I agree. I think they're crap. The copper lifts off of the board extremely easily. The holes are not plated. The board should only cost $1.50. -- Martin K Xiaofan Chen wrote: >I am not so sure of what you are using. The one we buy for the students >were really not good. The students spent way to much time to solder. >So the next TA did the layout for the board and got the boards >manufactured in China ... So the next batch of students had a much >easier time dealing with soldering. > >To be honest, just the color of the board will tell you it is not a very good >one. Maybe my standard of a good prototype board is a bit high after being >spoiled with the high quality prototyping board I was using in the previous >company... > >Regards, >Xiaofan > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist