How to Use a Breadboard

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Introduction

Breadboards are one of the most fundamental pieces when learning how to build circuits. In this tutorial, you will learn a little bit about what breadboards are, why they are called breadboards, and how to use one. Once you are done you should have a basic understanding of how breadboards work and be able to build a basic circuit on a breadboard.

A Breadboard

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Suggested Reading

Here are some tutorials and concepts you may want to explore before learning about breadboards:

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