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Re: Prototyping - was "556 problems"



Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>

> I'm writing from *far* too much bitter experience with various
> prototyping systems - I've only been making PCBs using design software
> for a fortnight and there's no way that I'm going back!  I just hope
> that by saying this, I might spare others some agony...

I certainly agree. Specially for who doesn't have yet the experience
of discerning what is a bad contact and how to avoid them, prototyping
systems are sure disaster. -Well- soldered circuits always work, even
when uglily built.
 
> Final thought, on a safety note:  when working with high voltages, which
> would you prefer? a) a soldered joint, b) bits of wire twisted together.

This would be for high current. High-voltage, low-current, systems are
very tolerant to bad contact. They just spark over them...

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz