[Elecraft] OT - SMT breadboarding

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I have 2 of these boards and they are as described and very useful.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108
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On 7 Jan 2011, at 20:13, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:

> Jack Smith wrote:
>> BPS makes a small grid prototype board that will mount a variety of SMT 
>> parts - one board accommodates different size parts.
>> 
>> http://www.busboard.us/pdfs/BPS-MAR-SP3UT-001.pdf
>> 
> 
> A small British company is now making RF prototyping boards that have 
> square pads on a 0.1in grid, with a continuous copper groundplane on the 
> reverse. Every pad has an unplated hole drilled through to the 
> groundplane, which allows good RF grounding.
> 
> The board is very versatile because you can mix and match various styles 
> of construction on the two different sides.
> 
> The groundplane side can be treated as continuous copper for dead-bug 
> and 'ugly' styles of construction, but the pre-drilled holes make it 
> very easy to connect through to the pad-style wiring on the other side. 
> To make insulated lead-throughs, simply remove the copper around the 
> selected holes.
> 
> On the pad side, the 0.1in grid is suitable for conventional wire-leaded 
> devices and DIL ICs, along with many of the larger SMD packages. 
> Smaller-pitch devices can be soldered dead-bug style on either side of 
> the board - whichever way works better for that particular part of the 
> circuit.
> 
> <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RF-Matrix-PadBoard-149x114x1-6-Prototype-Circuit-B
> oard-/170586485860>
>