{"id":1860,"date":"2020-01-27T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T16:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcows.com\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2024-05-10T17:13:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:13:32","slug":"the-road-to-the-axway-2020-sales-kickoff-booth-pin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcows.com\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"The Road to the Axway 2020 Sales Kickoff Booth Pin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electronic badges have been gaining popularity for the last few years at conferences like Defcon<\/a> and Hackaday’s Superconference<\/a>, taking badge making to new heights.
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I wanted to try my hand at making custom badge pins for our 2020 Sales Kickoff in January, but needed to stick with something a little more basic. I started with our Axway Griffin Lab and Catalysts logos, then started thinking about how I could make the 2D graphics come to life with lights and flare.
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I started by going into Photoshop and mocking up a few design ideas in order to figure out how to make the logo work as a badge. After mocking up the ideas I separated out all the layers into SVG files in order to create import scripts I could use in my Eagle Cad program. Using an online tool to convert SVG to Eagle Cad scripts<\/a> I was able to make the files that would make up the PCB layers of my boards. <\/p>\n


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\nNext, I needed to figure out how I could drive the lights to make them function. I wanted to use a small inexpensive microcontroller so I landed on the ATMel ATTiny 85<\/a>. This microcontroller is easy to work with and has 6 digital outputs I could use. It’s also capable of a lot of other Arduino like functionality that could be incorporated for future mods. The next step was to lay out all my components and wire them up. <\/p>\n

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After all the connections were made and I had a layout I liked, I then wanted to 3D modeled it to get a better feel for the look of it. <\/p>\n


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\nI also 3D printed a badge to get a physical feel for the size of it. <\/p>\n


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Once I was happy with the size proportions it was time to go to manufacturing. This process takes about a week and the results are really amazing. Taking a project from idea to a physical thing you can hold in your hand never gets old.<\/p>\n

The last phase of the process is to solder together all the parts and programming the chip, and just like that its complete! <\/p>\n

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Electronic badges have been gaining popularity for the last few years at conferences like Defcon and Hackaday’s Superconference, taking badge making to new heights. I wanted to try my hand at making custom badge pins for our 2020 Sales Kickoff in January, but needed to stick with something a little more basic. I started with…<\/p>\n

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