Electronic prototyping

A device, comprising:

• an electrically insulative substrate having opposing first and second major surfaces;
• first and second pairs of linearly arranged connector tabs defined and shaped by the substrate, each connector tab comprising an exposed data contact, an exposed power contact, and an exposed ground contact positioned on the substrate;
• and,
• a data bus positioned within the substrate and electrically connecting all of the data contacts, a power bus positioned within the substrate and electrically connecting all of the power contacts, a ground bus positioned within the substrate and electrically connecting all of the ground contacts, and a pre-treated zone of weakened substrate that extends across the substrate parallel to and between the first and second pairs of linearly arranged connector tabs and intersects the data bus, the power bus, and the ground bus to allow the device to be broken along the pre-treated zone of weakened substrate to create a first functional devices that includes the first pair of linearly arranged connector tabs and a second functional device that includes the second pair of linearly arranged connector tabs.

A device, comprising:

• an electrically insulative substrate;
• at least two pairs of linearly arranged connector tabs having shapes defined by the substrate, each connector tab comprising an exposed data contact, an exposed power contact, and an exposed ground contact positioned over the substrate;
• and,
• a data bus positioned relative to the substrate and electrically connecting all of the data contacts, a power bus positioned relative to the substrate and electrically connecting all of the power contacts, and a ground bus positioned relative to the substrate and electrically connecting all of the ground contacts, and a pre-treated zone of weaker substrate that extends across the substrate parallel to the linearly arranged pairs of connector tabs and thereby separating members of individual pairs of linearly arranged connector tabs from one another to allow the device to be broken along the pre-treated zone into two functional devices that each include one of the pairs of linearly arranged connector tabs.