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Badge records tagged with North America, across Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States.
Official announcement and archive-photo documented pre-electronic name tag
A DEF CON 1 pre-electronic name-tag and paper-badge artifact documented by the official 1993 announcement, the official DEF CON I archive page, and the official DEF CON media-server badge photo.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic chest credential
A DEF CON 2 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON II archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Sahara Hotel and Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic waist credential
A DEF CON 3 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON III archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Tropicana Resort & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic chest credential
A DEF CON 4 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON IV archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic hanging credential
A DEF CON 5 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 5 archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Aladdin Hotel & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic conference credential
A DEF CON 6 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 6 event page, and official DEF CON media-server photos from the Plaza Hotel & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic lanyard credential
A DEF CON 8 physical lanyard credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 8 event page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from Alexis Park.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic lanyard badge
A DEF CON 9 physical lanyard badge documented by InfoconDB event metadata and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Alexis Park conference.
Pre-electronic physical badge with corner-hole lore
A DEF CON 10 physical badge artifact documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official program's note about the badge form factor, and official DEF CON media-server badge images.
Official archive photographed pre-electronic identity badge
A DEF CON 11 human badge documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official program PDF, and official DEF CON media-server photos explicitly filed as DEF CON 11 badge images.
Unofficial forum identity badge
A community DEF CON 12 forum badge documented by the official forum thread as a printable avatar/nickname template, intended as an extra badge for forum members rather than the official attendee credential.
Public-domain photographed pre-electronic identity badge
A DEF CON 13 human badge documented by a public-domain Wikimedia Commons original photo and an official pre-conference DEF CON forum note that the 2005 badges were ready before registration.
First official DEF CON electronic badge
A Joe Grand-designed skull-shaped PCB badge for DEF CON 14, built around active electronics, open hackable circuitry, two blue LEDs, one button, seven soldermask role variants, and an official badge-hacking contest.
95-LED scrolling-text badge with capacitive controls
A Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio electronic badge for DEF CON 15, built around a Freescale MC9S08QG8, a 5-by-19 matrix of 95 LEDs, capacitive touch controls, customizable vertically scrolling text, persistence-of-vision behavior, and another official badge-hacking contest.
SD-card infrared file-transfer and TV-B-Gone badge
A DEF CON 16 electronic badge built as a hackable Freescale-based platform with SD-card storage, infrared file transfer, TV-B-Gone behavior, role-color variants, one-button state control, and published source, schematics, and development resources.
Sound-reactive RGB badge with MC56F8006 DSP
A Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio electronic badge for DEF CON 17, built around a Freescale MC56F8006 16-bit digital signal controller, an amplified MEMS microphone, an RGB LED, wired multi-badge communication, and a static serial bootloader.
Electronic party-invitation badge with published docs and firmware
Ninja Networks' 2009 DEF CON party invitation was an electronic badge built for DEF CON 17, documented by a primary DEF CON forum post plus a technical archive with Creative Commons Attribution schematic/Gerber docs, public-domain badge code, and a BOM.
Lithographed aluminum e-paper-style badge
A DEF CON 18 electronic badge built as polished hackable jewelry: lithographed aluminum, a low-power 128x32 Kent Displays cholesteric display, USB connectivity, role variants, and published badge-making materials.
Titanium non-electronic puzzle badge
A Ryan Clarke / 1o57 DEF CON 19 badge that intentionally stepped away from electronics and used a waterjet-cut commercially pure titanium physical artifact as the event credential, puzzle surface, role marker, and social-interaction prompt.
2.4 GHz RF spectrum-analyzer badge
The ToorCon 13 badge was an open-source 2.4 GHz RF spectrum-analyzer badge from Great Scott Gadgets, with 13 LEDs representing the 13 Wi-Fi channels and public Project Ubertooth hardware and firmware archives under the `tc13badge` code name.
Propeller multicore IR puzzle and development badge
A Ryan Clarke-designed DEF CON 20 electronic badge manufactured by Parallax around the Propeller P8X32A multicore processor, infrared badge-to-badge communication, eight LEDs, USB programming, many physical variants, and a crypto/social badge challenge.
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.
USB-controlled sub-1 GHz RF badge
The ToorCon 14 badge was an open-source sub-1 GHz wireless-transceiver badge from Great Scott Gadgets, controlled over USB from a computer and shipped with atlas's RfCat firmware plus CC Bootloader.
Non-electronic PCB playing-card puzzle badge
A Ryan Clarke-designed DEF CON 21 badge series built as poker-card printed circuit boards: non-powered identity artifacts whose copper, soldermask, silkscreen, inner-layer metal, role variants, and encoded face-card relationships formed a cryptographic and physical badge challenge.
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.
HeatSync Labs solderable PCB badge
The CactusCon 2014 PCB badge is preserved through Eric / Robot Ambassador's first-hand writeup, which describes 300 event badges designed by Erik Wilson, given away at the HeatSync Labs booth, and assembled by attendees with LEDs, resistors, batteries, and acrylic hardware.
Propeller 1 infrared puzzle and contest badge
A Parallax-built official DEF CON badge for DEF CON 22, based on the Propeller 1, infrared transmit/receive hardware, touch-pad buttons, LEDs, full USB programming, exposed I/O, and thirteen attendee-role styles.
Issued physical badge for the tenth HOPE
The HOPE X Badge was the physical badge issued at the tenth Hackers On Planet Earth conference in New York City, preserved here through a real CC0 Wikimedia Commons attendee/uploader photograph of the event badge.
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.
Arduino-clone badge with FTDI header, blinky expansion board, and hidden challenges
The SAINTCON 2014 badge was an Arduino-compatible conference badge designed for attendee soldering and badge hacking, with FTDI programming, LED blinky behavior, a companion blinky expansion board, and hidden Hacker Challenge secrets documented in first-hand and Hackaday coverage.
