Are You Breadboard Baking Yet?

[BuddytheReow]

PedalPCB has opened up “The Test Kitchen” which entails breadboarding, circuit designs and analysis, and non-pcb items. This was nearly a month ago. How many of you have started breadboarding, been curious to start, waiting for your protoboards to come in the mail, or merely putting your soldering irons down for a bit to check out all the “groovy” (according to fig) stuff the Test Kitchen has to offer?

If there are any requests for a breadboard tutorial of a certain circuit let us know here.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

If you're asking about the weather in So Cal, then yes, we are baking.



I also cooked up another breadboard over in The Boneyard.

 

[Feral Feline]

Did someone say BACON?!

Oh, baking...

I believe @peccary said in another thread he was baking... something.

Baking... more like stewing ... it's HOT& HUMID here, feeIs like I lose about 20 litres per day sweating/working on our rooftop...
Nothing on the breadboard, they're packed away not to see the light of day for another ... 2-3 months probably.

I'll breadboard vicariously via the ethers through you others.

 

[BuddytheReow]

I'm slowly starting to see more protoboard builds throughout this forum which makes the mad scientist in me smile. You know who you are...

 

[Big Monk]

I've got a new fuzz project on the the breadboard and will do a special edition of the Protoboard Chronicles when it's up and running.

 

[BuddytheReow]

Fuzz project? You mean a Big Muff, right? I know how you feel about this circuit.

 

[Stickman393]

Shoot, I just ordered a big proto board.

Gonna start. Any day now. Yup. Any ol day.

 

[Big Monk]

Fuzz project? You mean a Big Muff, right? I know how you feel about this circuit.

While the Big Muff makes me FEEL warm and fuzzy, is is NOT a fuzz!

 

[Mcknib]

Aye I've done a few helping somebody figure out whether his schematics would work etc

Unfortunately I had to take my prototype Stud Tutu off the bb based on a mesa studio 22 preamp but I'd only done the 1st stage after about a year, then your excellent wee test kitchen got me cookin' again

Latest wire storm is the Ruby Tuby

Sopht amps - hybrid - Ruby Tuby

My wiring is so minimal as you can see I had a hairdresser friend ask if they could use it to practice

 

[peccary]

I did a Si FF for my first one a few months back. I basically copied the Small Bear tutorial. The other evening I started BBing the NPN version of the Gnat board with Music6000's specs because I wanted to try some tweaks to it.

I only got partway through but I'm thinking of starting over. I'm not great at seeing an efficient way to layout the circuit and end up instead with an almost literal version of the schematic

New item by Joe B

photos.app.goo.gl

 

[fig]

These are some great projects! I've currently got an analog wah and digital echo, started the FV-1 and Daydream breadboard build, 2 or 3 of Chuck's wonders and my bus wire arrived so I am starting a FF p2p tonight with a couple of those shiny doodads (I hope tonight). I wrapped up the Hydra but I have a dodgy switch [ first time happening -ring a bell ] so I'll yank and shank it.

 

[JamieJ]

I am enjoying using mine! Ignore the rats nest of wires - I just wanted to do a quick test.

I am just testing out a circuit before I try my first go at transferring to veroboard. A few parts are missing from this picture.

 

[fig]

The wires make it mad-scientist art!

 

[BuddytheReow]

@JamieJ if you've got the patience I would recommend making jumper wires out of solid core wire in different sizes. Helped me tremendously showing off my breadboard in the various tutorials. You will need patience since you will spend an afternoon trimming wire and making your workbench look like a pile of sprinkles.

 

[JamieJ]

I’m enjoying this vero stuff. It actually makes you think more rather than using a PCB.

Now it’s ready to be trimmed and for some solder.

Thanks @BuddytheReow - you have given me the motivation to plan this out.

 

[jeffwhitfield]

I'm totally new to the breadboard thing but do have a few ideas in mind. I'm taking a different tactic to creating a circuit. Basically, create a theme and see if I can make a circuit to match. For instance, some sort of hardcore bomb fuzz called a B-17. Or a distortion pedal called Bacon Pancakes. Really wanna see these exist.

 

[Stickman393]

I'm totally new to the breadboard thing but do have a few ideas in mind. I'm taking a different tactic to creating a circuit. Basically, create a theme and see if I can make a circuit to match. For instance, some sort of hardcore bomb fuzz called a B-17. Or a distortion pedal called Bacon Pancakes. Really wanna see these exist.

You take some bacon and you put it in a pancake?
Bacon pancakes, that's what it's gonna be?

 

[fig]

Roughing in the plumbing....

Per @Coda , the Fig Face

 

[Mcknib]

Just for you @fig ye olde straighten wire trick

 

[Stickman393]

I think ya left a finish nail sticking out a quarter inch there figgy...