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Using a breadboard for permanent circuits?
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peter-h:
In the old days it was normal to wire wrap circuits. An extremely reliable technique which also lends itself to automation.
ebastler:

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These PCBs probably fill an existing need, for those who are building stuff by literally following "Fritzing" diagrams.  :-\

DenzilPenberthy:
As someone who's day job is doing electronics for academics:  It would be a HUUGE mistake to equate having a PhD with having any sort of practical skill or ability to make anything!   :-DD :-DD :-DD

TomS_:

--- Quote from: Domagoj T on March 10, 2020, 11:23:20 pm ---It certainly can be.

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As I said, you have to consider the application.

If youre trying to do "high current" on a board where tracks are periodically drilled out and left (sometimes) with mere whiskers of copper around said holes, and if youre relying on those whiskers then, well, youre doing it wrong and you will learn a lesson. Or you need to be beefing up the high current sections with some thicker conductor, coat the tracks with solder etc.

Short circuiting power conductors which then burned out is a "rookie mistake" in a couple of ways, and you should only be working on that kind of thing if the power is isolated.

Fires can be detected with smoke/heat detectors as in any domestic or commercial situation, and all areas of the layout (above, below, inside) should be reachable from somewhere if you had to use a fire extinguisher for example. That seems like common sense and general perparedness to me.

I love PCB design and would probably end up designing my own PCBs for anything I needed, but I still dont have a problem using perf/proto boards for a one off or small batch.
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