ESP8266 Badger hacking board
The BSidesPDX 2015 Badger badge is a conservative source-backed badge-hacking board record tied to the official Electronic Taxidermy: Badger Hacking workshop and the public PDX Badgers 2015 PCB and firmware repositories.
Playable vinyl-record noir puzzle badge
A Ryan Clarke / 1o57-designed DEF CON 23 badge issued as an actual playable 7-inch vinyl record, with role-colored editions, printed mystery alphabets, inner-groove markings, lanyard ciphers, record audio, and a noir-themed badge challenge.
PSoC4 blinky badge and VoCore OpenWRT network badge
LayerOne 2015's badge effort produced two electronic badge designs documented by the official Hardware Hacking Village archive and CharlieX's Hackaday.io project: a battery-powered PSoC4, ESP8266, and WS2812B blinky badge plus a VoCore/RT5350F OpenWRT network badge with Wi-Fi and dual Ethernet intent.
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.
Cisco CMX-linked attendee badge with LCD, buttons, schedule, and challenge score
The SAINTCON 2015 badge was a purpose-built Wi-Fi enabled attendee show badge described by Cisco as a conference-scale experiment: roughly 550 participants carried LCD-and-button badges that used Wi-Fi location data for zone awareness, schedule lookup, and live Hacker Challenge score display.
Unofficial DEF CON 24 STM32 and RFM69 badgelife badge
The AND!XOR DC24 Bender Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 24 badgelife badge with a Bender-shaped PCB, STM32F103 controller, OLED screen, RGB LEDs, RFM69W 433 MHz radio, USB serial terminal behavior, games, GPIO breakouts, and a public post-event hardware/software archive.
ATTiny85 capacitive LED PCB badge
The BSidesPDX 2016 badge is a source-backed Portland Security BSides PCB badge record tied to Calagator's event listing, official BSidesPDX 2016 schedule and speaker pages, and the public PDX Badgers ATTiny85 Eagle board, schematic, BOM, and Arduino firmware archive.
555-timer light-reactive soldering badge kit
CarolinaCon 12 included an easy-to-assemble electronic kit badge in the price of admission, with a 555 timer, LED, photoresistor, resistors, capacitor, AAA battery holder, wire, protoboard space, and Hardware Hacking Village support.
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.
PIC18 LED-matrix badge with IR and accelerometer
The 2016 Hackaday Superconference badge, also documented as the Supercon II badge, was a Voja Antonic-designed open hardware badge with a red 8x16 LED matrix, PIC18LF25K50/PIC18F25K50-class MCU, integral LIS3 accelerometer, infrared communication, USB bootloader, five tactile controls, and expansion pads.
PSoC4 and ESP8266 badge with 20 WS2812B LEDs
LayerOne 2016's electronic conference badge returned to the PSoC4, ESP8266, and WS2812B platform as a single LED badge with Wi-Fi working before the event, a mini prototyping area, exposed rails and I/O, and public build logs from CharlieX.
nRF51 and STM32 OLED/BLE badge
NorthSec's public 2016 badge repository documents an electronic attendee badge with nRF51822 and STM32F072CB microcontrollers, OLED display, BLE, battery management, touch buttons, red/green LEDs, USB, SWD programming, and STM32 USB DFU support.
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.
D1 Mini ESP8266 badge kit with MAX7219 LED display and Hackers Challenge registration
The SAINTCON 2016 badge was an electronic kit badge built around a D1 Mini ESP8266 development board, MAX7219 LED driver, and two 4-digit LED modules, with public assembly, flashing, and Hackers Challenge registration documentation.
Unofficial DEF CON 25 nRF52 BLE badge with BOTNET game
The AND!XOR DC25 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 25 badgelife board built around a Rigado BMD-300 / Nordic nRF52 module, color TFT, WS2812B LEDs, sensors, microSD, BLE smartphone integration, TCLish scripting, BYOB bling, CHIP8/SCHIP games, and a badge-to-badge BOTNET game.
Nordic BLE badge and Ox-Vox add-on target
The BSidesPDX 2017 badge is a source-backed Portland Security BSides badge archive tied to the official schedule's badge context, Rob Rehrig's Ox-Vox add-on talk, and the public PDX Badgers Eagle board, schematic, and BOM repository for a BMD-300/OLED/CR2032 design.
Soldered WemOS scanner badge
The CactusCon 2017 badge is preserved through a first-hand attendee writeup that describes paying for the badge package, soldering and troubleshooting the board at the Phoenix-area event, and using it as a tiny Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanner.
TYMKRS cubic mesh-network puzzle badge
The CypherCon 2.0 Cube was a three-dimensional electronic badge by TYMKRS, assembled from cube-edge PCBs with LEDs, microprocessors, buses, USB, battery charging, mesh-network behavior, text-adventure firmware, and a badge-to-badge programming premise.
nRF52832 BLE OLED wagon-game badge
The DC503 Wagon Party badge is a source-backed party badge documented by the no-visible-license `pdxbadgers/wagonparty` repository, whose README calls the target a badge and whose firmware advertises a `503WAGON` BLE device with OLED game modes.
Rubber identity badge in a badgelife breakout year
A DEF CON 25 official admission badge recorded in DEF CON feedback as a rubber or plastic identity badge, not an electronic puzzle board, paired historically with an unusually large wave of unofficial DEF CON 25 hardware badges and badge-maker coordination.
Special lifetime-access electronic award badge
The DerbyCon 7.0 Legacy Black Badge was a special electronic black-badge award artifact made for DerbyCon 2017, using an Atmel XMEGA core, a large LED-heavy PCB, laser-cut acrylic, custom STL work, and first-hand published build notes.
PIC32 camera badge with OLED and MicroSD
The 2017 Hackaday Superconference badge was an official Mike Harrison camera badge with a PIC32MX170F256D, OV9650 camera module, 128x128 color OLED, MicroSD storage, accelerometer, buttons, bootloader, white LED illuminator, prototyping area, and expansion header.
