The best idea since sliced bread? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
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timestamp: June 07, 2012, 04:16:50 am
content: http://diy4fun.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/atmega-1632-pinout-sticker.htmlDave.

author: elCap
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 04:47:57 am
content: Nice idea! I will try it next time breadboarding.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 05:08:31 am
content: Would be totally ace if chip manufacturers would do something like that for real. I know this is asking too much.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 05:12:28 am
content: The mbed has a credit card-like pinout reference.

author: _Sin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 06:31:26 am
content: The Parallax Propeller kits came with a sticker like that - it's a neat idea.The print gets a bit small on 0.5mm pitch quad packages though

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 07:21:05 am
content: Arduino:http://www.adafruit.com/products/554

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 07:40:05 am
content: I like it.

author: _Sin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 08:24:55 am
content: If chip pacakges were white, we could just write on them with permanent marker!

author: caroper
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 09:01:29 am
content: Not sure if it was Adafruit or Sparkfun that I saw them first, but those stickers have been around for well over a year, a great help when bread boarding.

author: siliconmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 09:15:11 am
content: yeah.cant go wrong with that.remember when they used to print ebc on trannies ?

author: JuKu
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 11:09:07 am
content: >The best idea since sliced bread?For breadboarding a complex chip, yes - at least the best idea since the breadboard itself.

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 11:24:03 am
content: Did something similar, back in '09, quite useful08/07/2009bysimonrichards150, on Flickr

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 11:46:32 am
content: Quote from: 8086 on June 07, 2012, 11:24:03 amI asked if they would make PIC stickers in their weekly chat, I had to duck, quickly.

author: Dataforensics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 12:32:01 pm
content: I seem to remember seeing something similar for 7400 series around 30 years ago. The logic gates being shown and the sheets having the most used types on them. Cannot remember if I bought them or if they were a magazine freeby.Tony

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 12:53:45 pm
content: It should not be to difficult to find an online sticker printing shop doing small stickers for a reasonable price. Now, what to do with a few hundred or thousand stickers is another story.

author: nessatse
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2012, 04:50:34 pm
content: Quote from: Dataforensics on June 07, 2012, 12:32:01 pmI think they came with Elektor magazine. I still have a few old 74 series chips with the stickers attached in a box somewhere

author: Zad
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2012, 02:57:37 am
content: Those stickers keep appearing now and then on random magazines and pieces of equipment that I have had packed away for years! I can't confirm if they were Elektor, but it is certainly the sort of thing they used to do.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 08, 2012, 03:18:29 am
content: I'm printing stickers for all my resitors ASAP.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2012, 08:33:31 am
content: Did this a while back for adafruit...Adafruit now sells them.Right click, save as.http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2295566/BLOG/arduino%20label/ARDUINO%20BREADBOARD%2028%20PIN%20LABELS.aihttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/2295566/BLOG/arduino%20label/ARDUINO%20BREADBOARD%2028%20PIN%20LABELS.pdfhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/2295566/BLOG/arduino%20label/ARDUINO%20BREADBOARD%2028%20PIN%20LABELS.svgGeorge Graveshttp://www.twitter.com/georgegraves...

author: ThunderSqueak
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timestamp: June 08, 2012, 09:25:47 am
content: Ok, this is unusual for me, I usually just lurk silently but... I have to admit, this is a great ideaI just had to say that... and also wonder, why didn't I think of that!

author: McMonster
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2012, 09:44:32 pm
content: Quote from: Uncle Vernon on June 08, 2012, 03:18:29 amDont forget to write tolerances and temperature coefficients down on them using Comic Sans. And remember, 0603 is not an excuse!And I dare you all to create such stickers for ARMs, including alternate functions and remaps. :>

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2012, 01:30:30 pm
content: Here's a useful idea for someone to implement - Findchips or Adafruit perhaps?A website which lets you download existing chip labels and create new ones easily, which are then shared with all users.You enter a device part number - if someone has already done it you can immediately download a PDF sheet of labels.If the part is not found, you select a package and pin count, type in pin names.This new label is now available for you and everyone else.Maybe have it able to compile a sheet comprising labels of multiple different parts so you maximise usage of sticky paper. Also have some pre-made group sheets - 74HC, 4000, etc.Any takers amongst the web-monkets out there?

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2012, 02:23:50 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on June 09, 2012, 01:30:30 pmIt's a very fine idea, but i'm not dealing with PHP again.

author: opticpow
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2012, 03:25:39 pm
content: And here I was thinking that the best thing since sliced bread was sliced cheese!!!Optic.