circuits

Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping

Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/circuit_skills_perfboard_prototypin.html

When you think – “DIY electronics”, one of the first images that likely comes to mind is a bunch of parts and wire soldered to a standard piece of perforated circuit board – and that makes sense. Perfboard is super-versatile – essentially it’s just a grid of potential solder-point connections. You can trim it down to just the size you need – or leave extra space for future enhancements … or revisions, if need be.

Circuit Skills: Circuit Board Etching

Circuit Skills: Circuit Board Etching

Making your own printed circuit board can be a truly satisfying process, tying together electronics and the handmade craft of etching. It’s the most accurate way to build a circuit short of sending away to a PCB manufacturer and it’s a lot more fun (+ cheaper too!).
For a full list of materials used plus more tips for etching & drilling head over to MAKE’s site –
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/circuit_skills_circuit_board_etchin.html