STM32F4 badge for CAN bus and vehicle-hacking experiments
LayerOne 2017's electronic badge was a CAN-bus-focused STM32F4 conference badge with a TFT display, storage, USB device and host behavior, external CAN headers, audio output, rechargeable battery planning, PC-side CAN tooling, and J2534-adjacent software work.
nRF51 and STM32 badge with event firmware images
The NorthSec 2017 badge repository documents a dual-MCU electronic badge with nRF51822 BLE/OLED control, STM32F072 USB and touch-button handling, battery management, red/green LEDs, schematic files, website material, and multiple firmware images.
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.
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.
Raspberry Pi Zero W badge with TFT, SNES-style buttons, MiniBadges, and Hacker Challenge registration
The SAINTCON 2017 badge was an electronic conference badge built around a Raspberry Pi Zero W and a custom SAINTCON board with a 2.8-inch TFT display, SNES-style buttons, battery power, MiniBadge expansion, Hacker Challenge registration, and a post-conference RetroPie conversion path.
ATmega32u4 tesserHack maze badge
The THOTCON 0x8 badge was a Chicago electronic conference badge built around an ATmega32u4, four RGB NeoPixel LEDs, three potentiometers, micro USB, two CR2032 coin-cell holders, and tesserHack stock firmware for an 8x8x8 maze game.
Unofficial DEF CON 26 ESP32-WROVER Wild West of IoT badge
The AND!XOR DC26 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 26 badgelife board themed as the Wild West of IoT, built around an ESP32-WROVER module with WiFi/Bluetooth, a color LCD, microSD, IS31FL3736-driven RGB lighting, CP2102N USB serial, LULZCODE scripting, the B.E.N.D.E.R. console challenge, and badge-to-badge networking ambitions.
Attendee kit badge by Jonathan Singer
The BSides Orlando 2018 badge is preserved as a simple discrete marquee badge given to attendees as a kit, documented by Jonathan Singer's Hackaday.io project record and anchored to the official Security B-Sides Orlando 2018 event site.
Tampa Bay BSides badge/lanyard artifact with electronic assembly context
BSides Tampa 2018 is represented here by a visible event badge/lanyard artifact in a CC BY-SA documentary photo, paired with an attendee report that says more than 750 attendees participated in Electronic Badge Assembly among the event activities.
ATTiny861 LED and SAO badge archive
The BSidesPDX 2018 badge is a source-backed Portland Security BSides badge archive tied to the official BSidesPDX 101 badge panel and the public PDX Badgers KiCad, BOM, LED mapping, and ATTiny861 firmware archive.
Ticketed paid-badge registration artifact
CactusCon 2018 is seeded as a conservative paid-badge record because contemporaneous Arizona LoCo Team meeting notes say the September 28-29 Mesa Convention Center event required tickets, offered free admission, and let attendees pay to get a badge.
Bluetooth LE wrist party badge
The DC503 DEF CON 26 VIP Banglet is a source-backed wrist-worn party badge documented by the Apache-2.0 `pdxbadgers/2018-banglet` repository and by BSidesPDX 2018's public Making of the Banglet talk listing.
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.
BASIC and CP/M handheld computer badge
The 2018 Hackaday Superconference badge was a battery-powered handheld retrocomputer with a 320x240 color display, mini QWERTY keyboard, speaker, flash storage, expansion header, BASIC interpreter, and Z80 CP/M emulator.
ESP32-WROOM-32 audio badge with Alexa experiment path
LayerOne 2018's electronic badge was an ESP32-WROOM-32-based audio and network badge documented by the official HHV archive, Hackaday's event report, the linked CharlieX ESP32_Alexa repository, and mmca's public hardware notes.
nRF52 OLED/BLE badge with NeoPixels
The NorthSec 2018 badge repository documents an electronic badge with an nRF52832 main controller, STM32F070 USB controller, OLED display, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, battery management, Li-ion/USB power, USB charging, and schematic release.
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.
ESP32 MicroPython badge with 8x32 LED matrix and twelve minibadge spots
The SAINTCON 2018 ESP32 Badge was an electronic conference badge built around a LOLIN D32 / ESP32 module running MicroPython, an 8x32 LED matrix, three buttons, a rechargeable battery, Wi-Fi configuration behavior, Hacker Challenge score display, and twelve minibadge spots.
Battery-powered WiFi signal-strength badge
The ShmooCon XIV badge is preserved here as a battery-powered WiFi signal-strength meter from the 2018 Washington, DC conference, with corroborating public notes for an ESP8266 core, serially addressable LEDs, and an injection-molded rocket enclosure.
MSP430 electronic jar-of-fireflies camp badge
ToorCamp 2018's badge is preserved as a Great Scott Gadgets and OSH Park sponsored electronic jar of fireflies: a soldering-station badge kit built around an MSP430G2211, six green through-hole LEDs, CR2032 power, and open design/firmware files.
SMD Challenge and 8-bit art badge
The ToorCon San Diego 20 badge is preserved here as a 400-kit official-badge request that folded MakersBox's SMD Challenge into a larger 8-bit-art conference badge with hidden codes, eight SMD LEDs, and an ATtiny84.
Unofficial DEF CON 27 nRF52840 hardware-hacking badge
The AND!XOR DC27 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 27 badgelife board built around a Rigado BMD-340 / Nordic nRF52840 core with an IS31FL3741 LED matrix, light pipes, glow-in-the-dark capacitive touch, USB-C, FT2232H hardware-hacking bridge, SWD/Tag-Connect programming paths, SAO 1.69bis support, BOTNET mesh behavior, and B.E.N.D.E.R. v2.0 challenges.
Capacity-managed admission badge for BSidesLV
BSides Las Vegas 2019 is represented here by its official participant/admission badge system: badges were required for entry, walk-in badges were no longer available, and attendees secured badges through room-block, donor, sponsor, volunteer, speaker, student, local, or related conference paths.
