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

[Scott Gravenhorst]

"Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
>Yeah, it's really stripboard (the generic version of the original Vero.)
>My secret weapon is a wire brush - after soldering I scrub the soldered side 
>with a stiff wire brush to remove any shorts.
>
>As for those Penfold and PE projects, I don't know how many DIY careers were 
>blighted by the errors in each project!
>
>I always use a drill bit (the kind for pop rivets is ideal) in a handle to 
>cut the trace. Works better than the expensive special tool.
>
>On the other hand, all the professionals I know use the "pad per hole" 
>stuff. You can build higher density, but I personally can't keep track of 
>anything when I use that. I am a bear of little brain.
>
>paul perry MelbourneAustralia

+1 here for bear of little brain.  I use stripboard - sometimes after using a breadboard
because the breadboard allows component adjustments easier than unsoldering/resoldering. 
The stripboard I use is so close to the pattern on solderless breadboard, that I can
literally do an eyeball copy from one to the other.  At other times, such as my recent
Harpie project using 28 dsPIC33F ICs, I started the project on stripboard.  For mainly
digital stuff, where it's just wiring pins together, I go straight to stripboard, but for
analog where I'm not so sure of my component value (ahem) calculations, I like solderless
breadboard first.

As always, you milage may vary...

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tony Kalomiris" <tokalo at videotron.ca>
>To: "Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
>Cc: "synthdiy diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:47 PM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] breadboard, was: Minimum spacing between 1/4" jacks on 
>DOTCOM modules..
>
>
>> Paul is that the Vero board where you cut tracks with the Vero tool, or 
>> pad per hole and you use the component leads for connections ? I loved 
>> building from the UK mags like Practical Electronics, they always had a 
>> diagram for Vero construction showing you where to cut and put jumpers. 
>> (Anyone remember those A.R. Bradford (sp) DIY projects like the 
>> "Percussion Microsynth?" Ah those were the days...and of course E&MM too.)
>>
>> There was a Canadian product called 'END" (Electronic Network Designer) 
>> that was a combination breadboard and prototyping card....you flip it over 
>> when done and solder the breadboard jumpers...and you're done (the cover 
>> had a foam to hold the parts in place...but only good for low profile 
>> designs or less you end up with parts falling out...Good idea but costly 
>> and the final board warped when fully populated.
>>
>
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