Kitting Up 500 Badges for 2017 Hackaday Superconference

1,944 views · Published 15 November 2017 · 0:48 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: HACKADAY · 2017 · Science & Technology

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We built 500 custom electronic badges for the 2017 Hackaday Superconference. This video is a time-lapse of us kitting up everything the day before people arrive.

The video begins with about 160 badges already complete and packed in the box in the foreground (there is a full layer already covered in cardboard). We also unwrapped all 1000 batteries from their shrink packs of 4 before filming this.

The process involves cutting open the ESD bag for each badge and removing it. Inserting the SD card, inserting batteries, flashing the firmware, then bubble-wrapping the badges in packs of two before putting them in the box.

Read the article on Hackaday:
https://hackaday.com/?p=280236

Full documentation of this hardware badge:
https://hackaday.io/project/27427-camera-badge-for-supercon-2017

There are a few extras badges available on Tindie:
https://www.tindie.com/products/hackadaystore/2017-hackaday-superconference-badge/

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