Design Circuits on Stripboard or Veroboard for FREE with DIY Layout Creator

Learn how to design and build electronic circuits on stripboard using DIYLC. Stripboard is an alternative to PCB or printed circuit board that can be used to make or prototype electronic circuits cheaply and easily. DIY Layout Creator makes the design process easier. DIYLC or DIY Layout Creator Tutorial.
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[@doBobro]

A mind blowing tutorial. An ability to make a custom block was always right there. Now I don't need to pretend a 6-pin IC is a rotary encoder. Thank you so much for your work!

[@teksparkz]

Wow thanks! Glad you found the video useful.

[@jablonczyk]

Thanks for posting this video! This was exactly what I needed to get me started on using DIY Layout Creator!

[@teksparkz]

Hey that's great! You are very welcome.

[@alexparakan]

Oh the good old days when I used to make my circuits on these boards when I was 12yo. I still remember the smell of these boards.

[@teksparkz]

Ah yes great memories!

[@orvillejones1258]

Excellent video and thanks for teaching us how to use DIY Layout Creator. I plan on using this software to layout other circuits.

[@teksparkz]

Thanks Orvill - It's great to get such positive feedback 😃

[@lordflatworm]

I can’t thank you enough. What a great resource. Any devs out there who also like circuit design, I’d pay good money for a version of this that simulated/graphed output. Something like falstad/circuit

[@teksparkz]

Hey that's great - Glad to help!

[@dillipphunbar7924]

Perfect for my simple project...building a couple of Low Pass Gate modules for Eurorack modular. The Stripboard orientation was confusing me so this helped to clarify. Also, the Github app is very useful. Thankyou. Subscribed.

[@teksparkz]

That sounds like a great project! Glad you found the video helpful.

[@andresmendez6870]

Dude, you deserve many more subscribers. This video was f**king awesome! 😃

[@teksparkz]

Hey that's great Andres - I'm really glad you liked it!

[@mufeedco]

Thank you. Great Tutorial 😃

[@teksparkz]

That's great - Glad you enjoyed it!

[@edgeeffect]

As a Veroboard fan I was jealous of all the PCB people having all sorts of EDA tools... until I discovered DIYLC... I'd rather not have to use the acursed JVM, but it is still great that "we" can do EDA too.

[@teksparkz]

Absolutely!

[@Bruceanddenise]

Thanks for tutorial!

[@teksparkz]

Happy to help!

[@kabandajamir9844]

The world's best teacher thanks

[@teksparkz]

Wow that's really nice to hear! Thanks!

[@PeetHobby]

Great video! 👍 I just cut them with a hobby knife; it's much faster for long rows and reduces the risk of drilling too deep. You also have fine control over the shapes you want. I often use SMD parts on perf board, and I even split traces for SOP chips, but be careful where you place your hands, as with any cutting job. I've one or more shorts where I cut some traces and solder some SMD part on perf board.

[@teksparkz]

Hey thanks that's a great tip! Your channel has some great videos!

[@yanicklasalle7585]

Un vrai bon tutoriel !! Bon travail !!

[@teksparkz]

Merci beaucoup!

[@ditditdog]

Great application, thanks.

[@teksparkz]

You're welcome!

[@lycopenerock]

thank you for this video. perfect

[@teksparkz]

You're very welcome!

[@potato-sama9617]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@teksparkz]

You're welcome!

[@TheMaxKids]

thank you

[@teksparkz]

You're welcome!

[@mahargleopenaws]

Very good tutorial indeed. How do i make the resistors to display their color rings. I have V4.37. thank you

[@teksparkz]

Thank you very much! To make the resistors display their colour rings just double click on the resistor and then when the dialog box comes up, enter the resistance value into the field marked 'Value:' near the bottom. Then choose the units e.g. ohms and click OK. Hope that helps!

[@shader26]

I’m building a small signal amplifier (common emitter with one NPN transistor) to make a treble boost for my guitar. Was wondering if I should cut all the traces that are extra so they don’t act like an antenna and introduce noise?

[@teksparkz]

Can't do any harm

[@waynegram8907]

Does the DIY Layout Creator have an Auto Routing and Auto Layout options?

[@teksparkz]

Unfortunately, I don't think so but that would would be handy alright. Maybe you could suggest it to the developer.

[@kdt85]

what do you use to make the schematics? cheers for the video

[@teksparkz]

You are welcome! For the schematics in this video I used an app called draw.io which you can download from here: github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases/ Alternatively you can use the online version: app.diagrams.net/ Another app I use to draw schematics is TinyCAD for which I have a tutorial video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/farZe4uIr5aZadE

[@kdt85]

@@teksparkz thank for the quick reply! I'll check them out, cheers

[@krzysztofb.4482]

Jak wstawić schemat z innego programu np.JPG , PNG, aby na jego podstawie projektować płytkę

[@teksparkz]

Select 'Misc' from the menu on the left side of the screen and then click image. Place the icon where you want the image to go and then you can select the image you want to insert from your hard disk by double clicking the image icon and clicking 'Click to load image file'. I hope that helps 😀

[@krzysztofb.4482]

@@teksparkz Dziękuję.👍👋

[@shader26]

Im confused, (as I’m watching) 555 timer is reversed right, since it is on the other side, but when you counted you started upper left (bottoms side) saying “1,2,3,4..” but aren’t they 8,7,6,5?

[@teksparkz]

Hi shader26, the view we have in DIYLC is the view looking down on the top surface of the board i.e. the side of the board we put the components on. It can be confusing because the copper strips are shown. You would not normally be able to see these because they would be on the underside of the board, but they are shown in DIYLC so that you can see which way they are aligned (horizontal in this case). Imagine the board is made of glass and you can see the copper strips on the other side. Hope that helps.

[@shader26]

@@teksparkz Thanks, I assumed and missed you mentioning that. Very and thanks so much for the video! Had been looking for exactly this kind of tool! Up until now have been using point to point boards, this will be fun!

[@shader26]

Also, it makes life a LOT easier knowing we are looking at the component side with the copper indicated, good design, saves confusion!

[@teksparkz]

You are welcome@@shader26 - Have fun!

[@tonywright8294]

I’ll stick to a pen and parchment 😄

[@teksparkz]

No worries - thanks for watching though!

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

stripboard depresses me for reasons I cannot articulate… but wait! what's this! you've done a video on matrix board layout design? OK I'll watch that instead :D

[@teksparkz]

I know...stripboard is not for everyone. Thanks for watching all the same!

[@user-ed7wz8im5s]

how to download DIY layout im having a problem with that

[@teksparkz]

Hi Ndabeni use the following link to download the app github.com/bancika/diy-layout-creator/releases

[@user-ed7wz8im5s]

I can't find the download button/option

[@teksparkz]

@@user-ed7wz8im5s If you are using Windows you should click on the blue text that says "diylc-4.37.0-win.exe" and then once the file has finished downloading double click on the file itself (usually located in the bottom left of your browser) and follow the instructions. Hope that helps.

[@user-ed7wz8im5s]

@@teksparkz thank you