It was a bit odd that the badge did not have any significant connection to the challenge this year. In past years, there was enciphered text that was viewable e

It was a bit odd that the badge did not have any significant connection to the challenge this year. In past years, there was enciphered text that was viewable either with the correct button presses, or by dumping the ROMs, which was used as parts of a needed OTP. It was also a new-to-DC x86 processor. It did output strings of text on a serial pin (GPOI01 ? if memory serves). I was (wrongly) guessing that the badge would have been like a chip-and-pin credit card, requiring certain inputs to get proper outputs. Again I was overthinking!