You can also just buy pre-cut, pre-stripped, pre-bent wires like this in assorted lengths which I find a lot more convenient for prototyping since I'm actively avoiding anything permanent. Even if the lengths aren't perfect, you can get them nice and flat and you can reuse them without actually needing to go to the work of measuring and manually preparing the wires.
True. And you should do what works for you. I keep my old ones in a spare breadboard for future re-use. No reason to remake anything ;-). I do find that measuring allows me to have near perfect length for every specific application -- which I like.
I've been doing this for as long as I've been breadboarding. Another tip for actually using these is to attach popsicle sticks or some other form of extensions to an alligator clip to make it easier to hold and use that to place and remove the jumpers. As you start building up more intricate circuits it can become quite difficult to do by hand. You can actually get kits with pre-formed jumpers like these, although the last time I got one they used the worst possible wire -- almost as soft as solder.
Nice tips! I also hate the pre-formed ones... not only are they cheap, but I like to cut them to the correct length for each build. And yes, for more complex projects, it's better to make a proto-board or a PCB.
Good info, well done. I had been wondering about using solid core wire from ethernet cables. A couple of commenters below recommended it. It's easy to get, maybe a little harder to find 22 AWG. Thank you!
Yeah it's weird this video ended up being quite the forum. RU-vid is just so Random! Besides liking the thickness of 22 awg, the reason I buy spools is so I have exact colors for board layout.. black for ground red for positive voltage Etc. And then I stack all the spools on a dowel so I have kind of like a dispenser on the side of my desk it's pretty handy
Is 20guage better than 22guage for certain breadboard/wire combos???? Are there any brands that don't have printing all over them?? Please drop links to order pages if so thanks!
You probably could get away with 20 gauge the caveat for me is that if the wire is too thick then it starts to ream out the holes in the breadboard so just watch for that. Really whatever gauge makes a snug fit and isn't too tight. Here's the wire I use in the video... Solid Hook-Up Wire Bundle, 100', 22AWG (Black, Blue, Green, Red, White, Yellow) a.co/d/7Q0dAeh Hear the breadboards... ELEGOO 3PCS 400 tie Points breadboard, 4 Power Rails for Jumper Wire a.co/d/cwIGCML
@@jcorrea8597 I use Cat-5 offcuts too. Important note: in-wall Cat-5 is solid core, patch leads are stranded. It's easy to tell the difference: if you bend solid core, it stays bent, if you bend stranded, it flexes back.
Good video. I use a similar technique, except I jamb my thumbnail into the jacket as to where I want to strip it. I just started to design a wire dispenser. You press the number of holes wide you want on a keypad and a stepper motor spits out that length plus extra to be stripped. I like stripping with Hot Tweezer Strippers. They are easy to work with short or long length wires. If you search for Wire Dispenser Breadboard you will find my short video on my channel for what I am making.
Thanks! I love the thumbnail thing -- you already ARE the tool... LOL. And I love the idea of a tool to make these. Looking forward to seeing where that goes.
@@androofroo I am pretty new to this, I bought a small starter fun kit (Elegoo), so far I only made like a few tests, with leds and resistors. But I watched quite a lot of videos of electronics, and also arduino videos But i didn't do any more projects yet, because I found the kit very limited, it also had no arduino in it. (I like the programming part, I'm a bit of a programmer). So I just ordered some more stuff, a "super starter kit" that has arduino uno r3 (elegoo), and a bunch of other stuff like speaker, servo motor, expansion board, etc... But I don't like those big jumper cables, there is some of those 'bent' wires in the kit, but not enough, that's why I was looking for info on wires I guess anything from 20 to 30 awg for these little projects is good? for the breadboards? just have it solid so it's not like a braided wire that I can't "stick" inside the breadboard?
@@androofrooI am also thinking of a solder station, solder, flux, "Sponge", whatever else I need, wire cutters, scrapers, etc. I don't have big plans (yet) to make like a robot or something :D just small projects for now... maybe a light for my toilet that lits a red "occupied" if someone is inside, or something :) maybe connect it to something...
On Amazon, they have multi-color wire packs like this one... www.amazon.com/StrivedayTM-Flexible-Electric-electronic-electrics/dp/B01LH1FYHO/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3HV1EOYR7B5SS&keywords=striveday%2Bwire&qid=1702164351&sprefix=striveday%2Bwire%2Caps%2C263&sr=8-6&th=1 Then you can measure and cut your own jumpers and use colors to organize things.
For soldering, purchase a temp controlled soldering station (not the "fire starter" kind that just has one temp ... i.e. crazy hot). For the "sponge" I use the brass type that has the little house, like this one... www.amazon.com/SINJEE-Soldering-Cleaner-Wire-type-Cleaning/dp/B08C4VN46N/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=39C2EVXET75PB&keywords=solder+sponge&qid=1702164582&sprefix=solder+spong%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
