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Old 12th Nov 2020, 9:42 pm   #24
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Default Re: First project (mini mod)

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Originally Posted by baza100 View Post
Is this a good idea making my own circuit board so that I can see to solder. ... Am I mad or what?
Hello again Barry, I'd say that's inventive! There used to be a style of construction called 'breadboard' which beginners started with, and could involve nails and bits of wire and literally, a bread-board! I started like this in my early teens before I owned a soldering iron.

Your parallel wires idea is similar in some ways.

It's worth a try, although it has drawbacks. One is that it will be tricky to solder an integrated circuit into all that. The other one is to do with the stability of a radio frequency circuit laid out like that.

But it looks like you are on the exciting first steps of a path...

So there is nothing to lose by trying and seeing what happens! It's much preferable to you walking away from it! Keep us posted, there's plenty of support here!
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