[sdiy] breadboards

[Ken Stone]

I frequently us a "hybrid" solution. Years ago I had made up a large number
of PCBs with the same pattern as these wish/proto boards. I put the
components on the SOLDER side of these, which gives me a quicker prototying
time than could be achieved going through hole, or designing custom boards,
especially if I only want one of them, and is a lot more permanent than the
wish boards that I found gave me constant bad connections after a number of
years of use.

I can't stand the vero/strib boards either unless I am using them for a
backplane, in which case they are ideal. 

Ken

>
>>On that note, I've only just recently gotten into using wishboards or
>>breadboards for building electronic circuits. These are quite groovy
>>in that it is very much like building Lego, just pushing in the
>>resistors, caps, trimmers and IC's without having to use a drop of
>>solder. In fact, you can even wire up your switches and pots by using
>>crimping tools.
>>
>>They are kind of expensive, these boards though, probably will take
>>up a lot more space for construction, but I think their are just as
>>many pro's for takin' this route as their are con's.
>>
>>Most people use these for small prototype circuits and the such, but
>>i'm just curious if any one on the list actually have built, say, a
>>complete synthesizer just using breadboards. It seems to "hold" the
>>parts pretty firmly in place.
>>
>>Its definetly making building electronics a lot more fun of an
>>experience. No pissing around with etching PCB's and chemicals, no
>>solder smoke fumes, easy to fix up mistakes, la de la......
>>
>>I'm curious to how people on the list view complet construction using
>>only breadboards and crimping methods.
>>
>
>I sometimes use them for big logic wire ups.. I've run 30-40 logix on a 
>wishboard before, but I find they are none too portable ie bits can drop off 
>in transport, and if you make a complete 'permanent' unit on one then you 
>have to get one for each thing you make - and at $50-80 for a biggish one, 
>that's a hefty addition to the price of a unit, especially as I pay next to 
>nothing for my parts.. not to mention poor size , and unsuitability for high 
>frequency use [rf stuff].. so I usually only use them for prototyping...
>
>Strip boards [ the pcb's with long strips of conductor] are something I 
>LOATHE.. there is nearly always an invisible hairline short somewhere you've 
>had to cut a track which can take ages to find, and all the chopping takes 
>longer than to make a proper board IMO.. I avoid them in all but the 
>simplest of ccts, and even then will usu make a board if I'm making 
>something else @ the time..
>Cheers,
>Dan
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