Breadboard Problems

[zener]

Are there any problems inherent to putting your DIY stompbox in a breadboard, (e.g. feedback, hiss, hum etc). If so, is there a way that I can make the circuit in a PCB in a box sounds like the one in the breadboard without any annoying problems?

Thanks for any help :wink:

[jimmy]

as far as i know, breadboarded projects tend to be noiser than pcb based ones.  hope this helps

cheers
Jim

[Maneco]

Hi,
you can get vey good results with breadboard projects,as long as you are clean and tidy with soldering and cabling,i usually design my prototypes first with breadboards and wire wrap cable,but soldered...go ahead and build some projects...then move to pcb making,this page helps...

http://www.pablin.com.ar/electron/trucos/placaci/index.htm

and you can always ask for help here in the board...

Best!!!!

Maneco

from Uruguay  

[Peter Snowberg]

The only place I ever run into problems is with high gain/high impedance circuits feeding back. Other than that, I'll use a breadboarded circuit for weeks on end, swapping parts as I go to fine tune. No problems.

Take care,
-Peter

[ExpAnonColin]

I breadboard much more than I build!

There IS a bit more hiss, but that's just because they aren't enclosed.

-Colin

[smoguzbenjamin]

My breadboard was an expensive but incredibly sensible purchase I bought a rather large breadboard, cost me 40 friggin' euros but who's counting? I have built a couble of "twiddle around and hope for the best" distortion circuits on my board, and they were noisy as hell and picked up radio stations. Once I put my breadboard (with the ckt on it) in a metal bucket it stopped doing that. If the noise annoys you, find a way to shield it!