i'm a master electrician, but sadly i know little about electronics. i found a do-it-yourself project in a popular science magazine that is a little box that will let you use your tv remote to turn on and off a lamp. i'm going to try to put it together. i honestly don't have any use for it when i'm done, it just bugs me that i don't know how.
i looked over the schematic and it makes sense. my problem right off is how to assemble the components. should i just solder little jumper wires between the different diods and relays and things? that seems like a short circuit waiting to happen. can i get a circuit board "blank" or something like that? one of the components is a little chip with 8 pins. a circuit board made for it would have a perfect little place to snap it in and then solder it, but starting from scratch like this, i don't know what the best thing to do is.
can someone point me in the right direction? any trade lingo will obviously go right over my head. thanks for the help
i looked over the schematic and it makes sense. my problem right off is how to assemble the components. should i just solder little jumper wires between the different diods and relays and things? that seems like a short circuit waiting to happen. can i get a circuit board "blank" or something like that? one of the components is a little chip with 8 pins. a circuit board made for it would have a perfect little place to snap it in and then solder it, but starting from scratch like this, i don't know what the best thing to do is.
can someone point me in the right direction? any trade lingo will obviously go right over my head. thanks for the help