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Wire wrapping is neat. Never tried it before, but now I have and I love it for prototyping! (And no that is not AI-generated, somehow the physics of wire wrapping results in these beautiful little towers of gas-tight low-resistance connections!)

Glen Akins

@bikerglen.bsky.social

4 Sept

Wire wrapping is neat ... right up until you have to wire wrap something like the socket for a 144-pin MC68331 32-bit microcontroller. Fortunately, PCB design software and board fab services are infinitely more accessible now than 40 years ago during the 68k's heyday.

Jeff Geerling

@jeffgeerling.com

Haha true. But for a low profile quick connection to a dozen or so pins, especially if you don't have solder handy, it's amazing how easy/quick it is. I always thought those wire wrapped boards required more skill lol. Definitely not if I can do it!

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