How do I go from a schematic to a stripboard layout?

[jaradical]

Here’s how a couple of people (myself included) are doing it:

Stripboard maker software

Fabricating your own strip board is great because you get to control a lot of parameters. But I seem to have developed an affinity for these really cheap phenolic stripboards. So I use KiCad to do the placement and use the rats nest to show the best location of the parts for the best routing. If you do not yet do PCB routing, this may be a good way to start using KiCad. The stripboard is a footprint where the connection pattern is drawn on Cmts User layer. [stripboard_footprint] The placemen…

PCB fabrication

Hi All, This is my first post, so I thought I’d share how I got started with KiCad and stripboard layouts: [image] First, I drew the outline of my board on Edge.Cuts and placed some mounting holes. I set my grid to 2.54mm and used back copper to model horizontal tracks on the stripboard. Front copper for jumpers - vias to connect them. Edge cut markers show me where I need to cut stripboard tracks. Most components are mounted on end, but some are layed horizontally to jump over tracks wh…

Mostly when trying to place your parts try and follow the signal flow of your schematic.

Cheers