Need a DIY Solder Stencil - Use a Soda Can!

Even though solder stencils are available from low cost sources, I did find a useful article outlining how to go through and make your own solder stencil.  It uses a soda can and uses Eagle as the EDA layout tool to explain the in depth tutorial.   Check out the link - link.

New Atmel Software Framework Released

I spent some time this week playing with the new SAM4S, SAM4L, and SAM D20 new ARM microcontrollers from Atmel.  The new software tool in Atmel Studio made it easy to create simple projects.  The framework is the Atmel Software Framework and it allows you to add perhiperal features in a straight-forward manner.  Check out more at the link - link.