METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING, TESTING AND PRODUCING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING SAIE DEVICE

摘要

A method and apparatus for designing, testing and constructing electronic circuits includes the use of a parchment having a plurality of electronic components schematically illustrated thereon and a breadboard having a similar schematic illustrated on one surface with matching electronic components attached to an opposite surface. A user may utilize patch cords to connect the various electronic components on the breadboard so as to design and test a desired circuit. Once a circuit has been designed and tested, a user may, if desired, draw lines between the analogous components on the parchment so as to make a record of the circuit defined by the patch cords on the breadboard, and the parchment may then be sent to a manufacturer for the purpose of having an integrated circuit or a printed circuit board manufactured. The breadboard includes a built-in test circuit, as well as an exterior connection rail which permits the electrical connection of the bread-board into an external existing circuit for the purpose of testing or supplementing the external circuit. The electronic components of the breadboard may be powered by either an internal or external power source, and the parchments and their matching breadboards may come with many various combinations of electronic components to facilitate the needs of electronic design personnel.