Breadboard jumpers

[sdudley]

To anyone who does a lot of work with a breadboard you might find this to be a worth while purchase:

http://www.corobotech.com/index.php?mai ... cts_id=275

I usually just make my own jumpers but these are nice and at this price... well worth it. I just ordered two packs!

Stacy

[brad]

Nice Mr Dudley, very nice!

[Chuckt]

I have a case from Elenco that other distributors were selling for $20 and $15 and the wires are sturdier. Here are 350 wires for a little bit more (without the case):

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/347

I also found their 1660 point breadboard to be one of the cheapest I've found unless you want to get one off of ebay:

http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/353

[sdudley]

I must admit I am a little dissapoined with how thin the wires are that I purchased.

[Chuckt]

The Elenco wires are not as flexible and some of them are really short.

[sdudley]

I usually just hack up some CAT5 cable. That works great!

I just saw the fancy ends on the seeedstudio wire and thought it was a great idea. Such a shame it has to be so cheap... literally!

[Chuckt]

I don't know what kind of metal is in the Elenco jumper wires but they look the same color as staples; they aren't copper.

The seedstudio wires are convenient and I can live with them for now.

I did a second order at seedstudio because I like their bamboo tweezers and you can only order one at a time. I want to keep static electricity away from my projects.

[brad]

I want to keep static electricity away from my projects.

Hang on a sec - I thought we were supposed to inject as much static as possible into the circuit. That's where I am going wrong!

[sdudley]

...I thought we were supposed to inject as much static as possible into the circuit. That's where I am going wrong!

Chuck,

Stainless tweezers are anti-static, we use them where I work and we deal with highly sensitive products. Meritline.com has a nice selection for cheap:

http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx ... m=tweezers

[Chuckt]

I wasn't sure about that before. Are anti-magnetic tweezers the same thing?

I suffer from static electricity.

[brad]

Do you keep breaking chips?

[sdudley]

Anti-magnetic and anti-static are not the same. Plastic tweezers will build up static electricity. The reason I mention stainless, is because the wont melt or burn when you are using them close to a soldering iron.

The best remedy to stop static build up is to use lotion and keep your skin moist. Obviously a ground strap is great but if you don't have one just make sure you touch something that is grounded before touching electronic components.

If I open my computer case at home, I always make sure to touch the case frame before touching any of the boards inside.

[Chuckt]

Do you keep breaking chips?

I got out of the car yesterday and went to close the door and I got shocked.

We installed a humidifier in our house and I can't walk across the floor without shocking people. I can go down the stairs and I feel static between me and the wall.

[brad]

You almost sound like a super hero - STATIC MAN!

That much static certainly does sound like a problem, however PIC microchips incorporate diode clamping within them so as to shunt voltages in excess of the their normal operating voltage to either vcc or gnd.

As Stacy mentioned, using an antistatic wrist strap is a sure fire way of riding yourself of static - or you could just touch a ground connection before touching your circuits.