Hi.
I am 'beefing' up my collection of prototyping PCB's, that's tihngs like stripboard/verboard. All for projects that are either too simple, too large, or just not worth getting a PCB made up. I've regularly used stripboard, its great but I am looking for 'other' patterns. The 'one pad per hole' is handy, if I'm linking things up with kynar/enamelled wire but its still messy, and can be time consuming.
Ideally SRPB (the cheapy paper FR2 stuff) because its easy to cut, route and drill and it'll do for almost any prototype that isn't RF.
Anyone know a good UK distributor of cheap boards such as the following:
https://www.netams.com/~anton/usb-adc/08310001.jpg
https://www.awce.com/proto.jpg
https://www.futurlec.com/ProtoBoards.shtml - not sure about futurlec...
https://www.wa5vjb.com/images/Small Proto Board.JPG
https://www.egr.msu.edu/eceshop/Parts_Inventory/images/Vector Board Large.jpg
https://www.circuitspecialists.com/level.itml/icOid/5917
Note the last one has ground and power rails/buses running adjacent to the pads. Like tripad but with power rails. I used to see this everywhere, but now its rare...all the places I have looked at are either FR4 (can't cut), too expensive or do not ship to the UK.
An alternative would be to just buy uip loads of stripboard, and 'modify' it myself. Making tripad out of it is trivial, you just cut tracks with a knife every three holes.....but adding power rails would need copper foil and some epoxy.
Which, on a side note....has anyone done this? The self-adhesive stuff isn't designed to be soldered to (crap backing/adhesive) and I'm not sure what glue to use.
So ultimately I'm just trying to get some nice cheap prototyping boards for digital/analgue projects... as the main hassle/cost for me is 'holes', so matrix board type stuff is great, but I either cannot find good patterns, or it would copper tracks 'added' to it.
This is all to reduce time, so I can get a phone call and have a protoype the next day, without the hassle of designing purely on stripboard, getting a PCB made up, or soldering hundreds of wires behind the board. And no, I do not want to 'etch' my own boards, too messy and most stuff is one off's anyway.
Blueteeth.
Ps, Merry Christmas etc..etc..
I am 'beefing' up my collection of prototyping PCB's, that's tihngs like stripboard/verboard. All for projects that are either too simple, too large, or just not worth getting a PCB made up. I've regularly used stripboard, its great but I am looking for 'other' patterns. The 'one pad per hole' is handy, if I'm linking things up with kynar/enamelled wire but its still messy, and can be time consuming.
Ideally SRPB (the cheapy paper FR2 stuff) because its easy to cut, route and drill and it'll do for almost any prototype that isn't RF.
Anyone know a good UK distributor of cheap boards such as the following:
https://www.netams.com/~anton/usb-adc/08310001.jpg
https://www.awce.com/proto.jpg
https://www.futurlec.com/ProtoBoards.shtml - not sure about futurlec...
https://www.wa5vjb.com/images/Small Proto Board.JPG
https://www.egr.msu.edu/eceshop/Parts_Inventory/images/Vector Board Large.jpg
https://www.circuitspecialists.com/level.itml/icOid/5917
Note the last one has ground and power rails/buses running adjacent to the pads. Like tripad but with power rails. I used to see this everywhere, but now its rare...all the places I have looked at are either FR4 (can't cut), too expensive or do not ship to the UK.
An alternative would be to just buy uip loads of stripboard, and 'modify' it myself. Making tripad out of it is trivial, you just cut tracks with a knife every three holes.....but adding power rails would need copper foil and some epoxy.
Which, on a side note....has anyone done this? The self-adhesive stuff isn't designed to be soldered to (crap backing/adhesive) and I'm not sure what glue to use.
So ultimately I'm just trying to get some nice cheap prototyping boards for digital/analgue projects... as the main hassle/cost for me is 'holes', so matrix board type stuff is great, but I either cannot find good patterns, or it would copper tracks 'added' to it.
This is all to reduce time, so I can get a phone call and have a protoype the next day, without the hassle of designing purely on stripboard, getting a PCB made up, or soldering hundreds of wires behind the board. And no, I do not want to 'etch' my own boards, too messy and most stuff is one off's anyway.
Blueteeth.
Ps, Merry Christmas etc..etc..