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Breadboard

A breadboard is a board with rows of holes that allow electronic components like integrated circuits and resistors to be quickly connected to test circuit designs before finalizing them. Metal strips underneath connect the holes in a grid pattern to form nodes that components can be joined to using their legs inserted in a common hole. Power is typically supplied through the outer rows while the interior is used to build the circuit by placing components and connecting them with jumper wires in a neat, systematic manner.

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Breadboard

A breadboard is a board with rows of holes that allow electronic components like integrated circuits and resistors to be quickly connected to test circuit designs before finalizing them. Metal strips underneath connect the holes in a grid pattern to form nodes that components can be joined to using their legs inserted in a common hole. Power is typically supplied through the outer rows while the interior is used to build the circuit by placing components and connecting them with jumper wires in a neat, systematic manner.

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What is a breadboard?

A breadboard is used to build and test circuits quickly before finalizing any circuit
design. The breadboard has many holes into which circuit components like ICs
and resistors can be inserted. A typical breadboard is shown below:

The bread board has strips of metal which run underneath the board and connect the
holes on the top of the board. The metal strips are laid out as shown below. Note that the
top and bottom rows of holes are connected horizontally while the remaining holes are
connected vertically.

To use the bread board, the legs of components are placed in the holes. Each set of holes
connected by a metal strip underneath forms a node. A node is a point in a circuit where
two components are connected. Connections between different components are formed
by putting their legs in a common node.

The long top and bottom row of holes are usually used for power supply connections. The
rest of the circuit is built by placing components and connecting them together with
jumper wires. ICs are placed in the middle of the board so that half of the legs are on
one side of the middle line and half on the other.

A completed circuit might look like the following.


Breadboarding tips:

It is important to breadboard a circuit neatly and systematically, so that one can debug it
and get it running easily and quickly. It also helps when someone else needs to
understand and inspect the circuit. Here are some tips:

1. Always use the side-lines for power supply connections. Power the chips from
the side-lines and not directly from the power supply.

2. Use black wires for ground connections (0V), and red for other power
connections.

3. Keep the jumper wires on the board flat, so that the board does not look cluttered.

4. Route jumper wires around the chips and not over the chips. This makes changing
the chips when needed easier.

5. You could trim the legs of components like resistors, transistors and LEDs, so that
they fit in snugly and do not get pulled out by accident.

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