ATtiny13A solder-and-program participant badge
BSides Puerto Rico 2019's badge is preserved as a DIY participant kit: an easy-through-hole electronic badge built around an ATtiny13A, two red/blue LEDs, two 680 ohm resistors, a slide switch, CR2032 power, public Gerbers, KiCad files, Arduino sample code, and real assembled-badge photos.
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.
ESP8266 Badge Pirates badge with Wi-Fi beacon game
The BSidesKC 2019 conference badge was a Badge Pirates ESP8266 badge with Wi-Fi behavior, reverse-mount LEDs, participant/speaker/organizer/volunteer/sponsor/pirate variants, a related Jr Hacker badge, and a rights-cleared repository photo served locally as optimized WebP.
ATtiny85 LED badge archive
The BSidesPDX 2019 Multnomah badge is a source-backed Portland Security BSides badge archive tied to the official schedule's badges-and-contests context and the public PDX Badgers KiCad, BOM, and firmware repository.
Reprogrammable ATTINY85 badge with dual SAO ports
The BSidesROC 2019 badge is preserved through the official event archive and badge page, which describe a fully working reprogrammable electronic badge, about 200 assembled units, PCB fallback for attendees without the assembled option, and a best-hacked-badge contest.
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.
SMART Response XE RF party pager
The 5ohBEE is a source-backed 2019 503 Party pager and game artifact documented by the Apache-2.0 `pdxbadgers/5ohBEE-2019` repository as a SMART Response XE-based pager project.
Crystal NFMI badge-game platform
A Grand Idea Studio DEF CON 27 badge built around NXP hardware with a KL27 ARM Cortex-M0+ controller, NFMI communication, quartz or crystal face details, role-specific badge identity, public firmware and schematics, and a conference-wide interaction game.
ECP5 RISC-V badge in a Game Boy form factor
The 2019 Hackaday Superconference badge put a Lattice ECP5 FPGA, RISC-V soft-core SoC, color LCD, eight buttons, cartridge slot, HDMI, SAO headers, PMOD footprint, and mass-storage app workflow into a Game Boy-like handheld.
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.
ATtiny85 and APA102 blinky CTF badge
Kernelcon's 2019 K-shaped badge was an electronic badge controlled by an ATtiny85, powered by three CR2032 cells, and fitted with five APA102 addressable RGB LEDs plus a button-driven mode system and CTF clues.
ATtiny2313 Blade Runner badge with ESP32CAM add-on path
LayerOne 2019's electronic badge used a Blade Runner / Voight-Kampff theme around a small ATtiny2313 LED-and-button badge, with Hackaday documenting optional add-on boards including an ESP32CAM eye/face-recognition module for the badge's test-of-humanity behavior.
nRF52 OLED/BLE badge with games and challenges
The NorthSec 2019 badge repository documents an nRF52832 and STM32F070 electronic badge with OLED, BLE, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, buttons, USB, Li-ion or USB power, schematics, BOM material, Gerbers, firmware applications, games, challenges, schedule code, and BLE/LED control utilities.
Membrane-keyboard ARG badge
The Queercon 16 Q Badge was an electronic DEF CON-adjacent social badge with a custom membrane keyboard, 2.9-inch e-paper display, RGB lighting, Bluetooth-capable TI CC2640R2 controller, Holtek LED driver, AA battery power, RJ12 6P6C badge-to-badge connector, and ARG mechanics across Q, C, and Handler badge roles.
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.
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.
STM32 and iCE40 Enigma-machine badge with linked-ring challenge
The SAINTCON 2019 Enigma Badge was a two-board electronic conference badge shaped as a segment of an Enigma rotor, combining a curved RGB LED matrix, lampboard LEDs, 26 buttons, plugboard wiring, minibadge-holder support, and badge-to-badge connectors for a cooperative ring challenge.
DePaul IRL ESP32 badge with capacitive pads, LEDs, speaker, and microphone
The THOTCON 0xA / Infinity badge was a Chicago electronic conference badge produced with DePaul's Idea Realization Lab for the May 3-4, 2019 event. DePaul Newsline reported a six-month, 1,700-unit custom circuit-board badge build; the public Poplicola repository documents a SparkFun ESP32 Thing Dev base, five capacitive touch pads, six LEDs, speaker output, microphone input, stock-firmware restore commands, and Arduino examples.
ATtiny841 soldering badge with colored and RGB LEDs
The WOPR Summit 0x00 badge was an attendee-assembled electronic badge for the inaugural Atlantic City conference. Hackaday documents a WarGames/WOPR-inspired board with a dozen colored LEDs, eight RGB LEDs, through-hole LEDs and resistors, battery holders, and an ATtiny841 controller, while Russell Handorf's build guide preserves the soldering and staff-flashing workflow.
Unofficial DEF CON 28 STM32F412 badge with BlackBerry keyboard CTF
The AND!XOR DC28 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 28 Safe Mode badgelife board shipped through pandemic-era proxy drops, with an STM32F412RET6 MCU, 0.96 inch OLED, ST7735 128x160 TFT, APA-102C LEDs, BlackBerry Q10 keyboard, USB-C, Keystone 1020 battery holder, MyBASIC hardware scripting, and an embedded BENDERPISS CTF text adventure.
Talking LED presenter wearable
A source-backed BSidesPDX 2020 presenter wearable artifact documented by the public PDX Badgers `2020-mask` repository, built as a voice-reactive LED face-mask project for the all-digital conference year rather than a conventional attendee badge.
Cassette-tape puzzle badge
A LosT / 1o57-designed DEF CON 28 Safe Mode support badge built as an audio cassette in a jewel case, with puzzle material spread across the A/B tape audio, lanyard characters, printed liner notes, media-server contents, and DEF CON forum solving space.
Community KiCad/OSH Park badge template for the virtual event
Thomas Flummer's 2020 Remoticon badge was an unofficial CC BY-SA 4.0 KiCad PCB template released for the virtual Hackaday Remoticon, combining decorative Remoticon artwork, prototyping area, a MakersBox SMD challenge circuit, Feather-mounting pads, Gerbers, and an OSH Park shared-project path.
