01PLAY / INPUT
Simon Memory Console
A pocket memory game with arcade muscle memory.
// a miniature hacker conference 2026
Build something tiny.
Make it matter.
Mini CCC is a living shortlist of curious little builds for one very un-virtual evening with friends. Pick a project, bring the parts, make the room glow.
20 builds / 83 parts / 1 living room
FIELD NOTE 001THE WORKBENCH
IS THE VENUE
IS THE VENUE
and questionable ideas
BUILDS TO PICK20
PARTS IN THE BOM83
CATALOGUE BUDGET€695.07
CURRENT MODE OPEN
01 choose your rabbit hole
The build list
Save the ones you want to talk about.
Your shortlist rises to the top.
20 builds
02SIGNAL / WEB
Wi-Fi LED News Ticker
A tiny scrolling window onto the outside world.
03SIGNAL / DISPLAY
Retro Matrix Terminal
Two red matrices for dashboards, prompts, and vibes.
04PLAY / SPEED
Arcade Reaction Timer
One button, one buzzer, one very competitive room.
05GLOW / RANDOM
LED Decision Machine
An illuminated oracle for the indecisive.
06GLOW / SYSTEMS
Conway's Game of Life Frame
Emergent life in a tiny square of RGB pixels.
07GLOW / ART
RGB Pixel-Art Frame
A programmable canvas with exactly 64 pixels.
08PLAY / POCKET
Mini OLED Game Console
Small pixels, real stakes, built from a handful of parts.
09SOUND / TOUCH
Touch-Controlled Colour Synth
Touch becomes input, sound, and colour.
10GLOW / DEVOPS
Build-Status Light Sculpture
Turn a build pipeline into ambient sculpture.
11BADGE / LOW POWER
E-Paper Hacker Badge
A name, handle, or status that stays visible.
12SOUND / REACTIVE
Music Spectrum Display
A microphone listens while the matrix draws the beat.
13INTERFACE / ROUND
Round Spaceship Instrument
A tiny circular dashboard from an optimistic spacecraft.
14INTERFACE / TOUCH
Tiny Touchscreen Control Deck
A pocket control surface for whatever the group invents.
15BADGE / DISPLAY
AMOLED Cyber Badge
Saturated motion in a badge-sized footprint.
16SENSOR / GLOW
Ultrasonic Radar Display
Map the room with sound and paint it with light.
17GLOW / TIME
60-Pixel Clock Halo
An LED ring that turns time into a soft orbit.
18SENSOR / ORIENTATION
Electronic Compass Halo
A compass sensor gives the halo a sense of north.
19GLOW / CAMERA
LED Light-Painting Wand
Leave traces in the dark with a portable pixel wand.
20OUTPUT / PAPER
Thermal Hacker Receipt Printer
Print the things the group does, decides, or remembers.
No builds on this frequency.
Try another search, or save a few builds to start your shortlist.
02 the house rules
Small enough
to finish.
A miniature CCC is not a conference venue. It is a table, a pile of components, and enough friends to make the first working prototype feel like a headline.
01
Vote for the build you actually want to make.
02
Save a few rabbit holes. We’ll decide what fits the evening.
03
Leave with something blinking, beeping, or at least explainable.