Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!decwrl!world!jon_sree From: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: New Magazine: Elektor Electronics USA ? Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 17:32:28 GMT References: <724@ssc.UUCP> <61847@bbn.BBN.COM> <736@ssc.UUCP> Sender: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth) Organization: The World Lines: 39 In-Reply-To: markz@ssc.UUCP's message of 6 Jan 91 01:19:17 GMT In article <736@ssc.UUCP> markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes: > techniques. What comes to mind are things like an article I once saw in > Byte, in which the author discussed his practice of bending the pins on > wirewrap sockets outward, gluing the shoulders to the prototyping board. > This allowed wires and components to be on the same side of the board, > saving space (a problem in his application). Speaking of wire wrap hacks : I don't know if this is original, but my circuits usually involve both DIP chips and discretes. Small discretes like 1/4 W resistors, plastic transistors, small caps, can be directly inserted into a wire wrap socket. If they seem insecure, a touch of solder (before inserting the socket into the board) keeps them in place. The larger components (such as 1N4000 series diodes and large caps), I directly wire-wrap to. That is, I insert the device into the board, without the benefit of a socket. It's certainly not as good a contact as wrapping to square posts, but it's usually adequate. Anyone else have more WW hacks ? My biggest problem is getting the right length of wire. I've been disappointed with a couple of wire strippers, so I use precut lengths. Anyone know a reliable wire stripper ? ... Midnight Engineering ... I have to agree. Some really neat stuff, weighted down with a 60 percent load of articles like "You too can achive yuppiedom if you follow the 7 fold path of Correct Marketing". Makes the noise level too high. Well, the stated goal of ME was to help engineering entrepreneurs, not being a strict hobbyist magazine. I've gotten some useful stuff out of the non-technical articles in ME. Regards, / Jon Sreekanth Assabet Valley Microsystems Fax and PC products 346 Lincoln St #722, Marlboro, MA 01752 508-562-0722 jon_sree@world.std.com