EXTEND BREADBOARD and PROTOTYPE OPTIONS FOR

MICROCONTROLLERS ARDUINO, BASIC STAMP, BEAGLEBONE, RASPBERRY PI, and MORE

VASTLY EXPAND EXISTING BREADBOARD CAPABILLITY

Breadboard shields for ARDUINO and breadboard capes for BEAGLEBONE are available from a variety of sources. Add to these prototype breadboards for the BASIC STAMP , RASPBERRY PI, and most other microcontrollers / microcomputers and EMBEDDED DEVELOPMENT platforms. While these boards in all their various forms offer some sort of grid or breadboard area, they lack space for anything other than a handful of components and often suffer from limitations on component types or interconnect area. Often times one desires to use devices not natively supported by the existing breadboard or needs to build circuitry beyond the space limitations the standard boards impose.

The use of SURFBOARDS® SMT adapters and surface mount breadboard modules and UNI-SIPTM miniature breadboard modules for through-hole components helps to solve these problems. One can vastly increase the range of component package types usable and greatly increase the breadboarding area available by extending it with additional surface mount or through-hole breadboard modules. The expansion of the native breadboard in this way offers the circuit builder an enhanced opportunity to develop more sophisticated prototypes while still using off the shelf products. See the standard products page on our website for available models.

Circuit builders can combine SURFBOARDS® SMT adapters and SMT breadboards with UNI-SIPTM miniature breadboard modules in a great number of combinations. Sometimes it may be desirable to build circuit sub-modules that can be changed or modified. By using SIP sockets with the native breadboard the sub-asseblies can be pluged in and removed easily.

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TYPICAL STANDARD BREADBOARDS

Note the small breadboard areas and only limited support for surface mount components.

Small breadboard

area

Limited Surface Mount support

Arduino compatible Breadboard

ABOVE: UNI-SIPTM miniature Through-Hole breadboard modules feature Pins on .1 in. centers for compatibility with the .1 in. grid on breadboards. UNI-SIPTM breadboard modules are available in a wide range of styles and patterns to support Through-Hole I.C.’s and other leaded components. Vertical and horizontal stacking of UNI-SIPTM boards greatly adds to available space and expands circuit building options. BELOW: SURFBOARDS® Surface mount adapters mounted on UNI-SIPTM Breadboard used as miniature mother board for SMD adapters.

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BULLETIN MCB-100

UNI-SIP Breadboards

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The example circuit assemblies shown here demonstrate the concepts discussed. The top breadboard assembly incorporates several 33000 series SURFBOARDS® SMT Adapters used to mount a variety of surface mount devices. The adapters can be soldered into the standard .1 in. grid or sockets can be added to make them interchangeable or removable if desired. The center example shows a combination of UNI-SIPTM through-hole breadboard modules and both 6000 and 33000 series SURFBOARDS® to support both active and passive surface mount components. As can be seen rather sophisticated circuits can be built that would not otherwise fit in the space available on the standard breadboard. SURFBOARDS® 6000 series SMT breadboard modules are available in a wide range of patterns and pin counts and make it possible to increase density by using surface mount components on the breadboard assembly to conserve space and increase component density. The bottom example shows how stacking can be used. Note the UNI-SIPTM board used as a mother board for a SURFBOARD®. By using breadboard on breadboard (BoB), and even breadboard on breadboard on breadboard (BoBoB) combinations the user is provided with a tremendous range of circuit building options otherwise not possible with the standard breadboards available for the various microcontrollers on the market. To see the range of breadboard and SMD adapter products we offer along with useful information for circuit builders please visit and bookmark our website.

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PLUG-IN TM

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SURFBOARDS and UNI-SIP are RoHS Compliant EC 2002/95

Breadboard on Breadboard (BoB)

6000 series SURFBOARD

Breadboard for discrete

SMT components

UNI-SIP breadboard modules for through-hole

components

SURFBOARDS and UNI-SIP

Breadboards used in combination

SURFBOARDS used on ARDUINO

compatible breadboard

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