The Breadboard
The
Breadboard is a simple construction base for building circuits without
soldering. you can plug in different components and plug in wires
between them. The top two rails and the bottom two rails are called the
power rails and these are marked with a '+' and '-' symbol. These are
connected as rows. Each row of connection consists of 5 groups of 5
points each per group. There is no connection between the 5th and the
6th group so the points is group 1 to 5 are connected and the points in
group 6-10 are connected. we can connect a wire between any 2 two points
of these groups and get them all connected. [This could be confusing if
you have never used a breadboard before, we will try and make it easier
soon!]
We
would need to get all our '+' lines connected to each other and then do
the same for the '-' lines. This will make it easy for us to connect
various components. Its a good practice stick to color coding for wires.
Use red colored wires whenever you connect something to '+' ve, black colored wires whenever you connect something to '-' ve and blue colored wires whenever you are connecting between components.
So first set up the breadboard as in the following images
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| First Like This |
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| Then Like This |
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| Final Finished Setup |
Thank you. I know this may be so simple for most people but I'm a well meaning dad who wanted to spend quality time and nurture my son's interest but got himself well over his head. I thought it was a plug and play kit. Didn't realize it requires some setting up and coding. So obviously this is my first message, hopefully, I'll be able to contribute down the line.
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