But I want them with solder bumps on the underside, or even pins for some of the older chips.
Get silver-colored silicone bumps to keep from scratching your tables. Bonus points if you have the full grid of contacts, matching the original.
Macrochips: A collection of laser engraved, 4 inch slate tile microchip coasters
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#12I was going to make some coasters by gluing some 4-inch silicon wafers underneath glass coasters. I should get on that.
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#14Awwww, it's just the packaging. I was hoping for exploded circuits... maybe they could team up with Ken Shirriff?
I wonder if the laser engraver would have enough resolution for something like this? https://www.4004.com/ (quick&dirty black&white version https://ibb.co/HTCxVMh ) edit: quick google finds advertised resolution to be 1000dpi for the engraver, so that 4004 die could be within the realm of possibility. Anything more complex probably would not work very well though.
Resolution of the laser isn’t the problem. Resolution of the medium might be.
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#15Slate slab coasters from Amazon work really well for this. Engraved a couple of these for myself, like a Taito Bubbble Bobble chip and the MOS 6502 for a friend. They make amazing gifts.
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#16How is this legal? They're using trademarks out to wazoo to make money?
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#17So this is interesting: I'm an EE, so I look at stuff like this all the time. I have a surprisingly decent chance of being able to identify random ICs I've never before (from major Western manufacturers) by pattern alone. These almost all look deeply wrong or counterfeit to me, which is kind of unnerving to look at! I think it's mostly the fonts. There's not a lot of Arial or Bitstream Vera Sans (& descendants) on IC…
Yes I'm rather disappointed at the lack of effort with the fonts. I don't understand why they didn't just convert an image of the chips to SVG, clean it up, and engrave that.
Re: Macrochips: A collection of laser engraved, 4 inch slate tile microchip coasters
#18So this is interesting: I'm an EE, so I look at stuff like this all the time. I have a surprisingly decent chance of being able to identify random ICs I've never before (from major Western manufacturers) by pattern alone. These almost all look deeply wrong or counterfeit to me, which is kind of unnerving to look at! I think it's mostly the fonts. There's not a lot of Arial or Bitstream Vera Sans (& descendants) on IC…
Fonts and being slightly uncentered, for me.