What is it?

This custom mini badge display board has 15 slots to display your favorite mini badges.

Why did you make it?

I wanted a piece of woodworking art that allows you to display your favorite mini badge art anywhere you want want. This display board is small enough to fit on your office desk, coffee table or nightstand.

What makes it special?

I start by milling down select pieces of black walnut, tamarind or canary hard woods to prepare them for the CNC process. Each display board goes through multiple stages to mill both sides of the board to fit the custom PCB and mini badge headers.

After the milling process, there's sanding and finishing work prior to assembly.

The PCB is assembled with a microcontroller, usb-c, and 30 headers. The SAMD21 microcontroller is used to handle the mini badge clock process.

The final piece of assembly is a laser cut acrylic panel that covers the PCB.