Understanding the 'tick' behind things is what drives many with a drive related to technology
The preview of this badge from the 2010 Quahog hackercon provides us with a chance to test our skills. We can see an antenna outlined in the lower rectangle. Also seen is a 3v supply and silkscreened reset line. We deduce that the chip has wireless capability and since updates in the field are suggested, that it is in the ARM7, AVR line or the PIC family.
Updates:
1> From the USB connector, we can deduce the sizes of other objects on the board. 12.5mm is what the connector measures in my photo. 6.9 is the actual measurement. From that, we can can the image.
2> From the pins, we can determine 43 is the antenna, 17 is reset, 5 is GND.
3> It looks like 4 buttons were originally planned, but only 3 are used.
4> The buttons appear to be directly connected to the microcontroller. No de-bounce circuits are use.
5> Crystal is marked A240 D8Z.
6> The supply to/fro the FTDI chip can be used to identify other PWR/GND pins.
7> The bottom left and right appear to be filled with LEDs w/ current limiting resistors.