On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:57:28 -0700, you wrote:

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>On Dec 29, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Sean Breheny wrote:
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>> Do I understand properly what you guys are looking for? Is it not the
>> products shown at the links below?
>>
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>The line pattern board at Alltronics is close.  It would work, in fact  
>for many applications where stripboard is desired.  However, true  
>stripboard is far easier to cut to size, as it does not have a margin  
>or header at the end of the board. 

Real Veroboard is also not fibreglass - it's SRBP ( laminated paper), which makes it easy to cut by
snapping by hand or sidecutters - with practice you can even do L-shaped cuts with nothing but
fingernails!

I never understood why so many people make protoboards with single-hole pads - much slower  to use
and a real PITA if you need to replace parts.  

Traditional veroboard is great for discrete components and low pincount DIPs, but can get tedious
for mostly IC based things, for which the boards wth power rails and 3-hole DIP strips are more
compact and quicker to use. I like the through-plated ones as you can solder wires in from the top,
and they have good mechanical strength for connectors etc., but are slightly harder to unsolder
from.

These boards are relatively expensive, but last time I ran out I found that as I use quite a lot of
these (30-40/yr), it was pretty cost effective to get some of my own design made at a Chinese PCB
supplier, and so I also added a load of SMD pads and a variety of connector footprints.
(http://www.whitewing.co.uk/protoboard.html)
 

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