Badges we design and build
Custom electronic badges for conferences and companies
Your event badge, designed and built end to end.
We design the board, write the firmware and the challenge, and build the badges ourselves. Conference badges are open hardware: your attendees get the repo, not just a lanyard.
Electronic Cats is an open hardware company from Mexico. Since 2018 we have designed and manufactured custom electronic badges for 20 conferences in 8 countries, including REcon, 44CON, BSides San Diego, EKO Party, DragonJAR Con and BugCON, and for companies like OXXO.
Hack GDL · Tropicon · BugCON · REcon · BSides San Diego · OXXO · Leon CyberSecurity Conference · JSConf Mexico · DojoCon · GM SECTEC Xpert · PWNterrey · Unknown Security Conference · WomenCON · 44CON · 8.8 · BSides CDMX · DragonJAR Con · La Villa Hacker · AppSec PNW · EKO Party · OWASP LATAM Tour Mexico · Talent Land
Why Electronic Cats
One team from the first sketch to the last unit
We design it
Board art in your event’s theme, the electronics and the challenge, with renders you approve.
We build it
We manufacture the badges ourselves, so the design you approved is the one you get.
Open by default
Conference badges ship with their hardware and firmware on GitHub. Private when you need it.
Portfolio
Badges we've built
Camera Badge
Hack GDL 2026 · Guadalajara, MX
Embedded Linux badge with a 3MP camera: take photos, pull them off over USB.
Tropicon 2026
Cozumel, MX
Custom Meshtastic firmware with the talk agenda, an AIS monitor and mesh messaging.
BugCON 2025
Mexico City, MX
Our first badge running embedded Linux, on a Rockchip RV1106 with an NPU.
REcon 2025
Montreal, CA
RP2040 badge with an NFC app and a MagSpoof app, an OLED and four buttons.
BSides San Diego 2026
San Diego, US
A full crypto CTF and a BLE co-op challenge on an ESP32-C6 with OLED and joystick.
Hack GDL 2025
Guadalajara, MX
BLE and Wi-Fi apps out of the box, built on our open Minino platform.
OXXO
MX
Store-front badge with a small screen and the OXXO logo lit by LEDs.
Private project
Leon CyberSecurity 2025
Leon CyberSecurity Conference 2025 · Leon, MX
Lion-shield badge with LEDs and a button that runs on a coin cell.
JSConf Mexico
JSConf Mexico 2026 · MX
Hardware you program in JavaScript: a LoRa Meshtastic node with a color screen.
DojoCon 2026
PA
Pwn Cat: a virtual-pet CTF game on a RISC-V chip, with a BLE friend mode.
GM SECTEC Xpert 2026
MX
Second edition of the GM SECTEC Xpert networking badge.
Private project
PWNterrey 2026
Monterrey, MX
Headless Wi-Fi, BLE and NFC auditing tool that mounts on a Flipper Zero.
REcon 2026
Montreal, CA
LoRa daughter board that stacks on the 2025 badge or runs alone over USB-C.
Unknown Security Conf 2026
Unknown Security Conference 2026 · Lima, PE
Pwn Llama: a virtual-pet CTF game with a BLE friend mode.
WomenCON 2026
Mexico City, MX
PwnPet CTF game with capacitive touch pads and an addressable RGB LED.
44CON 2025
London, GB
Dual-mode board that runs on an ESP32 or a CH32 shield, with a built-in OLED.
8.8 The Matrix 2025
8.8 2025
Matrix-themed badge for the 8.8 security conference.
BSides CDMX 2025
Mexico City, MX
Pre-installed firmware on a Puya PY32 with NeoPixels, an OLED and an SAO port.
BSides San Diego 2025
San Diego, US
CH32V003 badge with an OLED, LEDs and a Shitty Add-On connector.
DragonJAR Con 2025
Medellin, CO
NFC tag and a crypto challenge on a RISC-V chip with an OLED.
GM SECTEC Xpert 2025
Mexico City, MX
Day of the Dead badge with RGB LEDs, a branded screen and mini-games.
Private project
La Villa Hacker 2025
Las Vegas, US
Hardware-hacking village badge with an NRF24L01 2.4 GHz radio and an OLED.
PWNterrey 2025
Monterrey, MX
Duck-themed badge with four LEDs that runs on a coin cell.
Unknown Security Conf 2025
Unknown Security Conference 2025 · Lima, PE
CH32V003 badge with an OLED, LEDs and a Shitty Add-On connector.
BSides CDMX 2024
Mexico City, MX
ESP32-C6 badge with NeoPixel LEDs, an OLED display and USB-C.
BugCON 2024
Mexico City, MX
Two tiers: Community with an OLED, VIP with a round color display.
DragonJAR Con 2024
CO
Our first badge for a Colombian conference: ESP32-C6, LEDs and USB-C.
EKO Party 2024
Buenos Aires, AR
ESP32-C6 badge with a LoRa radio, NeoPixel LEDs and a buzzer.
Hack GDL 2024
Guadalajara, MX
Pinata-themed badge with four LEDs that runs on a coin cell.
EKO Party 2023
Buenos Aires, AR
The first official EKO Party badge, on a WCH RISC-V chip with BLE.
BugCON 2022
Mexico City, MX
RP2040 badge with a microphone, buzzer and LEDs, plus an optional Rubber Ducky mode.
OWASP LATAM Tour 2020
OWASP LATAM Tour Mexico 2020 · MX
Mexico-shaped badge we made right before the pandemic.
Want one for your event?
How it works
From idea to lanyard in five steps
1
Concept
We talk about your event, attendees and budget, and pick a starting point.
2
Design
Board art, electronics and renders for your approval.
3
Firmware & challenge
Apps, a game or a CTF, written and tested on real boards.
4
Manufacturing
We build the badges in house.
5
Event & open repo
Badges arrive for your event, and the repo goes public unless it’s private.
Pricing guide
How much does a custom electronic badge cost?
From $— per unit for a simple badge to from $— per unit for an advanced one; exact quote after a short call.
Simple
from $— / unit
- Custom PCB art in your event's theme
- LEDs and a coin cell or AAA battery holder
- SAO (Simple Add-On) connector
Examples: Hack GDL 2024, PWNterrey 2025, BSides San Diego 2025
Interactive
from $— / unit
- A display, buttons and a microcontroller
- BLE or Wi-Fi apps and a built-in game or CTF
- Open firmware attendees can reflash
Examples: DojoCon 2026, BSides San Diego 2026, Hack GDL 2025
Advanced
from $— / unit
- Embedded Linux, a camera, LoRa or a color screen
- Custom firmware such as Meshtastic
- An optional hands-on workshop, like the one at JSConf Mexico
Examples: Camera Badge, BugCON 2025, Tropicon 2026
Lead time: — · Minimum order: — · Exact quote after a short call.
FAQ
Questions organizers ask
By default, yes. Our conference badges are published on GitHub with their hardware and firmware, under open licenses such as CERN-OHL and AGPL-3.0. If your company needs the project kept private, we keep it private.
Yes. Several of our badges ship with a challenge built in, from a full crypto CTF at BSides San Diego 2026 to the Pwn Cat virtual-pet game at DojoCon 2026.
It can. The Tropicon 2026 badge runs Meshtastic, so attendees get the agenda and mesh messaging over LoRa with no Wi-Fi at all.
Some of our badges went on to our store after the event, like Hack GDL 2025, the Camera Badge and BugCON 2025. We agree on that with you first.
Yes. We have built badges for conferences in Mexico, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Panama.
Get a quote
Tell us about your event
Event, date, attendees and budget are enough to start. We reply by email.