SMD Part Containers Laser Etched
I have been ordering lots of VERY small surface mount parts as of late and been tired of using the bag / reels to find the parts I am after. So I got an idea from a fellow hacdc member to use these small part containers. I have noticed aswell that once you find a part that you love and just “works” its important to save this info to re-order when you are running low. So I laser etched the type of device and the mouser part number on each box.
This would be next to impossible to do on a thermal label printer due to the sub 1″x1″ top surface. So this is why I went the laser route. It did take some time to do each one but I am more organized and productive for it. Even if you do not have a laser cutter you can always make a open office doc that maps a “code” to a part. So something like
RESISTOR
4.7K
CODE:451
Then in the doc file you have like 451 = PN: 71-CRCW08054K70JNEB
URL: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Vishay-Dale/CRCW08054K70JNEB/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMu0ojHvF9cQKJlWGXCBPeeocLYUb%252beqCU8%3d
Anyways just some cool organization tricks.
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