Gregory Toomey said:
I dont see this being used much. Has it gone out of fashion, or is there
something better?
A cheap manual tool would seem ideal for prototyping.
gtoomey
Gregory,
I used wire wrap for a lot of prototyping. The tools and materials were
never really cheap, especially the professional ones. Over the years the
prices tend to rise rather then to fall. In the same time design tools
became common and so the time required for designing a PCB became much less
then the time to wire wrap a proto. Moreover redesign or adapting an
existing one became much cheaper this way. So wire wrap almost extincts.
For private use I had - and still have - a hand tool from Radio Shack. The
had relatively cheap wire and sockets. Had, because Radio Shack disappeared
from my country. Tools and materials are still available from professional
suppliers (Farnell p.e.) but expensive. So even for private use I tend to
design a PCB proto rather then wire wrapping one.
petrus