Special: Order two and get $25 off!

As seen on Kickstarter!

Demand was very high for our badge, and we raised over $30,000 on Kickstarter to make this thing happen. We're giving you a second chance to get one on Tindie now that DEF CON 27 is over.

You can watch our fun 1940's style video and see how we did right here:

Check out that Kickstarter!

What is this thing?

These are some of the last badges that we have available from DEF CON 27. Manufacturing went very well, and now we can offer our extra badges to you!

If you're unfamiliar with electronic conference badges, they are usually some sort of printed circuit board badge that you wear on a lanyard. They're filled with puzzles, easter eggs, and all of cool toys that hackers love. They also act as a development and educational platform, encouraging people to learn about hardware development and manufacturing.

While DEF CON has their own official badge each year, #badgelife groups have been rolling their own badges to show off their skills in a sort of unofficial contest.

Badge Hardware

Our board is packed with features! It's a full computer, display, and sound system in a custom bomb-shaped board that's guaranteed to piss off the TSA on the way home.

• A new micro controller, the Rigado BMD340 - 64MHz 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M4F CPU with 1MB Flash & 256kB RAM
• 650mA LDO (3.3v) and charging system
• Complete Bluetooth 5.0 and Thread (802.15.4) solution, for badge-to-badge battles!
• ChibiOS real-time operating system
• 24bit/96Khz STEREO Audio driven by the CS4344 DAC and LM4880 200mW Stereo amplifier.
• Two 87dB Speakers on the Bomb's tail.
• 320x240 detachable TFT touch screen with Micro-SD port
• 8GB MicroSD card containing our game code
• CP2102 UART - Low cost USB Interface
• JTAG (SWD) programming interface
• 32 RGB LEDS driven by a dedicated I2C LED controller to save battery and CPU. No more heat-busted neo-pixels to deal with!
• Seven tactile 4.2mm buttons arranged in a Joypad with A/B/Enter buttons
• 2000 mAh LiPo battery (INCLUDED!) with full MAX73833 1 Amp USB Charging circuit
• (no more searching all of Vegas for batteries during the con!)
• Surface mount design with limited through-hole parts.
• Dual Joysticks with 5 inputs each!

Badge Functions

• Many LED pattern modes. Such blinky, so wow.
• LED Dimming so it doesn't blind you.
• Badge to Badge Sea warfare/bombing game with multiple levels and RPG-like attributes. Level up and battle your friends!
• Video playback with synchronized audio (We're seeing around 18 FPS right now on the new code!)
• Digital Audio playback, audio amplifier, and speaker.
• SECRET STUFF

What makes our badge different?

This is a lightweight system with a long battery life, and the battery itself is rechargeable! You don't have to run around the conference trying to find AA batteries or other strange and rare camera batteries, which many badges run on.

What's this game all about? Why a Sea Battle?

We really liked watching people battle each other at DC25. We want to keep that going and thought that a Sea Battle game might be fun, based on your votes on our Twitter account.

The game is a real-time sea battle game played over bluetooth. It's been heavily tested at DEF CON 27. Buy two badges and battle a friend!

Other software?

The board has easter eggs, a bluetooth scanner, crypto puzzle, radio chat system, setup screen, and more. If you access the console via FTDI/USB you might find some more things to play with, but we'll keep that a secret for now! You might even find yourself playing Zork on the internal z-machine. Who knows!

Learn more about da Bomb

Head on over to https://ides.team/dabomb for more information!