Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping

Engineers like Collin never die,they just go OFFLINE!

The music to these Make: videos puts me at ease. Collin is one talented dude.

The best strain relief for external parts I've seen is when you drill two holes next to the solder point and loop the wire down and back out.

I must say! Another great video for most of us beginner-intermediate electronic enthusiasts. I learned a few great tips on my own after so many circuits I built. But I picked up a few more with this video and your other videos. Thank you so much. And keep them coming. :D

Very nice to get a proper introduction to the basics of this prototyping technique. I've used these boards before, but just kind of did whatever seemed to work!

His videos are much better then the ones that are just commercials.

Excellent video Collin.

Good tutorial. One caveat: after testing, scrub the board using an old toothbrush and some 90% isopropyl alcohol to remove solder bits and flux. Make sure the board is completely dry before plugging it back in.

Collin produces high quality YouTube videos, it would take me for ever to get to that standard

I don't care how many times I hear an American say  "sawder", I am always going to say "soulder". I'm Irish and proud. :) Love these quirkily well presented shows :)

Excellent vid! I was just going to build an audio project and was considering perfboards. This video is just what I need!

LOVE the synth music! I hope it's used in every video from here on out for multiple reasons!

2:08 omg that is the most satisfying looking circuit !!

I love Collin's videos! You're very smart! Also, where do you find the music you use in your videos? Keep on the good work!

Welcome back Collin, really like your video's!

I think you are the only person who does instructional videos on this channel nowadays.

I find myself preferring "pad per hole" more and more these days. Sure, it's not quite as neat-looking on the underside, but my layout options are more flexible and I don't mind a bit of spaghetti! I've found the thing that's helped me most is to use PTFE-insulated hookup wire - if things are getting a bit packed-in, it doesn't melt if you accidentally jab it with the soldering iron!

Bending the lead in a certain direction I have never thought of that and I have been doing this for a while amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I'm back to this video (after soldering my 3rd attempt to a VCO which came out with a success)... And I can tell that one of the most important parts here is planning . It's hard to plan your layout well "on fly". Merely impossible. So I recommend to everybody a small program called DIYLC . It's not the best program but it's free and you can share your layouts with friends easily. After planning i've made a pretty accurate circuit. First two looks like a mad spaghetti! And they've didn't worked :) Actually that was more about a flux that wasn't cleared... But a lack of planning (especially with sensitive circuits like any complex VCO) can lead to a mess or a not working thing.

i have no clue what he does but its 100 times more interesting than any of the john park videos:) just FACINATING