Tutorial: Getting mbed in and out of breadboard!

Someone recently commented that once an mbed was in breadboard, it was a little tricky to get out. I've also seen a few cases in workshops where examples wern't working for people, and it was simply due to the mbed not being pushed in to the breadboard properly (usually because it is stiff, and the user didn't want to damage anything - better to be careful!).

So here are a couple of videos with some simple recommendations. Firstly, getting your mbed in to the breadboard:

Secondly, getting it back out:

For removal, the emphasis is on working it out slowly with light pressure to avoid bending pins, and ensuring you only press the shaft of the screwdriver against the edge of the mbed and the tip against the breadboard by pulling up. If you push down, you'll scrape the underside of the mbed with the screwdriver tip which will not be good news!

So use these simple approaches, take your time, and treat the hardware with care, and you'll be fine!

Comments

David Da Costa

# 01 Nov 2009

Thank you kindly sir!

Cristian Lefter

# 01 Nov 2009

Thank you!

Good no know.

Al Grant

# 01 Nov 2009

Be careful if you push it in while holding it in your hand like in the video. I've had it push a row of contacts out of the back. Rest it on a hard surface to be sure.

For getting it out, you can use a soft plastic baby spoon. Insert the tip of the bowl under the mbed (not too far) and lever out. If you have two spoons you can do both ends at the same time.

samira samilan

# 01 Nov 2009 . Edited: 03 Nov 2009

Indeed, I was so afraid to remove the mbed board from the breadboard.

As a result, I built a perfboard with male and female headers on the right and only female header on the left.

It is easier to remove from the perfboard than from the breadboard.

HTH.

Fig 1 perfboard is to the right of mbed.

Squonky Squirrel

# 02 Nov 2009

I was expecting a commentary by Mr Cholmondley-Warner!