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[2026-09-04 10:15 p.m.] carlfk
anyone have some "Silicon Wafer Case 8inch" so I can take some wafers to https://vcfmw.org/  Sep 12,13 come out out!

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[2026-09-04 10:16 p.m.] carlfk
ebay is $26 but I am now sure they will arrive in time


[2026-09-04 11:09 p.m.] carlfk
I'm likely going to get a table for w.s at https://vcfmw.org

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[2026-09-05 3:22 a.m.] namibj
hmmmm, hard (not elastic, true _hard_) shell briefcase, foam padding behind, something to keep it from sliding out of the center, and if the top needs to stay scratch-free a display-grade microfiber towel on top; then foam for the other half of the case.... well, that's what I'd expect to rig up from like local craigslist and hardware store parts.


[2026-09-05 3:23 a.m.] namibj
(car cleaning/polish-applcation cloth that never saw polish (microfiber kind) might also be quite appropriate for the front anti-scratch layer)


[2026-09-05 3:23 a.m.] carlfk
I found a seller that would do 2nd day fiedex, so one is on the way


[2026-09-05 3:24 a.m.] namibj
hmmmm


[2026-09-05 3:24 a.m.] carlfk
and if he finds more tomorrow, I can get those added to the shipment


[2026-09-05 3:25 a.m.] namibj
for stacking I'd expect a freezer bag sliced open would give a nice comfortably-thick sheet of continuos/crinkle-free polyethylene foil to pad between stacked wafers


[2026-09-05 3:26 a.m.] carlfk
I just need 1 wafer - one of the Google  MPW Skywater runs


[2026-09-05 3:26 a.m.] carlfk
this is to make it clear what an MPW is vs a wafer full of one design


[2026-09-05 3:29 a.m.] namibj
ahhh yeah


[2026-09-05 4:10 a.m.] mithro_
@carlfk - I didn't leave any of the transparent clamshell ones with you?


[2026-09-05 4:13 a.m.] carlfk
Oops! I did not realize there were wafers in clamshells.


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[2026-09-05 5:16 a.m.] carlfk
any idea what a reasonable price for the clam shells is?


[2026-09-05 5:17 a.m.] carlfk
like I can get 13 @ $27 each.  I feel like I should get  7, one for each of the wafers in that case


[2026-09-05 5:32 a.m.] carlfk
$35 seems to be the cheapest I can find on aliexpress and amazon, but those are new.


[2026-09-05 11:00 a.m.] namibj
If they're not complex and from polycarbonate I'd eyeball 10$/kg as reasonable based on cost to make and them being a generic thing (I think they are generic?).


[2026-09-05 5:03 p.m.] carlfk
whoops, the 13 are all 6"/150mm.


[2026-09-07 9:15 a.m.] mithro_
@carlfk - For some reason I can't find the supplier I used for the clam shells I got above.


[2026-09-07 3:39 p.m.] carlfk
do you remember how much you paid?


[2026-09-08 12:49 a.m.] mithro_
Something like ~$10 USD per shell (they seemed very over priced for what they where), but I'm pretty sure I was ordering like 100 at the same time or something....


[2026-09-08 12:50 a.m.] mithro_
@Andrew Wingate / @stuart - Actually, didn't we ask Ken (in China) to source pricing on some of these types of things for us?


[2026-09-08 12:52 a.m.] mithro_
@carlfk - FYI - I ended up paying something like $70 USD for the square ones the GF180MCU Run #1 wafers are in.


[2026-09-08 12:56 a.m.] anfroholic
I'm seeing ~US $16


[2026-09-08 12:58 a.m.] mithro_
Yeah - maybe I'm mis-remembering.


[2026-09-08 3:23 a.m.] carlfk


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[2026-09-08 3:23 a.m.] carlfk
Tinytapeout demo


[2026-09-08 4:57 a.m.] mithro_
@carlfk - Did you see https://tinytapeout.fpgas.online ?


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[2026-09-08 6:57 a.m.] carlfk
I saw a version that was only somewhat working - how well is this working


[2026-09-08 7:22 a.m.] mithro_
Unclear, I haven't had people poke it very much.


[2026-09-08 5:27 p.m.] carlfk
Started a thread.


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