Prototyping Bits

[Alarm Siren]

Upon reading the same article, I learnt that, if following the original Cannon nomenclature, the suffixes P and S should be used for Male and Female respectively, not M and F.

[Tor]

I generally agree about being correct as far as terminology is concerned, and i learned something new about D-sub shell sizes.
The exception is TIA-232 - I just can't use it (as in writing or speaking). "TIA-232" sounds like a joke. A toy thing. EIA-232 was OK as far as I'm concerned. But I can't stand "TIA-232". So I never use it. This post is the only exception. As EIA-232 didn't last, I'm back to using RS-232 in all my communication about the serial standard.. and at least nobody will ever be in doubt of what I'm talking about.

[EugeneNine]

Alarm Siren wrote:

Yea, but that's $5. A 7805 and a couple of caps'll set you back ~$0.50.

The advantage here is its all off the protoboard so you get more space.

[Tor]

EugeneNine wrote:

Alarm Siren wrote:

Yea, but that's $5. A 7805 and a couple of caps'll set you back ~$0.50.

The advantage here is its all off the protoboard so you get more space.

You can get them from ebay too, then they'll be less than a dollar with free shipping (I have a bunch of them - sometimes you can get two or three on an extra cheap deal). They work too, fortunately..

[EugeneNine]

I saw multipacks after I ordered the one. I made it habit to search for the multipacks now, like a couple weeks ago when I needed a bearing for my table saw, one was $4 and 10 were $5.

[Aslak3]

I have used a few adapters bought from eBay. I've also made up a few of my own since they are fun and easy to make. Here's a picture showing some of them in use:

This shows:

PLCC84 adapter: The biggest one I've made up. You can buy these from specialist suppliers, but they are big money, so I made one with my toner transfer + FC + Dremel drill press home PCB method. I was quite pleased with this!
PLCC22 adapter: nothing to say about this really, bought from ebay. I have some '44s as well.
Power adapter board: I made this up for fun and because I got fed up with dodgy USB hacks. At some point I will buy a bench power supply...
IDC10 adapter: Useful for AVR projects. I also made a IDC40 adapter which was used for my IDE interface prototype, and other things. Those were made with stripboard and a very fine knife cut down between the two rows of pins.

Other bodges/hacks:

A Shrink DIP64 to 0.1" pin adapter (PCB) for playing with a Yamaha V9958
Flex connector (irritating staggered 2.5mm pin spacing) to DIP adapter (PCB)
Attaching a bit of strip board to one end of a SCART cable
3.5mm sockets...

All kinds of things are possible. I love my breadboards.