breadboard potentiometer

[Jacobk]

Does anyone have a good, reasonable, way of hooking up a pot to a breadboard?

 

[4pyros]

With solid wires.

 

[DerStrom8]

A lot of potentiometers come with pins fit for a breadboard. If you don't have one, you can solder some solid 22 gauge wire to each of the contacts, and plug that into the breadboard. Trimpots are specially designed for breadboard and PCB use:

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Hope this helps!
Regards,
Der Strom

 

[large_ghostman]

on pots that dont fit my bread board i use a small bit of vario board to solder the pot on (or make a small pcb) and solder some header pins on the vario board so they fit the BB job is done robert is your mums brother well that is what dad said

 

[bryan1]

robert is your mums brother well that is what dad said

Well Bob could be your aunty or uncle depending where they come from too...............

 

[large_ghostman]

anything is possiable here in devon!!! there is a boy at my school who's mum is also his sister but i am not sure how that happens

 

[ericgibbs]

Please keep On OP's Topic.
Moderation.

 

[Ian Rogers]

I bought one of these https://uk.farnell.com/boss-enclosures/bimboard-1/pcb-prototype/dp/147175 takes three pots

I know this one is no longer manufactured but you get the point

 

[Dean Huster]

I've modified several components to work on breadboards, including rotary switches, 1/4-inch and 3.5mm phone jacks, banana leads, coax cables, etc. I use those gold-plated square pins that were so popular on 1980s-era computer PCBs since I have such a huge stock of same, some as long as 1 inch or so. They're stiff and perfect for the breadboard. Just make sure you align all the flats of the various pins so they're parallel with each other.