On Mar 9, 2006, at 4:33 AM, Vasile Surducan wrote: > waste your money once => buy your inhouse PCB maker device > When stripboard WORKS, I think it tends to go faster than easier than any actual PCB manufacturing process. (The holes are pre-drilled, the "cuts" made tend to be fewer than the holes you'd have to drill on a real PCB, and there's no etch step at all.) (I HAVE the inhouse PCB maker device (an LPKF), and while it's quicker than going out, I wouldn't want to race someone with a finished stripboard design from "design done" to "assembled board.") BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist