I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but it's saving me a lot of time on debugging. I started checking every adjacent row on my stripboards after I put all the components on and before I cut any of the tracks. If there happens to be any solder bridges, it's caught them, so far. And it's soooo much easier to track down than randomly checking pads. I realize this is probably one of those, "duh" moments but it helps me a ton at the moment.
" If there happens to be any solder bridges..."
When I do something, there happens solder bridges for sure. I did one transistor booster with few components, and had at least two. I am not sure, because it became alive for some reason while checking
Quote from: trendyironicname on March 02, 2010, 09:41:35 PM
I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but it's saving me a lot of time on debugging. I started checking every adjacent row on my stripboards after I put all the components on and before I cut any of the tracks. If there happens to be any solder bridges, it's caught them, so far. And it's soooo much easier to track down than randomly checking pads. I realize this is probably one of those, "duh" moments but it helps me a ton at the moment.
I look at the board in front of a strong lamp, then even tiny bridges are exposed.
Before that I also run a sharp knife between trace to cut bridges, if any.
Regards
Carsten