SAINTCON Badge Emulator

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Unofficial fan project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by SAINTCON or UtahSAINT.

LCD Closeup (ST7789V 240×320) 2× (480×640)

Towers (11 IR Stations)

Touchscreen badge: tap or drag directly on the badge LCD. Click a tower below to walk up to its IR beacon:

Tap the badge screen to register a handle, then click any tower above to receive its IR beacon.

5-Way Joystick (SW2) Hold or Tap

Move: ↑↓←→ or WASD • Center: Enter / Space / E

Incidents Companion

Plug virtual I2C minibadges into the 4 PCB slots (U9, U10, U13, U14) for gear buffs, or send solo IR beacons:

SLOT 1 (U9) SLOT 2 (U10) SLOT 3 (U13) SLOT 4 (U14)

First boot: use ↑/↓ + A (Z / Enter) to choose a class, avatar, and handle on the badge.

Badge Config Web Page (www/)

In WIFI CONFIG mode, the badge starts its own Wi-Fi AP and serves www/ via microWebSrv. Form posts route directly into the running MicroPython firmware:

AP Offline — press SELECT → DOWN ×2 ("WIFI CONFIG") → SELECT on the badge (takes ~4s), or click Start WIFI CONFIG.

http://192.168.4.1/ 200 OK

Stand-in HC Score:

Minibadges (I2C2 Bus)

main.py polls 5 I2C2 addresses (SCL=22, SDA=21) and sends brightness (0x02) + HC score (0x01) to 0x29..0x42:

Plug in one or more virtual minibadges above to watch live I2C2 brightness, score, and status polls.

Emulator Controls

Display & Firmware Mode

Pet Time Multiplier (`emu_set_speed`)

Execution & Core Lifecycle

Solo Game • Physical "Nut" NFC Dispenser

Register a handle on the badge, then tap a Sorting Hat Nut to join a faction and Telecom Nuts to unlock the 31-node map.

NFC Tag & Capture

Hardware State

BUTTON MASK 0x00 (IDLE)

LCD BACKLIGHT 255 / 255 (100%)

LED CHAIN (GPIO 3) 20 WS2812B (D1→D20)

STORAGE KEY (YEAR/MODE) localStorage Synced

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About

Unofficial fan project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by SAINTCON or UtahSAINT.

SAINTCON is Utah's annual cybersecurity and hackers conference, celebrated for its custom hardware badges and conference-wide badge games.

This is a fan-made hardware emulator of the badge by compukidmike.

Privacy: All badge progress (simulated 512-byte EEPROM/NVS) is saved in your browser only (localStorage, isolated per year and mode) — no cookies, no analytics, and no external CDNs.