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Maybe it’s me, but I’ve never found prototyping boards to be worth the time it takes to set them up. I’d rather go for a PCB and set it up so I can test the ci
by xondono 8y ago
Maybe it’s me, but I’ve never found prototyping boards to be worth the time it takes to set them up.
I’d rather go for a PCB and set it up so I can test the circuit. If it works all ok, job is done, otherwise I have a good testbed for experimenting.
Everyone I’ve talked about this tells me it’s timing, but As far as I can see, it’s a difference I more than make up by rearranging tasks or taking on parallel projects.
- rwmj 8y agoThis has changed over time. Back in the 80s getting a PCB made either involved etching a board yourself and bags of strong chemicals and UV lights (a massive pain), or was expensive and tedious to outsource (and you still had to produce camera-ready transparencies yourself). We always used Vero boards or wire wrap instead. Nowadays you can email off a design and get boards back a week or two later and at a very reasonable cost.
- xondono 8y agoI know, but the “email off a design” solution has been around for more than 10 years. I don’t even do prototyping of boards I do for my own projects, I just plan them so I have other things to do for a month while I wait for the cheap pcbs