Homebrew PCBs

I saw a website once where the writer laid out his circuit on a pad per hole 
board, meticulously building each "trace" with buss wire by tacking it to 
each pad as he went. You can have the same effect by running the traces on a 
.1 x .1 grid. Eagle's autorouter will even work for that.

Considering this list's topic, though, I have to agree with Stefan that you 
can make a "proper" board with much less effort once the layout is done. I 
think that's where many of us started. Me personally, I just wanted a way to 
print the wires onto the protoboard. :) And so here we are.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Frascone" <dave@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inexpensive copper clad


>I meant for the point-to-point wiring technique?  Do you use layout
> software for that?
>
> -Dave
>
> dl5012 wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> It boils down to component placement to minimize wire lengths and
>> crossings.  I used to do it on paper; now I use PCB layout software.