I was thinking a simple shared database for the info and template format options to arrange in layout styles would be really effective. Maybe like spoolman is for filament management, where it could be locally hosted on a raspberry pi and template / data info can be exported and imported from shared files?
@@dethstryke664 I like the idea of raw data then the user makes the label. I would think an XML file would be the most flexible, hosted on GitHub where someone or an AI could moderate the submissions.
I actually had plans to write software that takes the datasheet as input and automatically generates the labels, along with a custom QR/Barcode that would save to an online database. This way, it would track all the inventory, similar to what the industry uses. Unfortunately, I’m quite busy with other things right now and just don’t have the time. But feel free to take over the project from here; it’s all open source anyway.
I want to say this is absolutely brilliant! It's inexpensive, extremely space efficient and well categorized! Up until now, I was seriously thinking about buying a bunch of small storage drawers. Thanks!
This is a very kind gift to strangers like me. I’m certainly adopting your system for my collection of resistors and capacitors. Many thanks, Christian!
I have always over-complicated trying to organize small components. This seems so elegant and simple, even though the initial time invested appears daunting. It really is a genius idea. Nice job.
Great video! You went farther than me; I'm just using small binders with 2 rings, and I put some components/modules in envelopes with clear windows. The envelopes were opened by the left side, so you fold 1 inch to close the envelope and punch 2 holes. Write the contents on the front and you can put that in the binder. No ESD problem, but only one group of parts by each sheet; your solution will be a huge improvement, thanks for sharing!
Great tip! Thank you! I use the Revo Obxidian HF setup for the X1C with a 0.4 nozzle setup. I print at 275°c with the door and the lid open like I would PLA or PETG. I never get any clogs that way. Everything prints excellent. As soon as I close it up, it clogs every time.
I used to use something similar to this but instead of velcro to stick them to the binder pages I used trading card dividers. Interesting idea with the velcro
Great idea. Ive tried stacks of small bins, bags in a bag, bags in a box, and all manner of boxes full of dividers. Bags velcrod in a binder is clearly the best way. Thanks for the idea and helping get my shop clean 😭
Duuuuuuude, I'm a new super fan! It gets even better- you're the first embedded electronics nerd I've encountered who rides! (I ride a Gen 1 Vmax) Very excited to binge your stuff! 🤘
@@Asyss_Complex The have top loaders as well. :) But the side loaders would preferably depending of if and how often you carry it with the spine down. Would put the open side up.
I love this. I think that the labels for components could be automated by lookups to part libraries. Then you could flip through label templates based on your prefs and merge them into your doc for printing? It would also lend itself to various label printing formats. One-liners, Bin stickers and envelope labels would just be different templates. You’ve inspired me! Thanks!
This looks like an excellent idea, but indeed it's time consuming to create the labels. But after all components have been organised like that, really useful!
Nice! I think I would use less Velcro considering size, weight and ease of removal. Currently, I use the label of the package they come in for my bin boxes and a marker on the top of the compartments. The date can be useful, especially for electrolytic capacitors. Add antistatic foam or tubes to chip legs for protection.
Very cool. This is superior for electronic components, but I think for hardware like nuts and bolts, little storage bins can't be beaten. I colour code the labels on my bins so I can easily see M# and also specific colour for the type if it's something I look for more often such as countersink or self tapping.
Cool idea.... Especially the Qr-codes to the datasheet ❤ Only gripe, is that you have to find the right binder, turn to the right page, take the bag, open it fish out the part, and then do all the steps again to out it away But sadly not applicable to my needs, since I also have to store bigger stuff and hardware, like screws nuts ECT up to m10 I Instead use a 11 drawer LISTA cabinet filled to the top with gridfinity bins to store everything from electronics, electrical, hardware, and all other non tool stuff in my house. While a bit more expensive and taking up more space, it only take me opening the drawer and BOOM I have the part right there
Ok, I just did a quick calculation, and a single 6-inch binder can hold over 396 bags (2x3 inches). If you use the 2x2 bags, it might hold up to 500. Right now, I have over 1,000 different components stored in only three ring binders, so I think it’s worth the effort.
Very cool! I also do small cheatsheet labels on bags, often hand-drawn. When it comes to opamps, i think your selection of specs can be improved. Some of them are not very useful imo (temperature stuff, cmrr, open-loop gain), while some important ones are missing (input voltage range, output voltage range, voltage noise).
