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From: Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: An actual circuit
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 03:36:06 -0000 (UTC)
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Mike Monett VE3BTI <spamme@not.com> wrote:
> Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
> 
>>> Insect cruelty. Plus you have to count their tiny feets backwards.
>> 
>> The only good bugs is dead bugs. ;)
>>> 
>> Cheers 
>> 
>> Phil Hobbs 
> 
> The major flaw with dead bugs is you lose the identification of the ic. 

>Six months later, you will have no idea what the circuit is, where the 
> important signals are, or how the circuit works.

Nah. I build them inside the lid of a cast aluminum stomp box, and put a
paper schematic inside.  No worries. 
> 
>
> 
> Many high frequency ic's have a ground tab that must be connected to 
> ground. This is not possible with dead bugs.
> 
> Often not all of a prototype must be on a copperclad ground plane. 
> Perpheral supporting circuits can be placed on a prototype board, with a 
> section of ground plane mounted on the proto board as needed. This makes 
> mounting test points and input and output signals much easier.
> 
> Amazon has a large selection of suitable proto boards:
> 
> https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=prototype+pcb+board
> 
> 

More trouble than it’s worth IME. 

Cheers 

Phil Hobbs 


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Dr Philip C D Hobbs  Principal Consultant  ElectroOptical Innovations LLC /
Hobbs ElectroOptics  Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics