Talk:Breadboard

message: I am proposing that "Breadboard.svg" file should be changed/corrected. I mean the 4th picture from top with the following description:
:The hole pattern for a typical etched prototyping PCB (printed circuit board) is similar to the node pattern of the solderless breadboards shown above.
Since there should be two center lines instead of one line which is illustrated. We should not forget that row spacing in dual in line packages is 0.3 inch and not 0.2 inch. I actually etched few real prototyping PCBs for personal use and understood it later!!!   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.176.189.129 (talk) 21:19, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  there is enough variety in these that unless we claim that the layout is identified to be a specific manufacturer/model, it isn't sensible to call it incorrect. -- Waveguy (talk) 18:30, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect "Breadboard scheme.svg" file

message: Alternatives to the breadboard:
Are any of these notable enough for the main article?
Is there some other article these would be more appropriate in?
--DavidCary 04:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  other rapid prototyping tools for electronics 

message: I've been a radio amateur for about 40 years, which embraces the last years of the valve era. It was certainly not at all uncommon to knock up  a 1 to 3-valver on a wooden base, and everyone would would have known the derivation of the term from construction on a real breadboard. Having just left my fifties, I hope to be around a little while yet! Bob aka Linuxlad 10:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll second what Linuxlad says. Breadboarding and breadboards in the sense of "electronic circuit prototypes" predates the device in the article by at least a couple decades. Nibios 12:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Then add it to the article. If you can even find some article on the good ald days of valve electronics with a photo of such a setup, even the "[citation needed]" should be happy. Simon A. 09:39, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Alas, our wives, or probably our mothers, long ago reclaimed the 'board for its original use :-) Linuxlad 21:40, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Yeah, I think the product in the photos is more accurately called a solderless breadboard. IMHO the origin of breadboard is more along the lines of the soldered tube construction technique mentioned above. It would probably be called dead bug or ugly bug construction today. Madhu (talk) 02:08, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: breadboard - original use still known to many

message: Does anybody know how old the design is for the kind of breadboard illustrated in :Image:Breadboard counter.jpg or :Image:Breadboard.JPG?  These look like the exact same items I was using in college EE lab back in the late 70's.  It's amazing they haven't changed one iota in 30 years.  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Take a look at this patent issued in 1975 assigned to Continental Specialties. I still have one of these from the late '70s. I think there were several knock offs over the years, but Continental was the first one I ever used (also of the highest quality). I'm guessing it's the original. I believe the company is now called Global Specialties. They appear to be marketing similar products today. Madhu (talk) 02:05, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of the illustrated breadboard? 

message: Whoever wrote this article really knows their stuff. However the format was a bit messy so you'll notice that I did a bit of a cleanup. Mostly I just made new sections and reworked a bit of the text so it wasn't too confusing, but the general content has remained the same. I think it is much easier to read now, so that everyone, even people of a non-technical background can enjoy it. I certainly did. I actually learnt something about breadboards not knowing much about them and was able to help contribute to Wikipedia with one of my first major edits. Da rulz07 09:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  general cleanup 

message: In the Evolution section is a paragraph about the secrecy behind the development of the integrated circuits in the Polaroid SX-70. The only reference I could turn up is on the IEEE web site  which requires membership (or payment) to view these documents. I'm not willing to pay, but I'm not going to add a reference for this document; I was hoping that someone who is an IEEE member may eventually read this, and check the document out. Yngvarr 20:08, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation for Polaroid camera 

message: I'd rather have someone confirm with me first, as I don't work with RF personally. But seriously, using breadboards for RF? Those things have horrible stray capacitance! Are you sure anyone in their right minds actually use it for prototyping RF??? 64.131.252.13 (talk) 21:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the article is a bit dyslexic for this reason. The images are of what was often called a "solderless breadboard". You are correct, RF circuits don't work well on solderless breadboards, the article indirectly suggests that. What the article is trying to say is that RF prototypes are still made today, but using other techniques, e.g. ugly bug, dead bug, Manhattan style etc. I think this article should be retitled to something like "Solderless breadboard" or something like that. Breadboard, IMHO, should be a different article along the lines of "breadboard - original use still known to many" above. Madhu (talk) 21:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "broadband RF circuits" 

message: Many years ago (probably 30 years ago) my granddad bought me an electronics kit and I am sure that version of the breadboard was actually called a Danish Board!  Does that mean anything to anyone?  Scaifea (talk) 10:12, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Danish Boards?

message: I think that this is the proper citation for the claim about breadboarding the SX-70 chip, but I don't have a subscription, so I can't read it to check.  It's the The battle for the SX-70 [camera integrated circuitry] article in IEEE spectrum. -Nathan J. Yoder (talk) 08:10, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation for Polaroid SX-70 

message: It is possible to use old salvaged IDE cables/connectors to make your own solderless breadboards:
* http://www.instructables.com/id/Large_Bread_Board_from_IDE_Cables_breadboard_on_t/
:Large Bread Board from IDE Cables, breadboard on the cheap
-96.237.10.106 (talk) 15:38, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  DIY protoboard 

message: Seriously, the pictures of circuits here are really messy (what my lecturers would call "birds nest"), I will see if I can dig out any pictures of my breadboarded circuits, but the lighting will probably not be brilliant.--<SPAN STYLE="background-color: black; color: Red">Ultra<SPAN STYLE="color: #0079e0">Magnus</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:red;background-color:black;">speak</SPAN> 23:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terrible Pictures