Arduino Nano not working when I plug it onto a soldering breadboard

Hello,
I have a project that uses a nano esp32 with Arduino cloud. The project works fine but when i plug it on the soldering breadboard it stops working.

Any ideas for how to solve it?

I do not know what a soldering breadboard is, but do not use it.

Yes.

if you show some more info, like: picture, amazon link or something that show what you have, may be we have not only idea, but maybe solution

Need more info, like wiring and code.

This is the soldering breadboard

Hi @manolisg11. I think there are probably many short circuits caused by the low quality of your soldering and possibly also due to your use of bare wire (unless that is enameled wire?).

I don't think this one is salvageable so you should throw it away.

Before starting your next attempt, spend some time watching YouTube video tutorials on soldering. Make sure to learn what a high quality solder fillet looks like.

Next, spend some time practicing soldering on one of these protoboards. Don't attempt to make a functional circuit, just keep soldering wires in holes over and over and over and over again until you can consistently make a perfect fillet. This will allow you to make all your mistakes before you start on the real board, which must be flawless.

Now start on the real board. Make sure to use insulated wire this time.

Once you are done, very carefully visually examine each of the solder joints. If you spot a problem, you can carefully touch it up. Be watchful for any loose blobs of solder or other conductive debris, which can cause shorts. After that, use the continuity mode of a digital multimeter to verify there is conductivity between all expected points, and none to any unexpected point. This will save you from learning about it the expensive way by watching components go up in smoke the first time you power the board.

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