Good Breadboards

[abajakian]

I'm a stompbox making virgin.

Just wondering which of these breadboard would be good to start out with.

http://cgi.ebay.com/5V-12VDC-Breadboard-Prototyping-Kit-Microchip-8051_W0QQitemZ7624053414QQihZ017QQcategoryZ25402QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/5V-12VDC-Breadboard-Prototyping-Kit-Microchip-8051_W0QQitemZ7624053414QQihZ017QQcategoryZ25402QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Thanks!
Aram

[zjokka]

As breadboard, any breadboard will do. The jumpers are handy too... but most of the price paid for this item (not to mention shipping!) will be for the power adapters. These are are 5V and 12V, not the almost stompbox universal 9V.

You'll be much cheaper buying just a breadboard and make your own power supply like this one:

http://www.runoffgroove.com/bb-pwr.html

good luck!
zJ

[jrem]

mouser, part numbers (1) 383-K64 and  (2) 383-K10.  Then stock up on resistors, caps, trannys, opamps, pots, etc.  $300 should do it.

[oldrocker]

I just bought a RS breadboard and found a female input power adapter jack to plug in one of my Ibenez 9 volt adapters into.  The female adapter jack and soldered wires screws right into the red and black thumbscrews.  I just plug it when powering up my test DIY's.  Radio Shack sells them for around $20.00.  Good enough for most projects and they sell snap in add ons if you need to increase breadboard size.

[markm]

Yeah,
I've been considering the breadboard too figuring it would help me to better understand schematic reading and would probably teach me a thinger two about how such and such circuit works.
I went to my Radio Shack and couldn't find one although they showed stock online.
For laughs I asked the kid behind the counter what they had for breadboards and along with the blank stare he mumbled
"errr......Breadboard???"
"Yeah, that's what I thought" I said.
BTW, they know better than to ask me about cell phones

[smallbearelec]

Try SKU 2700 on my stock list. It's not fancy, but the price is right and it gets the job done.

Regards
Steve Daniels
smallbearelec.com

[cd]

IMHO a breadboard is the FIRST thing any DIYer needs to get - heck, even before a soldering iron!  The amount of frustration you will avoid will pay for itself in the long run.  Believe me.  You'll get good at it and can whip up your latest fuzz idea in <5 minutes, poking parts in and out, instead of soldering this and that and hoping it works.

One thing I found, you get what you pay for.  Cheapo breadboards may look OK but have roughly shaped holes, and poking the parts in/out is a chore.  The internal sockets are either too tight or you have to stuff a part in just the right way or it won't go in at all.  Slightly more expensive usually gets you slightly higher quality - easy push in/out. 

[gaussmarkov]

listen to cd.  he knows whereof he speaks. 

also, for a little demo see smallbearelec's breadboard in action doing a ts808, R.G.'s transistor picker, and Joe Davisson's Antiquity Fuzz, all at the same time:  http://gaussmarkov.net/tools/breadboard.html   

--gm

[aron]

If you have a local electronics store, check it out. Mine has an assortment of breadboards (for the local university). Not bad prices and they are pretty large in size compared to Radio Shack.

[choklitlove]

i bought this: http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/PB-400/105/BREADBOARD,_400_CONTACTS_.html

only $3, and the quality will really surprise you.  it's big enough for everything i use it for (and probably would be for you too).

[oldrocker]

My cheap Radio Shack breadboard.

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