How to use a breadboard

A breadboard also known as protoboard is a type of solderless electronic circuit building.You can build a electronic circuit on a breadboard without any soldering ! Best of all it is reusable. It was designed by Ronald J Portugal of EI Instruments Inc. in 1971.

Building or prototyping circuits on a breadboard is also known as 'breadboarding '.In this instructable I will guide you how to use a modern breadboard to make simple circuits.

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Step 1: Types of breadboard

There are various types of breadboard.Breadboard can be found in various sizes and functions.Early amateur radio hobbists used cutting board for bread to prototype there radios thus the name breadboard came.
Some breadboards got built-in powersupply,some got power supply rail and some got only the prototyping section.

dunnos says: Apr 20, 2013. 12:46 PM

heh heh, there's this guy at school who always gives me bullshit about how I am not tidy and how I use too much glue. Your breadboarding skills are great!

shams (author) in reply to dunnosApr 21, 2013. 1:51 AM

haha...thnks man :D

pfred2 says: Apr 20, 2013. 8:07 AM

That's not a breadboard, now this is a breadboard!

uhsnamih says: Dec 7, 2012. 9:47 PM

nice stepler trick lol

shams (author) in reply to uhsnamihDec 9, 2012. 4:23 AM

:D thanks ....my girl friend gave me that idea :P

lemon rind says: Feb 19, 2012. 10:41 PM

Why can't my breadboarded circuits look that beautiful?

shams (author) in reply to lemon rindFeb 26, 2012. 6:49 AM

just try not to overlap wires and imagine your breadbead as a pcb.....actually when I breadboard I always think of designing PCB, that how all the wires stay neat !

airborne82 in reply to lemon rindFeb 24, 2012. 5:38 PM

I'm currently asking myself the same question.

shams (author) in reply to airborne82Feb 26, 2012. 6:50 AM

Looks like I have to make another instructable about HOW TO BREADBOARD NEAT AND TIDIY ( which looks awesome !) 8D

NathanWilliams says: Feb 18, 2012. 12:49 AM

Well made instructable.
I love how you went the extra step to pull a breadboard apart to explain it even better.

Machine says: Feb 13, 2012. 12:21 AM

Gee, you are very neat and tidy. All my breadboarding is very untidy!

You are showing the way for a better way, thank you.

Also, that is a great picture of a vacuum tube amplifier.

shams (author) in reply to MachineFeb 13, 2012. 4:48 AM

Thanks man for your nice comment !

Trust me I just love to keep my circuits and guitars clean and tidy but my room is super untidy 8D !!

Yeah thats a Vintage radio ,10 watt maybe,not sure though !

tzq33tdq says: Feb 11, 2012. 11:33 PM

what is the first picture of??? it looks cool

shams (author) in reply to tzq33tdqFeb 12, 2012. 3:38 AM

Its a circuit about pararrel to shift register......not mine though bt i tried to made one...