So im fairly new to this, but, i've noticed that most of the components i get as well as the arduino itself, have little holes in it. Which would generally be used for screwing it to a case, but i was wondering if there was any products out there that were like a peg board or something where i could easily pin down devices/components to prototype stuff without having to screw it to something
Thanks!
Justin
See Share tips you have come across - #105 by LarryD - General Electronics - Arduino Forum
https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=445951.msg3115248#msg3115248
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hmm thats a pretty neat idea. however I was thinking for more temporary type stuff.
I was kind of thinking about something like using a metal sheet and then, some plastic pegs that have a magnet on the bottom (was just thinking of maybe cribbage pegs, glue a magnet to the head?) so that you can just press the board on to the pegs and then just toss it on the metal surface.
I'd obviously want to put some sort of plastic film on the metal to deal with accidental contact. Then there is the issue of magnetic interference, but im not sure how much of an impact, if any, that would have. I would imagine this would depend on the magnet type/strength and the type of component.
The problem with the idea of a peg board (i think) is that the size is probably not standard enough that all components would line up correctly, meaning a magnet type system is really the only thing coming to mind that would maybe work.
Foam double sided (double stick) tape.
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yeah i had thought about that but my concern there is that it probably wont be strong enough. but now that i think about it, i could just tape the whole device down rather than worry about the screw holes. Not very reusable though and i kind of feel like it wouldnt hold well, but perhaps i'll give that a try, should be cheap to try out!
I had such a system when I was a kid. Google images for:-
transtronic electronic kit
It was on peg board with a paper overlay. Each component had a clip on the end for wires and the overlay showed you where to put the wires. With today's 3D printing you could make your own.
These days their is this https://littlebits.cc
I found this
which if thats the right one, it shows your age a bit 
I grew up with these
http://www.robotshop.com/en/elenco-mx-907-200-in-1-electronic-project-lab-kit.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwsqjKBRDtwOSjs6GTgmASJACRbI3fVFm89SUdERNaq9vClWmHC3ezPiOMMJSdtSwmODQOIRoCFYPw_wcB
but you're right, i've seen a couple of others just like the little bits and im actually jealous of kids today lol
I think im going to try the foam tape and if i get brave the magnets but im not terribly confident either will work that well.
As i was just surfing for double sided foam tape, amazon actually suggested Velcro, which, im thinking might work a lot like the double sided foam tape, but will be reusable so i think i'll give that try!
which if thats the right one, it shows your age a bit
Yes just officially became an old age pensioner last year.
Oddly enough I was looking at that kit when the news of Kennedy being assenated came on the TV. But I had had it about 4 years before.
"Yes just officially became an old age pensioner last year. "
And the hair on your avatar picture is still brown.
What is your secret!
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And the hair on your avatar picture is still brown.
What is your secret!
Boot polish.
Not sure if you can get them in the size for the hole in an arduino though.
ah very cool, half the problem is finding the right terms, i can probably find a stand off that will work with it. That and some Velcro or maybe some magnet strips.
I'd really like to use the magnets because i think they would be the easiest to work with however what are the odds they would cause some sort of interference (excluding any obviously magnet based sensors)
One of the standard sizes is 0.125 inch which is slightly larger than 3mm so ordering a 3.2mm drill might be wise.
You can get these .
Which screw into these.
Justin, why not just use solderless breadboards? They will hold the components in place while you prototype. Why do you want to use these holes during the prototyping stage of your projects? (I can see how they might be useful for mounting in a completed project.)
Yes , could you post a picture of your typical circuit setup.
BTW the magnets i linked ,
when placed on a flat steel surface they form a closed loop with little or no external field.
The same is not true of magnetic tape however.
Hey Paul,
I use those, but here is more so what im talking about
So i have the breadboard, arduino and a relay board. I'll also be adding an ethernet adapter, which is a lot like the relay board.
Obviously the pile of wires is fine, but this is suppose to hook in to my garage door system, so i have to move it all over there, make sure its balancing on the little shelf ok, and then verify that i didnt accidentally unplug any cables and then test.
If i had a board that had these parts attached to it, i could simply pick up the board and move it, and attach it to the garage door for testing...
maybe looking a little something like this, only straight and flat
speaking of loose wires, you can see that the brown wire has come unplugged from me taking these pics.
the idea being that i can toss the velcro (or whatever) on stuff like the relay board, or the Ethernet board, wire those in to the bread board/arduino, and attach it all to this black board for easy movement/presentation, and it would just be easier to work. The magnet/velcro will be fighting the wires desire to keep its shape rather than me fighting/bending it
What shield are you going to connect to the Uno?
So in this case im not using any shields, just a few components that have their own boards.
Most of the components i have are like whats pictured above, not shields but also not just the raw component that i could use with the breadboard.
If it was shields i could jsut stack it on top of the the arduino, or if it was just the raw component i could do on the breadboard but because im cheap and new at this, those type of components seemed like the best way to go, a little cheaper but with built-in safety (resistors and what not to make sure i dont destroy them... to quickly..)
also, because im fairly new to this, there is a lot more unused projects, and what i mean by that is, i build thing, play around with it, and then rip it apart and use the parts for other tests/learning.
I like the magnet idea. The same subject came up recently in the Education and Teaching forum section recently:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=484968
and that was the idea I had suggested. The OP, Elsa_Lin encountered a couple of issues (attaching the magnets and avoiding shorts) but it sounded like it did work out well after a couple of adjustments.
