Say you're at a meet and greet party at your local hackerspace. You walk in the door, put your name on the ubiquitous "Hello, My Name Is:" nametag with a marker, and start milling about with the rest of the crowd. Now, say you had one of these LED nametag kits. As soon as you walk in the door people will see your name in glowing LED glory and instantly recognize that you ARE A MAKER!
Each kit includes 50 red LEDs that you solder in place to spell out up to 5 characters. The included microcontroller is pre-programmed with 4 built-in display modes: all on, letter chase, fade, and blink. The nametag kit is a perfect first or second soldering project and is the greatest alternative to stick on name tags that we've ever seen.
Please Note: This kit requires basic soldering and will take between 15-30 minutes to assemble depending on skill level. Also, while there is a power saving "off" mode we recommend removing the battery when not wearing the nametag to conserve battery life.
