Just about anywhere.
ebay seems as good a place as anywhere, price wise, or a HamFest if there are any happening near you, or Farnell/Element 14 (prices a bit high though), or even Mike at mikeselectricstuff.
Quote from: TorqueRanger link=topic=13213.msg177966#masg177966 date=1357316216I am in the process of designing a couple thing which needs to get mounted on a board ... But my problem is that I have no time to etch my own boards and with my 2 small children and my work area being the kitchen table it's impossible...
That's why people send of their design to budged board houses, these days in China. I stopped etching my own boards long ago.QuoteAlso is there an easy way to remove the unused pads or anyway of making it look better than it is???
One thing to make it look better is to do all the wiring on the soldering side. This way the component side remains looking tidy, and the soldering side looks a bit more ugly.
Another thing to make it look better is to plan ahead. It is up to you if you want to do it the old-fashioned way with paper and pencil
http://www.eleinmec.com/downloads/sbps.pdf
with special perfboard/stripboard software
http://veecad.com/
http://www.marlwifi.org.nz/other/stripboard-magic
http://www.heyrick.co.uk/software/verodes/
http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/lochmaster.html
Thanks for help guys and will have to check this out...
or just with a normal PCB layout tool and some
Oh ok cause i am looking to buy 5 to 10 boards and was not sure if the ebay boards where any good????5
Oh ok cause i am looking to buy 5 to 10 boards and was not sure if the ebay boards where any good?
Oh ok cause i am looking to buy 5 to 10 boards and was not sure if the ebay boards where any good????5
Here are the ones I purchased eBay auction: #200871567843 awhile ago. The quality was great but it just took a few weeks to arrive from China.
Watch out for the made in China boards, especially the ones that are really cheap. I bought some of them on a whim and they are the worst possible quality and smell awful, pads come off easily, the boards are flimsy. The boards I currently use are not the cheapest but they are plated through holes , FR4 material, and very high quality.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/usacircuits/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686e
The only thing I don't like those cheap eBay FR1 PCBs is that when ironed, they give off horrible smell as if they were treated with some potent chemicals or something... But if you have proper ventilation, this shouldn't be too much of a deal.
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That shouldn't happen if you double sided perf boards with plated through holes, but those are less common.
personally I hate these perfboards - the pads come off easlity and it's a hell to rework. If I can't etch my own board, I opt out to simple copper clad board - you solder stuf directly on copper and cut traces with exacto knife or do it "manhattan" style.
That shouldn't happen if you double sided perf boards with plated through holes, but those are less common.
DX.com has plenty of those for quite reasonable prices.
personally I hate these perfboards - the pads come off easlity and it's a hell to rework. If I can't etch my own board, I opt out to simple copper clad board - you solder stuf directly on copper and cut traces with exacto knife or do it "manhattan" style.Really can I get some pics of what your talking about please
personally I hate these perfboards - the pads come off easlity and it's a hell to rework. If I can't etch my own board, I opt out to simple copper clad board - you solder stuf directly on copper and cut traces with exacto knife or do it "manhattan" style.Really can I get some pics of what your talking about please
This covers the technique and has some pictures in it.
http://wdv.com/Electronics/Fab/ManhattanConstructionTechniques.pdf
And for a really nice example of it,
http://aa7ee.wordpress.com/tag/manhattan-construction/
personally I hate these perfboards - the pads come off easlity and it's a hell to rework. If I can't etch my own board, I opt out to simple copper clad board - you solder stuf directly on copper and cut traces with exacto knife or do it "manhattan" style.Really can I get some pics of what your talking about please
That shouldn't happen if you double sided perf boards with plated through holes, but those are less common.
DX.com has plenty of those for quite reasonable prices.