I’ve been working with a super minimal Arduino setup recently. After seeing Alex’s awesome Arduino/ATmega breadboard header, where he notes there’s no room on the PCB for pin labeling, I wondered if it would be possible to make a small sticker that goes on the ATmega chip, labeling the pin names.
Here’s my first attempt:
And in use:
This was created by printing on a full-page sticker then laser cutting it to shape. I could have also just cut out the sticker with scissors, or used regular printer paper and double-sided tape.
Some files if you want to try this out yourself:
– arduino-atmega-sticker.eps — EPS of just the sticker itself.
– arduino-atmega-sticker.svg — SVG version
– arduino-atmega-sticker.pdf — PDF version
– arduino-atmega-sticker-lasercut.cdr — Coreldraw file containing instructions & registration marks for printing then laser cutting your own sticker.
Great, thanks. Just printed them out on plain paper, cutting them with a scissor and sticked it to the Atmega with some Glue. Comes in very handy!
this is an excellent idea
just one comment, the polaroid pogo printer which is available on ebay for around 18 pounds stirling is just the ideal printer for these lables, although you will have to cut them out with a pair of scissors, but they are sticky. p.s. i have just brought one of these printers for such uses as this, and for printing overlays of any type used in my projects
This is great! Unfortunately the text was too small for me to read, so I made one with much bigger lettering:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/salsaviz/4526735007/
Thank you!
Brilliant Idea Tod! May I suggest including multiple copies of the image on the same page? It may save some paper, and in all likelihood, people would need more than one.
Haha, dor, yeah. After I finished making it, I realized “huh, I should’ve just used scissors”. But ended up using this sticker idea as a way of lining up the output from a printer with the laser cutter.
“I could have also just cut out the sticker with scissors, or used regular printer paper and double-sided tape” – then why didn’t you? :D
Well, if I had a laser cutter I guess I’d also use it for everything possible :P
Hi Bryan,
Nice! Looks like a much sturdier implementation of a minimal Arduino than anything I’ve done. Plus, adding the reset button and FTDI serial header makes it a *lot* easier to use I bet.
I used your label in my project, here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/linux-works/3875367596/
applied the label with some double-stick foam tape on the chip ;)
cheers
/bryan
Sometimes the coolest ideas are the simplest ones. As in, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Thanks, Tod!