I've built a few circuits now, and am gradually getting more experience. One area where I run into difficulty is when I move things from a breadboard to perfboard. In particular, what is a good way to transfer +5v and Gnd?
I know there are some perfboards with traces on them equivalent to what you'd find in a breadboard...but they cost more than plain perfboard, and many of them just connect 5 holes together rather than providing busses on the side. For my projects, I've ended up running a +5v rail of bare wire down one side, and a ground rail of bare wire down the other, then soldering wires / component leads to that. It works, but isn't really robust or satisfying.
What do you do when you move from breadboard to perfboard?
Perfboard is half way between the breadboard and a pcb. So because you now have the ability to see which chips should be closer and how things will minimize the amount of solder, interference and jumpering, you should do just that before starting with the soldering.
Then you can create a whole row of +5 and GND and jumper from there to where you need for example.
Lol I like your original method of running bare lines, its the same thing I do just because it keeps the top nice and neat, I tried individual wires but it starts to be a pain and more mess, especially if your working with alot of components
