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Breadboard Confusion

I just received the following breadboard in a electronics starter pack I purchased. I am a little confused in how I would go about prototyping on this board, all the tutorials I have read state ...
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Is there a good replacement for stripboard in the surface mount world?

More and more components I want to use are only available in surface mount packages. I can either get a big collection of adapter boards for all flavors of SOIC/WFBGA/QDERP to 100 mil pin spacing, ...
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Can pins (breadboard friendly) be added to non-drilled pads?

Some PCBA's have pads along the edge, where I believe some kind of headers could be soldered (or may be not), but don't have the pads drilled. I guess manufacturers save a little cost on drilling, and ...
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How to use 200 mil DIP components on solderless breadboard?

I recently got my hands on some miniature DIP relays, and would like to prototype a circuit with them on a solderless breadboard. Unfortunately, these relays have standard 100 mil pin spacing, but 200 ...
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Breadboard/veroboard and SMT

By now, through-hole components have almost completely disappeared from consumer devices and also professional PCBs. But what is the alternative to build breadboard-veroboard for SMT technology? ...
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How to prototype with an 8-pin 'daughter board'

I've purchased a couple of wireless transciever boards (nRF24L01), and they bring out the I/O pins in an 2x4 arrangement which fits snuggly into breadboard. However (obviously) when you do that the ...
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What are good ways to improve physical hardware reuse?

How can I select generically re-usable parts for the unique things I build? What are good approaches for building unique devices, so that when I no longer need them, it's relatively easy to ...
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IMU - 3000 with ADXL345 and Arduino

Has anyone used the IMU-3000 with an attached accelerometer? I am creating a system which interfaces the IMU-3000 and attached ADXL345 (IMU Fusion board from SparkFun) with an Arduino board to do all ...
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How long can I leave components in a breadboard?

In school, I was told not to leave components in a breadboard for extended periods of time. However, this length of time was never quantified. The reasoning was that the contacts would eventually ...
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Cheap solid equipment wire for breadboard from online shop? [closed]

I need breadboard wire for fast prototyping. It can apparently be 22AWG or 24AWG, acccording to this reply about stranded VS solid wire. Because it is for prototyping, I am not looking for expensive ...
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When to avoid using a breadboard

What are the cases where one should avoid using a breadboard? e.g. high frequency, noise prone circuits etc.
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Is there a more economical version of this powersource prototyper the CADET

This is what I want....problem is that they are expensive, really expensive ($500). Is there a more economical version? http://tequipment.net/ELCADET2.html Features: ...
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Prototyping a part with 2mm spacing on 0.1" matrix board?

I have an Airwave AWM682RX 5.8GHz video received and matching AWM683TX transmitter module. Oddly, one has pins spaced at 0.1", the other at 2mm. So, what's the best way to make a part with 2mm spaced ...