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

[David G Dixon]

Stripboard, veroboard, hole-per-pad...

Git yerself an old laserjet printer, a $100 drill press, a pyrex dish and
some chemicals, and you can make your own PCBs.  It is SO much easier than
trying to fit a circuit onto a pre-existing layout.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of 
> Scott Gravenhorst
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:07 AM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] breadboard,was: Minimum spacing between 
> 1/4" jacks on DOTCOM modules..
> 
> 
> "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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