[time-nuts] OT Prototype Boards

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Tue Jun 25 09:24:46 EDT 2013


2.54 mm is DEFINED as 0.1 inch. The conversion is EXACT.

-John

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> 2.54 mm pitch is close enough to the .1 in "standard". The through-hole
> DIP chips will fit fine.  I used to build stuff with .1 in perfboard,
> sockets, and wire-wrap but only use a very few glue chips now and
> pinboards.  They don't have to be shot in rockets . . .
> My only bitch currently is with the absurd gaps in the Arduino boards
> Grrrrrr.
> Don
>
>
> Bob Stewart
>> I need to get some largish prototype boards for my project.  Has the
>> industry standardized on a 0.10" pitch for hole spacing?  IOW, if the ad
>> says 2.54mm pitch will I get a board that will fit American chips, or
>> will I just get something metric sized for the landfill?  I ask, because
>> I've got a prototype board sitting around here someplace that is
>> unusable because the pitch isn't quite right.  Needless to say, I'm
>> ordering this from ebay from a seller in China or Hong Kong or
>> someplace, points East.
>>
>> Bob - AE6RV
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