Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

[Club81]

Re: Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

Less than 8K badges. So a couple K will probably get stuck with a paper badge again this year, eh? Get their early on THUR, y'all! :-)

[P33V3]

Re: Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

When did it actually 'begin'? I was under the impression that the goal was to have badges done by xmas. I'm under further impression that the process didn't begin until a month or so ago...

Ah but it wasn't specified WHICH Christmas.

[TheCotMan]

Re: Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

I've just gone back to pull out tweets from Joe Grand that reference "badge" for Defcon 18 since Defcon 17 and include dates. This is only *public* discussion about the badge -- the same information anyone can get from twitter.

This is also useful as a summary of information in tweets from Joe Grand for people wanting to prepare an environment for coding, or interested in hardware being used.

(9:29 PM Aug 14th, 2009) Now it's time to start preparing for #DEFCON 18. Badges by Christmas? Something like that! :)

(3:32 PM Feb 6th) RT @14311: Had a planning chat with @joegrand last night. #defcon 18 badges are gonna be sick!! <- Indeed. Maybe the best ones yet!

(5:11 PM Feb 17th) Finalizing the #DEFCON 18 badge production schematic and BOM. No, the badges aren't done yet. Not even close! :P

(12:37 PM Feb 18th) Working on final PCB layout for the #DEFCON 18 badge. For those keeping score, the prototype circuitry worked after minor tweaks.

(2:51 PM Feb 18th) Just ordered the batteries for the #DEFCON 18 badges. Yup, we're using the CR2032 again!

( 6:11 PM Feb 18th) I had no idea how complicated it is to select a suitable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. #DEFCON 18 badge.

(6:47 PM Feb 18th) @joegrand I hope you added lots of breakout pin holes.

(7:30 PM Feb 18th) @openfly I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of breakout/prototyping holes on the #DEFCON 18 badge.

(11:57 AM Feb 19th) Ordering production quantities of the discrete components for #DEFCON 18 badge.

(11:59 AM Feb 19th) @joegrand Go go customs! 2010 is the year for you to NOT fuck up the delivery! ;)

(7:00 PM Feb 19th) @framerate We've got some plans to avoid Customs problems. Just hope they work :P

(7:03 PM Feb 19th) Yup, Freescale MC56F8006VLC. Get your development environment set up early!

(7:07 PM Feb 19th) @joegrand you don't by any chance have a line on their reference tablets do you?

(3:00 PM Feb 20th) For #DEFCON 18 badge development, you will need CodeWarrior for 56800/E Digital Signal Controllers. Free at: http://tinyurl.com/yzcoplg

(3:03 PM Feb 20th) MC56F8006VLC technical overview and documentation at http://tinyurl.com/yjtkczz Check the #DEFCON forums for badge hacking inf0z later...

(3:00 PM Feb 20th) For #DEFCON 18 badge development, you will need CodeWarrior for 56800/E Digital Signal Controllers. Free at: http://tinyurl.com/yzcoplg

(11:36 PM Feb 21st) @joegrand Well mark my words, I'll buy you a beer (or whatever you like) if the badges are all there for registration :) DT too if he wants

(7:27 AM Feb 22nd) @framerate Oh, they will be. I'll take a root beer!

(10:27 AM Feb 22nd) @joegrand did you use any of the ideas we sent ;)

(7:46 PM Feb 22nd) @snowchyld Maybe, maybe not! ;)

(9:58 AM Feb 23rd) The pièce de résistance of the #DEFCON 18 badge has been ordered. Wait until you see this thing. So cool.

(6:21 PM Feb 23rd) @_defcon_ @joegrand Does the #DEFCON 18 badge have frickin' lasers?

(11:41 PM Feb 23rd) @DougonIPComm I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of frickin' lasers on the #DEFCON 18 badge.

(3:22 PM Feb 26th) RT @14311: laying down inks on the #defcon 18 badge art! coming out pretty nice! <- OMG, that is an understatement. The artwork looks SICK!

(7:47 PM Mar 3rd) You mean the #DEFCON 18 badge *components* have been ordered. They are far from done. Still need to finish PCB design, write firmware, etc.

(8:02 PM Mar 3rd) @joegrand Please tell me you found someone else to code the firmware this time.

(8:46 PM Mar 3rd) RT @MisterGlass: Please tell me you found someone else to code the firmware this time. <- Nope. What's the problem?

(3:07 PM Mar 4th) Packing boxes full of #DEFCON 18 badge components to ship to e-Teknet. Over 300k individual pieces.

(5:44 PM Mar 4th) Importing final graphics and cutouts onto #DEFCON 18 badge PCB. @14311 is an art master.

(3:18 PM Mar 4th) @joegrand so defcon will acutally have badges this year on time yippie :)

(6:50 PM Mar 4th) @brennantom If it were only that easy! Still lots to do and lots of things that need to go right. But, that's the fun of it :P

(10:04 AM Mar 8th) Ordering pre-production prototypes of the #DEFCON 18 Badge. HW is locked in and low-level drivers done. Now to work on firmware.

(10:06 AM Mar 8th) @joegrand please order a ton more / I don't want a blank board again.

(10:38 AM Mar 8th) @asiverly That is up to @thedarktangent and is a harder choice than many think. Numbers have already been decided and components ordered.

( 8:07 PM Mar 24th) DC18 Badge Call-for-Integration: Doing something for #DEFCON 18 and want the badge to do something for you? http://tinyurl.com/yfqtjdk

(9:42 PM Mar 24th) @joegrand do you want to giveaway a couple of DSC 56F8006 boards to the #DEFCON crowd ?

(11:25 AM Mar 25th) @Engineer_in_MKT Absolutely! Those would be great awards for the #DEFCON Badge Hacking Contest :)

(11:27 AM Mar 25th) All #DEFCON 18 Badge components have been received, processed, and shipped to e-Teknet. Still working on firmware...

