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From: "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: An actual circuit
Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 23:39:02 -0400
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"john larkin" <jl@650pot.com> wrote in message 
news:obm25jtajqj96tjutjmo4vhlvglje74444@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 24 May 2024 22:56:02 -0400, "Edward Rawde"
> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>"Mike Monett VE3BTI" <spamme@not.com> wrote in message
>>news:XnsB17CDFBC01F77idtokenpost@135.181.20.170...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>>I used to like Speedwire, particularly if I wanted and 8-bit CPU and a 
>>bunch
>>of 22V10s.
>>But it's no surprise I can barely find any reference to it now.
>>
>>https://www.google.com/search?&q=speedwire+bicc-vero&tbm=isch
>>
>>https://www.edn.com/wp-content/uploads/contenteetimes-images-01mdunn-benchtalk-proto4.jpg
>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> MRM
>>
>
> It's cheap and easy now to make a few double-side or multilayer PCBs
> for anything complex.

True but you can reuse a speedwire board :)

What PCB design system/software do you use?

>