I have 2 of these boards and they are as described and very useful. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108 -- Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you realize you are muddy and the pig is enjoying it.
On 7 Jan 2011, at 20:13, Ian White GM3SEK wrote: > Jack Smith wrote: >> BPS makes a small grid prototype board that will mount a variety of SMT >> parts - one board accommodates different size parts. >> >> http://www.busboard.us/pdfs/BPS-MAR-SP3UT-001.pdf >> > > A small British company is now making RF prototyping boards that have > square pads on a 0.1in grid, with a continuous copper groundplane on the > reverse. Every pad has an unplated hole drilled through to the > groundplane, which allows good RF grounding. > > The board is very versatile because you can mix and match various styles > of construction on the two different sides. > > The groundplane side can be treated as continuous copper for dead-bug > and 'ugly' styles of construction, but the pre-drilled holes make it > very easy to connect through to the pad-style wiring on the other side. > To make insulated lead-throughs, simply remove the copper around the > selected holes. > > On the pad side, the 0.1in grid is suitable for conventional wire-leaded > devices and DIL ICs, along with many of the larger SMD packages. > Smaller-pitch devices can be soldered dead-bug style on either side of > the board - whichever way works better for that particular part of the > circuit. > > <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RF-Matrix-PadBoard-149x114x1-6-Prototype-Circuit-B > oard-/170586485860> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
