Everything You Need to Know about Breadboards

The breadboard is the bread-and-butter of DIY electronics. Breadboards allow beginners to get acquainted with circuits without the need for soldering, and even seasoned tinkerers use breadboards as starting points for large-scale projects.

If you are taking your first steps in the world of DIY or microcontrollers, you might have received a breadboard in your Arduino starter kit or Raspberry Pi starter kit. Let’s look at what a breadboard actually is, where they came from, and how you can make use of them.

[Fall_damage]

is amazing. I am VERY hyperactive and i physiclly cant sit through a long video and i need this for a project. you are fantasic. you just earned yourself a sub.

[unclepete]

Thanks for explaining the origin of the ‘breadboard ‘ as used in prototyping.👍

[jangel]

Appreciate you jumping right into it, clicked on another vid 12 min long, my add could never

[AdamSKEN.]

I have a Uniset (Czechoslovak) electronic prototyping tool, and it has 2 medium sized breadboards, with 4 split power rails that deliver 12V, 5V, -5V, -12V.
All power is generated internally.

[jimmythepowerful]

Just needed to see the backside of the headboard to understand which pins are connected and which not! THANK YOU !

[jamessturgeon]

This was very helpful overview…concise and to the point. Showing the structure of the board with the backing removed very helpful. Thank you!

[SteveH-TN]

Thanks for sharing this video and insights. Indeed in the 1950s I pester my & aunts for their old wooden bread boards to building my electronics experiments Glad you explained that so youngsters would know 🍎🍎

[PedroCostaLopes]

I knew perfectly what is a breadboard, but not the history or reason for the name. You deserved the like just for that bit... :)

[NewJocular]

excellent, showing the metal plug strips on the back was so helpful

[Milkyway]

Thanks for the help, i got a breadboard from school so i can play with circuitry! and i didnt know how to use it!

[TheLucasthatyouknow]

Really?! They used a piece of wood and metal components to keep continuity vaguely consistent because wood hates to carry current unless such a high difference in potential/voltage is applied. Good video.

[ruvenrey]

Alright so the positive and negative power sides need to have a power source hookedup to tgeir respective power sources ++ --. Then you get another wire and connect it to say row 55 from a negative port. Then if you place a led light, one of the two conductuve prongs must be in row 55, while the other in say row 54... so long as another wire closes the circuit from row 54 to positive charge. I think i got that down. That was the hardest part, thanks man.

[jeroenborsboom]

Thanks mate. Look at all the warm reactions as well. Keep em coming!

[jaxxrr]

nice and short exactly for my brain thank you

[SonicatYT]

I know how to solder, it’s just nice being able to make a prototype circuit without needing to solder jt

[manuelalmendarez]

Why do they say the ground bus or rail completes the circuit since itd connected ti the negatuve pole on a battery snd therefore it receives electrons and therefore doesnt allow ekectrin flow back to the battery to complete the circuit

[JayP.]

Instead of using the jumpers on the end you could of just connected your power supplies positive to the top rail and the negative to the bottom rail or vise versa. Correct?

[donaldblakely]

good video i am getting a kit and all of the beginer parts

[shouldbeinvisible]

Him:don't need a soldering iron
Me : buys a pencil, aluminium coil, 6v battery 😂

[ЕдгарІвашко]

can you tell pls? can we cut the breadboards to get smaller breadboard for use it in small rc car? Or if i cut breadboard it will be no work