AW: vectorboards?

[Haible Juergen]

I do it in a similar way as Tony and CList described:

	>   My main trick is to route as much of the traces as possible
without 
	>using wire to jump from one point to another.  

	>   Another trick is to keep all components connected to the inputs
of 
	>things as close as possible.

Exactly.
If you really use this method, your circuit probably will be
*less* sensitive to noise than a real pcb: *If* you have to connect
two distant points in a sensitive circuit, you can make a little
twisted pair from two stiff wires. That's surely better than copper
traces on a single sided pcb. 

I only use the cheapest "vectorboards". No Radio Shack here
in Germany, but I pay 5 ... 6 DM (3 US$) for a 160cm x 100cm
board.

Most of my JH-3 Modular was built on real pcb's.

The JH Synthi Clone now is completely on vectorboard.

The great (and maybe the only) advantage of pcb's for one off
modules is that you can make changes later without loosing
track, as your printed layout is a good starting point for cutting
one or the other trace and adding a few components. So I did
almost no breadboarding for the JH-3. Circuit simulation,
pcb layout, soldering. Then making a few changes on the end
product. 
For the Synthi Clone I built everything on breadboard first (there
were some circuits I didn't trust in the first place (;->) ). Then
the final Version on vectorboard.

JH.