I found this tutorial online a little while back, and need some help setting up my breadboard mostly...
Project Step 1:
I purchased a Arduino Uno, which is the same used in the tutorial, as well as, the same sensor in the tutorial. I also got the development environment all setup, and was able to upload a new 'blink' program to increase/decrease blink rate, so that's all working.
The breadboard I purchased looks like this:
I noticed in the pictures (in the tutorial from above) that it looks like he has jumping wires all around the breadboard? I just need some guidance as to how I need to wire this particular breadboard in comparison to this tutorial.
Project Step 2:
Once I have all of the above working, I would like to add two additional Ultrasound chips on separate broad-boards most likely (3 sensors total), any recommendations as to best practices and such would be awesome.
The little jumpers are an irrelevance - they are intended to join the top and bottom rail segments each into a contiguous rail. They're often used to have a power rail and a ground rail. From the look of your breadboard, I believe that yours are already contiguous, but that doesn't matter. All you need to use are the four wires that he has connecting the arduino to the ping device or three if you have the more classic version.
A multifunction meter is your friend. You can use the continuity function (or ohmmeter) to check if the power rails are continuously connected and go from there.
I got this working good, onto the second question. The ultrasonic adapter requires 5v, if I wanted to run two more adapters, what is the recommended way to add this to the same uno board?
Current draw is what matters. The Parallax version draws 20mA. The Uno can source 200mA, so assuming your device is comparable, just add the other two and give each separate trigger and echo pins.