(9:07 PM Mar 30th) RT @_defcon_: Only 2 days left for #DEFCON 18 badge call for integration. Details at: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?p=112333

(Added datestamps to the samples quoted in the top post:)

(8:22 PM Apr 30th) The #DEFCON 18 Badge prototypes have arrived! http://imgur.com/NzTOI.jpg

(12:27 AM May 1st) After 6 hours of debugging hell thanks to poor quality PCB assembly, the #DEFCON 18 Badge final hardware has been approved!

(12:29 AM May 1st) We'll start production PCB fab on Monday! Still need to wrap up firmware design and I have about a month to do so. #DEFCON

(1:14 AM May 1st) @joegrand what ever happened to 'ready by dec 2009' ;)

(1:01 PM May 1st) @snowchyld That wasn't my idea :P

(1:39 PM May 1st) @joegrand lies, i do recall you agreeing to that in front of a few hundrad defcon participants ;)

(4:08 PM May 4th) #DEFCON 18 Badge firmware update: Low-level routines and basic state machine done, some hidden features added. So far, so good.

(8:06 PM May 5th) Just got word from @joegrand that the HNN secret code has been embedded into the @defcon badge, good luck decyphering it! Mwahahaha

(10:39 PM May 5th) @ThisIsHNN Uhrrr, so much for keeping that a secret!

(7:31 AM May 7th) Ordering additional components for the #DEFCON 18 badge. DT made a last minute decision to make 1000+ more!

(11:18 AM May 7th) Just bought the last known quantity of Freescale MC56F8006VLC available in the US. Now I have microcontrollers for the extra #DEFCON badges.

(12:28 PM May 7th) @joegrand >|< 10k this year?

(2:34 PM May 7th) @daftdoki 7,780 if all goes well.

(2:25 PM May 7th) Shocked @ production pricing for #DEFCON 18 badge fab & assembly. 4x higher than initial estimate. e-Teknet fail. Looking at other options.

(2:32 PM May 7th) @joegrand So e-Teknet can't produce the PCB's at a reasonable price per unit??? What fell apart on thier end? They have been great in past.

(3:04 PM May 7th) @zrevai We're doing some complicated fabrication, but the latest pricing has caught us off guard and way out of our budget. #DEFCON 18

(3:35 PM May 7th) @joegrand #DEFCON 18, Bummer :( So hopefully you can find a way to get them assembled A.S.A.P. Sounds like an amazing badge.

(4:07 PM May 7th) No matter how carefully you plan or how early you start, something will always go wrong. Let the drama begin! #DEFCON 18 Badge

(4:52 PM May 7th) @joegrand awww what happened man?

Added after edit:

(~3:00am May 12) #DEFCON 18 Badge firmware update: Main functionality complete! Implementing final secret mode.

(~12:00pm May12) @joegrand is it still secret if it's twittered?

(~1:00pm May12) @astcell Yes, because you still don't know what it is :P #DEFCON

After Edit:

(~4:00pm May 18) #DEFCON 18 Badge disaster averted! Figured out a solution w/ e-Teknet for our complicated process. PCB fabrication is now underway!

(~4:00pm May 18) We investigated many other on- and off-shore options, but all were too risky logistically. Thanks for all recommendations. #DEFCON 18 Badge

[flea]

Re: Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

flea, you are under the wrong impression.

I don't doubt it, that's why I said it's was my impression :) which part was I wrong about?

[The Dark Tangent]

Re: Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

When did it actually 'begin'? I was under the impression that the goal was to have badges done by xmas. I'm under further impression that the process didn't begin until a month or so ago...

flea, you are under the wrong impression.

[flea]

Re: Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

No matter how carefully you plan or how early you start, something will always go wrong. Let the drama begin! #DEFCON 18 Badge

When did it actually 'begin'? I was under the impression that the goal was to have badges done by xmas. I'm under further impression that the process didn't begin until a month or so ago...

[bluerules]

Re: Defcon 18 badge-related tweets and rumors

Is there any update on what the paper badges will look like? I'm really looking forward to a hologram or color shifting text or something. Those badges are fun.

[TheCotMan]

Recent tweets about Defcon 18 badge from JoeGrand and others on twitter:

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The #DEFCON 18 Badge prototypes have arrived! http://imgur.com/NzTOI.jpg

After 6 hours of debugging hell thanks to poor quality PCB assembly, the #DEFCON 18 Badge final hardware has been approved!

We'll start production PCB fab on Monday! Still need to wrap up firmware design and I have about a month to do so. #DEFCON

#DEFCON 18 Badge firmware update: Low-level routines and basic state machine done, some hidden features added. So far, so good.

Just got word from @joegrand that the HNN secret code has been embedded into the @defcon badge, good luck decyphering it! Mwahahaha

@ThisIsHNN Uhrrr, so much for keeping that a secret!

Ordering additional components for the #DEFCON 18 badge. DT made a last minute decision to make 1000+ more!

Just bought the last known quantity of Freescale MC56F8006VLC available in the US. Now I have microcontrollers for the extra #DEFCON badges.

Shocked @ production pricing for #DEFCON 18 badge fab & assembly. 4x higher than initial estimate. e-Teknet fail. Looking at other options.

@joegrand >|< 10k this year?

@daftdoki 7,780 if all goes well.

@joegrand #DEFCON 18, Bummer :( So hopefully you can find a way to get them assembled A.S.A.P. Sounds like an amazing badge.

@zrevai We're doing some complicated fabrication, but the latest pricing has caught us off guard and way out of our budget. #DEFCON 18

[Added:]

No matter how carefully you plan or how early you start, something will always go wrong. Let the drama begin! #DEFCON 18 Badge