[sdiy] diy 150 in 1? (using springs for solder free prototyping)

[Andreas Wetterberg]

okay, first solution; clean the floor in your shop ;)
secondly, isn't that what proto-boards are for? Solderless breadboard,
just stick in pins and get shit done? I mean the logic behind "he might
eat the parts" kinda gets lost when the kid might as well eat a
jumper/spring, correct?

A tidy parts bin and a solderless protoboard and you can EASILY work
with little baby in the room.
(done it with two of 'em, actually, I soldered a bunch of stuff then)

best,
andreas
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Dan Snazelle skrev:
> i have been toying with an idea lately but dont know if it would be easy to pull off.
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> first a little background ((Skip ahead to point A for the idea)
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> i am at home with a 4month old baby everyday who lately is NOT letting me get a minute of alone time in my shop.
> i cant bring the baby in the shop,  as the floor is covered in toxic parts.
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> and my wife doesnt want me bringing buckets of loose parts and chips into the bedroom with the baby (which is understandable as he could eat them)
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> BUT i have a ton of stuff to get done.
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> and NO time.
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> POINT A
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> SO my solution is to make a project system similar to the old 150-in-1 project kits they sold at radio shack BUT with parts and psu that are applicable to Synth DIY...so opamps, OTA's, JFET's, and some lunetta type stuff as well as the usual resistor and cap values. oh and i could make a little board with pots and jacks too.
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> i have a wooden box that would work great for this.
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> this would not only be nice to have in the bedroom but in general.
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> who wouldnt love a portable design tester??? and ideally,,,it would all be socketed. so you could swap out parts when you needed to.
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> so...my question is...how the heck to construct such a thing.
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> can you buy those springs at a place like mouser? should i rip open an old 200 in 1?
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> and then there is the PSU issue. getting +/- 12 in a small box...maybe dual 9v could work.
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> anyway...does anybody else like this idea?
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> thanks
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