How to have fun with Arduino (and become a Geek in the process)

Step 8 What to do with a prototype board? Look at this.

The prototype board will allow you to wire any circuit you can dream of. There are pre-cut & pre-bent wire kits available for this. I recommend you buy one as they are very handy and add to your geek image when seen on your work desk. Sparkfun sells one here: WireKit There are also other suppliers of these kits.

Here is a link to a a wiki on prototype boards. You will see many circuits loaded on breadboards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard. Your circuits can be very simple or complex -you decide!

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You could also do what I did and hack up an old RS232 cable. I salvaged it from a building that had been demolished. It doesn't get much better than free and useful. That's not to mention all the different color codes one of those has (52) and their all 22 gage. That and I can and have also used it to extend my network hubs. With 26 twisted pairs it hauls a lot of data.