Surface Mount PCB's

This is a round-up of a variety of Experimenter PCB's from different websites.
One of the hardest things to get is a well-designed experimenter PC board for a surface-mount project.
Here is a range of boards and you can pick the one's you want and contact the website directly.
Some PC boards are called "break-out boards" or "adapter boards" or "interface boards" as they simply allow a surface mount chip to connect to another PC board containing normal components.
Other boards have a small amount of space for surface-mount components and others allow surface-mount components to be connected to a through-hole components and chips. There are all sorts of different combinations.

SURFACE MOUNT PC BOARDS:
A pack of 5 different surface mount PC boards for prototyping. These are specially designed to take surface-mount IC's and the surrounding components are conventional devices.
$10.00 including pack and post from Talking Electronics

A 6pad x 40pad surface mount board from Talking Electronics $2.50
with a 1206 resistor fitted to the board to show sizes.

A 6hole x 40hole Matrix board from Talking Electronics $2.50
with a 1206 resistor fitted to the board.
This board will also take through-hole components.

8 hole x 10 hole Matrix Board from Talking Electronics $1.50
and 11 hole x 12 hole Matrix Board from Talking Electronics $1.50
These boards will also take through-hole components.

Talking Electronics Surface Mount board with a 2-Digit Counter project.
Ask Talking Electronics for these boards.

Ask Talking Electronics for these boards.

"Bandicoot" Surface-Mount PC Board $9.95 from Sparks Fun
No holes - each pad is 0.100 inches x 0.050 inches.
In other words, 10 pads to one inch in one directions and
20 pads per inch in the other. The board is 76 pads x 40 pads. (8cm x 10cm)
A "1206" component is 0.12 inches x 0.060 inches so it can be placed
"across-wise" taking up 3 pads with room for connections.

3 x 14 pin surface mount ICs $2.85 from Measure Explorer on eBay

Surface mount IC and components $5.85 from Measure Explorer on eBay

This is a very good design by GoodBUY on eBay $5.00 More
The board accepts three different size chips on the top and many more on the bottom.

This is only a small sample of the boards available on the web. Most suppliers have additional types and you can go to their website to see their full range. Check the pack and postage before ordering.

Here's an example of a surface-mount project built on Talking Electronics 24 holes x 50 Matrix board using both surface-mount and through-hole components. Note the number of connecting wires. It would be almost impossible to create the circuit if you have to constantly turn the board over to create the wiring. It is MUCH easier to work on one side of the board.