Breadboards For Beginners - Adafruit Learning System

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115 Beginner Project guide

Introduction

When you start on your electronics journey, you will eventually need to wire up some parts to follow along with some project. And, chances are, you will be prodded towards using a breadboard. These ubiquitous pale slabs of plastic are everywhere when it comes to electronics hacking.

Their popularity is not surprising - they are like a cutting board is to a cook, or a sewing machine to a tailor: indispensible, multi-purpose, durable, and inexpensive!

Just about every beginner kit contains one, and almost all projects make use of one! Heck, I would not be surprised if you already had one sitting on your work desk. Perhaps that's why you are reading this guide?

Well you are in luck because we will be spending this tutorial on just breadboards, with diagrams, tips and tricks to take you from beginner to brilliant

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