Circuit Board Prototyping Tips and Tricks

Veroboard boring tool:

[jerryocrow]

First, thank you. Second, finaly somthing beyone "basic". I appreciate the effort, diversity, and accumulated knowledge.

[fathomisticfantasy]

Really wish there were more YT videos like this in 2020's. I miss the old retro style of minimum grade recording. This video BTW is gold! I doubt there is a better introductory on soldering then this.

[NabilTouchie]

4:08 that explains a lot of trouble I got doing a RF controlled servos project I'm doing... great tips!

[prashantdawar]

one of the very best video on the topic. Clear presentation. Impressive. Thanks for this contribution

[simonrussell]

Thank you for this! Was looking to make the jump from solderless breadboards, and a lot of sites seem to miss that out.

[TheOleHermit]

Thanks for showing the various options, new and old. Did wire wrap during the late '70s. Recently became a 'maker', using solderless breadboards w/SBCs & MCUs. Just discovered Fritzing PCB design software, which has a great GUI that allows easy breadboard and circuit design migration to PCB layout. The files can be uploaded to online mfrs for inexpensive fabrication and quick turnaround time.
Hope this is helpful for your viewers. 😎

[tonysicily]

Awesome,

A great video, full of info, no crappy music and full of useful info.

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Question, if I may, where do you get the breadboards with the screw downs? The self adhesive ones peal off after a while

[BeyondDuctTapeFixItRight]

Your video is terrific! Your content density is superb. Your video compels me to give Veroboard a try. That's something I wouldn't have considered previously because I wasn't familiar with using a boring tool to make the isolation channels on the thing. I always wondered how and who would use these things. Thanks to you, now I know.

[MadLabZ]

A very nostalgic feeling from your video, thanks for the upload very informative crisp and clean content!!!

[StealthParrot]

Great, I've never tried the Veroboard before, looks like a great way to go. Thanks.

[GRANTwow]

Perfect. This effectively illustrated how to use these different types of boards which will inform my first-time purchase. Thanks!

[graxjpg]

This is awesome, thanks so much. Tube amps still use terminal strips, which are fantastic fun to build.

[blankstares]

Excellent. Thank you for showing all these various methods.

[eduardperdomo]

Excelent video! Can you talk more about the wire wrapping tool or, I don't know, make a video about the use of that tool. Thanks.

[pingoleonfernandez]

Very informative video. Thank you very much. You should go more indepth with the Manhatan and the Dead Bug in further videos

[doctorcad]

Nice summary! It was to the point and covered some good topics. Helpful. Thank you!

[AnanyaMuddukrishna]

Beautiful prototyping examples! Thank you for making this video with many useful tips. How do you make the wires hug the surface of the veroboard? Hot glue?

[alphahr]

loved your Cosmac Elf. I still have mine from 1976

[mkall]

thanks for the video, you showed the info i was looking for beautifully. it seems that the veroboard is the best way to do this. I was hoping to avoid boring the board and getting the ones with isolated holes but i think that is more hustle trying to connect the components with their leads/solder

[Bednar]

There also is a variant of proto board with separate pads for each hole, IMO a bit more flexible than the strip boards, as well as double-sided variant (for each hole there's pads on both sides, connected together with a via, a tiny copper tube going through the hole), which is way sturdier and gives a lot more opportunities (what I like to do is to solder bigger SMD components on one side, and run uninsulated wire as traces on the other). And for those wondering, how to use smaller SMD components with a "pad" perfboard, there is also a 1.27mm (0.05"...? Sorry, European here...) variant, and lemme tell you, most of the typical SMD parts (TQFP, TSOP, et cetera) fit there really, really well. It's a bit tedious to solder them, because this is the realm of microsoldering, but IMO still worth the effort - you get a really flexible, sturdy, and high quality prototype (and even long-lasting, permanent) board in an universal package. They are a bit hard to find though, at least in Europe, sadly (when I *did* find them, I just bought a whole batch of 30 pieces lol)