Stackable Jump leads for BreadBoards

An on going project to find easier ways to hook up circuits.

Step 1

Electronic Surplus stores used to carry universal socket strips.
These strips allowed the insertion of both ICs and components.
They could be cut to any length and often could fit within each other.

Also at one time wire wrapping digital circuits was a common practice.

Comments

[stonechild]

This a great idea, especially for those whose eyesight isn't so good. I think I might try just stacking the pieces of the female headers and wrap the leads around the exposed post in between. I like inserting the resistor, too. Saves space when a resistor can be shared

[dsauer]

I have trouble trusting that everything plugged into a row is connected together. Seeing and feeling the connections being make me feel much better.

[Capt. Howdy]

I loved those plus the transistor sockets i used to find on old tv pcb's. A friend of mine gave me an old consol tv for parts a while back and behold six of my beloved transistor sockets. Does anyone still use transistor sockets or mosfet sockets anymore ?

[RaisedByRobots]

This looks like an interesting solution, though it looks like it requires finicky fine motor skills to assemble. My favorite easy-circuit making product so far is the Snapcircuits toy. Really easy to make circuits and disassemble them, of course it's a bit expensive and sort of limited. Seems like it could be fabricated though, especially using some of the fabric circuit stuff Plusea posted.

[dsauer]

I would not be surprised if someone is already manufacturing jumper leads like this. I would sure buy them.