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BenEaters6502/8b-BC All the labels for Ben’s 6502 and 8 Bit Breadboard Computer project thus far.
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You may need to try different PDF viewers and print settings to get these to print right. I use the default “Document Viewer” that came with Lubuntu. I have tried printing from Firefox, Okular, and GIMP directly. With the 8.5 x 11 inch background I get good print results from most. Without the sized background the Document Viewer is the only one that prints at the correct print scale.
I print, cut these out, and glue them on with stick-type school glue. It holds but is easy to clean off too.
Inside the GIMP standard .xcf file the individual finished labels are created as layers and filed away under the following: Files > Labels-toPrint. I use the GIMP file to make sheets with lots of labels to print at once. I get the layers tab visible on the right side of GIMP. If you are not familiar with GIMP the layers menu should be on the right side in the docked frame. If it is not, then navigate the little tab like icons that should be at the top of the right side menu. The layers menu looks like a file directory with folders. After you’ve found the layers menu, find the labels you want to make. In the layers menu, right click on the labels you want to print, and select “Duplicate Layer.” Then left click and drag each of the duplicate layers outside of the main “Files” layer group. Once this is done, duplicate them as necessary and place them in whatever pattern you think will make it easy to cut them out. Now merge the labels together into a single layer. To do this, make sure only the layers you have copied for printing are visible with a little eye icon beside them in the layers menu, then press (control + M) and hit enter, the default settings should work. This merges them together into a single layer. I usually save my work at this point because the the next step will use a lot more system resources (control + S).
Now, at the bottom of the layers menu on the right select the little white paper icon to add a new layer. On the options menu that pops up, name the layer, and change the dimensions from PX to Inches. Then set the X axis to 8.5 inches and the Y axis to 11 inches. Below this change the offset units to inches. Change the offset to -1 and -1 in each box. Lastly, be sure the setting option at the bottom of the menu is set to White, and click OK. This layer needs to be lower on the layer menu list than the labels you want to print, you can just click and drag them around to reorder them. The canvas still needs to be sized to fit this new background layer. Click on the Image tab on the pull down menu bar at the top of the page. Now select “Fit canvas to Layers.” Everything should be setup for printing now. I haven’t had success printing directly from GIMP using the File > Print option. I use the “Export” feature. Click on File > Export. Now select where you would like to save a PDF to print. Name the file what ever you want then type .pdf at the end to tell GIMP to create a PDF. The default options are fine. Once this is done check the PDF file to be sure everything looks right and print the file. I always go back into gimp at this point and change from the layers dock on the right to the undo history tab. I then reset the history to the marker just before I created the 8.5 x 11 inch background. This is by-far the fastest way to reduce the size of the canvas and entire file to keep it manageable despite having so many layers, and complexity. I always delete the file/label layer I made for printing.
Start off with the datasheet pin-out in view. Duplicate one of the blank templates with the correct pin count. Templates are in a folder at the bottom of the Files folder. Copy the layer and take it to the top. Next you will find a folder called FAB that has line guides I use to make labels. It’s set up to establish the location of each line of text, and the center line of every pin. The best way to see how I use this guide layer is to look at one of the more simple completed labels from the 74-Series. The top and bottom of the FAB guide has a couple of colored semi opaque lines that delineate where the Pin number text belongs. This text is size 65 Ubuntu-Bold with the letter spacing set to -2 on all newer style labels. Next, there are two thick green bars on the FAB guide. These are for the Inverted bars that go above Pin descriptions. The bar height is the minimum thickness for the bars to show up on my printers. I make a box the width of the pin name and use the green bar to locate it vertically, then fill the box with the paint tool. I always try to make the bars 2 pixels taller than the green guide. Next, in the middle of the green bar there is a darker green line. This is the top guide for the height of pin text. There is another line guide below. This is setup for two text sizes. With the Ubuntu-Bold font selected, I use a size 60 font for most 2 character pin names. If you look at the FAB guide layer, I have a copy of the entire alphabet and numerals with funny coloring. This is split to show which numbers and letters extend onto the text guide lines. The letters with green or red overlap the line on one side or the other. This just keeps everything centered straight and uniform for each label. I mentioned this text guide is for two sizes of text. The second size is 52 instead of 60. I only use the lower guide line for this size text. Size 52 will place the text just below the inverted bar guide. This is also my standard text size for anything longer than 2 characters. I try to limit pin text to these two sizes but occasionally I use a size 48 for something really wide. Size 45 is the smallest that I can print and read most of the time. I have made a few labels that even have size 35 text, but it is challenging to get this to print legibly. The center of the FAB guide label area has a few yellow lines. These are my guidelines for centering the part number and title. I use Ubuntu-Bold-Italic for all of this text. I try to always print this text in size 100 although it is tough to fit sometimes. I set the character width spacing to the smallest I can manage without letting the letters touch each other. There are also several templates saved in the FAB guide layer. This is where I make and save a copy of gates, truth tables or anything else I’ve tried and might want to reuse later. I also have a bunch of custom fonts made with the letter Q and the sizes of text I use marked below them. This is specifically because the upper case Ubuntu font’s “Q” is the only letter that extends below the bottom boundary of the rest of the letters in the font. This creates lots of interference issues. Of the dozens of fonts I tried none of them print as well as Ubuntu in the required size range. Most fonts that have a more compact capital Q print like a zero or O at the sizes required. To use these custom Q’s, I copy the one I need into it’s own layer from the FAB guide. I just use the regular Ubuntu-Bold Q font when I’m making the text for a label. Once I have everything setup where I want it, I go back and align the copied custom Q’s over the typed Q. The circumference of the custom Q is identical to the same size Ubuntu font. The exaggerated cross of the custom Q and the gap makes it quite definitive even at the smallest sizes. It also has a much more manageable lower extension for fitting more text in tight spaces.