ATmega328P dual-PCB image-reel badge
The Kernelcon 2020 Hack-Master badge was a dual-PCB electronic badge with an ATmega328P-AU, three-AAA power, nine APA102 RGB LEDs, a backlit custom image reel, serial-port game plans, EEPROM mode storage, and ICSP pogo-pin programming.
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.
Virtual-edition shipped badge package with MiniBadge and Hackers Challenge context
SAINTCON 2020 is represented here by its virtual-edition shipped badge package. The official archive identifies 2020 as a virtual SAINTCON year, InfoconDB supplies the October 27-30 dates, and first-hand DC540 coverage documents a physical badge package with the badge itself, an included MiniBadge, a coupon for a custom MiniBadge, and Hackers Challenge CTF badge context.
Arduino Nano breadboard badge for the virtual Badge Village
The Diana Initiative 2020 off-the-shelf virtual badge was a self-built Arduino Nano and breadboard-badge workshop artifact for the online conference. Sched documents the August 22, 2020 `Basic Arduino coding using virtual Badge` Village Workshop, while TechGirlMN's archive preserves the Tinkercad virtual badge, hardware BOM, wiring notes, and Arduino Create firmware examples.
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.
KiCad badge canvas with MicroMod carrier variant
Thomas Flummer's Remoticon.2 badge project published a KiCad badge canvas for the 2021 virtual Remoticon, giving builders a Remoticon.2-shaped PCB with open prototyping space plus uploaded KiCad, artwork, Gerber, and MicroMod carrier-board files.
Hack Live customizable hotkey badge
Kernelcon 2021's Hacker HotKey was a customizable hotkey stream-deck badge configured for Hack Live voting, challenge sabotage, hint, and website-launch behavior, with public Arduino Leonardo firmware examples.
ESP32 North Sectoria RPG badge
NorthSec's official 2021 badge page and repository document an ESP32 electronic badge with Wi-Fi, BLE, 240x240 color LCD, NeoPixel RGB LEDs, six buttons, buzzer, UART serial port, micro-USB or external battery power, ESP-IDF firmware, and ten badge flags tied to the North Sectoria game theme.
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.
Official and unofficial MiniBadges documented by the archived 2021 SAINTCON page
SAINTCON 2021 is represented here by its archived MiniBadge collection page, which documents in-person registration/status MiniBadges, community and challenge MiniBadges, soldering and puzzle badges, sponsor or booth-distributed badges, and a separate unofficial badge section.
ESP32 retro-controller badge with LEDs, buzzer, accelerometer, and Wi-Fi
The THOTCON 0xB badge was a rescheduled-2021 Chicago electronic conference badge in a retro controller / circus-ticket form factor. Rob Rehrig's first-hand writeup documents an ESP32 main controller, reverse-mount RGB and single-color LEDs driven by an IS32FL3731 LED driver, capacitive touch buttons, piezo buzzer, accelerometer, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi node behavior, IRC remote connectivity, and serial interface.
Arduino-programmable rubber-ducky badge
The BSidesSF 2022 Hardware Village badge is a source-backed pre-assembled badge distributed in limited quantities to village participants for Arduino-programmable rubber-ducky experiments.
RP2040 audio, microphone, LEDs, and EdgeImpulse badge
BugCON 2022's Electronic Cats badge repository documents an RP2040 electronic badge for BugCON 2022 CDMX with USB serial access, LEDs, microphone, buzzer or speaker, a small machine-learning trail through EdgeImpulse, Arduino Mbed programming notes, KiCad hardware files, and Blink/AudioWAV firmware examples.
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.
Front-panel 4-bit computer badge with 272 LEDs
The 2022 Hackaday Supercon 6 badge, also documented as Voja4, was a front-panel-style 4-bit computer badge designed by Voja Antonic and implemented on a PIC24FJ256GA704 with 272 LEDs, direct button programming, serial save/load, internal flash storage, SAO serial expansion, and a public assembler/emulator/tooling archive.
ESP8266 watch-badge firmware archive
Kernelcon's 2022 Watch Badge is preserved through its public firmware repository, which documents the kernelcon_watch_v4 firmware, generic ESP8266 core targeting, Arduino IDE build path, hard-coded Wi-Fi configuration, and deauther-software lineage.
ESP32 return-to-hallway badge with SAO hardware archive
NorthSec 2022 now has a source-backed badge record from NorthSec's official past-editions page and the public nsec-badge archive: an ESP32 WROOM32 electronic badge with CH340C USB serial, MCP73831 LiPo charging, AP2112 3.3 V regulation, twenty-four WS2811/5050 RGB LEDs, 0805 status LEDs, production Gerbers, BOM files, challenge image assets, and multiple SAO hardware directories.
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.
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.
Official, sponsor, community, and personal MiniBadge assembly-guide set
The SAINTCON 2022 MiniBadge Assembly Guide preserves a broad MiniBadge ecosystem: official community and status badges, sponsor badges, personal/trading badges, acquisition notes, rarity/difficulty labels, and assembly instructions for through-hole, SMD, RFID, motorized, and programmed badge variants.
OlyMEGA light-sensing LED spider badge
ToorCamp 2022's badge is documented by an official badge-talk session and assembly PDF as an OlyMEGA-built soldering badge: four LEDs forming spider eyes, a photocell, potentiometer, MOSFET, slide switch, resistors, and a battery holder whose circuit lights the eyes in darkness.
Resistance-themed ESP32-S3 and RP2040 official badge
BugCON 2023's Electronic Cats repository documents the official resistance-themed BugCON 2023 badge with an ESP32S3 or RP2040 platform statement, UART, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on ESP32S3, AA battery support, public Arduino firmware, GPL-3.0 software licensing, CERN-OHL v1.2 hardware licensing, and KiCad hardware source.
Badge Pirates ESP32-S2 home-automation badge
The CactusCon 11 badge was an ESP32-S2 WROOM electronic conference badge by Badge Pirates and the CactusCon team, built around the event's Nightmare House theme, IoT interaction, LEDs, buttons, optional OLED support, GPIO expansion, and USB serial access.
