XNL Protoboard A 100x100mm (38×36)+36P 1404 Holes
This is our 100x100mm (10x10cm) XNL Protoboard XPB5722-A.
There are two versions, this one which has ‘small ground planes’ between each hole and along it’s edges. and the XPB5722-A1 which doesn’t have these ‘ground planes’
For most users we would recommend using the XPB5722-A1 instead!
Specifications:
Size: 100x100mm
Holes: 1404 (38×36)+36
Spacing: 2.54mm / 0.1”
Model: (38×36)+36P
P/N: XPB5722-A
Download Size: 307kb
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Information
This is one of own XNL Future Technologies Protoboards, these protoboard can be used to make ‘prototypes’ of your projects when “you’re ready to move from breadboard to PCB”, but aren’t ready yet to design your own custom circuit board (or of course for projects which don’t require a custom designed circuit board at all).
These XNL protoboards have a grid of 38 by 36 holes plus another 36 ‘extra holes’ along the ’38 holes side’, which gives you a total of 1404 holes. The board is designed as double-sided board and due to the 2.54mm (0.1″) space (pitch) between the holes it will fit any normal DIP chip or other components which would also fit on your breadboard. And due to the fact that the board is double sided (where each hole is connected to the same hole on the other side of the board), it will also be a lot easier to make your projects/prototypes a lot smaller because you can work on both sides of the board. The pitch and (round narrow) shape of the solder-pads also makes them perfect to for example use SMD/SMT components like 0805 LED’s, Resistors and capacitors, which can even reduce the size of your project/prototype even further.
This model has small (unconnected) ‘ground planes’ between all the pads, and also (unconnected) ‘ground planes’ along the edges of the board. When scratching off some of the silkscreen (and thus exposing the copper plane underneath) you can use these ‘mini planes’ to use them as additional signal or power traces. Or (for the edges) even as ‘improvised antenna’ or as ‘capacitive touch sensor’. This model of our 100x100mm Protoboard is however not recommended for most users due to this (because they might unintentionally cause shorts when they are soldering with temperatures which are to high).
For most users we would recommend to use the XNL Protoboard A1 instead.
Board Specifications:
Size: 100x100mm
Holes: 1404 (38×36)+36
Spacing: 2.54mm / 0.1”
Model: (38×36)+36P
P/N: XPB5722-A
Why did we create our own XNL Protoboards?
Well mainly for two reasons, of which one is explained bellow in the ‘mini-product-blog-post’, and secondly because I just thought it would be cool to actually have our own protoboards with my/our logo on it 😉
The story and reason behind our XNL protoboards
NOTE: The rest of this page is a ‘mini-product-blog-post’ on why I have developed these XNL Protoboards, if you where just here for the technical project/product information you can skip the rest of the page.
Usually we would order our protoboards almost anywhere if the boards at least met the following conditions:
- Need to be of good quality
- Must be made of FR4 (Flame Retardant epoxy and (fiber)glass composite)
- Must be Double sided (can/will result in much smaller boards/projects if utilized well)
- (The obvious:) The price needs to be acceptable, good price-vs-quality-ratio, and when possible it must be a low as possible (let’s just be honest here, don’t we all want to pay less? 😉 )
Back around 2015 we could order 7 protoboards with a size of 90x150mm (double sided) meeting all these conditions for around $11,- (including shipping) on AliExpress, which was quite a bargain obviously. If we would place that same order again now in 2022 (at the same seller) we would pay almost $14,- (including shipping). This would give us a rough total of 945cm2 worth of protoboard.
While this doesn’t seem to big a ‘big deal’ while staying reasonable and keeping the ever changing world economy, inflation, pandemic effects etc in mind, it does start to make quite a big difference if we take the following into consideration:
If would order our own design (100x100mm, also FR4 and double sided) at JLCPCB with their current pricing (which hasn’t changed over the last two years at least):
– The first product/board in our Shopping cart would only cost $2 for 5 boards.
– The next products/boards in our shopping cart would only cost 4$ for 5 boards or $5 for 10 boards.
So if we would then look at the ‘two options’ we have here (AliExpress and our own protoboard via JLCPCB):
AliExpress:
Price: $14,- Average (Including shipping)
Board Count: 7
Board size: 90×150mm (945cm2 total)
Our board via JLCPCB:
Price: $12,- (Excluding shipping!)
Board Count: 25
Board size: 100×100mm (2500cm2 Total)
Our order ‘breakdown’ for JLCPCB:
1x5pcs for the $2 price (‘special offer’ for the first item in your cart.)
1x10pcs purple for $5,-
1x10pcs black for $5
Even if the ‘$2 Special offer’ would not apply for the first item in the cart, it would still be just $14 (and thus the same price as AliExpress for a lot more PCB).
But what about the shipping costs at JLCPCB?
Yes, you definitely got a point there, because going to ‘check out’ and selecting the cheapest (IOSS) shipment method for us it would add $17.60 for shipping and $6.22 for customs duties & taxes. So this would add another $23,83 to our JLCPCB order, which would get us at a total of $35.82 for the order of 25 boards. HOWEVER, we often do not order just one project or product, but we wait until we have multiple projects and products we can order at the same time. When doing so you will save a lot on shipment costs, and then it is definitely worth your money to use our XNL Protoboards. If you would only order our protoboards, then it would definitely be cheaper if your would order protoboards on AliExpress instead (even if you would match the ‘2500cm2 total board size’ on AliExpress with protoboards).
