WOLPERT@MAINE.BITNET (07/28/90)
Greetings.
I'm going to be doing a good amount of assembly of wire wrapped prototypes.
I've heard tell of labels that you peel off and stick down on the circuit
board alongside the WW socket. THese labels are numbered and make it much
easier to find the correct pin on the underside of the socket.
Has anybody out there encountered such a product?
BTW-I know about the plasticlabels that you simply slide over the pins
before you start wrapping, but I'd like something that can be removed
after assembly is complete.
Pls e-mail any responses, as I only peruse this newsgroup once a week
or so.
Thanks in advance.
Seth Wolpert.
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******************************************************************rmf@bpdsun1.uucp (Rob Finley) (07/30/90)
In article <90208.130912WOLPERT@MAINE.BITNET> WOLPERT@MAINE.BITNET writes: >I'm going to be doing a good amount of assembly of wire wrapped prototypes. >I've heard tell of labels that you peel off and stick down on the circuit >board alongside the WW socket. THese labels are numbered and make it much >easier to find the correct pin on the underside of the socket. Are you going to be making a board with a lot of digital or other "noisy" circuits on it? My first inclination would be to hand-make a pcb with all of the power and ground traces ONLY with the addition of all discrete resistors, capacitors, bypass capacitors and such. This could be done easily with the Radio Shack decal system (which works extremely well for it's cost) on a blank piece of PCB material. This will save you WEEKS of hair pulling later in the form of loose connections, overloading the power wires, better electrical characteristics, and such. It will also save you bucks by negating the need for sockets just to fill with headers infested with resistors and caps. Back to your question, I usually used a piece of 10 by 10 graph paper and hand numbered the IC's and even included the pin functions. Something you might do with a photocopier handy. I then used rubber cement to permanently attatch it to the underside of the board. The decals you are searching for seem to be limited in their function and are rather expensive. Plus, you could probably tear out the graph paper when you are done. Good luck with your endeavors. ----- "Lets go kick some Earthling butt!" -- Spaced Invaders quintro!bpdsun1!rmf@lll-winken.llnl.gov uunet!tiamat!quintro!bpdsun1!rmf