RE: [OTish] Electronics (for HA)

["Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>]

What you have ordered is Veroboard which is a preconnected stripboard.

VERY useful stuff. Any components connected on the same stip are wired
together simply by soldering the joint. You can use a drillbit to cut a
track to allow IC's to be fitted eg

000000000000000000
00000000x000000000
00000000x000000000
00000000x000000000
00000000x000000000
000000000000000000

I have attached (at the risk of upsetting a few people!) a layout from
a
program called "Stipboard Magic" which is sadly no longer
available. Thee ae
breaks in the tracks under the chips but you cant  see those. The red
dots
on some of the holes also indicate breaks in track. The tracks run left
to
right so you will be able to visualise how the components are connected
together. anything on the same horizontal line is connected unless the
track
has a break.

Hope that helps

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


-----Original Message-----
From: andy_powell_is [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 April 2002 16:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OTish] Electronics (for HA)



Ermm.. I think I've made a slight error... I got some stripboard from
Maplins (via the special Q courier service :D ) and I've just had a
look at it.. I think I got the wrong stuff (my fault) because I was
just expecting it to be plain fibreglass stuff with holes in. This is
like that on one side but on the other are lines of copper running
the entire length of the board in a row: eg

00000000000000

00000000000000

each row of 0's has copper running along it. but there is a gap
between the two sets of  0's...

Can someone in the know tell me what I should have ordered? Again I
was wrongly under the impression that I would be able to build a
prototype of 'a thing' using soldered wires...

If anyone can use the stuff I got and is going to the london meet
then you're welcome to it...

.. wot sort of equipment is needed to do something like Ian's work:

http://www.mollyology.com/WebPages/Projects/PIC%20LCD/PIC%20Prototype%
20helper.htm (last picture on the page)


Andy



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