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| kerouanton:
Hi, I got a few cheap PCB soldering Breadboards from Amazon to convert my solderless breadboard projects to a more definitive version, but I'm just unable to understand how to make the connections betweens the holes. Are we supposed to use *a lot* of solder to connect those, or is there another commonly used technique? I tried to look for videos and explanations on Internet without much success. I did my first experiment with those yesterday, but it is simply a mess... I used huge amount of solder to connect adjacent pins together, and it's definitely not looking good. |
| GerryBags:
You want to be using wire to make the connections. |
| ataradov:
Or like this: |
| vector:
for short connections you can also bend the leads of the components (the ones with long leads) to use them as a short wire: that's easier than running a small wire. |
| Ian.M:
Ah, the joys of matrix board! The easiest option is tinned bare copper wire run on the same side as the pads. It helps if its dead straight and stiff - Take few feet of wire, clamp one end and grab the other end with pliers and stretch it to straighten and stiffen it. Lay it on the bench and cut off lengths for jumpers as required. However if those are the cheap single sided SRBP (Paxolin) boards with punched holes, the pads are very weak and drop off if you dwell on them for even a second too long when soldering them, and using them will be an exercise in frustration until you have a lot of soldering skill. The double sided FR4 ones with plated holes are much better as the hole plating helps hold the pads in place. You can use stripboard and use a track cutter or you can get Tripad board - like stripboard but with the strips cross-cut into groups of three holes. The three hole pads stay on the board much better and vastly reduce the number of jumpers you'll need to solder compared to matrix board: https://www.kemo-electronic.de/en/Components/Consumables/Boards/E013-Experimental-board-with-3-strip-grid.php If you are feeling particularly lazy you can even get boards with five hole strips and side busses laid out just like a solderless breadboard so you can directly copy your original layout! |
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