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ICS Village DEF CON 34 Badge

Industrial & Automotive Hardware Auditing

Available on-site at ICS Village or Vendor Village at DEF CON 34, while supplies last

The DEF CON 34 ICS Village Badge is a field instrument engineered for Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and automotive security researchers. It focuses on robust, multi-protocol hardware interfacing and delivers direct, low-level physical access to the critical communication lines driving modern automation, substations, and heavy machinery.

This badge consolidates the sort of hardware that normally lives on separate bench tools into a single portable platform. It is designed for auditing legacy systems, modern automotive networks, and industrial links without carrying a pile of breakout boards, adapters, and resistor packs.

Key hardware

Main CPU: Raspberry Pi RP2350B-A4
RS485: Modbus RTU capable, for PLC, RTU, and SCADA sniffing or tapping
CAN / CANFD: Direct access for automotive networks and factory-floor systems
10BASE-T1S: Short-reach single-pair Ethernet with onboard physical termination switch
10BASE-T1L: Long-reach single-pair Ethernet for industrial links
Storage / UI: SD card slot, I2C OLED screen, 4x rotary encoders, 4x programmable RGB LEDs
Enclosure: Clear custom-molded case for field use

Key software

Firmware: Runs FreeWili Porpoise Purpose Firmware
API support: Compatible with FreeWili OneWili API for Rust, C/C++, Python, rThon, and WASM
USB interface: Serial terminal USB interface

Power subsystem

USB-C input: 5V standard bench and desktop power
Internal battery: 3.7V / 1000mA for untethered field auditing

To replicate the capabilities of this single badge on a standard electronics workbench, a security analyst would normally spend hundreds of dollars on separate equipment. This design consolidates single-pair Ethernet, physical bus termination, CAN, CAN FD, and RS485 into one compact board.

DB15 pinout

Pin	Signal
1	T1S P
2	T1S N
3	T1L P
4	RS485 P
5	-
6	CAN P
7	-
8	GND
9	T1S P
10	T1S N
11	T1L N
12	RS485 N
13	MISC DIO
14	CAN N
15	N/C