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+# Meatball Badge
+
+Wear the NASA meatball logo as a PCB lanyard badge.
+
+Features:
+- illuminated vector and stars (reverse mounted LEDs)
+- programmable via Arduino IDE
+- ESP32 MCU
+- USB Type C interface
+- Li-ion battery
+
+For (interactive) BOM see the [Instructions page](https://cybre-finn.github.io/meatball-badge/) (german).
+
+!(front render)[nasa-badge_front.png]
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+!(back render)[nasa-badge_back.png]