Number Six/Atmega32 Pinout Stickers

This page is about a design for stickers that you can place on top of your 40-pin DIP Atmega32 chips in a Number Six circuit board to help your hacking.










It begins simply, with the following graphics. Download and print out this file onto an 8 1/2" x 11 piece of adhesive paper:










Now, how does the magic happen? Download the following pattern for CorelDraw and send it to a laser cutter.










Focus and alignment are very important! Focus the laser cutter well and home it to the printed bracket like in this photo:










With just the right settings, you will ablate the top layer, without cutting all the way through! For my adhesive sheets, I used

  • Power:17%
  • Speed:100%
  • PPI:1000

    for Staples sheets, try power at 25%. For additional laser cutter settings, click here.










    The sticker even has a line where you can write the name of the image on the chip!










    Isn't that great? Now, get out there and consume some more!










    Files

  • Photoshop file (.tif)
  • Lower Resolution for quick printing (.tif)
  • Sticker Cutting Pattern for laser cutter (.cdr)










    • Links

  • Noah's Home Page
  • Atmel.com where you can find the spec sheet that has the errors in it that made this project take longer than it should have.