Show HN: I made open source, zero power PCB hackathon badges
NFC hackathon badges for the Overglade game jam in Singapore!
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The Overglade badges are the kind of project that makes you wonder why nobody thought of this sooner — Kai Pereira built hackathon name tags that tap to share info via passive NFC, display everything on e-ink so they sip power like a water bottle at a marathon, and cost under $10 per unit to fab if you're brave enough to hand-solder. The RP2040 chip gives you 4MB of flash and 20 broken-out GPIO pins, which means attendees can actually reprogram their badges after the event instead of throwing them in a drawer, and the custom copper art aesthetic is a low-key flex that makes these genuinely fun to trade. With 43 stars on GitHub and a build guide that makes bulk ordering approachable, this is a solid open-source play that hackathon organizers should be paying attention to.
Zero-power hackathon badges powered by RP2040 with passive NFC and onboard e-ink driver that require no battery for core features
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