Post by thread:SPAM: [PIC:] Labeling of pre-programmed PIC's

I use a Casio KL-P1000 (US$10 at Fry's). They have a 6mm-height tape that fits very well on DIP and SOIC chips (both of which seem to have about 7mm height). Here is an example, that shows the small font (the medium fits chips as well), and 9mm tape that I trimmed to about 6mm (since I did not have any at the time)... http://www.narwani.org/neil/stuff/chip_label.jpg The solution is very low-cost, and the unit does come with a stupid mouse-pad, but is removeable. Also, since the tape is already 6mm, you just need to cut to the correct width. Cheers, -Neil. On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:34 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm scribbled: {Quote hidden}> Hi ! > I've been thinking some about labeling of pre-programmed PICs. > That is, what label and what printer would be suitable to produce > labels that fits on a DIP. Let's focus on 300 mil, 8-28 pin for the time > beeing. SOIC might be slightly harder... :-) > > 40 pin DIPs are probebly easier and could use the same > "labeling process" as the 8-28 pics anyway... > > I've been looking at the small termo printers from Dymo > called "LabelWriter" : > > http://global.dymo.com/enUS/Categories/LabelWriter_Printers.html > > It would be nice to have the firmare type and version clearly > marked on the IC's when distributing kits with a > pre-programmed PIC included... > > Any thoughts ? > > Regards, > Jan-Erik.

PicDude wrote : > I use a Casio KL-P1000 (US$10 at Fry's). Yes, I planned to check some of the cheaper "markers". I do have one simple one from Dymo. But it lacks some kind of interface so I could run it the from (e.g) the PC. > Also, since the tape is already 6mm, you > just need to cut to the correct width. Hm, that might become a bit messy when marking 50 chips. :-) > On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:34 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm scribbled: Did I ? I looked up "scribbled" in my english/swedish dictionary, and as far as I understand from the translation there, I did not. But I might very well be missing something here... Best Regards, Jan-Erik.

In message <2233790.1111946071457.JavaMail.tomcat@pne-ps3-sn1> Jan-Erik Soderholm <spam_OUTjan-erik.soderholmTakeThisOuTtelia.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:34 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm scribbled: > > Did I ? > I looked up "scribbled" in my english/swedish dictionary, and > as far as I understand from the translation there, I did not. But > I might very well be missing something here... Another subtlety of the English language - in some cases, "scribbled" == "wrote", although "scribbled" tends to mean more along the lines of "wrote in almost-unreadable handwriting" or "wrote in a hurry". You'll get used to it eventually :) Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, .....philpemKILLspam@spam@philpem.me.uk | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... 66MHz ain't fast enough!

> > I looked up "scribbled" in my english/swedish dictionary, and > > as far as I understand from the translation there, I did not. But > > I might very well be missing something here... You've heard of getting off a list by "unsubscribbling" ? A friendly corruption of "unsubscribing" scribe - script - scribble - (Scrabble too maybe ?) = write A Doctorate Thesis is written, most list postings are scribblings. That doesn't imply anything about the content, just the style

Jan-Erik, On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:54:31 +0200 (MEST), Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: > PicDude wrote : > > > I use a Casio KL-P1000 (US$10 at Fry's). > > Yes, I planned to check some of the cheaper "markers". > I do have one simple one from Dymo. But it lacks some kind > of interface so I could run it the from (e.g) the PC. You'll find anything with a PC interface is going to be fairly pricey - nothing less than $100, I'd say. Actually that's not quite true - Casio do one that's built into a mouse (yes, really!) but the quality of label (paper base) and printing isn't up to sticking onto ICs. And there's only one width of tape (12mm, I think) so you'd have to cut it to width *and* length! > > Also, since the tape is already 6mm, you > > just need to cut to the correct width. > > Hm, that might become a bit messy when marking 50 chips. :-) I think he means "to length", as far as the label is concerned, and you have to do this somehow. None of the tape-based labellers cut the length without an unacceptable (to me) blank space at the end, to get clear of the print head. If I'm printing a whole series of labels I set my Casio KL-7200E to "manual feed" and just put a single space between each label, and scissor them apart afterwards. Cheaper labellers often don't have a way to supress the long blank at the end (economy of manufacture, or building sales of label cartridges?) so this may be worth checking, or you can find very high wastage I just checked my labeller, and the space before the first printed character is 22mm (can't do anything about this at the start of each run) and after the last character is 19mm (you can turn this off but remember to put a space between each label to allow for cutting, and to do a "manual feed" at the end of the run). So for a single label with 20mm text length, the waste is actually 205%! > > On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:34 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm scribbled: > > Did I ? > I looked up "scribbled" in my english/swedish dictionary, and > as far as I understand from the translation there, I did not. But > I might very well be missing something here... "The joke" ? :-) Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England