stripboard track resistance

[micael]

Hi,
"Stripboard has parallel strips of copper track on one side"
Do those copper tracks have resistance? If yes is it possible to measure it? Or is there a typical value for stripboard track resistance?

Thanks

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Hi,
"Stripboard has parallel strips of copper track on one side"
Do those copper tracks have resistance? If yes is it possible to measure it? Or is there a typical value for stripboard track resistance?

There might be a spec on it somewhere?, but I can't say I've ever looked for it? - why do you want to know?. Generally it's best to treat it as a fairly low current medium (as a PCB of a similar thickness is) although it should handle a couple of amps easily enough.

If you want to measure it?, pass a current through it and measure the voltage drop across it, then apply ohms law.

But basically ANY conductor has resistance (ignoring super cooled super-conductors), the copper tracks on stripboard though is going to be LOW!.

 

[user1453]

but the tracks would also have a capacitance

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

but the tracks would also have a capacitance

Yes, and inductance for that matter! - but that wasn't the question

 

[Hero999]

Build a simple LM317 constant current source and set to 1A using your meter.

Solder it to a track with a known length - the longer the better.

Measure the voltage with a multimeter, use the lowest setting (200mV might be small enough).