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| Yansi:
--- Quote from: TimFox on March 09, 2020, 08:30:14 pm --- --- Quote from: Yansi on March 09, 2020, 07:00:53 pm --- --- Quote from: TimFox on March 09, 2020, 06:52:34 pm ---There are manufactured PCBs available that replicate the layout of breadboards, suitable for soldering DIPs and TH components. --- End quote --- A veroboard. ^-^ --- End quote --- I’m referring to boards with plated-through holes that have exactly the same arrangement of DIP-capable vertical bars (3 or 4 holes per bar) and long horizontal strips (with the gaps), as found on popular breadboards, not general-purpose Veroboards(TM). --- End quote --- That also qualifies as a veroboard. They've been shaped with similar patterns for years, because simply such patterns are useful for building circuits. But I see zero reasons to stick to patterns (overpriced colorful adafruit junk) exactly copying a typical breadboard. Also, my suggestion is to use veroboards consisting just a matrix of plated holes and then connect them point-to-point using solderable enamel wire. Can be used to produce much nicer and tighter layouts. |
| Gyro:
Well if you want to be accurate about things, Veroboard specifically refers to (milled and punched SRBP) stripboards manufactured be Vero Technologies Ltd. in the UK. In the old days ('70s) it used to be used as a generic term for stripboard as they made pretty much all of it. These days everything else is just matrix board of different flavours and configurations, mostly made in China. https://www.verotl.com/ Notice that Vero don't even call their own proto boards, in other configurations, Veroboard. |
| Yansi:
Well, I do not know of any other anglicism for that thing, we call these things different in our language. |
| Gyro:
Stripboard (for veroboard) or matrix / proto boards (which probably cover all of the ones that aren't stripboard). The latter ones require further qualification anyway due to the many types. |
| Yansi:
"Matrix prototype board" is then likely the closest term to what I like and suggest using for building prototypes. Thanks for clarification of the names :-+ |
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