DIY Protoboard

Make your own protoboard - complete with snarky comments!

Grant Giesbrecht

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Even though protoboard is super common, I've had trouble finding some with connecting strips (ie. a breadboard pattern) that is easy to get a hold of for cheap. I'm putting in an order with my boardhouse for a different project (lab bench) so I figured now is a good time to tackle this issue. I designed the board in KiCad, now I've just got to send it off to JLCPCB or OSHPark.

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I designed this to be pretty similar to your typical breadboard. it has:

Strips of 5 holes
Center channels for ICs
Two 'breadboard' patterns
Two buses along each edge, 4 per breadboard
48 rows
M2 mounting holes
Mounting hole dimensions printed on board
2,54 mm pitch

I also made the channel between the two 'breadboard' patterns large enough that you can safely cut the board in half.

Files

KiCad_Protoboard.zip

Zipped gerbers + drill file. Upload this to your board house's website and you're good to go. Scrubbed of my pesky name too!

x-zip-compressed - 34.25 kB - 08/19/2019 at 06:00

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First real use
Grant Giesbrecht • 09/22/2019 at 05:29 • 0 comments

Here's the clock from my 8-bit computer build. I really like this protoboard :)
The boards arrived!
Grant Giesbrecht • 09/03/2019 at 05:29 • 0 comments

The boards got here (ordered from JLCPCB). They look great to me!