BornHack | |
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Genre | Hacker con |
Frequency | Annually |
Location(s) | |
Coordinates | 55°23′8.16″N9°56′20.67″E / 55.3856000°N 9.9390750°E |
Years active | 5–6 |
Inaugurated | 2016 |
Previous event | August 2–9, 2023 |
Next event | July 17–24, 2024 |
Attendance | 222 full week tickets sold in 2022 [1] |
Website | bornhack |
BornHack (a portmanteau of Bornholm and hack) is an annual hacker camp on the Danish island of Funen, near Gelsted. From 2016 to 2018, it was organized on Bornholm. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
In 2021, the BornHack electronic badge was based on a perfboard due to the chip shortage. [7] The 2021 camp was also captured on Google Maps arial pictures. [8]
In 2022, Thomas Flummer developed a badge based on the RP2040, for which software can be developed in CircuitPython. [9]
During BornHack there is a field specifically designed for loud noise, with a noise barrier made from soil. A Dutch hacker brought an old civil defense siren for testing purposes. Within a few minutes, four separate phone calls were made from houses in a large distance from BornHack to the Danish police. [10]
Year | Date | Tagline | Location | Attendance | Badge Theme & Technology |
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2024 | July 17–24 | Feature Creep | Hylkedam, Funen, Denmark | 350 full week [12] | |
2023 | August 2–9 | make legacy | - | NFC Badges; RP2040, NXP PN7150 & 16 MiB SPI flash (CircuitPython support) [13] | |
2022 | August 3–10 | black ~/hack | 222 full week tickets, 53 one day tickets [1] | Game On Badge; RP2040, color LCD screen on ST7735S & 16 MiB SPI flash (CircuitPython support) [14] [15] | |
2021 | August 19–26 | Continuous Delivery | 250 full week tickets, 70 one day tickets [16] | DIY Badge; free-hand veroboard [17] | |
2020 | August 11–18 | make clean | 150 full week tickets [18] | Pixel Scroller; SAMD21, 9x32 LED matrix on IS31FL3731, IR LEDs (CircuitPython support) [19] [20] | |
2019 | August 8–15 | A new /home | - | Star Wars Light Sabre; EFM32HG322, 240x240 pixel IPS LCD on ST7789, [21] IR LEDs, MicroSD card socket [22] [23] | |
2018 | August 16–23 | scale it | Jarlsgård, Bornholm, Denmark | - | Bluetooth Radio; EFM32HG322 & nRF51822 BT radio, selection of breakout boards [24] [25] |
2017 | August 22–29 | Make Tradition | - | Major Bornholm; EFM32HG322 & 128x64 pixel OLED display on SSD1306 [26] [27] [28] | |
2016 | August 27 - September 3 | Initial Commit | - | Minor Bornholm; veroboard with component kit |
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