I made this a while back, and to be honest, I just copied and pasted the layout from my other components and changed a few things. They can be easily modified, though. I always like to include temperature information as it's useful for automotive design.
Actually, it depends on the quality of the Velcro. I've been doing this for about six years, and the glue (for the brand I'm using) actually becomes stronger over time. If you try to take it off, it might even rip the plastic bags. Just make sure to get quality Velcro tape. I cut the cover off because it's very inconvenient when laying it down on my bench, it just takes up a lot of space. This is just a personal preference.
Huh, I've been doing this the "I don't have a working printer or many materials" way for years: small zipper bags with handwritten reversed mini sticky note labels inside, stuffed into trading card binder pages. It sure doesn't work with thicker components, though, so I've been stuck with a mix of the binder and bins. I guess this is the next step once my current solution starts to get out of hand again.
Your method with the plastic bags would have gotten me written up by the static cops at work. At least use the pink or blue static bags for everything.
This is great IF you repeatedly use the same components, but most of us makers will only use 99% of components, one time each, but I still have hundreds and hundreds of different components to store, all different from each other.
Just copying and pasting my response to someone else's comments: Ok, I just did a quick calculation, and a single 6-inch binder can hold over 396 bags (2x3 inches). If you use the 2x2 bags, it might hold up to 500. Right now, I have over 1,000+ different components stored in only three ring binders, so I think it’s worth the effort.
I've seen dozens of attempts to store components. This is one of the better ones, though putting away the bags after you're done will be a bit of a chore. If you want to store SMD components, have a look at the 'SMT storage boxes' that connect together on the usual chinese sites. They're not good for static sensitive parts, but they work well to hold a lot of components in next to no space.
You can avoid all the work by simply using masking tape and a marker. If you have resistors, there's no need to create the labels from scratch. You can download the labels I’ve created and print them. The labels cover most common resistor values.
By KSP, do you mean Kerbal Space Program? I’ve never played that game. All the music I use comes from UA-cam’s free music library, so I don’t get any copyright claims.
The best way of organising components is to buy pretty much exact number of them needed for completing this or that particular PCBA build so you'd have not many of those parts left afterwards. Otherwise if trying to have all the parts of the world available by your side anytime is the only good way to put your money down the drain by getting them frozen in there forever.
Yes, and no. Some things, like chip resistors, are actually cheaper in total cost to buy by the 100s vs just the 5 or 6 you actually need. And that's honestly how I've ended up in exactly this guy's situation. As for specific ICs that are already a few bucks a piece though, buying one or 2 extra for those not-uncommon accidental design flaws isn't a terrible approach and you only end up with only a few loose parts for future inspiration. Otherwise yes, only buying what you need is often a good idea as well in that instance
The github I found from your profile - the repo only has capacitors. Do you have another repo for resistors? Thanks for putting this together its really cool!
The best thing about this is scalability. I have lots of empty space in my storage--but this is scalable for the hobbyist. I probably will stick with my drawer sets--but this is an excellent method of storage. Not cheap, but scalable.
I’ve been doing this for a while, and I don’t think it’s any more expensive than using boxes or drawers, which I still use for larger components. The only issue is how much time it takes to make the labels, but it’s worth the effort.
Just copying and pasting my response to someone's else comments to give you more context: I just did a quick calculation, and a single 6-inch binder can hold over 396 bags (2x3 inches). If you use the 2x2 bags, it might hold up to 500. Right now, I have over 1,000 different components stored in only three ring binders, so I think it’s worth the effort.
I was storing my components in the little ziplocs inside of a plastic organizer, but they still take up a lot of space because you lose the vertical real estate. placing them flat inside of a binder and layering them by page makes it much easier. I will be converting my current system over to this. thanks so much!
Sexy AF! I am at the point where I would spend 49 days doing this, it's almost a Mouser warehouse down here, but I feel like this will need to happen eventually. The way you made yours is truly inspiring, thank you for sharing!
Good idea, but too expensive. Especially if you live in a country where you mostly rely on desoldered components. I use matchboxes. Like we do in generations in Russia.
Definitely "the noobiest thing". Many beginers tries something like this. When they become masters only label is a serial number on box or any more progressive labeling system with separate list of components.
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You have made my day! Perhaps we could set up a web site to share the labels of our components.
Great idea!! make it “open source” and allow the community to contribute…kinda like gridfinity
It's an idea they can only be liked
I was thinking a simple shared database for the info and template format options to arrange in layout styles would be really effective. Maybe like spoolman is for filament management, where it could be locally hosted on a raspberry pi and template / data info can be exported and imported from shared files?
@@dethstryke664 I like the idea of raw data then the user makes the label. I would think an XML file would be the most flexible, hosted on GitHub where someone or an AI could moderate the submissions.
I actually had plans to write software that takes the datasheet as input and automatically generates the labels, along with a custom QR/Barcode that would save to an online database. This way, it would track all the inventory, similar to what the industry uses. Unfortunately, I’m quite busy with other things right now and just don’t have the time. But feel free to take over the project from here; it’s all open source anyway.
Not totally sold on the binder idea, but your sliding pegboard for the tools is genius! Thanks for giving me some ideas!
I want to say this is absolutely brilliant! It's inexpensive, extremely space efficient and well categorized! Up until now, I was seriously thinking about buying a bunch of small storage drawers. Thanks!
This is a very kind gift to strangers like me. I’m certainly adopting your system for my collection of resistors and capacitors. Many thanks, Christian!
I have always over-complicated trying to organize small components. This seems so elegant and simple, even though the initial time invested appears daunting. It really is a genius idea. Nice job.
Great way of storing components without taking up a lot of space!
Genius, so simple but way more effective than plastic bins.
Very clever solution! I truly enjoyed your video-such a well-produced and inspiring take on organizing electronic components. Congratulations!
Simply elegant. This minimalist way is surely going to make it into my storage. Thanks for sharing.
what a wonderful idea, I'll apply this DIY when I return to my workshop
Great video! You went farther than me; I'm just using small binders with 2 rings, and I put some components/modules in envelopes with clear windows. The envelopes were opened by the left side, so you fold 1 inch to close the envelope and punch 2 holes. Write the contents on the front and you can put that in the binder.
No ESD problem, but only one group of parts by each sheet; your solution will be a huge improvement, thanks for sharing!
Really creative and much more efficient than gridfinity for components. I think I’ll give this a go! Thanks!!
This sounds very good to stack new components
Great tip! Thank you! I use the Revo Obxidian HF setup for the X1C with a 0.4 nozzle setup. I print at 275°c with the door and the lid open like I would PLA or PETG. I never get any clogs that way. Everything prints excellent. As soon as I close it up, it clogs every time.
I used to use something similar to this but instead of velcro to stick them to the binder pages I used trading card dividers. Interesting idea with the velcro
Great idea. Ive tried stacks of small bins, bags in a bag, bags in a box, and all manner of boxes full of dividers. Bags velcrod in a binder is clearly the best way. Thanks for the idea and helping get my shop clean 😭
An excellent crystallization of various storage ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Ive officially reached the age of alphabetically organizating my junk with qr codes... nice!
Very nice design and the depth of the design . The magnet cover is a really nice touch.
Thankbyou for posting this! An innovative way of storing components 😊
If I were 1/10th this organized, I could die a happy girl.
Excellent job man!
Some nice ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Duuuuuuude, I'm a new super fan! It gets even better- you're the first embedded electronics nerd I've encountered who rides! (I ride a Gen 1 Vmax) Very excited to binge your stuff! 🤘
Used to use those books and pages for baseball cards.
Yeah, I’ve seen people use baseball card sheets, but I’ve never tried it. The main issue I see is the components falling out from the sides.
@@Asyss_Complex The have top loaders as well. :)
But the side loaders would preferably depending of if and how often you carry it with the spine down. Would put the open side up.
I love this. I think that the labels for components could be automated by lookups to part libraries. Then you could flip through label templates based on your prefs and merge them into your doc for printing? It would also lend itself to various label printing formats. One-liners, Bin stickers and envelope labels would just be different templates.
You’ve inspired me! Thanks!
I liked your idea so much!! I'll try it! thanks for sharing it!!
What a great idea. Thanks for sharing this.
Good tip, thanks 👍
Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹
This looks like an excellent idea, but indeed it's time consuming to create the labels. But after all components have been organised like that, really useful!
I used bags in clear bins. Wanted to do labels, but haven't.
I have thought of an online database to share components would be cool.
photo album i use for my leds. tougher compartments would be handy for...chunkier..parts.
I keep all my values according to how they start. For example 1 ohm, 10,000k, 100,000k, 1 meg. Then, 2 ohm, 2k, 200,000k etc.
Wow looks great!
Nice! I think I would use less Velcro considering size, weight and ease of removal. Currently, I use the label of the package they come in for my bin boxes and a marker on the top of the compartments. The date can be useful, especially for electrolytic capacitors. Add antistatic foam or tubes to chip legs for protection.
Very nicely made. On the other hand it must have taken a while. I label my bags and the have them in an open box.
Very cool. This is superior for electronic components, but I think for hardware like nuts and bolts, little storage bins can't be beaten. I colour code the labels on my bins so I can easily see M# and also specific colour for the type if it's something I look for more often such as countersink or self tapping.
Yes, I hate boxes but this is the only way.
Cool idea.... Especially the Qr-codes to the datasheet ❤
Only gripe, is that you have to find the right binder, turn to the right page, take the bag, open it fish out the part, and then do all the steps again to out it away
But sadly not applicable to my needs, since I also have to store bigger stuff and hardware, like screws nuts ECT up to m10
I Instead use a 11 drawer LISTA cabinet filled to the top with gridfinity bins to store everything from electronics, electrical, hardware, and all other non tool stuff in my house. While a bit more expensive and taking up more space, it only take me opening the drawer and BOOM I have the part right there
Great idea, worth doing!
Thank you so much for the idea!
Pure genius!
Very good idea, thank you!
I use the small bags and print the labels on my Zebra printer.
Adorable idea
Cool setup but I have so many components in drawers I would need a library of those folders and it cost me a ton.
Ok, I just did a quick calculation, and a single 6-inch binder can hold over 396 bags (2x3 inches). If you use the 2x2 bags, it might hold up to 500. Right now, I have over 1,000 different components stored in only three ring binders, so I think it’s worth the effort.
Fantastic, thanks!
Very cool! I also do small cheatsheet labels on bags, often hand-drawn.
When it comes to opamps, i think your selection of specs can be improved. Some of them are not very useful imo (temperature stuff, cmrr, open-loop gain), while some important ones are missing (input voltage range, output voltage range, voltage noise).
I made this a while back, and to be honest, I just copied and pasted the layout from my other components and changed a few things. They can be easily modified, though. I always like to include temperature information as it's useful for automotive design.
I'm surprised the velcro doesn't peel from the bags. How long have you been doing this? I don't understand why you'd cut the cover of the binder off.
Actually, it depends on the quality of the Velcro. I've been doing this for about six years, and the glue (for the brand I'm using) actually becomes stronger over time. If you try to take it off, it might even rip the plastic bags. Just make sure to get quality Velcro tape.
I cut the cover off because it's very inconvenient when laying it down on my bench, it just takes up a lot of space. This is just a personal preference.
Velcro sticks to poly bags like glue.
This is brilliant!
Brilliant, I have so many small bits, not kust electronic components!
That was fairly awesome...
Excellent and well thought out. I cannot see the git hub depository link on the google document. Just me or is it missing?
It's fixed now. I also updated the documentation and added new files to the repository.
@@Asyss_Complex Thanks, great job
Huh, I've been doing this the "I don't have a working printer or many materials" way for years: small zipper bags with handwritten reversed mini sticky note labels inside, stuffed into trading card binder pages. It sure doesn't work with thicker components, though, so I've been stuck with a mix of the binder and bins. I guess this is the next step once my current solution starts to get out of hand again.
Your method with the plastic bags would have gotten me written up by the static cops at work.
At least use the pink or blue static bags for everything.
This is great IF you repeatedly use the same components,
but most of us makers will only use 99% of components, one time each,
but I still have hundreds and hundreds of different components to store, all different from each other.
Just copying and pasting my response to someone else's comments:
Ok, I just did a quick calculation, and a single 6-inch binder can hold over 396 bags (2x3 inches). If you use the 2x2 bags, it might hold up to 500. Right now, I have over 1,000+ different components stored in only three ring binders, so I think it’s worth the effort.
