The Factory | Testing High Frequency SMT Protoboards

If you want to experiment with analogue electronics, at some point you have to move off the breadboard. A breadboard is useful, but has a high capacitance between net ties that can wreak havoc at high frequencies. This week in #TheFactory we're test-driving our SMT Protoboard (now in gold!). • High-Frequency Protoboard: We built a +20dB amplifier that works on the protoboard at 2.4MHz. The exact same circuit can only work up to about 400kHz on a breadboard! The circuit is a bit contrived because we had a 12MHz gain-bandwidth amp (TL971) to test with. • GlowBit - Now in black! We've been going back and forth with the WS2812Bv5 manufacturer and we're happy to announce that our GlowBit matrices will be available with black LEDs - nice! What did you think of the format for this episode? Did you like going down the testing rabbit hole? Leave a commend below or head over to our maker forum http://coreelec.io/forum Core Electronics is located in the heart of Newcastle, Australia. We're powered by makers, for makers. Drop by if you are looking for: • Raspberry Pi https://core-electronics.com.au/raspb... • Arduino https://core-electronics.com.au/ardui... • Sparkfun https://core-electronics.com.au/brand... • Adafruit https://core-electronics.com.au/brand... • Pololu https://core-electronics.com.au/brand... • DFRobot https://core-electronics.com.au/brand... The following trademarks are owned by Core Electronics Pty Ltd: "Core Electronics" and the Core Electronics logo "Makerverse" and the Makerverse logo "PiicoDev" and the PiicoDev logo "GlowBit" and the GlowBit logo