Editing Solderless protoboard

The title of this page may need to be changed.  There is a lot of loose usage of protoboard, proto-board, breadboard....  In any case they all seem to come back in some way to more casual, one off methods of circuit construction.  Breadboard, I have heard, originated in the early days of electronics when the wooden kitchen breadboard was re-purposed to be the foundation of a circuit.  Cooks beware.  Perhaps their highest form was in the  Atwater Kent Breadboard Receivers  [http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/ak.htmlhttp://www.amug.org/~jthomas/ak.html The online Museum of Atwater Kent Breadboard Receivers] and  [http://www.sparkmuseum.com/BREADBD.HTM Atwater Kent Breadboard Receivers]). 

There are many links to the topic:

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-prototype-breadboard-unit-with-DUAL-PSUs-and/Easy prototype breadboard unit with DUAL PSU's and less then $10]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/ARDUINOSEEEDUINO-Breadboard-station-for-less-then/ ARDUINO/SEEEDUINO Breadboard station for less then $10]

*[http://www.43oh.com/2010/11/five-cheap-breadboard-prototyping-tips-and-tricks/ Five Cheap Breadboard Prototyping Tips and Tricks]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-DIY-SD-card-breadboard-socket/ Cheap DIY SD card breadboard socket]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard Breadboard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

*[http://www.robotroom.com/Solderless-Breadboards.html|Solderless Breadboards in Various Shapes, Sizes, and Colors]

*[http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-use-a-breadboard-also-known-as-a-protoboard-189729/ How to use a breadboard, also known as a protoboard] Video

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/Breadboards-for-Beginners/ Breadboards for Beginners]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/My_Top_Ten_Most_Useful_Breadboard_Tips_and_Tricks/ My Top Ten Most Useful Breadboard Tips and Tricks]

*[http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/breadb.htm Breadboard]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/Small-DC-Power-Supply/  Small DC Power Supply]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/EE-Tray/ EE Tray]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/Large_Bread_Board_from_IDE_Cables_breadboard_on_t/  Large Bread Board from IDE Cables, breadboard on the cheap]

*[http://www.curiousinventor.com/store/category/28 A bunch of products, you could buy, or make your own version]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/5V-breadboard-mini-PSU/  5V breadboard mini PSU]

*[http://www.instructables.com/id/Breadboard-Layout-Sheets-plug-and-play-electronic/ Solderless Breadboard Layout Sheets (plug and play electronics)]

*Fairly closely related to bread/proto boards are development boaards.  Typically they have some basic circuitry ( a power supply and a microprocessor for example ) and a area for prototyping.  See [[Microcontroller#Development_Boards]].


== More Tips ==


*Lots of people grab a component and shove it in.  Can make a mess, unless you are in a real hurry cut the leads to a proper length.

*Using needle nose pliers to put the components in can help prevent curmpling of the leads.

*Many parts have leads that are to small to stand up to the pressure.  Solder them on to headers to give them nice strong, easily inserted leads.

*In one salvage job I found some "double ended" headers, long pins on both ends.  These can be very handy because once plugged in they can be used to let you plug in female connectors ( like those on hard drive cables ( but just one of the two sides ) to the board.  See pictures below.  Hard part to find.  But wait, you can solder two regular headers back to back.


The found "long" header:

[[Image:longw.png|alt text]]

Normal header:

[[Image:notextendedw.png|alt text]]     and put together >>    [[Image:Extendedw.png|alt text]]

*Expanding on the "double ended" header above.  
Right angle headers are long enough to bend the pins so they are long on both sides.  Take a dual row one and bend the pins to fit across the gap at the center of the proto board.  Then you can plug in a dual plug like those on hard drive cables. Pictures may make the idea clearer:

[[Image:rightanglew.png|alt text]]   and bending it a bit >>     [[Image:bentw.png|alt text]]              


Put it in the center

[[Image:inboardw.png|alt text]]      plugged in and ready >>     [[Image:pluggedinw.png|alt text]]
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 *[http://www.instructables.com/id/Breadboard-Layout-Sheets-plug-and-play-electronic/ Solderless Breadboard Layout Sheets (plug and play electronics)]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard Wikipedia:Breadboard]
+*Fairly closely related to bread/proto boards are development boaards.  Typically they have some basic circuitry ( a power supply and a microprocessor for example ) and a area for prototyping.  See [[Microcontroller#Development_Boards]].
-*[http://www.best-microcontroller-projects.com/prototyping.html a simple example with a small microcontroller]
-*[http://www.techdose.com/electronics/...252/page1.html]
-*[http://www.cornerstonerobotics.org/c...Breadboard.pdf]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8XohYB1pRY]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard]
-*[http://www.technologystudent.com/elec1/bread1.htm]
-*[[Microcontroller#Development_Boards]]  Fairly closely related to bread/proto boards are development boards.  Typically they have some basic circuitry ( a power supply and a microprocessor for example ) and a area for prototyping.
 == More Tips ==