> Hi all,
>
> My senior project design team is about to build a wire-wrapped
> prototype of our final project. I was hoping that some of you may lend
> a few [much needed] words of advice. Here's some general background
> information:

Along with keeping signal lines as straight as possible, power lines
as short as possible, and soldering the power lines...

You will probably be using some wire wrap sockets for your chips.
It is often helpful to superglue the sockets to the board so they
don't move around on you while you get them wrapped. If you can't
use superglue or don't want to use it, then just lightly wirewrap
the 4 corners of the socket first, make all of the other connections,
and then undo the corners and do those connections.

6 to 8 turns around a wirewrap post is the usual number of turns
to take to ensure a tight connection.

Since you are new to wirewrapping, you might want to practice a
little while on some scrap posts or wire before you actually do
it on your circuit. Practice will teach you what not to do.

I usually get the colored 30 gauge Kynar wire. That way I can
use one color for signals, one color for ground, etc. I always
connect my grounds first and then the other power lines. This
prevents me from connecting the chip up backwards later on.

If you goof up and have to unwrap a connection do not reuse that
piece of wire.

A small pair of wiresnips or manicure scissors are nice to have around
to trim up the extra bit of wire on the posts.

Good luck
-- 
Cris Wilson
Clemson University
Daniel 212
cris@clemson.edu

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