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I'm prototyping a simple layout for a small project on matrix board, but figured there must be a better way than drawing it all out on paper. Are there any aimed at matrix board?

I've found the following software for stripboard, but nothing explicitly for matrix board:

Any more I've missed? Any recommendations?

As a new user I still can't create new tags, which I'd like to: stripboard veroboard matrix-board. If someone can do that for me I'd be grateful.

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As Leon suggested I would use PCB design program.

I have done this in two ways.

  1. Create a land pattern that is a strip of holes or a matrix of holes (no silkscreen). Place a couple of these patterns down and you have a large grid.

  2. Sometimes I just use vias to create a matrix.

I made two footprints for vector pins. One for the Vector T42-1 micro clips another for the K24A gold pins. I place these pins on the 100mil x 100mil grid. I use the copper routes on different PCB layers (with different colors) to represent wires.

The nice thing about the PCB program is you can check connectivity against your schematic. You won't have that benefit in a drawing program.

(* jcl *)

http://www.wiblocks.com

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You could use one of the PCB design programs.

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