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Using a breadboard for permanent circuits?
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rrinker:
 On a model railroad forum, I just saw a post where it shows the electronics for a person's layout assembled on strings of solderless breadboards. Sorry, can't post the pic as it is not mine, but the pic shows a typical wiring board with dozens of connections (I believe it is all the block detection circuitry) where it is all plugged in to breadboards.
 I can't imagine this is a very good idea for something intended to be permanent (and this is most definitely a fixed layout, not something that would be taken apart and rearranged on a regular basis). The person who posted the pic claims the guy who did all this is an MIT PhD (in Electrical Engineering) - as if that matters. Solderless breadboards are to me not something to be used for permanent circuits, more for development and design. If the layout is appealing, then there are always the perf boards that are laid out in breadboard patterns so the physical and electrical form can be transferred over.
 Or am I the idiot for not having a PhD from MIT?  :-DD
Caliaxy:
Yes, solderless breadboards are OK for permanent circuits, for obvious durability reasons. Provisional solutions tend to last longer and outlive most permanent solutions. PhD here (not EE, but I can see MIT from my window).
SiliconWizard:
See rrinker. This confirms you're an idiot with no PhD. ;D


--- Quote ---Provisional solutions tend to last longer and outlive most permanent solutions.
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That was an interesting statement. ::)
Zero999:
I suspect lots of model railroad stuff is temporary. I don't see the point in using a breadboard for a permanent circuit.
Muttley Snickers:
I've had a counter project sitting on a breadboard for the past six years, does that count ?.   :-[ 
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