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It is still technically called a breadboard. The other type of breadboard you are thinking of is a "solderless breadboard." Original breadboards date back to th
by blackguardx 11y ago
It is still technically called a breadboard. The other type of breadboard you are thinking of is a "solderless breadboard." Original breadboards date back to the days before printed circuits when people would stick component leads through holes drilled in a piece of wood or some other material and wire them together.
- kcsongor 11y agooh, I didn't know that :) in the context I've heard it, people usually referred to the solderless one
- ZenoArrow 11y agoIsn't 'stripboard' the technical term for the soldered type of prototyping board (often known as veroboard in the UK)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripboard I've only heard the term breadboard being applied to the solderless prototyping boards (and the old school point to point type).