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Breadboard is running out of room

StatzStatz Posts: 28
edited 2008-11-29 00:47 in BASIC Stamp
I have decided to start a project of my own. However, the current breadboard isn't enough. Do I just add another breadboard or what?

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  • Carl HayesCarl Hayes Posts: 841
    edited 2008-11-27 21:31
    That's what I'd do.

    Sometimes you've got to string several breadboards together if you're doing something complex. What I do in cases like that is build the first BB with some part of the setup that I can test separately; get that part working; and set it aside. Then I build another part on another BB; and eventually I hook'em all together.

    If each part is working separately, then once in a while the whole thing will work when I hook the breadboards together. That's a cause for astonishment.

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  • RoboticsProfessorRoboticsProfessor Posts: 54
    edited 2008-11-29 00:47
    ...and when you add a breadboard make sure you run the grounds to a common ground.

    Separate grounds can sometimes cause strange results.

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