Point to Point Soldering Construction Methods

Mar 09, 2007 8 Replies
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I tried to find those ancient solderable terminal strips as seen on

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Has anybody found this at Digikey?



But while looking, I found prototyping with turrets and turret boards.

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Listed on digikey's site but no stock so I guess it sucks.
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?Ref=9698&Site=CA&Cat=34210983 (If Digi doesn't have it...you don't need it .. :) ) Anybody here put turrets to use and is it a good prototyping method?



I've done dead bug, 3D matrix, vero, adhesive copper tape, wirewound and terminal strip. But haven't done turret. D from BC


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Wow, that's a /really/ old system (notice the weird pin-spacing?). I haven't seen those around since the days of tag strips. I'd be amazed if you can find any place that still stocks it. You could do something similar these days by using break-off pin-header strips in that 0.1" perfboard + solder pads style protoyping board. If 0.1" spacing is too tight, just pull every second pin before soldering.

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The only way to go for tubes (terminal strips, that is). As such, they are plentiful at such sites as

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although I don't know how they are priced (I haven't had to buy any yet ;).

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boards.

If it must be obtainable from Digikey then I suppose it depends on what you are happy with for your needs. For example, according to their stock list they have

500 of
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You can see what each looks like here

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Download the Cinch catalog from here:

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Go to page 2-35.

Click on the yellow 'Check Distributor [lack of] Stock' link on the Cinch site to find out what is where.

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I've used individual terminals: (mind the wrap)

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They make handly test points and off-board solder thingies, but never for prototyping on top of the breadboard itself - I just use the proto-board, and when I'm ready to melt metal, I use something like a pad-per-hole perfboard, preferably with a ground plane (actually, a grid) on top, and just wire point-to-point, with, like I said, turret terminals as handy little off-board tie points.

But unless you have the little anvil and special little punch, they're kind of a PITA to install properly. lessee...

Ah. Staking tools:

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Have Fun! Rich

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boards.http://www.keyelco.com/pdfs/p100.pdf

sucks.http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Criteria?Ref=9698&S...

I got some at Halted Specialties.

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They have their place. In my situation, I was putting together a passive filter network for DC power isolation. For a handful of large components, those strips are OK.

I'm guessing wirewound is wirewrap in Canada. ;-)

Dead bug really only works well with DIPs. For surface mount, the spacing is plain nuts. What sucks is those surf boards often cost more than the chips.

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sucks.http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Criteria?Ref=9698&S...

oops I meant wirewrap. Not wirewound like resistors..

I saw a old tv completely constructed with those solderable terminal strips. I'm going to check the local electronics surplus (&junk) store... D from BC

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