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I recently started working with PIC Micro-controllers and I am thinking of working on a project to get a hands-on experience. I am looking to interface a few sensors with the PIC via the EUSART and I2C protocols. Can someone suggest me any such sensors that can be easily plugged into a breadboard (has a DIP type package), so that I can unplug them easily in case I mess up electrical connections? I did find some sensors online (e.g. MS5611 barometer) however, this IC can not be plugged into a breadboard (its a surface mount type).

Note: It doesn't matter what the sensor measures. I'm looking for a DIP type package and something that can be interfaced via RS232/I2C protocol

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  • \$\begingroup\$ (option 1) Learn how to do SMT soldering. Get some SMT breadboard adapters (more on that here and here). Now you can breadboard SMT chips. SMT soldering is an increasingly useful skill, because throughole components are going extinct. \$\endgroup\$
    – Nick Alexeev
    Commented Nov 30, 2018 at 2:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ (option 2) Go to the IC supplier's web site. There probably is a sensors section. Filter for throughole packages, and I2C. \$\endgroup\$
    – Nick Alexeev
    Commented Nov 30, 2018 at 2:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ (option 3) If you only want to play with I2C, UART you can choose some other type of IC, besides sensors. I/O expanders, EEPROMs, 7-segment LED character drivers can give you decent hands-on exposure. \$\endgroup\$
    – Nick Alexeev
    Commented Nov 30, 2018 at 2:30

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Consider going to some supplier such as Adafruit and looking at breakout boards that have the sensors on a small PCB. Many of the sensors you might be interested in have inconveniently small packages.

It's inappropriate here to recommend any specific product, but a few weeks ago a colleague was preparing to interface to a very expensive satellite component and wanted to practice on something disposable- I suggested a small board based on a Bosch temperature/humidity sensor that used the I2C bus and cost less than $20 USD. Such boards are typically designed to be possible to plug into a 2.54mm pitch solderless breadboard.

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