where to buy stripboard?

[evandude]

I have never used stripboard before, in fact until I started reading EPE magazine I didn't even know it existed...

But it does look like an easy way to make simple circuits, for when I don't feel like etching a board. The question is where is the cheapest/best place to buy stripboard?

I found it at https://www.futurlec.com/ProtoBoards.shtml
and that's the best price I've found so far. However, that's still a LOT more expensive than the $1 a board for big 8" by 12" sheets of single-sided blank copper-clad that I bought a while back...

 

[jrz126]

electronics express has it
https://www.elexp.com/pro-brds.htm

 

[TheOne]

BG Micro (see attachment)

 

[audioguru]

I have been using Veroboard for many years. A while ago I couldn't get it anymore so switched to using a very good Chinese copy. They also stopped so now I get some locally but made in Taiwan, smells real bad like dung or something worse. I liked the epoxy-fiberglass stripboards.

Most of the previous replies are for perforated board, not perforated stripboard where half of the printed wiring is already done for you by its strips. I have even made huge and very complicated high-speed logic circuits on Veroboard and they worked just fine and lasted "forever".
I plan a circuit layout on gridpaper, then cut the strips with a light touch from my drillpress. I use the srips for horizontal runs (IC pins) and jumpers, resistors and capacitors for vertical connections.
For example:

 

[audioguru]

Here's the layout:

 

[samcheetah]

hey audioguru that is really neat. i also like the 3V chaser you made (www.electronics-lab.com)

i also use stripboards for most of my work. they are very easy to work with. no need to get a PCB etched and drilled. i think i also use the same ones you do audioguru. it smells really bad. and i think that its called bakcilite plastic. ive never seen or worked on fiber glass stripboards.

 

[audioguru]

Thanks Sam,
My new 6V Ultra-Bright Chaser project runs the LEDs for a few revolutions then stops with the LEDs off for a couple of seconds to save battery power before starting again. The same circuit also works for a 3V Chaser with a few parts changed. I turned-down the flash duration to 15ms so the Ultra-Bright LEDs look like fireworks and also to save battery power.

The original epoxy-fiberglass Veroboard was a dark blue stripboard that was very strong. The Chinese copy that I used for a few years was also epoxy-fiberglass and strong. They never warp like the stinky phenolic boards.