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Using jumpers to quickly swap components
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T3sl4co1l:

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--- Quote from: KL27x on February 21, 2019, 12:37:50 am ---I spent a couple years making "useful stuff" like this. I think it's just a phase some of us go through. :) Prediction. In 2 years, you will be using mostly smd parts and swapping them out with a hot air station.

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Just curious, but how does one prototype with smd parts without using designed pcb’s?

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With a utility knife:



Note I tend to mix "Manhattan style" construction (PCB chits making elevated tie points) and THT components (which can be wired pretty much anywhere, they're free jumpers).

Tim
netdudeuk:
You can use the OP's proto board for SMD prototyping

http://elm-chan.org/docs/wire/wiring_e.html
Buriedcode:
Just wanted to add, SMD parts work nicely with stripboard too.  1206 is usually needed to span tracks broken with a drill bit (broken at a hole) but 0603 or 0805 are fine for connecting adjacent tracks.  Because SMD passives tend to be very cheap (except maybe higher value caps) I use them as often as possible.
netdudeuk:
The passive components in the photo that I included above are 0805s.  The holes in the board are 0.1" pitch so they fit how the same components would appear on stripboard.
HendriXML:
Thanks for all the reactions, it really shows there’s not one “right” way to do stuff!
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