Crossword clues for breadboard
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 A cutting board, especially for cutting bread. 2 A pull-out cutting board underneath a counter, found in many kitchens. 3 A reusable solderless device used to build a (usually temporary) prototype of an electronic circuit and for experimenting with circuit designs. vb. (context transitive English) To set up (an electronic device) on a breadboard.
WordNet
n. a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced [syn: bread board]
Wikipedia
A breadboard is a construction base for prototyping of electronics. Originally it was literally a bread board, a polished piece of wood used for slicing bread. In the 1970s the solderless breadboard (AKA plugboard, a terminal array board) became available and nowadays the term "breadboard" is commonly used to refer to these. "Breadboard" is also a synonym for " prototype".
Because the solderless breadboard does not require soldering, it is reusable. This makes it easy to use for creating temporary prototypes and experimenting with circuit design. For this reason, solderless breadboards are also extremely popular with students and in technological education. Older breadboard types did not have this property. A stripboard (Veroboard) and similar prototyping printed circuit boards, which are used to build semi-permanent soldered prototypes or one-offs, cannot easily be reused. A variety of electronic systems may be prototyped by using breadboards, from small analog and digital circuits to complete central processing units (CPUs).
A breadboard originally was a flat wooden cutting board used to support a loaf of bread (or other foods) while it was being sliced; this original meaning is still in use, but has a new additional meaning as "a base for prototyping". The concept of "breadboarding" as prototyping is not confined to electronic design; "mechanical breadboards" have been and continue to be used by mechanical engineers.
Thus a breadboard may refer to:
- Cutting board, a food preparation utensil
- Breadboard, a construction base used in electric/electronic circuit prototyping
- Optical breadboard, used in optics labs
- Mechanical breadboard, sometimes used in developing mechanical systems
- Brassboard, a stage in engineering prototype development
Usage examples of "breadboard".
But instead of tracks the table was loaded with wires, a parts cabinet, soldering gun, black boxes and wired breadboards, along with assorted other electronic gear.
She opened a drawer and found nothing but breadboards and a rolling pin.
From breadboards, I went to other simple itemsoutdoor benches for a cafe, a set of plain bookcases for the school.
The breadboards were adequate, as were the boxes, but I had been doing better when I had left Uncle Sardit.
First, I made him work on breadboards, but only a few, mainly to give him confidence.
In the end, I found a piece of red oak with some twisted grains at one end that could be turned to an elaborate breadboard, and some smaller plank-ends of white oak that would make a small box, perhaps for needles.
In the end, I gathered one bag full of red and white oak scraps, enough to do three or four small boxes, and enough mill ends for three coppers to do a breadboard or two and a small chair.
The market for breadboards was limited, and designing and carving breadboards that didn't sell wasn't building confidence.
With determination, Susan took a flat breadboard and pressed out the fire.
She set it down beside the breadboard, on which she had placed half a loaf of bread with the cut side down.
I walked toward the bin that contained my odd-sized piecestoo big to burn and too small to use except for boxes, breadboards, inlays, or small decorative itemsexcept for the inlays, things that would have been done mostly by the apprentice I didn't have.
Rissa set the stew pot on a breadboard in the middle of the table and a basket filled with three loaves of warmish bread beside the pot.
LXXXIV Dayala set the berry bread on the oval breadboard, sliding the loaf into place with a long wooden paddle.
Held in a frame was the breadboarded apparatus that he had been working on before he had gone away.
All the circuitry was breadboarded, lashed together, a complicated one-shot.