Re: [OTish] Electronics (for HA)

[David Paterson <david.paterson@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Keith,

On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 16:44:51 +0100, you wrote:

>What you have ordered is Veroboard which is a preconnected
stripboard.
>
>VERY useful stuff.

Indeed it is, especially for quick tests of circuits or for
prototyping.

>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.

I managed to find a copy of this, but I'm not that impressed with it.
My main gripe is that it won't let me put components along the length
of
the board, e.g. put a resistor "horizontally" in your figure,
with a
hole cut under it to separate the two ends - something I often do in
stripboard layouts.

It's sometimes handy to put things at other angles as well, but the
program just doesn't seem to allow it.  Everything has to be lined
up
"vertically" across the tracks :{

Do you know if there's any way to get the program to allow this kind of
layout, or even use it itself during design?  If it can't I think
I'll
stick to doing layouts by hand.

David P.



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