Veroboard

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Fleck

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Everybody except me seems to use breadboard. Does anybody out there use veroboard? It's much better in my opinion, you can actually USE the circuit after - ie put it in a small project box.
I suppose what got me onto veroboard was when I was at college years ago, they never used breadboard, so I never have either.
 
Justin

Justin

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I've never used one myself, but it looks like something I would use to solder my creations onto for permanent assembly. It does seem much better because you can test it on there as well, and even cut to your size liking. You can also use circuits after you've built it on a breadboard as well because they come in different sizes. This may be something I look into.
 
Justin

Justin

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So I accidentally bought a copperless verboard which means I can't solder my components onto it. Any idea how I can use those so I don't waste my money?
 
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Fleck

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You can get little pins to put in the holes and solder things to them.
You can also use it as an insulation board between 2 veroboards

I've never used it myself
 
George

George

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Vero board is a PITA as it is, now you want to use some with no copper pads. Have fun! Sorry I had to throw that opinion in here.

I found this pretty neat vero board program that lets you lay out the project on the computer before making it. It is 49 Euro but has a free demo. Take a look, if you like using vero you might like this little tool.

This is the developers web site
http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/lochmaster.html

This is where you can download the demo
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/LochMaster.shtml
 
Justin

Justin

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George said:
Vero board is a PITA as it is, now you want to use some with no copper pads. Have fun! Sorry I had to throw that opinion in here.
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Well, it's not really that I want to use them, it's that I would like to not have my money go to waste. That program is nice, but the veroboard it uses has a copper base, where mine doesn't. I also rather prefer to build something on the board rather than on a program just so I have a physical copy. What I'm trying to figure out is how I could make this board work with the way it is, or with the pins that Fleck is talking about.
 
George

George

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Justin said:
Well, it's not really that I want to use them, it's that I would like to not have my money go to waste. That program is nice, but the veroboard it uses has a copper base, where mine doesn't. I also rather prefer to build something on the board rather than on a program just so I have a physical copy. What I'm trying to figure out is how I could make this board work with the way it is, or with the pins that Fleck is talking about.
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I understood that the program link I sent was not the same as your boards, I just sent that because I thought you might find it interesting for future vero board designs, rather than just start soldering you can lay it all out on that program to see how it will look and as a reference when building yours.

Sorry I can't help with the pin issue, hopefully Fleck can.
 
George

George

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Justin said:
This? Other than that I get a bunch of speaker wire terminals
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Justin,

You can get like 10 of these veroboards for $6-$7, the ones with solder. Here is one link

I just don't think it is really worth all the trouble to save the one you bought by mistake based on the price of these things. You can even get free shipping if you buy from China and they will work just fine, you may have to wait a couple weeks for delivery. If you do buy from a China seller just make sure their rating is at least 99.5 on eBay, some of those guys are very slow and send junk. I have bought some electronics from China and never had a problem other than the quality is not the best but I already knew that was the case.
 
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