Finding certain prototype board - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: Lycaon
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 04:18:11 pm
content: A few weeks ago, I ran across some cheap circuit boards that seemed to be good quality despite the price. They were in several different sizes but the handy thing about them is they had all of their pad pairs traced togetherI have some LCDs that are particularly difficult for me to solder down and impossible for me to make my own solder traces from, so essentially I can't connect anything t the LCD pins. Any of you know where to get this board at? I've checked eBay, Sparkfun had something similar at one time but its discontinued, and a Google search wasn't very successful.

author: Aodhan145
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 04:42:51 pm
content: Pictures?

author: Lycaon
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2015, 06:42:47 pm
content: If I had a picture of it, it'd be off of a website that would surely identify the type of board

author: Joule Thief
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2015, 07:04:52 pm
content: Quote from: Lycaon on December 22, 2015, 04:18:11 pmthat's all I distilled from your two paragraphs.best starting point I can offer ishttps://www.google.com/search?q=prototype+pcb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC-ILamfrJAhVKPj4KHRD1DZYQ_AUICSgD&biw=893&bih=534&dpr=0.9Veroboard maybe?https://www.google.com/search?q=prototype+pcb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC-ILamfrJAhVKPj4KHRD1DZYQ_AUICSgD&biw=893&bih=534&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=veroboard

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2015, 09:51:37 pm
content: Quote from: Lycaon on December 22, 2015, 04:18:11 pmWhat do you mean exactly by that?What are "pad pairs" and what is "traced together"?

author: Aodhan145
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2015, 10:07:35 pm
content: This video has some boards which may fit your description.

author: Lycaon
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 26, 2015, 10:34:04 pm
content: Quote from: rdl on December 26, 2015, 09:51:37 pmWell, a pad pair is a pair of pads, aka two pads next to each other, and traced together means they are connected together with a conductive trace. I thought they were pretty self explanatory.Looks like the roboard/busboard/veroboard is very close to what I saw. Only difference is the one that I saw just had the pairs connected... Thank you guys though, now I have enough search terms to be able to keep looking for myself

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2015, 02:05:52 pm
content: QuoteThat is why I asked. I don't think of pads on a board as being a bunch of "pairs". The only ones I would think of as a pair are the top and bottom pads of the same hole. Anyway, I think this is something like what you want.http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/sb-2h1/two-hole-pad-single-sided-breadboard/1.htmlIt does not appear to be all that good of quality though. Velleman has one that looks better if you can find a distributor.https://www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?id=524762If you keep searching ebay, you may eventually find someone selling similar boards. There's just no telling how they will be described though, which makes them hard to search for.

author: Lycaon
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2015, 06:29:11 pm
content: That first board is exactly the configuration I am trying to find. Thank you very much, rdl. Now, if I can find one on the greenish PCB, they look better quality ;p

author: rich
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2015, 06:50:44 pm
content: ROTH ELEKTRONIK have a few similar designs, you might find something you like here:http://uk.farnell.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?catalogId=15001&langId=44&storeId=10151&categoryId=700000005134&sort=P_PRICE&mf=100517&pageSize=100&showResults=truefor example:http://uk.farnell.com/roth-elektronik/re942-s1/solderable-breadboard-24-76mm/dp/2474744