Making 1,750 programmable PCB badges for Canada's biggest hackathon

We do a run of 250 similar badges for a non-tech convention every year. ~$10 per badge is about right all in. We've also done runs without ICs (just LEDs, a switch, and button cell battery) for about ~$4 some years.

I would love to see someone do a mini thermal printer where the badge can print out custom thermal stickers

Super cool to see what goes into this, all the design and planning. Very fun to be able to play around with the device virtually and see all the stuff that was managed to be packed in there too!

> JLCPCB

Unfortunate that Canada doesn't have its own (at least) small-time fab for these things.

Looks like Hack The North is located in Waterloo? Their website is very confusing to navigate.

I’m curious to know - the author describes many pitfalls.

But - how much work is this for an experienced PCB designer?

How long would it take someone skilled to get such a thing designed?

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