conference badge documented through public firmware and flash-kit archives: the badge is built around an ESP32-C5-WROOM-1-N4 module, is themed around V2X and IEEE 802.11p in the 5.9 GHz ITS band, and runs a badge UI, 802.11p sniffer, conference schedule, USB host link, and a Pocket EVSE OCPP charge-point simulator mode.
Planned RP2350 developer-conference PCB badge for Tables Day
Software You Can Love's official 2026 update says attendees of the conference's Sunday Tables Day will receive a SYCL Badge V2. The planned October 3-6 Metro Vancouver event describes the activity as a PCB Badge and identifies selected V2 changes: an RP2350 instead of the earlier ATSAMD51J19 and three AAA batteries instead of LiPo power. A public project repository describes itself as the SYCL conference badge, but the official event material does not map a particular repository commit or design revision to the October handout.
CH573F BLE virtual-pet and CTF electronic badge
A source-backed Peruvian Unknown Security Conference 2026 electronic-badge record that joins the official pass's lanyard-and-badge inclusion with Electronic Cats' self-described official Pwn Llama badge repository. Its public history shows hardware work before the June 4-6 Lima event and a July documentation update.
Maker-documented ATtiny1604 soldering-challenge Simple Add-On
NerdFlare's public repository describes a 2026 iFixit Shitty Add On (SAO), while its repository description labels the project an iFixit DEFCON 2026 SAO. The commit-pinned README documents a physical PCB art badge with multiple LED animations, an interactive surface-mount soldering challenge, user-programmable firmware, an ATtiny1604-SS target, PlatformIO/Arduino code, and KiCad design files. A dated July 18 source commit says "Version 0.1 - FINAL: art, code, and PCB. 1000 made for DEFCON34." Those are direct project-publisher statements sufficient to retain a distinct pre-event DEF CON 34 artifact, but not proof of organizer issuance, iFixit corporate publication, event authorization, attendee allocation, actual handoff, admission function, a final unit-by-unit configuration, or reusable-image rights.