Advantages and disadvantages of using a stripboard?

Answer 1

Advantages of Stripboard:

� Low Cost - no expensive PCBs to send for.

� No Mess - no chemical hazard, no slop, no Photography or plotting.

� Fast - take a piece of stripboard off the shelf and start building (although good planning is always helpful).

� Adaptable - modify the layout to suit the components locally available.

� Versatile - add more functions or circuits on the same piece of board.

� Compact - unlike Wire Wrap stripboard can be built into small enclosures.

� Widespread - universally available in all parts of the World.

Disadvantages of Stripboard:

• Labor Intensive - if building more than one or two units.
• Non-optimal - less component density than a well laid out PCB (although I have been able to get some quite compact layouts)