A battery-operated device provided on a thin-film battery and a method for making. Some embodiments provide a system that includes a vacuum chamber, a plurality of pairs of source and take-up reels within the vacuum chamber, including a first source reel that supplies a first strip of substrate material and a first take-up reel, and a second source reel that supplies a first mask strip having a plurality of different masks and a second take-up reel, a first deposition station configured to deposit material onto the first strip of substrate running between the first source reel and the first take-up reel, as defined by the first mask strip running between the second source reel and the second take-up reel, and a controller operatively coupled to run the first strip of substrate between the first source reel and the first take-up reel at a first independent rate and tension, and to run the mask strip between the second source reel and the second take-up reel.