January 20, 2021: Planet Analog Blog Post and Commentary by Bill Schweber.
Planet Analog (All Signal. No Noise.) is an online community for semiconductor and system designers—both newbies and wizards—interested in discussing and advancing analog design techniques.
In this article, Bill Schweber looks at the evolution of breadboards, and how they can serve as a stepping-stone to prototypes.
“Words such as breadboard and prototype have an almost romantic allure in the electrical engineering world. Although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, they are somewhat different: a breadboard usually is a basic, often somewhat crude rendition of a desired circuit, while a true prototype is closer to the final design and may also deal with packaging, appearance, manufacturing issues (assembly and tolerance), and even qualification tests.“
