DIP28/Arduino Prototyping Kit – $28
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Over time, while working with Cliff Donley (K8TND), I learned he frequently used the Manhattan style and dead bug techniques for his initial layouts. He asked me if I would lay out a dip8 pcb with an array of pads to make his life easier. After I made his board, it occurred to me that an expanded version for RF and Digital circuits as a complete kit might be helpful to experimenters.
This kit includes a 4.25″ square double sided board, including components, with:
Onboard 9V battery clips.
+5V regulated supply (78L05) with filtering, w/pads available on both sides.
Jumper selected 9V or AUX supply via a board mounted 2.1mm jack.
Two 3.5mm stereo jacks, w/pads available on both sides.
BNC female jack in the rear, w/pads available on both sides.
It has both a DIP28 socket and 30pin female header sockets for the .60″ standard Arduino Nano width connections, w/pads available on both sides. Obviously, multiple, shorter dip ic’s can be accommodated for a combination up to 28 pins.
The prototyping board kit is double sided with 156 pads on the front and 185 pads on the rear. There can be an independent circuit on each side, or a more complex circuit using the fifteen pads that have vias enabling circuitry to pass through to both sides. The .30″ socket and the .60″ socket strips can be mounted on either side, or together on the same side. The corners have nylon spacers on the bottom and top of the board to hold the pcb out of the clutter on the work surface and for component clearance, when working on either side. Components can be easily manipulated as the design evolves. The integral power supply and the I/O connectors greatly reduce the clutter of wires when testing.