Electrical Schematics and Solderless Breadboards

1. Electrical Schematics and Solderless Breadboards

2. Objectives • Learn how to read a simple electrical schematic. • Understand how the pins on a solderless breadboard are connected. • Use an electrical schematic to build several circuits on a solderless breadboard.

3. Schematic Diagram: A schematic diagram is a shorthand way to draw an electric circuit. It is a diagram that illustrates components (electrical parts) and how they are connected to each other. Symbols are used to represent circuit components and lines are used to represent wires or connections.

4. Solderless Breadboards: Solderless breadboards are commonly used in experimentation or to make a prototype of a circuit before the circuit is soldered or made in mass production.

5. Typical Solderless Breadboard

6. Pin Connections in a Solderless Breadboard

7. Solderless Breadboard Set-up

8. Electrical Component Symbols

9. Sample Circuit

10. PIC Microcontroller Circuit

11. LED Scroller