The hardest job in any vero build is translating a drawn schematic into a board you can actually solder, and this free web app takes on that whole problem. Vero Designer converts schematics into stripboard layouts, and the new 1.5 update extends that to perfboards as well. Drawing the schematic first, picking the perf router in beta and hitting Generate produces a layout, and the result stays editable: components, links and board size can all be changed afterwards.
The whole thing ships as one self-contained HTML file with nothing external, so it runs entirely offline. It imports KiCad schematic files and exports bill of materials text plus PNG images of both schematic and board views. Pinout editing is a standout addition, since it lets you work with transistors that are not in the built-in library. There is also a new dock that pops up over the lower area of a layout page, offering text, image and link placement along with cut and delete actions, and edge connections can now shift up, down or across to the opposite side.
Details that stand out: front and back view modes, an export showing both sides with color-coded solder bridge paths, resizable electrolytic capacitors, and themes with grid overlays and saturation control. The example son of screamer layout, a 15 by 11 board with 21 solder runs using a TL072 and those 1N4148 and 1N5817 diodes, shows the perfboard path working on a real overdrive.
The trade-off: mobile was impossible before this update, and while Safari, macOS, iOS and iPadOS are now optimized, the maker considers phone use good enough rather than equal to desktop. Custom microcontroller parts with chosen names and pin counts also remain out of reach for now.
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