Question on Printed Circuit Boards and gauge size

Mar 11, 2008 1 Replies
U

I was recently playing around with a breadboard using 22 gauge wire, I guess the best wire choice for my breadboard.



If I were to buy a "canned" version of a printed circuit board, what gauge wires do they allow? I was hoping of converting my breadboard circuits to 16 gauge or 18 gauge wire. Are there printed circuit boards that accept this larger gauge?



I am also looking for a high quality enclosure (box) for this project, maybe 7 x 4 x 2 inches. Do you have any quality sources I can look into? Do the enclosures come with a canned version of a PCB that fill fit and be screwed down in the enclosure?



Thank you all, and have a great night,.


Vote
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
P

I assume you are referring to the holes that you would solder an external wire into - any decent PCD CAD program should allow you to place holes of any reasonable size on the board.

If you are referring to the width of tracks on the board, again, any decent PCB layout program should allow you to specify the track width (and many board makers will allow you some freedom in specifying copper thickness.)

Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca
Vote
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required