How to Use Solderless Electronic Breadboards (Protoboards)

Master the use of protoboards to transform electronic schematics into functional circuit prototypes without soldering. Ideal for students and hobbyists alike.

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Brief Summary

In this course, you’ll dive into the fun world of protoboards! You’ll learn how to set up temporary circuits from schematics without any soldering. It’s all about experimenting, testing, and getting your hands dirty with electronics!

Key Points

  • Protoboards allow for quick and easy setup of temporary electronic circuits.
  • No soldering is required, so components can be rearranged as needed.
  • Students will learn to use electronic schematics to build circuits.
  • Courses include PowerPoint presentations, diagrams, and instructional videos.
  • Testing of circuits is simplified with easy access to all components.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand how to use protoboards for circuit design.
  • Learn to read and implement electronic schematics.
  • Gain skills in testing and verifying circuit operations.
  • Get comfortable with rearranging components on-the-go.
  • Familiarize yourself with basic electronic components like resistors and capacitors.

About This Course

Learn how to correctly use protoboards to go from an electronic schematic diagram to a working prototype of a circuit..

Solderless breadboards, also known as protoboards are used to make a temporary electronic circuit, or a prototype of a proposed circuit. They are also often used for electronics students to set up various circuits that they are taught in electronics engineering college programs.

Seting Up and Using Protoboards or Solderless Breadboards

In order to test an electronic circuit design, or to build a prototype of a desired design, protoboards are very useful because they allow the user to set up a temporary circuit that does not require any printed circuit boards or soldering of any components. Components can easily be reconfigured or rearranged until the circuit becomes what is desired.

These are some of the advantages and benefits of protoboards:

  • They require no soldering or permanent connection of any components.

  • They can be rearranged or reconfigured quickly and easily.

  • They allow easy access to all components in the design, for testing.

  • Test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, signal generators) can easily be attached to the circuit for initial testing and verification of circuit characteristics.

  • Circuits can be disassembled in a very short time.

This course covers all of the details necessary for the user to understand the mechanics of protoboards, there use, how to set up power and ground and how start with a schematic and the indicated electronic components (resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc.) and properly recreate that exact circuit on a protoboard.

The primary teaching tools for this course is an instructor led PowerPoint presentation that uses diagrams, photos and short instructional videos, so that the student can follow along with the instructor to develop the knowledge and skills required to properly and effectively use protoboards in the design and testing of electronic designs and projects.

  • Typically, engineers, students and hobbyists use solderless breadboards (also called protoboards) to assemble and connect proposed electronic circuits, and test their operation with this temporary setup, before proceeding to a permanent circuit on a printed circuit board or other more permanent media.

  • Using an electronic schematic, a diagram of how to connect electronic components to perform a specific task, students will learn how to correctly place electronic components on a protoboard, also known as a solderless breadboard, so that the circuit operation can be observed and tested.

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Richard Vannoy II

College teacher for:- Computer programming (Visual Basic, Visual C#, C, C++, Python, Java), database (SQL, Access)- Electronics: Microcontrollers, Programmable Logic Controllers, basic and intermediate electronics for 20 years. Teaching awards include Instructor of the Quarter (Four Awards), Regional Instructor of the Quarter, Employee of the Year, Employee of the Month (Two Awards) Ten years employed as computer programmer. Degrees: A.S....

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ui-avatar of Ron Contreras
Ron C.
5.0
1 year ago

def one of the things I was looking for.

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ui-avatar of Jonathan C Sonenfield
Jonathan C. S.
3.5
2 years ago

Was interested in how protoboards worked.

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ui-avatar of Thomas Berube
Thomas B.
5.0
3 years ago

Great course. Learned a lot about prototype boards.

PSpice is no longer free from OrCAD. :)

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ui-avatar of Jeff McMurray
Jeff M.
4.0
3 years ago

good presentation

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ui-avatar of Bianca A Gaskins
Bianca A. G.
5.0
4 years ago

I love it so much. I can learn about building a breadboard.

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Kathy C.
5.0
4 years ago

yes it is well explained

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ui-avatar of Meshal Alshahrani
Meshal A.
5.0
4 years ago

Nice explanation Mr. Richard. I wish you add more information, I felt the course is very short.

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ui-avatar of James Tomlin
James T.
5.0
5 years ago

This an excellent course if u have little to no training on proto boards. i wish the instructor would have done more circuits (beginner, intermediate and advance) but, this is a great course.i like how he doesn't talk fast.

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ui-avatar of Daryl Corbett
Daryl C.
3.0
5 years ago

I'm sorry to say that I was a little disappointed with this course. Section 1 was full of poor quality and low resolution pictures making them difficult to view. Section 2 can be entirely removed. Although it doubled the length of the course and was electronics related, it had nothing to do with the main topic of breadboards. It would have been nice to learn about using the breadboard with other components and problems that might be encountered when mounting or removing them.

Daryl

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ui-avatar of Don Ames
Don A.
5.0
6 years ago

As always, great information!

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