Breadboard Test Leads

[Pitron]

I decided to turn Rev2 Banana Breadboard Test Leads into an Opensource Project.

This project is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Once the design is complete, I will register this project with Open-Source Hardware Association. https://www.oshwa.org/

Also, I plan to upload the final design files to GitHub. https://github.com/PitronLLC/Pitron_Banana_Breadboard_Test_Leads

[Pitron]

I received some feedback today saying that we should offer two cable lengths one 1 meter another .5 meter long. Does anyone else have any opinions on the length of the cable?

Thanks again everyone.

[tooki]

Among my homemade ones, I have some that are 30cm long, some 50 or 60cm, some 1m. They all get used regularly because test setups vary.

[tooki]

I decided to turn Rev2 Banana Breadboard Test Leads into an Opensource Project.

This project is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Once the design is complete, I will register this project with Open-Source Hardware Association. https://www.oshwa.org/

Also, I plan to upload the final design files to GitHub. https://github.com/PitronLLC/Pitron_Banana_Breadboard_Test_Leads

Have you considered maybe doing a group order? I bet there would be interest, especially since you’ve done the legwork of finding and working with a contract manufacturer who could actually build these.

[jonpaul]

Bonjour à tous !
juste found this interesting old thread now. 

Seems like killing flies with an A bomb.

 In my over half century of analog, RF, power design, we used prototype with perf ( Vero) board, pad per hole, and the pictured 0.1" socket type  bread boards.

I used  pin headers, or bare solid bus wire in the breadboard. Wire lead, Pomona EZ hook, or soldered to pin or bus.

Alternative use stranded #24..28, wire or ribbon cable, separate, strip,  tin ends. Insert direct into board.

The cleverest solution is the simplist.

Bon Soirée

Jon

[tooki]

Bonjour à tous !
juste found this interesting old thread now. 

Seems like killing flies with an A bomb.

 In my over half century of analog, RF, power design, we used prototype with perf ( Vero) board, pad per hole, and the pictured 0.1" socket type  bread boards.

I used  pin headers, or bare solid bus wire in the breadboard. Wire lead, Pomona EZ hook, or soldered to pin or bus.

Alternative use stranded #24..28, wire or ribbon cable, separate, strip,  tin ends. Insert direct into board.

We aren't talking about the jumpers used within the breadboard.

We are talking about leads to off-board devices like power supplies and multimeters, hence the banana plugs.

The cleverest solution is the simplist.

Unless it doesn't solve the problem.

Me, I use my homemade banana-to-breadboard cables all the time. I made a set for the new apprentice at work, for his breadboard lessons, and he uses them all the time now. The fact that someone on the forums periodically asks about such things means there is a need for them.


Genuine questions, not intended to be sarcastic at all:
Is it actually your intent to sound condescending? Or is that just by accident? Is there a language barrier that causes you to respond in so many threads with answers that show that you clearly have not understood the question being asked? Do you not understand other people's needs or preferences?

[jonpaul]

Incredibly long and complex thread for a,very old and simple,problem....Probing, leads, power to breadboards eg with 0.100 "spaced pin sockets.

unsure the intention of  " dupont" connectors, are these the old Molex/ Berg /'AMP 025" sq pins ?

we used 0.025 sq headers from Samtech, soldered stranded wire or flat ribbon cable as needed.

Far end was terminated in bannana, pin, or EZ hooks.

cost was zero.

Finally we would use a 24..28 AWG stranded wire, strip and twist, then tin to make a,pin end.

In many 100s of proto and breadboards since 1970s, never any problems......

Happy to send photos if I can unearth some.

Jon