Tag dossier
Badge records tagged with Soldering, across Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, India, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States.
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.
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.
Initial Commit soldering-kit badge
A hacker-friendly solder-it-yourself badge kit combining a nametag, flashlight, Joule Thief circuit, AA battery, and prototyping area.
Raw Hex USB HID hardware badge
The 44CON 2017 brochure documents the conference badge as a Raw Hex HIDIOT 1.0 44CON edition, a build-it-yourself USB HID board programmed through the Arduino IDE and supported by HIDIOT documentation, assembly help, and a Hackster project competition.
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.
One-day soldering and Arduino conference-badge workshop artifact
Kiwicon 2038's official Intro to Badge Hacking training page documents a one-day workshop where attendees built and hacked their own conference badge from supplied electrical components and tools.
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.
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.
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.
Estonian Security BSides participant badge and soldering project
A source-backed Estonian Security BSides badge record: the official BSides Tallinn 2022 page says each participant received a special legacy-theme badge that was also a DIY soldering project with custom configurations.
Simple LED and SAO-header soldering badge
A CrikeyCon 8 conference badge with a documented simple LED circuit, soldering workflow, three blue 1206 LEDs, current-limiting resistors, optional coin-cell holder, and 2x3 Simple Add-On header power path.
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.
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.
Middle-earth themed 555-timer LED soldering badge
BSides Canberra 2024's public ticketing page promised an electronic badge, and an attendee writeup describes the shipped badge as an orc-shaped soldering badge built around a 555 timer, LEDs, diode, resistor, capacitor, and 9V battery power.
Rabbit Chaos Adventure badge
A source-backed Easterhegg 2024 badge record for the Rabbit Chaos Adventure: the event wiki points to challenges on campus, laptop, and badge, while the public repository preserves RCA badge files, schematics, Gerbers, parts exports, media, and printable add-ons.
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.
Indian hands-on electronic badge village kit
A conservative VULNCON 2025 Solder & Spark Badge Village record for the official IoTSRG-hosted activity where participants built an electronic badge from a kit with PCB, components, soldering tools, battery, switch, and testing time.
Goa soldering-village badge with hidden challenge
A conservative Seasides 2026 Hardware Hacking Village badge record from official Seasides and HW101 pages documenting a drop-in soldering village where attendees could build a custom badge and pursue a hidden hardware/firmware challenge.