How do You make Arduino projects permanent?
Breadboards and jumper wires are great for designing and testing circuits but How do You make Arduino projects permanent?
If you want to make your project permanent, you need sturdier connections, in a smaller space, protected from damage.
If you want to make a thousand of your design, you won’t use an actual Arduino board, but just the chip at its heart. That’s cheaper, smaller, and more reliable. But if you just want to make one or two, the whole Arduino board is fine.
To make your circuits permanent, you can use a solderable through-hole breadboard like this:
Photos: me
You stick the pins of your components through the holes, and solder permanent connections on the bottom. (The photo shows the board while it s only partially finished.)
If you really want to get into it, you can make your own printed circuit boards, either by designing them and having them manufactured for you at places like PCBway.com or OSHPark.com…
Photo: sid-day-shis on Twitter
…or by actually etching your own boards at home. Here’s an early test I made:
Look up “toner transfer method pcb” for instructions.