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Prototype PCB Design/Documentation

I use a lot of the protoboards like the one sold here at CircuitGizmos for developing prototypes of all sorts of circuits.

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Too often, though, the circuits are created but the effort isn’t documented. Often times the prototype is considered for reuse or modification later, but then it has to be reverse-engineered. With document templates that have a diagram of the circuit card on them I can print out a page and mark up that page as I build the prototype.

The template pages have the front and back of several PCB boards that are a grid of holes with “donut” copper on them. Here is the front image from the board sold here at CircuitGizmos:

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And the back side:

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The template files cover seven of the boards that I use for creating prototypes. I print the .PDF file, three-hole-punch the page, and clip it into a binder where I collect my prototype documents. I can mark up the page to show where I’ve placed components and connectors. There is room on the page for notes. The bottom of the template pages contain a title block for documenting the project.

Here are the .PDF pages:
board1template.pdf
board2template.pdf
board3template.pdf
board4template.pdf
board5template.pdf
board6template.pdf
board7template.pdf

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