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Electronics => Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff => Topic started by: coppercone2 on December 22, 2024, 07:15:38 am

Title: breadboard with holes in it
Post by: coppercone2 on December 22, 2024, 07:15:38 am
sometimes I don't want to trim the leads of the parts but I want to use a breadboard.

is there a breadboard with holes in it so you can push down parts so you just get a bunch of stubs. it would stand on posts
Title: Re: breadboard with holes in it
Post by: ebastler on December 22, 2024, 07:35:50 am
Aren't the typical n*(5+5) pin plastic breadboard modules all open at the bottom, until the manufacturer mounts them on a baseplate or sticks on some padded adhesive tape?   
Title: Re: breadboard with holes in it
Post by: Ian.M on December 22, 2024, 07:59:15 am
No, because the contact spring strips have closed bottoms.  Without the tape/foam, a too long component lead can push the contact strip out of its slot.
Title: Re: breadboard with holes in it
Post by: ebastler on December 22, 2024, 08:09:09 am
Duh, you are right of course. It's been too long since I took a few of these apart to build some breadboard watches (https://www.e-basteln.de/watch).
Title: Re: breadboard with holes in it
Post by: coppercone2 on December 22, 2024, 08:22:44 am
I have seen shitty powerstrips built in a way that could work