Point-to-point construction
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In electronics, point-to-point construction is a non-automated technique for constructing circuits which was widely used before the use of printed circuit boards and automated assembly gradually becam
Underside of the chassis of a 1948 Motorola VT-71 7" television, showing the complexity of the point to point wiring.
Section of a typical Australian late 1930s radio, showing the point to point construction between components.
Point-to-point construction of military radio equipment
Point to point wiring on a homemade tube amplifier circuit.
Stripboard
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Stripboard is the generic name for a widely used type of electronics prototyping material for circuit boards characterized by a pre-formed 0.1 inches regular grid of holes, with wide parallel strips o
Point-to-point construction
…interspersed with columns that span the height of the board for the more common connections (typically the power supply rails). Such breadboards, and stripboards, fall somewhere between PCBs and point-to-point; they do not require design and manufacture of a PCB, and are as easily modified as a point-to-point…
Veroboard piece
A piece of unused stripboard
Veroboard patent
An example of a populated stripboard