PERF BOARD!!

[bigkim100]

Where can I get IC Pitch Perf Boards, PLAIN, no cladding, no Copper!
Remember, Im I Canada, but I often order from the States, and Europe.
Its getting progressively more difficult to find. Im an old fart, and I love this stuff to build on!!

 

[Minder]

I get all my boards from here, https://futurlec.com/Protoboards.shtml not sure if you can use any of these?

 

[bigkim100]

Thank you, but every one of them is plated

 

[bertus]

Hello,

This is stated as holes only:

https://www.amazon.com/84P44WE-Vectorbord-General-Purpose-Prototyping/dp/B00B88D7Q2

Bertus

 

[bigkim100]

Hello,

This is stated as holes only:

https://www.amazon.com/84P44WE-Vectorbord-General-Purpose-Prototyping/dp/B00B88D7Q2

Bertus

Thank you Bertus, but American seller, no ship to the Colonies

 

[kellys_eye]

Try this source - UK based but they do stock it.

PCB Equipment - Stripboard

Plain Matrix Board, Eurocard and Copper Stripboard, used for manufacturing and proto typing electronic circuits

www.esr.co.uk

or here:

Plain Matrix Board (no copper) 100x160mm 0.1"grid | Bowood Electronics

This matrix board has been manufactured in SRBP (0.1in) grid. Hole diameter 1mm Hole Pitch: 2.54mm Length: 160mm (60 holes) Width: 100mm (38 holes) Total 2280 holes

www.bowood-electronics.co.uk

or eBay:

Perfboard Matrix Board WR Rademacher VK C-716-5 Hard Paper Perf Board | eBay UK

Great for prototypes and one off designs. Board Thickness:1.5 mm. Material:Hard Paper. Spiratronics Part Number. Width:100 mm.

www.ebay.co.uk

Notwithstanding the above, I have been using this stuff for a few years now:

Large RF Matrix PadBoard 233x160x1.6 Prototype Circuit Board FR4 G10. DIY PCB | eBay

These boards are drilled not punched. They are manufactured by DAR-Tec in the UK. Matrix of 91 x 62 1mm holes on a 0.1"pitch. (Other hole sizes on request - subject to minimum order quantity).

www.ebay.co.uk

The solid copper-coated side makes a great earth plane and can make prototype construction very compact (all your ground connections solder on the component side and you use a small drill bit to give clearance to component wires that need to pass through to be wired point-to-point).

It might look complicated but it's surprisingly simple to use and the compactness of the finished results is quite astonishing - I'll try to upload a pic or two of some stuff I've done over the years but, as ever, each to their own!

 

[bigkim100]

Ive been building on PerfBoard since I was 12, and Im 61 now. Was just finding it hard to get

 

[kellys_eye]

Got you beat by 2 years! I'm 63 now and been doing it since the same age as you but I've also discovered other methods that actually work better than plain stripboard - vis-a-vis the copper plane/solderpad stuff in the last pics I posted.

Of course, each to their own (as I said) but you might be pleasantly surprised at the 'new' stuff - the advantage of a ground plane cannot be over-stated but then again that's because I'm into more RF-based construction these days.

 

[bigkim100]

Try this source - UK based but they do stock it.

PCB Equipment - Stripboard

Plain Matrix Board, Eurocard and Copper Stripboard, used for manufacturing and proto typing electronic circuits

www.esr.co.uk

or here:

Plain Matrix Board (no copper) 100x160mm 0.1"grid | Bowood Electronics

This matrix board has been manufactured in SRBP (0.1in) grid. Hole diameter 1mm Hole Pitch: 2.54mm Length: 160mm (60 holes) Width: 100mm (38 holes) Total 2280 holes

www.bowood-electronics.co.uk

or eBay:

Perfboard Matrix Board WR Rademacher VK C-716-5 Hard Paper Perf Board | eBay UK

Great for prototypes and one off designs. Board Thickness:1.5 mm. Material:Hard Paper. Spiratronics Part Number. Width:100 mm.

www.ebay.co.uk

Notwithstanding the above, I have been using this stuff for a few years now:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17512278...1x2ULtAlp4toJokH1xawVsU/c=|tkp:Bk9SR6D63OD5YA

The solid copper-coated side makes a great earth plane and can make prototype construction very compact (all your ground connections solder on the component side and you use a small drill bit to give clearance to component wires that need to pass through to be wired point-to-point).

It might look complicated but it's surprisingly simple to use and the compactness of the finished results is quite astonishing - I'll try to upload a pic or two of some stuff I've done over the years but, as ever, each to their own!

Thank you very much, I have ordered from them, as they happily accepted my order from Canada.