Perf+ 2 - The Wire-Free Electronic Prototyping Board

[kindiana]

Perf+ 2 is a revolutionary electronic prototyping board designed for ease of use and flexibility. No jumper wires required!

https://www.crowdsupply.com/ben-wang/perf-2


It is a new version of my previous project Perf+, with larger holes for compatibility with more packages, solder mask between the bridgeable sections to make soldering easier and design optimised for more surface mount packages.

*I am the creator of this project

[matseng]

Looks kinda nice, maybe a little bit small with only 6x9cm in size. But I think I'll sign up for a 5 or 10-pack and see for myself if they are compatible with my projects and normal usage style...

[CM800]

Threw down for 20 boards. Looks quite neat.

[vinicius.jlantunes]

Cool project! Unfortunately the exchange rates are a bit unfavorable for me at the moment making it a bit expensive. I see you surpassed your goal anyways, so all the best! Hope I can get some boards one day in the future.

[nidlaX]

That does actually look pretty convenient, but how long until they show up on eBay?

[Rager]

That does actually look pretty convenient, but how long until they show up on eBay?

If that wouldn't be that sad I would laugh too... It is quite amazing how the china export destroys so many start-ups.

But I really like the board too, only concern is the small spacing between the hole and the bus line. I would believe it’s quite hard to unbridge it, if you bridge it by accident.

[broz]

But I really like the board too, only concern is the small spacing between the hole and the bus line. I would believe it’s quite hard to unbridge it, if you bridge it by accident.

I agree, seems like a great idea, but I'm wondering how easy it would be to accidentally bridge to the bus line while soldering your components in place?

If it turns out to be quite difficult to have this accidentally happen, then I'm in for 5 boards

[KL27x]

Having made my own perpendicular double-sided protoboard, I have to say this is a much better idea on paper than in practice. But for those who can't make their own PCB, it's worth it if you want to spend lots and lots of time making one board that you will never want to modify or make again.

I personally only bothered doing it once. And it was cool. I had a complete circuit with no jumper wires, at all. But this method of making a board is very difficult to design and debug, which hopefully is solved by the software. The first time I decided I wanted to add this or that to my circuit, I looked at it and it was just not worth bothering with. The mental gymnastics were too much. For me, protoboard is for a circuit in progress to be easily modified and messed with. PCB, thereafter.

This board is still going to be supercool using it single-sided, just for the fact of the bridgeable bus strips. I think it will be useful, either way.

[kindiana]

But I really like the board too, only concern is the small spacing between the hole and the bus line. I would believe it’s quite hard to unbridge it, if you bridge it by accident.

I agree, seems like a great idea, but I'm wondering how easy it would be to accidentally bridge to the bus line while soldering your components in place?

If it turns out to be quite difficult to have this accidentally happen, then I'm in for 5 boards

In my experience with the board, I found it almost impossible to accidentally cause a bridge, as you need to put tremendous amounts of solder to overcome the surface tension.

[broz]

Awesome, 5 boards it is then  look forward to putting them to good use!

[jeremy]

It says compatible with "most surface mount packages", but it looks like anything smaller than SOIC will not work. Am I missing something? In my experience, most surface mount packages are smaller than soic, usually QFP, TSSOP, QFN or one of the various BGA types.

[matseng]

It says compatible with "most surface mount packages", but it looks like anything smaller than SOIC will not work.

How would even SOIC work?  They use 50mil pitch (1.27mm) so unless you bend every other pin up and connect those pins by flywires they can't be used on any normal thru hole pcb....
 

[jeremy]

It says compatible with "most surface mount packages", but it looks like anything smaller than SOIC will not work.

How would even SOIC work?  They use 50mil pitch (1.27mm) so unless you bend every other pin up and connect those pins by flywires they can't be used on any normal thru hole pcb....

If it is a SOIC8 I can sometimes get away with bending the pins outward 

[pickle9000]

That does actually look pretty convenient, but how long until they show up on eBay?

For 23 cents a board.

[kindiana]

It says compatible with "most surface mount packages", but it looks like anything smaller than SOIC will not work.

How would even SOIC work?  They use 50mil pitch (1.27mm) so unless you bend every other pin up and connect those pins by flywires they can't be used on any normal thru hole pcb....

Sorry for being misleading, it is meant to be compatible with small pin count SMD packages such as resistors, capacitors, LEDs, voltage regulators and 2P SMD switches.
100mil pitch packages *should* work but have not been tested.

[Flenser]

Announce: I received my 5 pack of Perf+ 2 boards today.