Tips, Tricks and Ruminations

Hi All,

I've been using brass foil for power and ground runs in my recent prototyping efforts.

With a small sheet of foil...



...strips can be cut with scissors...



...and soldered for use on protoboard as shown.




But what happens when the supply of foil is exhausted? I went searching and could not find brass foil at 2 hardware stores (discontinued) and 2 auto shops (again, discontinued).

What now? I had a project that was screaming for completion. I asked a fellow member of the music team at church and he suggested...

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Sticky-back copper tape! Awesome!
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It comes in a roll...



...and can be cut into strips with scissors...



...and stuck on protoboard as shown.



Two other nice things about this product is that it's cheap (couple bucks) and most hardware stores carry it in the garden department.

Hack on!

DJ