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Life & fun · August 28, 2026

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NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU

using RF to power an MCU and 21 animated LEDs from a smartphone

NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU launched on August 28, 2026 with 231 votes, #126 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.

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This NFC energy-harvesting business card is a PCB that powers 21 animated LEDs through radio frequency when tapped against a smartphone, requiring no battery. Designed for networking professionals and electronics enthusiasts, it stands out as a functional demonstration of PCB design and NFC energy harvesting, combining practical utility with technical innovation in an unconventional business card format.

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Discussed on Hacker News and featured on Adafruit , Hackaday.com , and by Microchip Technologies . Like most business cards, mine doesn’t have a battery. When it’s tapped against a phone, though, 21 LEDs start an animation, powered just by NFC. This project started about three months ago as an easy way to get more experience with PCB design. “Easy” didn’t last long. This final product taught me more about every aspect of the PCB process than I could have expected, and the result turned out way better than I imagined. The full repo is here . I’ve seen all sorts of business cards done on PCBs. Most that I’ve seen use the silkscreen and maybe exposed copper to include contact details and a QR…from wilsonharper.net

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