In 1976, a 6×7 inch breadboard from AP was about $50. Meanwhile, back in 1974, [Cooper] wanted to put together circuits easily. His solution? A wooden board, some copper pipe, rubber bands ...

Like its 0.1″ pitch counterpart, passive components can be thrown in 1″ pitch breadboard to create a myriad of analog circuits. The Twin Cities folks even tossed together an optical theremin ...

For the uninitiated, breadboards let you interface ... Perhaps you want to design compact circuits that don’t take up half ...