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

4 comments

• robertclaus 36 minutes ago
  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.
• FLeXMurphy 50 minutes ago
  > 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.

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  • Aurornis 2 minutes ago
    There are small-time assembly houses everywhere.

    They’re going to be much more expensive than JLCPCB, if they take the job at all.

    Some conferences can find small businesses trying to get started who do the jobs at cost or a loss, but that’s rare.
• andrewstuart 34 minutes ago
  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?
• reactor3dxyz 1 hour ago
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