This is how to make a refrigerator magnet from an old IC. I like it because a) it's geeky, b) it looks like a mutant centipede is crawling across the fridge and c) it is from an ancient Apple II card. Be sure to check out Aeshir's version of this.
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Signing UpStep 1: As always, collect your materials...
As alway, the first step is to collect the stuff you need. I hate it when I almost done with a project and discover that I forgot to track down some dinky 50 cent part. The list is pretty short on this project.
1. A suitable IC. I pulled mine off a card that says "Super Serial Card," and my dad, a former Apple technician, says that it was for connecting a printer to an Apple II. It's easier if they are in a socket so you don't have to desolder it.
2. A magnet. I used some old magnet strip that I had lying around. I would recommend finding something a bit stronger than that, simply because it will hold more. Make sure that you find a magnet that fits under your IC, or find an IC that fits over your magnet.
3. Glue. I used CA (superglue), use whatever you want. Superglue I know works, contact cement will almost definitely work, epoxy might work, Elmer's School Glue won't work.
4. A spacer (if necessary). You might need something to raise the magnet up. A bit of plastic, a popsicle stick, cardboard, whatever. You're creative, or you wouldn't be reading this. Figure it out.
5. A fridge. Why make a magnet if you don't have a refrigerator to stick it on?
1. A suitable IC. I pulled mine off a card that says "Super Serial Card," and my dad, a former Apple technician, says that it was for connecting a printer to an Apple II. It's easier if they are in a socket so you don't have to desolder it.
2. A magnet. I used some old magnet strip that I had lying around. I would recommend finding something a bit stronger than that, simply because it will hold more. Make sure that you find a magnet that fits under your IC, or find an IC that fits over your magnet.
3. Glue. I used CA (superglue), use whatever you want. Superglue I know works, contact cement will almost definitely work, epoxy might work, Elmer's School Glue won't work.
4. A spacer (if necessary). You might need something to raise the magnet up. A bit of plastic, a popsicle stick, cardboard, whatever. You're creative, or you wouldn't be reading this. Figure it out.
5. A fridge. Why make a magnet if you don't have a refrigerator to stick it on?
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Now I have a use for broken ICs =)
thanks
http://www.cedmagic.com/tech-info/remote-control/07-ic-socket-orientation.jpg ;)
Just FYI if interested: That chip would have come from the 4-inch line at NCR and was manufactured during week 50 of 1990.
See this for more NCR microchip magnet geekiness, except using a really strange package.