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

[Tom Wiltshire]

I don't agree. I find making PCBs a bit tedious, if I'm honest. I use stripboard because then I can start building the circuit, without having any messing about. Each to their own, I guess.

Tom

On 19 May 2013, at 16:50, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:

> 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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