Editing Stripboard (section)

== Assemblies ==
[[file:Streifenrasterleiterplatte IMGP5364.jpg|thumb|An example of a populated stripboard]]

The components are usually placed on the plain side of the board, with their leads protruding through the holes. The leads are then [[soldering|soldered]] to the copper tracks on the other side of the board to make the desired connections, and any excess wire is cut off. The continuous tracks may be easily and neatly cut as desired to form breaks between conductors using a {{cvt|3|mm}} twist [[drill]], a hand cutter made for the purpose, or a knife. Tracks may be linked up on either side of the board using wire. With practice, very neat and reliable assemblies can be created, though such a method is labour-intensive and therefore unsuitable for production assemblies except in very small quantity.

External wire connections to the board are made either by soldering the wires through the holes or, for wires too thick to pass through the holes, by soldering them to specially made pins called Veropins which fit tightly into the holes. Alternatively, some types of connectors have a suitable pin spacing to be inserted directly into the board.