2007-01-02 20:20:37 · 5 answers · asked by sam 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
a fairly simple circuit can be built without a circuit board, but anything complex, forget it. not only will it be difficult to impossible to wire up, but you also have to worry about noise and interference problems!
2007-01-03 01:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by justme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's like we did in them olden days with those funny glass thingys called radio tubes.
You use a magical product called the terminal strip. It has solder terminals attached to an insulating strip with a foot to screw it to your chassis. They come in a myriad of sizes from 1 to 12 terminals.
The only problem you will have is connecting to ICs'. You will either have to lengthen the leads or use a little adapter PC board.
But it is really easy. Lay out a pictorial diagram on paper. Then you can decide how many connections, and therefore solder terminals you need. Just try to keep things tidy.
Depending on what you have in mind the device can be mounted on a piece of wood, metal or in a box. Use metal if you need shielding. This also provides you with a common ground.
Unlike a circuit board, troubleshooting, circuit changes or additions are easy.
If you're interested go to www.keyelco.com Page 97 of the catalog. There's lots of other nifty things in there as well.
Have fun doing what we used to call home-brewing.
2007-01-03 16:02:03 · answer #2 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "breadboard" type circuit board is just a handy way to connect DIP ICs and discrete components without soldering them. There are several other types of circuit boards that do not pinch the wires and parts in place so solder must be used. Certainly you can solder together your parts and build a circuit without mounting the parts to a board.
2007-01-02 20:26:44 · answer #3 · answered by jestephen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all you need to build a circuit are wires and some electronic devices like resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches and if its a complicated circuit, then maybe transistors, diodes, ICs, etc.
Circuit board is only to make the circuit look neat. If u build a circuit without it, it will contain many crosses of wires and will be confusing which wire is wat .. but the circuit will definetely work
2007-01-02 20:25:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, it will work. this is done when you have to downsize the dimensions of a circuit or when the space were you have to fit it has an irregular shape.
2007-01-02 21:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by bily7001 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