pay_c Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Hi there!Up to now all my prototype electronics were made directly on breadboards. You can imagine what that means: Soldering/desoldering/soldering/desoldering/...That´s so FRIGGIN much time and hot fingers! And as I want to start some other projects (analogue and digital) besides but also including some midibox apps, I am actually searching for some good prototyping board or similar (other suggestions are very warmly welcomed). You see lot´s of stuff used out there for that purpose like the Kosmos-boxes or so (directly putting resistors/LEDs/ICs and what do I know into those white plastic boards with partly pre-organized connections like VDD/VSS). Now my question to you:What stuff do you use? What can you recommend in that way?E.g. I´m talking about these boards here (but NOT only!!! Any suggestions are cool!): http://projects.dimension-x.net/archives/35 (some of you know this picture from the "LED touchpad" topic)So? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilba Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I use an "experimenters" board exactly like that picture, I also have a little one which is handy. The big one comes with lots of wires of different lengths, very useful. They are excellent for experimenting (hence the name). I've never had problems with digital circuits, and I think analog circuits are fine too, I think they only have issues with RF transmitter/receiver circuits due to the components not being close together. As you can see in the pic, there are multiple power rails and the good/bad thing is that each power rail is not connected to the others - you have to explicitly connect them to each other and to your power supply circuit. I highly recommend them for experimenting, because it's so quick to get something going, and easy to change things later, it's not permanent, nothing is wasted (not even solder!). It's the Lego of electronics. Get one.My big tip for using these boards: You get a single row header and solder wires/ribbon cable to the bottom. Then you can stick the header into the experimenters board. Great for power supply wires, connecting the board to a Core, etc. Similarly, you can solder two single row headers together to use as a female-to-female adapter to connect header connectors to the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pay_c Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Cool, sounds good!Do you have an exact name or hyperlink where you got it? Cause I can't find anything on google.de up to now... still searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanstaafl Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 http://www.cti-texas.com/cti-texas/ctisb147aeic.htmlI use 2 of these in tandem with a couple of single strip ones.... don't know where you are but maybe they are available in your area.good luckgb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I'm also using such a board for experiments. I bought it from Conrad ca, 15 years ago, don't know if it is still available there.Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jidis Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I'll "me too" what everybody else says about those breadboards. Only thing wrong with 'em is you never have enough. :P I got one of those long rectangular ones from RadioShack a while back, and then two more from an eBay breadboard specialist (daq-stuff), then ultimately went back to him for two more (these are the 830 point), and they still always have some bullcrap circuit stuck to them, so I can't ever use them. I actually wish they were split into two sides, with one of the "IC canal" things on each side, a few less holes on either side of the chip, and then maybe lose the second pair of +/- rails for a bit more space. You put a few IC's on these ones and most of the board is shot, because all the holes are chained to the IC pins. A couple weeks ago, I was looking into sawing down into one to get to the contacts, and slicing some scraps of it off, to mount to a PCB with some D-subs and different socket/jack connectors. It didn't look too hard. I may try it soon.I made this thing a couple months ago for jumper stuff, and I hate it's guts:The "socket row" parts are all from regular cheap DIP sockets, and they don't do a very good job of holding wires straight,etc. I think those push-hole things we're all raving about are the only way to go.BTW- Anyone know what those things can actually handle (diameter-wise)? I'm usually cutting jumpers from CAT-5 cable and stuff, but sometimes I'll do stupid things like push a pin header down into the boards and all. You think I'm ruining them?Take Care,George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pay_c Posted March 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Ok! Found the stuff & everything is wonderful! THNX! ;DWill get it here, I think: www.conelek.de They look pretty ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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