I had a great idea. I'm working on breadboarding something, and I wanted to mark the pins on my IC. I thought of a post-it "flag" with a stem that can fit into my breadboard. Ideally a long strip of them with 0.1" spacing so I can write each pin name on them and shove them in next to my IC.
Has anyone seen something like this?
Wanted: Breadboard "Flags"
Started by Eric Falsken, Dec 06 2011 11:47 PM
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Eric Falsken
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Posted 06 December 2011 - 11:47 PM
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 03:53 AM
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 04:07 AM
That's stuck to an IC. Great idea. I was thinking of something attached to a pin that I can put into the breadboard next to the IC. But I'll try doing something like that.
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 05:18 AM
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 09:11 PM
When I did my wiring training many years ago, my company still used wire wrapping to produce prototypes.
Boards were made up by inserting IC sockets with long (1cm) square legs into a PCB that was just holes (no copper tracks).
The sockets were then held in place by a soft plastic label that had holes for the legs. Some of the holes were not big enough so the legs cut into the plastic and held fast.
A wire wrapping gun was then used to put a thin wire around one square leg and on to another; because the legs were square, they held the wire tight.
Back to the plastic labels - they had pin numbers printed on them so the poor person who had to wire it all up did not have to keep counting the legs!
Are these what you were thinking of:
Boards were made up by inserting IC sockets with long (1cm) square legs into a PCB that was just holes (no copper tracks).
The sockets were then held in place by a soft plastic label that had holes for the legs. Some of the holes were not big enough so the legs cut into the plastic and held fast.
A wire wrapping gun was then used to put a thin wire around one square leg and on to another; because the legs were square, they held the wire tight.
Back to the plastic labels - they had pin numbers printed on them so the poor person who had to wire it all up did not have to keep counting the legs!
Are these what you were thinking of:
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