I've gotten the odd email asking about some of the stripboard layouts and what certain things mean
so I've made a quick little diagram to show you what I mean.
the software I use is known as DIY layout Editor they have updated releases available however for the sake of being lazy I just stuck with the one you see my layouts on here.
Tips.
1. take things really slowly, always count the holes, on larger projects I even label the X Y axis of the board so I don't accidentally misplace a part - so many projects in the past have fallen to a misplaced part.
2. once you have finished your soldering, run a scalpel/stanley knife down each track in-between to catch any little stray whiskers of solder that have found their way to arcing strips
3. double check electrolytic polarities - it's never fun when one of those explodes in your face!
4. make sure your track cuts are well and truly cut, sometimes I've found micro slithers of track left over after cutting.
5. make it as neat as possible, not only does a nice looking board give greater satisfaction but it also aids toward troubleshooting should something go wrong.
6. trust my layouts because I go to great lengths to build and test each layout before I even think about posting them on here, when a week goes by and I haven't posted a layout the reason is usually because the layout didn't work.
if it doesn't work it doesn't get posted.