Recommended to order along with the rest of your order
So these XNL Protoboards are definitely a product which we would recommend ‘tossing into your shopping cart’ as extra product when you are also ordering other PCB’s. Obviously your shipping costs will rise a bit when adding more products to your order (due to increased weight), but not significantly enough to complain about 🙂 . We for example had an order last month with over 80 PCB’s and our shipping costs only went up to about $25, and our customs duties & taxes went up to $19.92, and for this order we did not even used the cheapest shipping method either, but we used FedEx International Priority instead.
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PCB Order Instructions
This section explains the (recommended) ordering process and settings (at the PCB manufacturer) to order our circuit boards using our provided 'ready-to-use' Gerber (zip) files. We will first give a basic overview for the recommended PCB Manufacturer settings, so that the more experianced users can instantly find what they need, and after this 'settings overview' we will explain more in-depth how you can order our printed circuit boards (PCB's) using the files you can download for our projects, products and packages.
Recommended PCB Ordering Settings (Material, layers etc)
All our boards (unless otherwise stated) are designed for and should be ordered with the following settings:
(Base) Material: FR4
Layers: 2 Layer / Double-sided
PCB Thickness: 1.6mm
PCB Color: Choose whatever you like or stick to the 'official project/product color' 🙂
Outer Copper Weight: Use default of the website you're ordering (often 1oz).
When ordering from JLCPCB and using the zip file which has (JLCJLCJLCJLC) in it's name:
Remove Order Number: Click on [Specify a location]
How to use our files/downloads to order the circuit boards
To order the printed circuit board(s) included in this project, product or package you will first need to download and extract this project or product.
Our project and product folders will often contain several folders/directories, of which one of them should have a name similar to 'Gerber Files (For Ordering-Production)'. If the downloaded project or product only contains one printed circuit board (PCB) then you will often find two archives (zip files) within this folder.
One of these archives will have (JLCJLCJLCJLC) in it's name and the other won't, for example:
ProjectXNL.zip
ProjectXNL (JLCJLCJLCJLC).zip
NOTE: You will only need to use one of these files when ordering, not both. So please read along to find out how this works 🙂
My 'Gerber Files Folder' contains even more folders
If this is the case it just means that the project, product or package you have downloaded consists out of multiple circuit boards (or options/variations you can choose from), you should consult the documentation (or included text file(s) in these folders) of your project, product or package to find out which folder (or PCB's) you will need. Inside each folder for the different Printed Circuit Boards in the project, product or package we will still use the same 'file structure' where there will be two files per PCB (one having '(JLCJLCJLCJLC)' in it's name and the other doesn't).
My Gerber Files Folder only contains one zip file (per part/option)!
This is also a possibility, this just means that we did not created an additional 'Gerber file-set' with PCB's which have JLCJLCJLCJLC on them. We often choose to do this for boards which would be to small to actually place such texts, we will then just let it be up to JLCPB to place the production/batch numbers on them. So if there aren't additional zip files which have (JLCJLCJLCJLC) in their filename(s), then you should just use the zip file(s) which is present in the folder(s).
File difference explanation
- The one which has "(JLCJLCJLCJLC)" in it's file name will have JLCJLCJLCJLC printed on the circuit board.
- The one which does not have "(JLCJLCJLCJLC)" in it's name will not have JLCJLCJLCJLC printed on the circuit board.
Ordering anywhere else than JLCPCB
When you want to order anywhere else than on JLCPCB.com you should always just use the zip file which does not have (JLCJLCJLCJLC) in it's filename.
What does this JLCJLCJLCJLC on the PCB mean?
Well this 'piece of text' tells JLCPCB where they can/should place their (internal) manufacturing/production/batch numbers, which they use for handling your order internally. JLCPCB offers a free service where circuit board designers can specify where JLCPCB can place their 'internal batch/production numbers', this prevents issues where they would for example (accidentally) place these production/batch numbers on an ugly location and thus possibly ruin your 'precious silkscreen artwork' 🙂
Ordering from JLCPCB
When you do want to order at JLCPCB.com you have two options to choose from:
- Pay a bit extra on your order (currently around $1.54) and have JLCPCB remove their manufacturing/production code completely, in which case you should use the file which does not have (JLCJLCJLCJLC) in it's filename.
- Or instead use the file which does have (JLCJLCJLCJLC) in it's filename, in which JLCPCB will use the by us specified location to place the manufacturing/production/batch number(s). We will always (try to) place this text in the least noticeable location or where it would not 'mess' with the rest of our silkscreen design. To be extra clear: When using this option you will have a small 'batch number' printed on the location of your PCB's where we had placed the "JLCJLCJLCJLC marker", but it will save you a bit of money on your order.
IMPORTANT:
If you are ordering from JLCPCB and you are using the zip file which has (JLCJLCJLCJLC) in it's name, then you have to make sure that you search for the 'Remove Order Number' option when ordering your PCB and then select [Specify a location] at this option. Otherwise you might still end up with an 'factory batch number' on your PCB AND have the 'text' JLCJLCJLCJLC printed on it. So make sure that you select [Specify a location]
Price estimate at JLCPCB
Currently (at the time of writing this 'pre-configured order manual template') prices at JLCPCB per PCB Design are around 2$ to $4 if the board is 100x100mm or less, which will get you 5 copies of the board itself for this price. And if you order 10 of the same board you will often just have to pay $5 (so just $1 more for 5 extra boards). We use JLCPCB for nearly all our projects and products and we are very satisfied with their quality and production times. Ordering from JLCPCB is as simple as going to JLCPCB.com then 'drag-and-drop' your zip file (with the Gerber files) onto the page.
NOTE: The clickable links to JLCPCB in this section are not referral links
[NOTE: This project, product or package is not sponsored by JLCPCB or other possible PCB Manufacturers mentioned on this page]
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