Re: Breadboarding

Eeyore wrote:
> Now, only a little while back I said I never breadboard, I go straight
> to pcb.
> 
> This one's different though. The client wants to do the layout as part
> of a larger scheme and I want to be double sure of stability in practice
> as opposed to simulation because if he messes up, I can show mine
> working fine.
> 
> As I'll be using a 65MHz ? op-amp I don't trust perfboard / Veroboard
> for this.
> 
> I recall some self adhesive 'pre-etched shapes' that you could stick on
> a ground plane. The name Wainwright comes to mind but google isn't
> helping much.
> 
> Any suggestions ?
> 
> Graham
> 
Make a layout on Eagle or your fav' tool, and get it fabricated at a 
fast-turn PCB house.  If you're charging a reasonable rate you'll spend 
less than two hours (and probably one) for a small hand full of 2-sided 
boards, and you'll save more time than that by not having to fiddle with 
a new technology or agonize over whether those stick down strips (or 
whatever) are really doing their job.

And you'll have a much closer model to the real thing.

If you were in the US I'd send you to PCB Express 
(http://www.pcbexpress.com/).

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