Where do I get my pin descriptions? They are usually based on a combination of Texas Instruments, Motorola, and Fairchild datasheets. I often use the old databooks directly. If you are not aware, Archive.org/bit-savers has thousands of free databooks available for download. I don’t commit to following any specific datasheet pin nomenclature though. If the nomenclature requires me to look at a datasheet description to figure out it’s basic meaning or function I won’t use it assuming I can think of something more obvious and intuitive. For instance, I will not use CP for Clock or MR for Reset. I use CLK and RST. I think “G” was intended to mean “gate” for the enable function. I don’t like it. I call it EN or OE and IE. I’m moving towards even more detailed ways of labeling special function pins by replacing the pin number with 2 lines of text. I generally try to avoid using O. I will use Y for gate outputs, and use Q like a crossed O or O-proper for an output. I just don’t want to wonder if I’m looking at a zero or O. In most instances where there are 8 pins, I label them 0-7 like the buses they are most likely to be used with. Also of note, there are several labels with various alternate versions. I usually made one, didn’t like it, or wanted to see if I could fit more functionality. I just kept the old version too. It might be useful to someone with a lower resolution printer. There are several labels with a (NAR) ending. These are narrow versions. It means the inventory I have has the narrow half pin end with the shortened body without much overhang beyond the last pins. My regular labels hang over the ends of these chips by around 1mm on both sides. They are still functional, but it just bugs me so I started making a narrow version that fits tighter. As of January 28th 2020, I have started making a 3rd type of label. These use a new template set named hybrid. This template is setup between the standard (original) and Narrow size templates. Specifically, with the resolution setup in GIMP 120 pixels is 0.1 inch or 2.54mm. The Standard template extends past the corner pins by 55 pixels from the corner pins’ center line to the center of the template outline. The Narrow template extends 10 pixels past center line and the Hybrid is 34 pixels larger (standard=55 narrow=10 hybrid=34). This means the hybrid may still extend slightly over the edge of some narrow chips, but is a way for me to make some of these things faster. It is easiest to make labels in the standard size where less specific adjustments are needed to fit text. Narrow usually requires far more manipulation. Hybrid is just a happy medium.
Lastly, It should go without saying…but I will anyways, assume everything I have done is wrong and double check the pin-outs before using them. If you find an error before I do, feel free to let me know. I’m sure I’ll figure it out eventually and update it. Hopefully this is useful to you, but I make these for myself.
-Jake
These are all made in GIMP and is the hierarchal order they are roughly listed as layers.
(AS OF Feb 20)1.) 11C90 11902.) 74ACT251 742513.) 74F189 741894.) 74HC00 74005.) 74HC02 74026.) 74HC04 74047.) 74HC05 74058.) 74HC06 74069.) 74HC07 740710.) 74HC08 740811.) 74HC107 7410712.) 74HC11 741113.) 74HC112 7411214.) 74HC123 7412315.) 74HC13 741316.) 74HC132 7413217.) 74HC133 7413318.) 74HC138 7413819.) 74HC139 7413920.) 74HC14 741421.) 74HC151 7415122.) 74HC154 7415423.) 74HC157 7415724.) 74HC161 7416125.) 74HC164 7416426.) 74HC165 7416527.) 74HC166 7416628.) 74HC173 7417329.) 74HC181 7418130.) 74HC193 7419331.) 74HC194 7419432.) 74HC20 742033.) 74HC240 7424034.) 74HC244 7424435.) 74HC245 7424536.) 74HC251 7425137.) 74HC257 7425738.) 74HC259 7425939.) 74HC273 7427340.) 74HC283 7428341.) 74HC299 7429942.) 74HC30 743043.) 74HC32 743244.) 74HC365 7436545.) 74HC366 7436646.) 74HC367 7436747.) 74HC368 7436848.) 