Breadboard

[Davidman]

I bought a full size Adafruit breadboard for Pi from the Pi Hut and a bunch of jumpers and some buttons. They are very loose and fall out. am I buying the wrong thing? Or do I have to solder everything which would defeat the object.
thank you for any help
Dave

[neilgl]

They should not fall out. Can you post a link to what you bought?

[drgeoff]

Are you pushing things in far enough? The contacts are under the plastic top which is some millimetres thick.

[FTrevorGowen]

They should not fall out. Can you post a link to what you bought?

+1 However, if it's similar to this: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_p ... oFull.html then it's one for "permanent", soldered circuitry usually built after testing with the "plugin" type. (In my case, since I've been soldering circuits for >50 yrs, they're what I use)
Trev.

[scruss]

Trev, most people would call that a protoboard, not a breadboard.

[FTrevorGowen]

Trev, most people would call that a protoboard, not a breadboard.

Maybe so - names and definitions change. When I was building audio pre-amps around germanium transistors (OC71, OC81 etc.) one used tag-strips or pins in matrix board (veroboard w/o the copper strips) those were breadboard(ed) prototypes. My two best mates in my late teens were radio hams. Steve (the postmaster's son) made contact via the "ioniospheric bounce" with someone in Australia. Sadly he passed away in his early twenties around the time I assembled an electronic calculator from a kit part of which was eventually coupled to an early Pi**.
Trev.
** https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_p ... l_board.29

[neilgl]

You were lucky, we used to dream of germanium...

[LTolledo]

my BreadboardPi:

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here is an updated (and clearer) picture:

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