I Voted/Yo Voté Blinky Badge Soldering Kit

Name: I Voted/Yo Voté Blinky Badge Soldering Kit
SKU: 21595
Price: 9.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.96 (6 reviews)

(6 Reviews)

Show you voted AND have mad soldering skills with this blinky kit!

Designed by Alpenglow Industries in United States of America

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Show you voted AND have mad soldering skills with this blinky kit!

What is it? It's a parts kit that when soldered together, makes either an "I Voted" or "Yo Voté" badge that you can "pin" to your clothes with the two enclosed magnets. And a battery IS included! I…

What is it?

It's a parts kit that when soldered together, makes either an "I Voted" or "Yo Voté" badge that you can "pin" to your clothes with the two enclosed magnets. And a battery IS included! It has 2 switches - an ON/OFF and a BLINKING/SOLID. So if you're sensitive to flashing lights, you can still wear it proudly in solid mode.

Note: you will need to provide your own soldering iron and solder! Want a badge that's already soldered? Check out our I Voted Blinky Badge - Pre-assembled!

Where are the instructions?

On Hackaday! This can totally be your first soldering project, although it always helps to have someone skilled in soldering to show you the ropes the first time. Don't have a mentor handy? Check out this excellent guide and also our Youtube video on how to solder. Anyone already familiar with electronics should have no problem putting it together from the photos and silkscreen cues.

Why did you make it?

I thought we all needed something to make voting a little more fun this year, and to encourage everyone who can, to VOTE! Voting is a privilege that not all US citizens have - there are millions living in US territories who are prevented from voting, and more who are currently living abroad and due to COVID, won't receive or return their ballots in time. Everyone who can, must vote!

What makes it special?

It uses a cool astable multivibrator transistor circuit to alternately flash the red and blue LEDs. It also has sweet retro graphics.

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (5.00)

Shipping: (4.83)

Communication: (5.00)

Tim | March 10, 2021

Fun build. Makes a great gift too!

Bought two of these to build: one for me, one as a gift! Made for a nice afternoon project, with additional subliminal fun.

Andrew | Feb. 14, 2021

Great badge!

I worked as a poll worker in 2020. This badge was a hit among all the other poll workers and staff at my polling place. The LEDs were super-bright and used a lot of power - definitely worth using a rechargeable LIR2032 because it burns through one in a few hours of continuous use. One suggestion for future versions is variable brightnesses for the LEDs. The LIR2032s I used were made of a nonferrous metal and therefore were not sufficiently attractive to the magnets that were intended to be the main mount method, which is no fault of the badge design, but I wasn't expecting it. In the end I used a thin wire tie (like the kind you get in a supermarket) slipped through the battery holder and twisted around a lanyard I was wearing around my neck anyway, so it worked out.

Response from Alpenglow Industries | March 10, 2021

Thanks for your review! Good point on the constant-on battery life - they lasted for a couple of days for us on blinking mode, but solid on consumes more current. We also recently found some stick-on pins we really like, so future orders will ship with those as a mounting option as well (sticking it to the back of the battery holder). Thanks for working the polls and I'm glad everyone liked it! :)

Tommy | Dec. 10, 2020

Fun!

Shipping was prompt, the documentation was thorough, and the PCB was a lot of fun to put together! Thanks for this great little kit!

Yo Voté! Y tu?

Michael | Nov. 25, 2020

Great. Well thought out and fun.

I learned to solder to do this badge. The instructions and order in which to solder on the components were clear and well thought out, and the oscillating circuit for blinking was clever and easy.

Howard | Nov. 13, 2020

Great little project and certainly timely!

Easy to assemble and clear, well illustrated instructions. It was a hit when we wore them to our local farmers market.

Mark | Oct. 28, 2020

Learn to solder, AND participate in our country's democracy?

HECK YEAH, I VOTED! I take pride in turning in my ballot every year at the polling site, so I can get my sticker and wear it with pride. Now I can vote early, and STILL wear my "I voted!" sticker with pride!

The kits are super simple, perfect "Learn to solder for the first time" kits. Highly recommended.

And, ya know... Go vote. It's important.

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