stripboard track resistance

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

micael said:

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?

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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!.

but the tracks would also have a capacitance

user1453 said:

but the tracks would also have a capacitance

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

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).