TINY Nintendo Switch ornament with a working screen!

I built a Nintendo Switch Christmas ornament, with a working 1.14” (2.9 cm) LCD screen! It’s about 1/5th scale, has an SD card for playing videos (actually animated gifs), working WiFi, and the “thumbsticks” are clickable. Incredible 240x135 resolution!

We’re in a golden age of hobby electronics where this kind of project is doable from the comfort of your own home with free tools and relatively cheap parts!

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Note: this ornament is not for sale, nor will the designs be made available (other than the generic reference code and schematic); this was just a fun side project that I documented to encourage others to learn more about STEM and build cool things.

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🕑 Chapters:
0:00 Background
0:31 Part 1: Design
1:50 Part 2: Electrical Design
2:27 Part 3: Electrical Assembly
5:17 Part 4: 3d Print Assembly
5:55 Final Ornament

🎄 Ornaments featured at the beginning of the video:
"Holiday Ornament PCB” by Electron Solutions LLC

“PCB3” by Brian Lough

“Xmas Fireplace Ornament PCB” by Tom Archer

🎶 Music:
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

[MrNoipe]

The fact that you were able to pack that all in in such a small area, really impressive stuff! Also, very clever to hide the battery cables in the ornament connector.

[vmpere]

This actually blew my mind. I knew hobbyist electronic manufacture was possible I just didn't know it would be this good! Crazy

[Mobik_]

Scott: -I don't have the skills to make a small fireplaces that illuminates dots
Also Scott: -I have added WI FI support to a small tiny screen to switch animated GIFs on the fly

[danieloxor]

the screen resolution and brightness is brilliant for the size, looking great

[maki_rollin]

this is actually mind blowing to me. technology continues to amaze me with how all that worked in such a small space and all the coding to plays the gifs...just wow

[Mavi]

Aw too bad you are not sharing/selling the files. I would love to make this ornament for my friend who is a really big switch/nintendo fan. Really love the work put into this! It looks absolutely amazing!

[jfieqj]

Insanely impressive concept and execution. Also, it's been maybe 5 years since I worked with hobbyist LCDs, and that screen blew me away. It's on a completely different level than what I realized was available to the hobbyist now. Pretty incredible!

[dreaminstar]

i found this from a random article that was recommended and as a complete sucker for the switch, this is probably the best Christmas gift and ornament ever. this was super cool to watch!

[雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

Man... imagine what tools we will have to play with 10-20 years from now!

[BowsettesFury]

That’s so cute. I love it, wouldn’t mind having one in gray.

[altonyoung]

I don’t know what’s more impressive because I don’t know anything about anything that’s going on but it’s amazing that people know how to do this stuff.

Absolutely incredible that someone in their home with a computer can design all this stuff and have the parts show up at their door a couple weeks later.

[jay-rev]

resistors in the SD card slot - absolute brilliance!

[toamastar]

So glad this got recommended too me! This is so cool and my mind is racing with ideas for how else this kind of tech could be used! :D

[deaflizard]

My jaws dropped in disbelief and surprised at how awesome this tiny Nintendo Switch built. How I wish I can get this to gift my cousin as he's a Nintendo game fan! Amazing!

[haukurlaukur]

This is such an impressive project, really cool!

[lily_skye]

this is so cool! thank you for all the details about how you made it! this makes hobbyist electronics feel a lot more approachable!

[nimloc]

I hope you end up selling copies of these, because that is phenomenal. Just having the talent and intelligence to make this on your own is so inspiring.

[aaronlucasmusic]

Amazing work! Absolutely mind-boggling. I will admit, the first thing I thought when I saw this was, "Okay, but can it run DOOM?" 🤔

[dustiibunnii]

This is insane— I’m obsessed with miniature things, and seeing this have a functional screen is amazing!!!