Your Favorite Circuit Board Method

[ibanezts808]

What's Your Favorite Circuit Board Method?

[toneman]

what about  "buy board"??

[ibanezts808]

I didn't put buy board because i felt that came pretty close to a breadboard, It's just more specific.  If You'd like I can put the buy board option.

[Peter Snowberg]

I would answer "boardhouse".

[bwanasonic]

I would answer "boardhouse".

Me too, but also noticed this poll was missing photo-sensitive techniques. I have worked in graphics for many years, so if pressed to make my own board, I would probably use some type of photo resist. And how is *buy board* pretty close to *breadboard* except maybe phonetically?  :?

Kerry M

[ibanezts808]

Lol, I understand we are engineers but lets not read into this too deeply. lol. As far as breadboard and buying a board, I say they are similar because a breadboard and bought board are ready for population, except a bought board is more specific to the project at hand.  all of the other types require tracings of some kind to be made.

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

Stripboard (ie cheap knockoff Veroboard). That is, for one-offs & protos.

[Ge_Whiz]

I'm with Frostwave. Definitely stripboard.

[JHS]

Stripboard, perfboard for simple things like Rangemaster etc.

JHS

[Marcos - Munky]

PCB, with hand draw layouts.

[Hal]

GHETTO BOARD!!!

take some PCB from something, scratch off most of the copper, leave some for "pad" - drill your own holes, and wire the rest point to point.  It only works for tiny projects, but I'm in love with it.  So cheep, and it works :-D

[Fret Wire]

Definately need to include photo resist.

[toneman]

I put "buy board" cause it's *still* DIY if U assemble the pcb yourself.
Buying an already made pcb is the fastest/easiest/less messyist
way to build a StompBox.   A kit is OK 2.
There are *lots* of etched/drilled pcbs out there from many of the readers
of this forum.    
A *true* DIYer would want to do the whole nine yards.
But, for a first timer project, eliminating the photo/transfer/etching  steps
would greatly speed up the stompbox construction.
Also, Buying an already-etched pcb better insures the laout is correct,
and, when properly assembled will work "out of the box" .

staybuilding
tone

[ibanezts808]

It won't allow me to edit the poll, sorry,  I'll run this poll again another time, and be sure to add photo resist and buy board, any others I should add?

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

GHETTO BOARD!!!

:lol: too rich, Hal!!
I must confess, I have used ghetto board when i had to proto with a surface mount chip, got an old modem PCB & pulled off the old chips & cut out a chunk with the required footprint. Looked BAD.. worked FINE!

[Johnny G]

well my favorite method isntactually there and thats to get PCB boards milled out on a CNC machine. they had one at my old school and being able to make design and make a PCB in 20 minutes is so useful.

pity the machine is about £5000 ($8000USD)

[Mike Burgundy]

PCB-photosensitive method.
Not in the poll, tho'

[StephenGiles]

Stripboard - for everything:


!!!!!
Stephen

[petemoore]

Great Gargantuanosities Stephen Giles !!!!!!!!!!
 That Pic of the Board is very LOoooongg.
 As I scrolled down it, I thought of the Energizer Bunny !