First Vero layout - is it ok ?

[FredG]

Hello DIYers

Here is my very first attempt at drawing a strip board from a schematic (noob level, please be kind).

Does it look ok ?

Thank you very much for all the help and advices.

[DrAlx]

Have you considering using software with in-built connectivity checking like https://sourceforge.net/projects/veroroute/  ?

[willienillie]

R10 and R11 on the layout are called R11 and R12 (respectively) on the schematic.  Other than that, it looks good to me, and quite efficient for vero.  I would add a 100n ceramic cap in parallel with C6 for better high freq power supply noise suppression (SMPS).

[tubegeek]

R10 and R11 on the layout are called R11 and R12 (respectively) on the schematic.  Other than that, it looks good to me, and quite efficient for vero.  I would add a 100n ceramic cap in parallel with C6 for better high freq power supply noise suppression (SMPS).

R10 on the schematic is the current limiting resistor for the indicator LED, I guess the design started out as a three way splitter and then a 4th stage got added afterwards.

[FredG]

Thank you all for your advice.

@DrAlx : I'm working with a Mac and I tried several softwares. Most of them don't run on Mac (even if they say it can), and the rare ones that run are really not practical.

@willienillie : thank you for this advice.
Here is a modified version with the 100n cap. Is it ok ? (not entirely sure if I understand well the "parallel" concept ^^)

@tubegeek : the schematic comes from here : http://pedalparts.co.uk/docs/Spluffer.pdf
They say you can add as many splitter as you want by duplicating a splitter stage...

[willienillie]

Here is a modified version with the 100n cap. Is it ok ? (not entirely sure if I understand well the "parallel" concept ^^)

You got it.

[tubegeek]

(not entirely sure if I understand well the "parallel" concept ^^)

Do you know anything about NYC transportation?

Between Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, there are three bridges. If (when) traffic backs up on any one of them, you can take one of the other ones and get across. These bridges are PARALLEL paths for traffic - they offer an alternate route for flow between the same two places.

If I want to get to New Jersey, I have to first get to Manhattan, and then travel from Manhattan to NJ. Those journeys are in SERIES: I have to travel first one, then the other afterwards. I don't have a choice between Brooklyn-to-Manhattan and Manhattan-to-New Jersey, they are connected in order like train cars. If I want to go from the front train car to the back train car, I have to go in order through each of the cars in between.

[FredG]

LOL ! 

I live in Brussels, and here all the traffic is in shitty series, takes an eternity, and leads nowhere near the place you want to go. 
That's probably why my pedals look like rat nests so far. 

But, great exemple, thank's. I'll keep it in mind.   

[tubegeek]

My buddy Nick has moved from Brooklyn to Brussels. He lives near the flea market, and he says there's always all kinds of cool electronic junk for sale there!

[FredG]

My buddy Nick has moved from Brooklyn to Brussels. He lives near the flea market, and he says there's always all kinds of cool electronic junk for sale there!

True ! And not only electronic. A gold mine for everything and anything more or less old / vintage / useless or broken for DIYers of every kind. :-)