perfboard · intermediate
Build an Electra-style silicon distortion on perfboard
Draw a transistor and antiparallel-diode distortion, compare bias and clipping, and follow a checked perfboard layout with clear screenshots and downloads.
The CircBench project notebook
Good circuits start
with understanding.
Make something you can explain. Follow an audio circuit from its schematic through simulation to the connections on your board.
Your electronics design deskProjects for your bench
Breadboard, perfboard and stripboard. One clear step at a time.
perfboard · beginner
Wire a two-input passive audio mixer on perfboard
Learn why a passive mixer loses signal, draw its summing network, simulate one driven input, and follow a checked perfboard build with screenshots.
perfboard · beginner
Build and simulate a passive treble-cut circuit
Draw an RC guitar treble cut, understand its loaded response, and reproduce a checked perfboard build with clear screenshots and project downloads.
breadboard · intermediate
Build a single-transistor guitar boost on breadboard
Draw a 2N5088 boost, inspect DC bias and clipping, and follow a checked breadboard layout with exact jumpers, clear screenshots and downloads.
stripboard · intermediate
Bias and build a two-transistor fuzz on stripboard
Trace fuzz bias, run modeled waveforms, and build a checked vero layout with three essential track cuts, exact wiring and step-by-step screenshots.