[sdiy] building from schematics.....

[Scott Gravenhorst]

For one-offs, stripboard or vectorboard depending on what you like and
what you find easy/convenient and at the same time functional.  Some
people also like to etch their own PCBS, even for one-offs.

I use stripboard and point to point soldering (24 gauge telcom wire).
Planning takes much of the mess out of this method.  One thing I like
about stripboard is that it's pre-etched format emulates a solderless 
breadboard where I do most of my initial design prototyping and testing.

fitz at madbbs.com wrote:
>hello all,
>I am a beginner at all this. I have assembled numerous kits, but 
>what do you do when a PCB is not available? Im feeling really 
>limited by only being able to use "pre-fab" boards thanks a lot 

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