Using a solderless breadboard

- I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan…of the inventor of the solderless breadboard.…Needless to say, my first soldering project…did not go too well.…So if you're like me in that you like to tinker…but maybe soldering isn't your thing,…I think you'll appreciate the ease-of-use…that the solderless breadboard provides.…A breadboard is a protyping tool…that allows us to quickly wire circuits…without actually soldering all the connections…before testing our program logic.…It allows us to quickly change components…and try different configurations.…

There are two colored lines, usually red and blue…or red and black on both long sides of the board.…These represent the power and ground buses.…All of the pins in each of these buses are connected.…The center section of the board is for the prototype.…This is where we will place our LEDs,…our resistors, our push buttons, our potentiometers,…and any other component we need for our project.…The pinholes in this section…are aligned perpendicular to the power buses.…The pins in these rows are each connected…