17 Feb
2010
17 Feb
'10
8:14 p.m.
On 17 Feb 2010 at 19:27, Tony Duell wrote:
Why on earth do you need to make a special PCB for a
one-off prototype
or experimental circuit? If you use through-hole components, DIP, or
PLCC ICs (in their sockets), or mount SOICs and PQFPs or adapter
boards, you can hand-wire the circuit on stripboard or sqaure pad
board in less time than it takes to design the PCB.
If it's a board of any scale (8+ ICs), I prefer to wire-wrap it
myself. I start with one-sided FR4 0.060 PCB blank, drill it for
pins, and run a bare +Vcc bus on the non-copper side of the board.
Gives me a great ground plane and is easy to rework.
--Chuck