[sdiy] vero board layout software? (newbie stuff)

[Theo]

Or two parallel cuts with a knife towards the hole, making a V.
The copper will jump away on its own.
Need to do it from both sides so 4 cuts in total.

BTW I just made myself a vero board layout tool that can also be used
for designing single sided layouts.
Good thing is you can also use it for echable layouts.
Have used it for 2 boards so far and it works quite fast actually :)
Have to add some examples and write instruction on how to use be for I put
it on the web.
Runs under Mac (all OS versions), Windows, DOS, Atari, Amiga, Linux...
And Free where, (you will see why later :))

Theo




From: harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net>

> They ussd to make a special cutting tool... it was a drill bit that had a
> smooth pin
> that would go into the hole... with a cutting edge just big enough to blow
> away the
> strip. You just cut lightly into the board..
>
> two parallel cuts with X-acto knife and a whisk of the soldering iron
works
> as well.
>
> Or a Dremel tool with a burr bit ?
>
> H^) harry
>
> David Reichert wrote:
>
> > I've been playing with Stripboard Magic a bit here, pretty good.
> > Question though, when using Dual-inline ICs, it indicates that you need
> > to make a break in the copper strip underneath (understandable of
> > course). Is there an easy way to do this? I would imagine etching isn't
> > the way to go about it, that's to whole point to using stripboard. Could
> > it be burnt away with a soldering iron? I've done some nasty damage with
> > mine in the past (unintentionally of course) but never really made a
> > full blown break in a copper trace.
> >
> > Also, have any of you who have ran the software have trouble using the
> > help file?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jaco Sloof NewbieSynthBuilder [mailto:jacosloof at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: January 29, 2002 4:30 PM
> > To: David Reichert; SynthDIYmailinglist
> > Subject: RE: [sdiy] vero board layout software? (newbie stuff)
> >
> > Take 50 print-tracks, line em up parralel with about ZERO parasitic
> > capacitance, and drill holes in the tracks on 2.54mm raster
> >
> > thats veroboard.... really, the guy who invented THAT,
> > (long time ago, i've got books from library dating 1980, b4 i was
> > born, that implemented simple electronics like a flip-flop with 2
> > tranny's, caps 'n' 6V lamp, ON VEROBOARD) SHOULD RECEIVE A PRIZE FOR
> > ULTIMATE D.I.Y bare nexxesarities...
> >
> > wanna ascii art?
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > ..................................................
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > (one track) put this under each other 50 times and you have veroboard
> >
> > - is track edges
> > . is drilling hole
> >
> > --- David Reichert <sysyphus at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > > Sorry to propogate newbie questions, but stripboard isn't something
> > > I've
> > > heard of before, can anyone explain?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > > [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Jaco Sloof
> > > NewbieSynthBuilder
> > > Sent: January 28, 2002 5:00 PM
> > > To: SynthDIYmailinglist
> > > Subject: Re: [sdiy] vero board layout software? (newbie stuff)
> > >
> > > The url you're looking for here is:
> > >
> > > http://www.qsl.net/m0bsz/Software.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Steve Ridley <spr at spridley.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > > I don't know if such a thing exists, but I'm trying to find
> > > some
> > > > software
> > > > > (share / free trial) which I can use to take a fairly simple
> > > > schematic and
> > > > > convert it to a vero board layout. I know software is available
> > > > to design
> > > > > PCBs, but for now I want to steer clear of etching and
> > > drilling.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think you're looking for stripboard magic.  AFAIK, the company
> > > > who
> > > > developed it abandoned it a couple of years ago and allowed it to
> > > > be distibuted as freeware.  It was still available to download
> > > from
> > > > a ham
> > > > radio site last month.  I can't remember the URL, but if you
> > > search
> > > > for
> > > > "stripboard magic" using Google, you should get there.  It's
> > > about
> > > > 4 meg.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Steve Ridley
> > > >
> > >
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