M. Adam Davis wrote:
> I was just thinking about starting doing this again myself, since all
> of my stuff is surface mount I can skip most of the drilling.
> 
> I expect for the more complex boards I can use 1206 0 ohm resistors as
> jumpers (ie, to be the second side).
> 
> But it would probably beat the occasional need to do a dead bug
> prototype of a fine pitch part!

Dead-bugging still has it's place.

I've been known to use "ugly construction" or variants of "Manhattan" 
construction for quick prototypes. Most notably a thermocouple amp I 
built up to test a Maxim thermocouple controller chip (MAX6675? the one 
with the built in cold-junction compensator, A/D and SPI interface).

Good fun for making little modules to hook up on a breadboard, but 
utterly hopeless for anything remotely complex...

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