[sdiy] Should I use REAL PCBS or ETCHED

[Dan Snazelle]

great advice

yes i am being paid for my time
but not by the hour but by the completed project. (as i am sure you all know-for me this is my first time being paid to be an electronics person so i am new to all of this)
so i wonder which is more time saving. on the one hand i have a guy who if i pay him to my pcb design will do it through pcbartist (good program by the way for schematics...and its free) anyway BUT that is money i will have to pay him out of my own pocket.


i think


he is not the issue. nor is the person paying me who is a good friend. the issue is really what is going to get this GIGANTIC BREADBOARD MESS OFF OF MY DESK AND OUT OF MY LIFE



god all i have been doing is living and eating and peeing this project for 6 months. AND NOW i have to draw up the schematics in something other than my own notebooks (which has always been fine for me) and its a pain.

thats all.

sometimes i think the kind of project i took on has no place being done by ONE person. it should be the work of a team.

can small electronics companies make it though?

thanks all

for letting me vent tonight

and btw, the project sounds awesome






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> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Should I use REAL PCBS or ETCHED
> From: Matthias.Herrmann at jeppesen.com
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:03:34 +0200
>
> dan,
>
> synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl wrote on 08/14/2008 05:56:52 PM:
>>
>>
>> of course
>>
>> two more issues
>>
>> i tend to make things that look a bit messier when i work on perfboard
>> and
>>
>> 2
>>
>> i might WANT to build one for myself and a few friends
>>
>>
>> so in that case, would etching at home be ok?
>>
>>
>> i just hate to think of perfboarding 2 times.
>>
>> i was really more wondering if i should do ETCH or PCB HOUSE
>
> i would use an etched PCB and design the PCB in a way i reduced the wiring
> (panel mounted pots, switches...). wiring is time consuming and a source
> of errors.
>
> you might want to take in count the time you would need to etch and drill
> it by yourself. if you are building several units for others and they pay
> for it ask yourself: what worth is my (spare)time? so giving the PCB to a
> PCB house might be a good solution.
> OTH you will have to ensure that your PCB design is correct and working.
> that will take a lot of time, if you are not that familiar with the
> software and the design process.
>
> so i would decide by the time it takes. time is a recource to consider IMO
> (it's so valuable)
>
> cheers,
>
> matthias
> ___
> www.modular.fonik.de
>
>
>>
>>
>> but it sounds like a lot of you have done it on perfboard so that
>> makes me think that MIGHT be a good way if i could get the design
>> standard-ized enough.
>>
>> harry-you mean you sell products that have vectorboard inside as the
>> main boards?
>>
>> does perfboard present a nightmare situation though if THIS EVER
>> NEEDS REPAIRS?? if i did etch or pcb house and a board went bad, i
>> could just pull out the PNP template and make another. if i used
>> perf, well it sounds like it would be hard. plus, doesnt vector or
>> perfboard not hold up as well when soldering and resoldering (as in
>> the case of replacing faulty parts,etc)
>>
>> thanks so much
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>> http://www.soundclick.com/lossnyc.htm
>>
>>
>> http://www.indie911.com/dan-snazelle
>> (or for techno) http://www.myspace.com/snazelle
>>
>>
>>> From: pfperry at melbpc.org.au
>>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:20:29 +1000
>>> Subject: [sdiy] Should I use REAL PCBS or ETCHED
>>>
>>>
>>> The answer varies for different people.
>>> Personally, I find stripboard (aka veroboard) by far the best for me.
>>> I notice that people who are significantly more intelligent than I,
> usually
>>> prefer pad per hole board.
>>>
>>> paul perry Melbourne Australia
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