Hi everyone...

Im making a big circuit using those strip boards. Is it best to have the wires on the top or underneath?

Thanks

 

Either way will work.


It's 'best' to have all the wires hooked up right and nothing shorted out.

 

It's 'best' to have all the wires hooked up right and nothing shorted out.

No sh*t shelock hahaha
Ok, i think i will wire underneath, thanks for the posty

 

Im making a big circuit using those strip boards. Is it best to have the wires on the top or underneath?

I put the wires on top, but I don't cut off the trailing ends (that protrude through the board) until it's finished. That's so that if I need multiple connections to the same node, and run out of holes, I can tack a new wire to the trailing end on the bottom side.

But I prefer:

If I'm reasonably certain the circuit will work, I will lay out a PC board using a quick service like ExpressPCB, and get 2 boards etched without mask or silkscreen. It's usually less than $75, and saves that much in labor costs. I add extra pads wherever there is room, so I can cut and paste in the case of errors or changes. Also, I socket everything.

When the circuit is tweaked, I can generally go smoothly to a finished, masked board with less effort.

(It helps if I'm working for a client, too, and can charge the cost to an account.)

Dangerous Bill

 

I have made hundreds, thousands (or millions) of circuits on Veroboard (stripboard).
The strips form half of a pcb and most of the parts and a few jumper wires (on the components side) form the remainder of the pcb.
Only one wire goes in each hole like on a pcb.