Originally Posted by bugmenot

Mike - that's a very neat construction indeed. Mind if I ask for some pointers:
* What brand of preformed jumpers do you use? I tried the Elenco ones and could never get them to fit, so instead just use flexible wire.
* What brand of breadboard?
* How do you connect up power, signal, scope probes, and things like speakers which don't fit into a breadboard? I use alligator clips attached to jumper wires which I insert, and so I end up having 4 or 5 of these hanging off the board.

I make all my own jumpers from 0.6mm diameter wire. I have a few different coloured reels of wire and can make them quicker than most people can strip a piece of wire to a random length. The above board would take me around 1 hour to make which I consider time well spent as I can then be confident that bugs are in code and not hardware. The breadboards I use are just a cheap brand (wish) from the local electronics store. For connecting things that don't fit a breadboard I solder on SIP connectors or use breakout boards. In the above photo the LCD and the IDC both have connectors soldered to them.

Mike.