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Step 4Finishing touch
Not satisfied, yet, I decided to use a piece of breadboard power strip for the outputs. Here's the how-to:
1) Take one of those removeable power bus strips
2) Saw it to the appropriate length
3) Remove the foam backing
4) Using a small screwdriver, catch hold of the clips from the back and pull them out
5) Clean off the clips with acetone (to remove the residual foam tape)
6) You will see that each row of 5 holes basically has it's own clip, but there is a small bit of metal connecting them together. Disconnect each row of clips as needed. In my design, I partioned the power rail into three partions, one for each output. The ground bar is continuous.
7) Now solder a bit of 26-27AWG solid core wire to each clip. Then you can cut a small notch in the plastic strip where the wires will exit, if you are anal. Then put the clips back in. Inspect for shorts.
8) Now hotmelt glue the power bus on.
9) Clip and strip the leads and insert directly into the machined pin sockets... Ahh, perfect fit.
9.5) Oh, in case you didn't know: An easy way to modify the power bar markings is by wiping bits away with a q-tip and acetone.
1) Take one of those removeable power bus strips
2) Saw it to the appropriate length
3) Remove the foam backing
4) Using a small screwdriver, catch hold of the clips from the back and pull them out
5) Clean off the clips with acetone (to remove the residual foam tape)
6) You will see that each row of 5 holes basically has it's own clip, but there is a small bit of metal connecting them together. Disconnect each row of clips as needed. In my design, I partioned the power rail into three partions, one for each output. The ground bar is continuous.
7) Now solder a bit of 26-27AWG solid core wire to each clip. Then you can cut a small notch in the plastic strip where the wires will exit, if you are anal. Then put the clips back in. Inspect for shorts.
8) Now hotmelt glue the power bus on.
9) Clip and strip the leads and insert directly into the machined pin sockets... Ahh, perfect fit.
9.5) Oh, in case you didn't know: An easy way to modify the power bar markings is by wiping bits away with a q-tip and acetone.
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