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Quesiton about 'prototyping boards'

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Blueteeth

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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..
 
The one I use is similar to the last one you posted. It has 2 "vertical" power strips with "horizontal" strips of 3 either side. So it is very good for mounting ICs. It is sold by JayCar and other shops in Australia & New Zealand.

They have phone mail order outlets in the UK and USA.

See www.jaycarelectronics.co.uk and www.jaycar.com

Phone 0800 032 7241 and 1800 784 0263

Search for the IC Experimenter's board Catalogue No. HP-9558
 
That's what I'm using:

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This protoboard is handy for SOICs and surface-mount discretes. Back side is solid copper.

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Here's a link to manufacturer site:

https://www.busboard.us/

There is a guy on eBay selling nice protoboards. He has one with ground plane running around pads.

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I make my own breakout boards for big micros. It has place for IC on one side and all support stuff (quartz, capacitors) on the other.

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Blueteeth said:

I almost always use that last type where there are three holes per ic lead and B+ and ground running under the ICs. It seems to be the handiest even though it is hard to find. I've bought some from Digikey but its a real bear trying to pin the part number down from their website because all the photos of the boards are poor.
 
Wow, didn't expect many replies to this....

ljcox, Thankyou. Thats the stuff! The two power lines running under the 'DIL' placement. I have made a list of stuff from Jaycar (thanks again, didn't know they had a UK site) so I will order :D

felis. Again, thankyou.
I have used 'measure explorer' from ebay too, great cheap boards, I got loads of them, and plan to order many more (the SS red ones are so handy). But that 'SMT' board stuff looks wicked!! Saves me having to carve up stripboard for SMT stuff. As far as 'breakoutboards' go, sparkfun, and 'LEDsee' from ebay works just fine, Cheap as you like.

RadioRon, again, that IS the stuff I'm really after. I mean, of course there is no 'perfect' prototype board, but thats the best as far as I'm concerned and thats why I posted...so hard to find. And yes, I've noticed that about many sites....blury images so you don't know what you're getting.

I'm glad people know what I'm on about, I didn't want to sound too geeky about it, but it would make my life a lot easier....I'm having to use stripboard with a 'gnd wire', looks messy. According to RS components, its called 'DIP board', 'DIL board, 'IC board', and 'Micro board'. They sell two versions, both FR4, massive (double eurocard) and too expensive - £30+ ($60 EACH).

If I find a 'good' source (jaycar looks like a winner so far) I will post it. I need to stock up on it damnit, one can never have enough 'proto board'. Any other sources welcome.

Bluteeth.
 
I posted pictures with my previous post, however the links disappeared. They were visible in preview. Strange.

Anyway, here's the attachments:
 

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