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Welcome to the conference-badges wiki!

Over the years, many hacker, software, and electronics conferences have produced special electronic badges for attendees. This Wiki will collect information on the various badges, including dates, events, pictures, capabilities, and links to any documentation and software related to the badges.

Events with Badges

Hackaday Superconference

• 2015 (Supercon 1)
• 2016 (Supercon Belgrade) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NOicUTIh-k
• 2016 (Supercon 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ErQc-u9wA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ojx8zSe9Y, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkd5RuY84p8
• 2017 (Supercon 3) - Camera - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnbylR_kWzM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOc79ERzj0s
• 2018 (Supercon 4) - Retrocomputer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCLlz_taeQk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WxPGLsdbB8, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y-iwzITT8g
• 2018 Belgrade - https://youtu.be/LQJ6CCXEXs4
• 2019 (Supercon 5) - FPGA badge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3se_L0tRZeg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=embRr2TTIKs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39nnPWmkvA
• 2020 (Remoticon) - no badge
• 2021 (Remoticon 2) - https://hackaday.io/project/182027-remoticon-2-badge
• 2022 (Supercon 6) - 4-bit Computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XJmlMLx7k&t=867s&pp=ygUSSE9QRSBiYWRnZSBoYWNraW5n, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix__enrtYF4
• 2023 (Supercon 7) - Vectorscope - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Js0cOif4c
• 2024 (Supercon 8) - SAO host - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-HrZkzUlk

Open Hardware Summit

• 2020 - Smart Watch
• 2025 - Fabric Arts

Hackers on Planet Earth

• 2010 (The Next Hope) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZlTjAnLtsk
• 2012 (HOPE Number Nine)
• 2014 (HOPE X)
• 2016 (The Eleventh HOPE)
• 2018 (The Circle of HOPE)
• 2020 (2020)
• 2022 (A New HOPE)
• 2023 (HOPE XIV) - Spider Badge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Smj5GZ6w4
• 2024 (HOPE XV) -

Github Universe

• 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilpC7E69jOU
• 2024 - Badger - https://github.com/badger/home

Phreaknic

• 1999 VIP Badge - reused modem PCB with silkscreen, no active electronics

DefCon

South by Southwest

• 2013 SXSW Create: Sparkfun Badger https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/badgerhack/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAIXJasd54c

Super MagFest

• Super 2022 - https://swadge.com/super2022/
• Super 2023 - https://swadge.com/super2023/
• Super 2024 - https://swadge.com/super2024/
• Super 2025 - https://swadge.com/super2025/

AWS ReInvent

• 2023 - IoT Workshop Demo badge https://www.seeedstudio.com/AWS-IoT-Connected-Product-p-5844.html

Commercial Off-the-Shelf Badges

• Adafruit PyBadge - https://www.adafruit.com/product/4200, https://www.adafruit.com/product/3939 (low cost)
• Adafruit EdgeBadge - https://www.adafruit.com/product/4400
• Adafruit Clue - https://www.adafruit.com/product/4500
• Pimoroni Badger2040 and Badger 2040W https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/badger-2040, https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/badger-2040-w
• Pimoroni Tufty2040 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/tufty-2040

Other Useful Resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dclrWKY_n9s https://badge.team/ https://badge.life