Mar Williams physical badge with SAO chamber
A Mar Williams / spuxo official DEF CON 31 physical badge produced for a deliberately non-electronic year, with the public pre-con badge news centered on a customization-friendly SAO slot and media-server add-on design assets.
RP2040 analog vectorscope and waveform badge
An analog-inspired Hackaday Supercon badge that combined a fake-phosphor vectorscope display, programmable waveform generator, AK4619 ADC/DAC path, Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040 control, MicroPython, joystick and buttons, and a through-hole prototyping area.
Analog TA7642 AM radio badge
Kernelcon's 2023 1337 kHz badge was an old-school analog AM radio badge based on the TA7642 radio IC, a 1.5 V design, small transistor amplifier, headphone output, RF gain knob, and hacker-playground prototyping area.
PIC16F1455 USB keyboard badge with addressable LEDs
LayerOne 2023's electronic badge was a PIC16F1455 USB HID and keyboard badge with WS2812B/SK6812-style addressable LEDs, DFU update workflow, writable flash-backed macro behavior, and a badge-competition path around a partial RubberDucky 2.0 script interpreter.
AVR badge-chain interaction badge
NorthSec 2023's public badge trail combines the official badge repositories with a first-hand technical writeup documenting an ATmega328PB attendee badge with CH340C USB serial, six push buttons, 16 WS2812B RGB LEDs, optional 128x32 OLED, AVR ISP, SAO connector, side-chain headers, BLE mesh controller-screen challenge behavior, and point-scoring badge-to-badge interaction.
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.
Community, event, contest, and personal MiniBadges documented by the 2023 data export
SAINTCON 2023 is represented here by its public MiniBadge ecosystem: the official 2023 FAQ documents MiniBadge popularity and attendee trading, while the community MiniBadge Wiki export preserves year-specific personal, event, community, and contest badge records.
DEF CON 31 youth-challenge ATtiny1614 LED badge
The Flux Decoder was a Social Engineering Community Youth Challenge badge for DEF CON 31, preserved through a public repository with KiCad board files, schematic material, and Arduino-style firmware for an ATtiny1614-powered flux-capacitor LED badge.
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.
CircuitPython IR trading badge
The BSidesPDX 2024 badge is a source-backed OpenTaxus badge customized for Portland's Security BSides event, documented by the official Badge Talk page and the PDX Badgers public repository with RP2040-class hardware, OLED display, five-way d-pad, infrared trading, NeoPixels, AA or USB-C power, CircuitPython, and event-game code.
Specially designed HCV badge CTF artifact
The BSidesSF 2024 Hardware Challenge Village badge is a source-backed village badge used for electronics tinkering and a competitive badge CTF contest at City View at Metreon, with attendee-report evidence for a screen, joystick, battery or USB-C power, and badge-to-badge clue exchange.
Official Electronic Cats ESP32-C6 community and VIP badge
BugCON 2024's official Electronic Cats badge was an open-hardware ESP32-C6 badge line with community and VIP variants, USB serial workflow, displays, LEDs, battery power, firmware directories, KiCad hardware trees, and CERN-OHL hardware licensing.
Project NeoRogue ESP32-S3 badge archive
The CactusCon 12 badge is preserved through Badge Pirates' public CactusCon-12 repository, which includes KiCad CAD files, Gerbers, BOM exports, QA code, art assets, reference documents, and ProjectNeoRogue front/back raster outputs for the 2024 CactusCon badge.
RP2040 CAN-bus badge with CHV SAO ecosystem
Car Hacking Village's DEF CON 32 badge ecosystem centered on a main RP2040 badge with CAN-network surfaces, four CHV SAO connectors, public board and firmware repositories, public CTF challenge notes, and IOActive's separately documented key-fob badge / SAO build.
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.
Unofficial ESP8266 proximity-animation badge
BadgeBuddy was an unofficial GrrCON 2024 electronic badge built for roughly thirty friends, using an ESP8266 WiFi module, an 8x8 LED matrix, battery power, proximity scanning for other BadgeBuddy SSIDs, and a public code/wiring archive.
ESP32-C3 badge with Badge Clinic and MicroPython workflow
The HOPE XV Electronic Badge was issued to in-person attendees as an ESP32-C3 badge with purple attendee boards, black pro boards, case variants, 16 WS2812-class RGB LEDs, buttons, IR blast behavior, vibration feedback, open hardware files, and MicroPython hacking notes.
First official Dominican Republic badgelife badge
HackConRD 2024's first official badge was an ATTiny85-based electronic conference badge documented by a public repository and workshop writeup, with lanyard wear, challenge/hidden-feature firmware, serial reprogramming, aRGB LED expansion, buzzer output, and KiCad manufacturing-file evidence.
Six-port Pico W SAO hub
The Supercon 8 official badge used a Raspberry Pi Pico W and six SAO ports as an I2C playground, bundling touchwheel, LED petal matrix, blank protoboard, and CH32V003 I2C proto-petal add-ons with MicroPython examples.
Unofficial ESP32-C3 handheld-style DEF CON 32 badge
The Hackbat Badge is an unofficial DEF CON 32 badgelife board documented by the Hackbat project page and GPL-3.0 GitHub repository, with ESP32-C3 Wi-Fi/BLE, OLED display, WS2812 LEDs, six buttons, AA-cell case support, and production files.
Hayes SmartModem-inspired Wi-Fi modem badge
The JawnCon 0x1 modem badge was a wearable miniature Hayes SmartModem homage for the October 2024 Philadelphia-area hacker con. JawnCon's official write-up says it used RetroWiFiModem to simulate the AT command set and drive the LEDs, with a PCB carrying an ESP radio, level shifter, and vintage red LED front; Hackaday covered it as an ESP8266-powered Wi-Fi modem badge for early-Internet services.
