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- From: cstadbg@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr M J Brown)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Vector wire pencils
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 12:33:03 -0000
- Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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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
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- I dont like the look of wire wrapping ... it doesnt look to reliable to me
- but then again, there are many companies that use it .... I wont though!
-
- >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.
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- Etching is a pain if done with transfers onto copper board etc.... using
- the UV senstitve boards is a big improvement, just draw with a nice black
- pen on the board and stick it in the sun!
-
- >With the pencil, do you need special posts for inserting into a perf
- >board?
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- My favourite, for one shot stuff is to use Veroboard (Probably a trademark)
- which is like perfboard but with copper tracks running down the back. There
- are variants on this, such as holes grouped in threes or fives, but I find
- it very easy to use, and more reliable than perfboard, where you have to
- interwire the components on the back (yuk!)
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