Hi! I was wondering if anyone could give me information on whether it is possible to use the Arduino without a breadboard in connecting motors and drivers to the board to not make an akward looking circuit exxposed with loose wiring components(on the breadboard).

A breadboard is just a tool to help assemble a circuit conveniently. There are "shields" which carry sets of components for things like driving motors or playing music or GPS locating or the like but you'll often need other components for a project and a breadboard is an easy way to put everything together quickly and easily without having to solder anything. You can use proto board and solder while you're figuring something out, but it's less convenient and harder to fix mistakes or make changes. For a finished project, protoboard is much better than a breadboard but not as slick as using a custom PCB.

[image] luke16: circuit exxposed with loose wiring components Ralph S. Bacon has a two-video series on creating your own Printed Circuit Board. [#164 From Circuit Diagram to PCB - Part 1: Schematic, Parts, BOM 👍 EasyEDA tutorial]

[image] luke16: the Arduino Which (of the more than 20 different) Arduinos?

[image] luke16: use the Arduino without a breadboard in connecting motors and drivers to the board I think the whole point of Arduino in the first place was to do this using ready made shields. A quiet trawl on eBay may reveal exactly what you want.

I never use a breadboard they are too unreliable. I always construct things on strip board. Here is an extreme example of a complete project:- [Circuit board] It also includes the chips and components that make up an Arduino.

Check these out: [image] Share tips you have come across General Electronics Project construction example and hints If you are new to making projects, below is a process you might want to try. Rather than using a prototyping PCB, we will build the following project on a copper clad PCB ‘mother board’. After you decide what you want to make, draw a schematic of your design showing ‘all’ the components in your circuit. There are many free PCB software packages for schematic design and PCB layout. If your design uses a SMPS (switch mode power supply) always add a ‘Fer… [image] Share tips you have come across General Electronics Making a Reasonable looking Test Jig The following images show how to build a test jig. [A] Design your front panel layout. Print a 1:1 paper copy and add double stick tape. Laminate. [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] Enlarge the holes for your LEDs switches etc. [H] [I] [J] [K] See this post for soldering the proto board components:

Arduino, ESP32, etc boards are great for creating proto types for evaluation but are generally not suitable for an end-user application if you are looking at small numbers do a web search for arduino rugged, arduino industrial , industrial esp32, etc otherwise design and build a custom PCB in particular use good quality power supplies

Go for: Arduino UNO Board [image] and Adafruit's Motor Driver Board which goes over the Arduino UNO. [image]

If you don't want to design and order your own PC board, one alternative is to buy prototype boards that already have a typical breadboard layout in copper on one side. So after doing the breadboard version, you can just transfer the circuit to the prototype board, but solder individual wires cut to the proper length instead of a maze of jumpers. 22-gauge solid wire is best. For the one I use, you can search eBay or Aliexpress for "prototype circuit board 14.3 4.8". The ending numbers are the size in cm. Here's an example: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803882724793.html With shipping, a little over a dollar each. They make lots of other sizes and layouts, both bigger and smaller. Here's an example showing my mailbox notifier, which uses a Lolin D1 Mini ESP8266 module: [MailboxNotifier] I always keep these in stock. They are cheap, work well, and you don't have to go through the process of designing and ordering your own board. And you can cut them in half if you like. :slight_smile:

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