How to Use a Breadboard

Contributors: M-Short, Joel_E_B

Resources and Going Further

Hopefully you now have a better understanding of what a breadboard is and how it works. Now the real fun begins. We've barely scratched the surface of building circuits on breadboards. Here are some other tutorials you can check out to learn more about components and how to integrate them into your breadboard circuits.

• Resistors
• Capacitors
• Diodes
• LEDs
• Shift Registers
• Integrated Circuits

Educators may be interested in these links.

• Building Giant Breadboards
• Using the SIK to Teach Breadboard Circuits

Or, if you have mastered your circuit building skills and want to move to the next level, check out these tutorials.

• How to Solder
• Solderable Breadboard Hookup Guide
• PCB Basics
• Electronics Assembly
• How to use Eagle the PCB Layout Editor