[sdiy] breadboard, was: Minimum spacing between 1/4" jacks on DOTCOM modules..

[Tom Wiltshire]

Hey, what's wrong with designing VCOs on a breadboard?

I bet half the VCOs out there were designed on a breadboard. Maybe they worked a little better when they got a decent PCB, but I bet they worked fine on the breadboard too.

Anyway, I like these ones:

	http://www.kandh.com.tw/products_2.php?prod=67

Available from Maplin, Farnell, and others. I've designed plenty of filters on them, and no end of PIC and dsPIC stuff.

Seems to me breadboards fall into two camps - rows parallel to rails (like above), and rows perpendicular to rails. The second style gives you a long linear workspace with ICs parallel to the rails. The first style gives you blocks of work space with chips vertical in each block. I started off with the second style and in recent years have got used to the first. Both are workable and have advantages and disadvantages.

HTH,
Tom


On 18 May 2013, at 11:52, cheater00 . <cheater00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Andre, what breadboard do you use there?
> 
> Can you guys suggest good breadboards to use for audio?
> 
> Of course I am not dreaming of a breadboard that would be acceptable
> for designing VCOs.. but maybe filters or preamps or low-freq digital
> stuff?
> 
> Cheers,
> D.