Analog 555 and 4017 LAN cable tester
Kernelcon's 2024 [a]nalyze [i]nternet badge was an analog LAN cable-tester badge built without a microcontroller, using a 555 timer, 4017 decade counter, RJ45 path, diode network, head LEDs, and a detachable remote.
ATTiny4313 POV fidget-spinner badge
The LayerOne 2024 POV Spinner Badge was an electronic fidget-spinner conference badge that displayed words and patterns through a 12-LED persistence-of-vision strip while spinning.
ESP32-S3 badge with four SAO ports
The NorthSec 2024 badge repository documents an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8 electronic badge loosely based on ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1, with sixteen NeoPixel RGB LEDs, six buttons, two pairing connectors, four SAO v1.69bis connectors, USB-C or 3xAAA power, hardware files, and PlatformIO/ESP-IDF firmware targets.
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.
Official and submitted MiniBadges documented by the 2024 trading build-guide trail
SAINTCON's 2024 MiniBadge Trading page documents an official trading area and a public build-guide link covering submitted MiniBadges that attendees designed and brought to the conference, including official MiniBadges.
Camp identity, Shadybucks payment, and Euphoria CTF artifact
ToorCamp 2024's source-backed badge artifact is modeled here as the Shadybucks wristband / Shady Tag flow: each attendee received a wristband at registration, activated Shadybucks at Shadytel, registered a Shady Tag handle, and used the badge or wristband trail as an entry point into the Euphoria CTF.
Linux ADS-B badge with Winglet OS 2.0
Aerospace Village's DEF CON 33 badge record documents the DC32 ADS-B badge hardware returning for DC33 with new software, Winglet OS 2.0 release artifacts, DC33 SAO support, and an ADS-B accessory ecosystem.
SpiderOak workshop ESP32-S3 messaging board
Aerospace Village's DEF CON 33 workshop schedule documented a SpiderOak Aranya hands-on workshop where up to 20 attendees received free ESP32 badge-board hardware, flashed a distributed wireless messaging application, and kept the board afterward.
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.
Afro-pick commemorative village badge
Blacks In Cybersecurity's official BIC Pick page documents a DEF CON 33 village badge designed as a red, green, and gold Afro pick celebrating the five-year anniversary of the BIC Village.
PY32F030 OLED and NeoPixel badge with role variants and Metro add-on
BSides CDMX 2025's Electronic Cats repository documents a Security BSides CDMX badge built around a Puya PY32F030F28U6TR, NeoPixels, OLED display, two AAA battery holder, Shitty Addon connector, role-specific KiCad hardware variants, a Metro add-on, public firmware, release HEX files, and BOM assets.
ESP32-WROVER MicroPython conference e-badge
BSides Fort Wayne 2025 had an electronic conference badge documented by a first-hand badge-team writeup and a public organization repository, with ESP32-WROVER hardware, dual SPI display headers, seven WS2812B LEDs, accelerometer, buzzer, LiPo charging, MicroPython firmware, and badge CTF challenge apps.
Badge Pirates ESP32 touchscreen conference badge
The BSidesKC 2025 badge was a Badge Pirates fully electronic conference badge documented through public production and fulfillment updates: 250 fully assembled ESP32 badges from PCBWay with 3.2 inch touch screens, Wi-Fi, SD card slots, customs delays, tariff impact, and post-event pickup or shipping handling.
Pacific Hackers and Hackerwares HCV badge
The BSidesSF 2025 Hardware Challenge Village badge is a source-backed badge designed specifically for the village's electronic tinkering, programming, and competitive CTF challenge.
Meshtastic-ready LilyGO T-Deck S3 badge
The BSidesSLC 2025 E-Badge is a source-backed electronic event badge built on the LilyGO T-Deck S3 and advertised by BSidesSLC with keyboard, trackball, 25 LEDs, ESP32-S3, LoRa support, Meshtastic readiness, and customization potential.
Compute Module 5 medical-AI badge
Biohacking Village's DEF CON 33 Distiller BHV badge was a CM5-based medical-AI badge built with SolaSec and PamirAI, combining local voice/chat interaction, e-ink UI, physical buttons, colored LEDs, battery power, and public BHV software branches.
Four-button, four-LED challenge badge
Bug Bounty Village's BBV Badge 2025 was a DEF CON 33 village challenge badge with four buttons, four corresponding LEDs, and a reward path for attendees who lit all four LEDs.
RV1106 Linux badge with add-on and embedded-Linux hacking path
BugCON 2025's Electronic Cats badge repository documents an open-hardware RV1106G3 Linux badge with ARM Cortex-A7, RISC-V MCU, NPU, ISP, GPIO, MIPI CSI, UART, SPI, I2C, USB hub, Ethernet path, WS2812E NeoPixels, 18650 battery support, Python scripting, and a PY32F002 add-on board.
Badge Pirates CC13 ESP32-S3 badge archive
The CactusCon 13 badge is preserved through Badge Pirates' public CactusCon13 repository, which publishes KiCad CAD files, Gerber output, outer-board variants, 3D-print assets, ESP32-S3 reference material, and a MIT-licensed source archive for the 2025 CactusCon badge.
Layered-lens physical badge
An official DEF CON 33 non-electronic physical badge by Mar Williams, built around layered art, 3D image interactions, lenses, clue spotting around the con, and an Arts & Entertainment booth badge challenge.
ESP32-S3 Minino badge for BLE, Wi-Fi, OLED, and badge apps
HackGDL 2025's official Electronic Cats event badge was an ESP32-S3 Minino-platform badge with BLE, Wi-Fi, USB-C, four buttons, three NeoPixels, an OLED screen, buzzer, three-AAA battery holder, SAO connector, case, and ready-to-use badge apps.
ESP32-S3 LoRa mesh communicator badge
The 2025 Hackaday Supercon Communicator Badge is a handheld mesh-chat badge with ESP32-S3, 8 MB PSRAM, 16 MB flash, a wide LCD, custom Solder Party keyboard, SX1262 LoRa radio, SMA antenna path, LiPo charging, SAO v2 connector, LVGL MicroPython firmware, public hardware files, and user-app examples.
