It was almost 25 years ago since I last built a circuit on a perfboard or stripboard and forgot most of what I learned. Now, I've designed a new circuit, but I'm overwhelmed by the sheer wiring that I need to do. How do I start? Am I supposed to use jumpers for the wiring inside the red boxes? I wa…

Since you are starting with a Devboard as a central component, The best approach would be to get some female-header-pins and solder those onto the perfboard (aka experiment PCB) in the appropriate spot so the devboard fits onto it neatly. Then get some thin solid wire with isolation in various colo…

Planning , start by drawing the component pins on paper and use strait wires to connect pins. If the wires cross to much swap the component 180 deg. Leave a few open tracks between components and use that to transfer wires.

[image] qwerty389: I was concerned about the solid wires that will be crisscrossing one another. That is why they should be insulated. Solder at the back/ bottom fly over at the top end to the spot you want and then solder at the back. Don't know how to explain it more accurately. [2022040…

I like solderable magnetic wire for this type of work, its easier to solder off the enamel exactly where you need it rather than fighting with the insulation jacket, especially with very small wires. the counter argument of course is color coding the power wires from signal wires, etc.

[image] Deva_Rishi: Hopefully this picture explains a 1000 words. Yes, your picture explains it very vividly. Thanks a lot!

[image] qwerty389: Or is there a better way? Use strip board. This program is great. Software > DIY Layout Creator : DIY Fever – Building my own guitars,... [DIY Fever] DIY Layout Creator - DIY Layout Creator software and layout collection

Wire-wrapping is still a good standby for complicated boards. The old Tefzel wire is horribly expensive now, but Kynar is affordable. You can literally go from point to point. It was good enough for early computer boards and I believe some commercial IBM boards were sold wire-wrapped. Wiring penc…

[image] qwerty389: Now, I've designed a new circuit, but I'm overwhelmed by the sheer wiring that I need to do. I think that such complex circuits are very difficult to assemble on a breadboard, it is easier to first draw and order the PCB, and then solder the parts

Your schematic layout may contribute to this general apprehension. There's not a lot there - it's all in the presentation.

How on earth do I solder all these on a board?

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qwerty389 June 11, 2025, 12:19pm 3

Thank you. I was planning to do that but I was concerned about the solid wires that will be crisscrossing one another. Is that standard practice? Or is there a better way?

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How on earth do I solder all these on a board?

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