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In early development work on a project, I place components on a standard punchdown board and add flying leads as needed. If I need a little more durability, I’ve gone to using stripboard(link below), which has a 27X35 grid of solder holes, with rows interconnected by continuous copper strips. I temp…

Nice. I don't use Excel but I'm sure some people would like to use it. Can you post the sheet / macros?

[image] jacktheSE: a design tool to aid in this process I use KiCad, set the grid to 0.1”, and tell it I’m using a 2 layer PCB. Then I use the bottom copper layer for the strips, marking cuts with an X. For wire links I use the top copper layer.

[image] jacktheSE: I used the macro language embedded in Microsoft Excel for that. Nice but looks like a lot of work to create the Excell sheet. I just print even spaced dot in Excell and print it and draw what I want to build. [image]

If you have a license for Microsoft Office, you have Excel and the underlying macro language called Visual Basic for Applications. It’s under the Development tab that must me enabled in Excel, I believe. It’s a full object-oriented language with a wonderful IDE and debugger. This forum will not allo…

[image] jacktheSE: Not great solder joints as you can see, but good enough for hobby work. Stripboard can be challenging to get clean joints due to the way the solder likes to wick down the tracks. There is a type of stripboard that has solder mask over the tracks, providing the type of "pads…

[image] jacktheSE: If you have a license for Microsoft Office That is the problem :slight_smile: [image] jacktheSE: you have Excel and the underlying macro language called Visual Basic for Applications. Long ago, while still working, I did use that at occasion.

Thanks for the great tip. I found the item below on Amazon that appears to be the same thing with a solder mask. Arrives Thursday and I’ll give it a try. … <a href="https://www.amazon.com/10-Pieces-Perfboard-Universal-Stripboard-Prototyping/dp/B019Q0ZTJ6/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?crid=26IH9KRRULL6B&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QuYTcnDrIuF0ssN36vjnqUhpo6vcSwQmrIIpaEFBNSlfAzC6J_nGN76QTmvYoK_6j-rE5Xxt8WljCUvlsdNcOI_2sm5EesvCpRgA_XOfFwz-EceIHlo3u7mH7WnRMy1muaAiysrs-p55pE_RZkBAqAVy9gN6eGwJrcW5nZDrvVffFWIpmNGzzq9DTtpLuTxG_FpoFzjnzEoHCYnJ7dx_o-Xm05BvIXtczvEfLZPJ-5Sh88kKcgECZDlILb7R2KqECuumSUZS2vXpP2PIT5pkjtE87A8NePNFGC0-1-3mGyk.JTmLBwcBZl9bhjpEETQBxHtWmri-IqwQ-P6bkVZUQdQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=stripboard+solder+mask&qid=1759899899&sprefix=stripboard+solder+mask%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-12-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&psc=1">Amazon.com: GENNEL 10-Pieces 70mm x 90mm Copper Strip PCB Board, 884 Holes Perfboard, Universal Stripboard Printed Circuit Board for Soldering …

[image] ptillisch: Stripboard can be challenging to get clean joints due to the way the solder likes to wick down the tracks. I've developed my own prototype strip board, partially inspired by an Adafruit design. The tracks are easy to cut, where not required, and solder does not flow across …

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Kicad has already been suggested and this method looks quite impressive: Perfboard circuit design with Kicad

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