@Asyss_Complex I've got a bunch of little baggies and new ring binders so I'll certainly give it a try
great idea
can you share all the labels?
Check again. I just updated the documentation and added new files to the repository.
By the way, I didn’t upload all my labels as I’m still working on them, and it might take me some time.
The colors you used at the top of the labels, is that your color scheme or where did you get it from. Can you share either way?
I've seen dozens of attempts to store components. This is one of the better ones, though putting away the bags after you're done will be a bit of a chore. If you want to store SMD components, have a look at the 'SMT storage boxes' that connect together on the usual chinese sites. They're not good for static sensitive parts, but they work well to hold a lot of components in next to no space.
With the KSP music, I felt like organizing my booster parts with this method but the eggheads said it wouldn't work without adding more manifolds.
Nice l, but I hope the labels will not peel off overtime.
My Autism gives this an A+!
Awesome - but so much work to create the labels 😳
Only need to do it once, and you can enjoy it forever 😁
You can avoid all the work by simply using masking tape and a marker. If you have resistors, there's no need to create the labels from scratch. You can download the labels I’ve created and print them. The labels cover most common resistor values.
Impressive!
Dude I wish I had your organization skills. I would be so much more efficient.
Perhaps basic starter kits could be sold. Add your own components. Like coin books.
... Is that the music to KSP?
By KSP, do you mean Kerbal Space Program? I’ve never played that game. All the music I use comes from UA-cam’s free music library, so I don’t get any copyright claims.
The best way of organising components is to buy pretty much exact number of them needed for completing this or that particular PCBA build so you'd have not many of those parts left afterwards. Otherwise if trying to have all the parts of the world available by your side anytime is the only good way to put your money down the drain by getting them frozen in there forever.
Yes, and no. Some things, like chip resistors, are actually cheaper in total cost to buy by the 100s vs just the 5 or 6 you actually need. And that's honestly how I've ended up in exactly this guy's situation.
As for specific ICs that are already a few bucks a piece though, buying one or 2 extra for those not-uncommon accidental design flaws isn't a terrible approach and you only end up with only a few loose parts for future inspiration. Otherwise yes, only buying what you need is often a good idea as well in that instance
This is genius!!
The github I found from your profile - the repo only has capacitors. Do you have another repo for resistors? Thanks for putting this together its really cool!
I just updated the documentation and added new files to the repository.
The best thing about this is scalability. I have lots of empty space in my storage--but this is scalable for the hobbyist. I probably will stick with my drawer sets--but this is an excellent method of storage. Not cheap, but scalable.
I’ve been doing this for a while, and I don’t think it’s any more expensive than using boxes or drawers, which I still use for larger components. The only issue is how much time it takes to make the labels, but it’s worth the effort.
Just copying and pasting my response to someone's else comments to give you more context:
I just did a quick calculation, and a single 6-inch binder can hold over 396 bags (2x3 inches). If you use the 2x2 bags, it might hold up to 500. Right now, I have over 1,000 different components stored in only three ring binders, so I think it’s worth the effort.
I was storing my components in the little ziplocs inside of a plastic organizer, but they still take up a lot of space because you lose the vertical real estate.
placing them flat inside of a binder and layering them by page makes it much easier.
I will be converting my current system over to this. thanks so much!
Sexy AF! I am at the point where I would spend 49 days doing this, it's almost a Mouser warehouse down here, but I feel like this will need to happen eventually. The way you made yours is truly inspiring, thank you for sharing!
Agreed with the "Sexy AF!"
Amazing, thanks for sharing. Now, I need to clone myself
Nice ❤ but i will need 2000pcs of them and i a long time to reorganize it :) i Will think about it
Do what we do at work and buy new stuff for each project. Later, you can put all the extra stuff in a box on a shelf never to be seen again.
@A3Kr0n I’ve seen that at my job too, and it’s just painful to watch.
Good idea, but too expensive. Especially if you live in a country where you mostly rely on desoldered components.
I use matchboxes. Like we do in generations in Russia.
Matchboxes? I'd like to see that....
clever
kerbal space program music?
Nice
Definitely "the noobiest thing". Many beginers tries something like this. When they become masters only label is a serial number on box or any more progressive labeling system with separate list of components.
You have to be kidding me with those labels. Ain't nobody got time fo dat. Maybe UA-camrs, retired, or unemployed people.