RP2350A ICS security badge tool
The ICS Village Badge for DEF CON 33 was a FREE-WILi and Intrepid Control Systems sponsored hands-on industrial-control-security badge tool with RP2350A control, ESP32-C6 Wi-Fi, sensors, GUI support, USB API, WASM scripting, and Build-A-Badge customization software.
Raspberry Pi Pico racing badge
Kernelcon's 2025 Race Condition badge was a Raspberry Pi Pico electronic badge with a TM1637-driven seven-segment display, three-AAA power, seven addressable RGB LEDs, buzzer, track-racing modes, reaction test, synthesizer, achievements, and CTF flag unlocks.
Electronic Cats OLED and nRF24L01 village badge
Electronic Cats' public La Villa Hacker 2025 Badge repository documents a village badge with OLED display, nRF24L01 radio, two-AAA power, Shitty Addon connector, KiCad hardware files, firmware sources, and a released VillaHacker.hex binary.
RP2040 and iCE40 glitching badge for hardware hacking
LayerOne 2025's GLiTCh BadgE was a conference electronic badge and hardware-hacking platform centered on an RP2040, iCE40 FPGA, voltage glitching, crowbar control, SWD, AVRISP, analog monitoring, multiple USB modes, and CLI-driven experiments.
Limited LoRa mesh badge for DEF CON 33 pickup
Lonely Hackers Club's Meshtastic Badge 2025 was a limited 50-unit community badge offered for DEF CON 33 pickup, built around a Heltec Wireless Tracker V1.1 LoRa radio board, preconfigured LHC channel behavior, and attendee pairing workflows.
Pico 2 maritime bus and voltage-glitching badge
The Differential Destroyer was Maritime Hacking Village's official DEF CON 33 badge, published as an OSHWA-certified open hardware platform for maritime bus work, scripting, signal interaction, and experimental voltage glitching.
Unofficial badgelife robot-fighting badge set
NilbinSec's Hack 'Em Crack 'Em Robots was a DEF CON 33 badgelife release announced in the DEF CON #Badge Life forum, sold as a limited full-size badge set through RENXCHANGE, and listed in the DC33 community schedule as a badge drop.
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.
ESP32-C3 conference and CTF badge with SAO and IR pairing
NorthSec 2025's official badge repository documents an ESP32-C3-WROOM-02-N4 badge with eighteen NeoPixel RGB LEDs, five buttons, an IR pairing connector, two SAO v1.69bis connectors, USB-C or AAA battery power, and separate conference/CTF firmware builds.
Battery-less ZBD shelf-label badge with per-attendee firmware images
PhreakNIC 26's official electronic badge reused dead-battery ZBD 55c-RB electronic shelf labels as 3D-printed pager-styled badges with static 240x96 one-bit displays, QR-code-backed attendee customization, and on-site reflashing.
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.
DEF CON 33 RF badgelife badge with dual CC1101 radios
Rabbit-Labs and The Pirates' Plunder Badge was an independent DEF CON 33 collaboration badge that debuted at the Rabbit-Labs vendor booth, with public firmware options, an ESP32-S3-N16R8, two CC1101 433 MHz radios, an OLED, joystick controls, SDIO storage, and 32 WS2812B / NeoPixel LEDs.
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.
ESP32 touch-wheel badge with TFT, audio, LEDs, and games
The THOTCON 0xD badge was a Fourfold-built electronic conference badge for the May 30-31, 2025 Chicago event, documented as a 2,000-unit ESP32 touch-wheel badge with ST7789 TFT display, buzzer, six LEDs, LiPo power, add-on header, games, visual effects, and challenge hooks.
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.
RP2040 galvanic-vestibular badgelife badge
The Tipsy Badge was an independent DEF CON 33 electronic badge by seeess, sold at the Hacker Warehouse vendor booth, with public CC BY-NC 4.0 repository documentation, firmware, a badge photo, 2xAAA power, RP2040 control, TFT display, buttons, LEDs, SAO port, custom photo storage, and galvanic vestibular stimulation modes.
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.
Official Tampa badge/lanyard challenge and Uber Badge award trail
BSides Tampa 2026 is represented here by official attendee-badge and badge-challenge sources: the current FAQ says every participant gets a badge and lanyard, the badge-challenge page tells attendees that their badge is part of the puzzle, and the Uber Badge page records the lifetime-admission award path for badge-challenge winners.
Badge Pirates ESP32-S3 hardware archive
The CactusCon 14 badge is preserved through Badge Pirates' public CC14 repository, which publishes KiCad design files, schematic PDF, interactive BOM, Gerbers, STEP exports, 3D-printable enclosure parts, and art assets for the 2026 CactusCon conference badge.
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.
ESP32-C3, CC1101, TFT, games, and RF badge
HackConRD 2026's eBadge was documented by the official HackConRD site, the EBADGE+ ticket tier, the interactive eBadge page, and a public firmware repository that describes an ESP32-C3 badge with ST7789 TFT, CC1101 433 MHz radio, WS2812B LEDs, buzzer, four-button navigation, games, RF friend exchange, fox hunting, learning modules, and persistent profile settings.
ESP32 weather and crank-powered quest badge
Kernelcon's 2026 Off Grid badge is an ESP32 weather-prediction and quest badge with BME280 temperature, humidity, and pressure sensing, twenty addressable RGB LEDs, AAA and hand-crank power modes, BLE/proximity scanning, and MicroPython firmware.
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.
Pre-event planned electronic shelf-label follow-up
A conservative pre-event record for Tyler Crumpton's public plan to bring an even cooler MK.II electronic shelf-label badge to PhreakNIC 27, currently scheduled for November 6-7, 2026.
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.
limited first-180 ticket PCB badge
SECCON 2026 is represented by an official pre-event ticket source that says eligible passes include a PCB badge with CTFs and features, limited to the first 180 registrants.