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- From: kc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Kenneth Cameron)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Vector wire pencils
- Message-ID: <BzoFBy.A4w@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 19:55:10 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.152708.11873@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Reply-To: kc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Kenneth Cameron)
- Organization: Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U
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- In article <1992Dec21.152708.11873@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> stephens@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (mark stephens) writes:
- >Are these useful? They are the "pencils" which wrap a wire around a post
- >and you then solder it. I'm trying to determine what system to use for
- >creating circuits for this new (to me) hobby. Etching seems to be a tad
- >much for (probably) one shot boards and wire wrapping might be overkill.
- >With the pencil, do you need special posts for inserting into a perf
- >board?
-
- For a small circuit (about dozen trans, maybe a couple of ICs), I use a bit of
- strip board. For anything bigger I do a PCB if it'll layout single sided.
- Otherwise wire-wrap (but then I have access to a mains gun so
- it's real quick). I tried using solder wrap once and only once, I found it a
- real pain to make changes. I also have a hand wire wrap tool for use at
- home, it's slower but I like the flexibility of wirewrap. I you find solder
- wrap suits you great, but don't dismiss wire wrap. The startup costs for the
- hand versions of each should n't be that different. Maybe you need to borrow
- each if you can to decide.
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- Kenneth@Edinburgh.ac.uk kc@dcs.ed.ac.uk
- 4th Year Honours Student, Dept of Computer Science, The University of Edinburgh
- Project: Acceleration of Constructive Solid Geometry Using a Custom VLSI Device
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