prototyping methods

[Synthaholic AKA The Shark]

I use pre-etched, pre-drilled prototyping boards; especially for
Analog stuff.  The etches are made just like a solderless breadboard.
this makes transferring the circuit from the solderless breadboard to
a soldered prototype very easy.  Analog stuff is easy using a
protoboard because most of the time one can simply solder the parts
judiciously and wind up with little more than power connections to do
with wire.  Digital stuff is more of a pain this way and I have
probably done half and half protoboard and ferric chloride/resist
etched boards.  Resist paint is sloppy and can be spotty (for me).
Felt tip resist pens run out too quick, but when new, they give
excellent results, quickly.  Tape resist can make iffy corners.
Photoetch is good, but again, alot of work for just one item.  I've
built a couple of power supplies using solder type terminal strips and
heavy copper wire.



- Scott Gravenhorst (Synthaholic)

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