Putting together my first fairly major project I am quickly realizing that if you are not extremely careful in planning, a perf board can get very messy very quickly.
I was thinking that planning out with a PCB designer might be a good way to at least help somewhat in component placement.
But I think instead of rebuilding what I have, I might rather spend the time making a PCB.
Just some questions.
I am working with ExpressPCB. They have a 1.5 Amp bridge rectifier component. One of the pads are square, the others round. What does the square pad supposed to represent? It looks to me like one of the AC inputs but that does not make much sense to me.
Am I better off just sticking with 1 layer for my first project (a bench power supply)?
And this last one could probably be answered if I do some searching but what is the best way to cut the board to size?
I was thinking that planning out with a PCB designer might be a good way to at least help somewhat in component placement.
But I think instead of rebuilding what I have, I might rather spend the time making a PCB.
Just some questions.
I am working with ExpressPCB. They have a 1.5 Amp bridge rectifier component. One of the pads are square, the others round. What does the square pad supposed to represent? It looks to me like one of the AC inputs but that does not make much sense to me.
Am I better off just sticking with 1 layer for my first project (a bench power supply)?
And this last one could probably be answered if I do some searching but what is the best way to cut the board to size?