01-08-2015, 11:48 AM
(01-08-2015, 10:47 AM)pwdrive Wrote: Ugly style or PCB, there's always the middle way:
https://aa7ee.wordpress.com/tag/manhattan-construction/
Lawrence.
Manhattan is quite nice, especially when done as neatly as that. An improvement on "dead bug".
If your circuit is really simple, then you can DIY a "PCB" from copper-clad board, using a sharp knife to cut through the outline, and heat from a soldering iron to remove unwanted sections (which naturally would tend to be minimised to keep labour down). For example: http://www.markhennessy.co.uk/articles/g...iments.htm
Of course, various mixes of approaches are perfectly viable. It all comes down to what resources you have, how much time you've got, how permanent the construction needs to be, how much you anticipate having to service or modify it in the future, how many you might be making, and what the electrical requirements might be. With experience, most methods are equally valid, but for RF or power, certain methods are best avoided.
Personally, I like designing PCBs, and I like using them where I can. But I'm not geared up to do them at home. For work, we have them made by a local company; no problem. For home use, while these days it's a lot cheaper than ever to get them made professionally, I tend not to bother for one-off projects. My default is still the dreaded Veroboard. Veroboard projects can look terrible, but done well, there's no reason that they should. This was discussed a few years back on UKVRRR; here's what I had to say back then: http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showp...p?p=134883&postcount=41
