vectorboards?

[List, Christopher]

I've made 20 or more modules using RadioShack vector board and pots to
hold the boards to the faceplates. I use the pad-per-hole board as I
find it's much more versatile. I just bend the leads of the resistors
and things I'm sticking through the holes...

So far, no problems with flakey circuits.

- CList

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Andrew Schrock [SMTP:aschrock at cs.brandeis.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, June 10, 1998 4:08 PM
> To:	synth diy
> Subject:	vectorboards?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking into putting individual modules in a modular system on
> their
> own piece of vectorboard.. in my mind this increases the easy of
> assembly
> of the system and allows for a lot more versatility in modular
> creation.
> The small boards would be affixed to the front panel only with their
> pc-mounted pots and 2 small brackets screwed to the front panel. Power
> will be supplied via a standard pc-power cable similar to Paul's MOTM
> system. 
> 
> Is there any problem in using the super-cheap radio shack 3-hole
> pattern 
> vectorboard? On one hand I don't want to pay the sums mouser and
> digikey
> are asking (upwards of $20/30 a board) , but I don't want any problems
> later on. My main fear is that the traces on the pads will crack and
> become a nightmare to troubleshoot when things intermittantly fail. I
> believe radio shack sells little vectorboards (something like 2"x3")
> for
> on the order of 3$ a pop. I remember the solder flow on the copper
> being
> pretty awful, but that's something I can easily deal with if I have to
> choose between the two extremes. 
> 
> Using breadboard or wirewrapping isn't an option.. I want a permanent
> solution which is easy to produce (not breadboard) without having to
> produce PC boards or purchase any new equipment (like wirewrapping
> tools), 
> which would far exceed my cost requirements. 
> 
> Andrew
>