74HC373 7437349.) 74HC374 7437450.) 74HC377 7437751.) 74HC390 7439052.) 74HC40103 744010353.) 74HC4017 74401754.) 74HC4020 74402055.) 74HC4024 74402456.) 74HC4040 74404057.) 74HC4049 74404958.) 74HC4050 74405059.) 74HC4051 74405160.) 74HC4052 74405261.) 74HC4053 74405362.) 74HC4060 74406063.) 74HC4066 74406664.) 74HC4514 74451465.) 74HC51 745166.) 74HC540 7454067.) 74HC541 7454168.) 74HC573 7457369.) 74HC574 7457470.) 74HC590 7459071.) 74HC595 7459572.) 74HC640 7464073.) 74HC641 7464174.) 74HC642 7464275.) 74HC643 7464376.) 74HC644 7464477.) 74HC645 7464578.) 74HC646 7464679.) 74HC670 7467080.) 74HC688 7468881.) 74HC74 747482.) 74HC75 747583.) 74HC76 747684.) 74HC86 748685.) 74HCT00 740086.) 74HCT02 740287.) 74HCT138 7413888.) 74HCT193 7419389.) 74HCT244 7424490.) 74HCT245 7424591.) 74HCT251 7425192.) 74HCT32 743293.) 74HCT540 7454094.) 74HCT541 7454195.) 74HCT646 7464696.) 74HCT688 7468897.) 74LS00 740098.) 74LS02 740299.) 74LS04 7404100.) 74LS05 7405101.) 74LS06 7406102.) 74LS07 7407103.) 74LS08 7408104.) 74LS107 74107105.) 74LS11 7411106.) 74LS112 74112107.) 74LS123 74123108.) 74LS13 7413109.) 74LS132 74132110.) 74LS133 74133111.) 74LS138 74138112.) 74LS139 74139113.) 74LS14 7414114.) 74LS151 74151115.) 74LS154 74154116.) 74LS157 74157117.) 74LS16 7416118.) 74LS161 74161119.) 74LS164 74164120.) 74LS165 74165121.) 74LS166 74166122.) 74LS17 7417123.) 74LS173 74173124.) 74LS181 74181125.) 74LS189 74189126.) 74LS193 74193127.) 74LS194 74194128.) 74LS20 7420129.) 74LS240 74240130.) 74LS244 74244131.) 74LS245 74245132.) 74LS251 74251133.) 74LS257 74257134.) 74LS259 74259135.) 74LS273 74273136.) 74LS283 74283137.) 74LS299 74299138.) 74LS30 7430139.) 74LS32 7432140.) 74LS365 74365141.) 74LS366 74366142.) 74LS367 74367143.) 74LS368 74368144.) 74LS373 74373145.) 74LS374 74374146.) 74LS377 74377147.) 74LS390 74390148.) 74LS51 7451149.) 74LS540 74540150.) 74LS541 74541151.) 74LS573 74573152.) 74LS574 74574153.) 74LS590 74590154.) 74LS595 74595155.) 74LS640 74640156.) 74LS641 74641157.) 74LS642 74642158.) 74LS643 74643159.) 74LS644 74644160.) 74LS645 74645161.) 74LS646 74646162.) 74LS670 74670163.) 74LS688 74688164.) 74LS74 7474165.) 74LS75 7475166.) 74LS76 7476167.) 74LS86 7486168.) 74S189 74189169.) A29040 29040170.) AT28C16 2816171.) AT28C256 28256172.) AT89C2051 892051173.) ATMEGA328 328174.) AY-3-8910 38910175.) CA723 723176.) CAT28C16 2816177.) CAT28C256 28256178.) CD40103 40103179.) CD4011 4011180.) CD4013 4013181.) CD4017 4017182.) CD4020 4020183.) CD4024 4024184.) CD4040 4040185.) CD4049h 4049186.) CD4050h 4050187.) CD4051 4051188.) CD4052 4052189.) CD4053 4053190.) CD4060 4060191.) CD4066 4066192.) CY7C199 7199193.) DAC0800 0800194.) DAC0808 0808195.) DM7599 7599196.) DM8599 8599197.) G65SC02 6502198.) G65SC816 65816199.) GAL16V8 168200.) HM6116 6116201.) HM65256 65256202.) ICL7106 7106203.) ICL7107 7107204.) ICL7135 7135205.) ICM7216 7216206.) ICM7555 7555207.) IS61C1024 611024208.) KID65783 65783209.) LM555 555210.) MAX202 202211.) MAX232 232212.) MAX233 233213.) MAX512 512214.) MAX513 513215.) MAX7219 7219216.) MAX7221 7221217.) MC144111 144111218.) MC145157P2 145157219.) MC68000 68000220.) MC68008 68008221.) MC68010 68010222.) MC6809 6809223.) MC6821 6821224.) MC68230 68230225.) MC6845 6845226.) MC6850 6850227.) MC68901 68901228.) MC68HC000 68000229.) MIC2981 2981230.) MOS6502 6502231.) MOS6522 6522232.) MSM80C85 8085233.) MSM81C55 8155234.) NMC27C32 2732235.) NTE2050 2050236.) P8251A 8251237.) PIC18F23K22 182322238.) PIC18F24K22 182422239.) PIC18F25K22 182522240.) PIC18F26K22 182622241.) PIC18F43K22 184322242.) PIC18F44K22 184422243.) PIC18F45K22 184522244.) PIC18F46K22 184622245.) PT2262 2262246.) PT2272 2272247.) R65C02 6502248.) R65C22 6522249.) SN754410 754410250.) TD62084 62084251.) TMP82C79P-2 8279252.) ULN2003 2003253.) VL65C816 65816254.) W65C02S 6502255.) W65C22 6522256.) W65C816 65816257.) XR2240 2240