[sdiy] digital noise: protoboard vs solder breadboard

[harry]

Howdy Paul (et all)

Paul Perry wrote:

> At 10:04 AM 25/02/02 -0700, Kenneth Martinez wrote:
>
> >I'm gonna keep using the protoboards - they sure are convenient for
> >quick experimenting - but I'll keep their limitations in mind.

Yes... they are only good for prototyping BBD circuits where the
degraded
performance cannot be noticed   ;^)

> For a violent & intemerate  (but possibly justified!) attack on
> 'thoose plastic slabs'o'trouble' see Bob Pease's book,
> "Troubleshooting Analog Circuits"

I'm with Bob... the plastic proto baords basically suck. Had VERY bad
experiences with them in College (when a potential product failed a demo
because
the proto board was intermittant... just when the customer showed to see
it work!)

>
> Amusingly, he also attacks emulation software,

I recall he was against BLIND obediance to simulation results... when
they show absurd things. I don't trust them either but they are a good
sanity check...


> but i see the latest
> reprint has a CD with ElectronicWorkbench demos of the example ckts!

Cool.  Maybe he'll bring a laptop to the next bicycle trek ???

H^) harry