Connections on Breadboard

Breadboard has many tiny sockets or holes arranged on a 0.1’’ grid. The leads or
terminals of most of the components like resistors, diodes, leds etc. can be pushed
straight into the holes.

A breadboard has 4 rows of holes at the top and 4 rows at the bottom and there are
several columns of holes in the middle.

There are two groups of vertical columns in the middle part, as you see in the picture
below it has been separated by a blue rectangular block.

The holes in rows are linked horizontally and column holes are linked vertically.
Jumper wires
jumper wires are simply wires that have connector pins at each end, allowing them to be
used to connect two points to each other without soldering. Jumper wires are typically
used with breadboard and other prototyping tools in order to make it easy to change a
circuit as needed.

Types of Jumper Wires

1.Male to male

2. Male to female

3.Female to female

Jumper wires typically come in three versions: male-to-male, male-to-female and

female-to-female. The difference between each is in the end point of the wire. Male
ends have a pin protruding and can plug into things, while female ends do not and are
used to plug things into. Male-to-male jumper wires are the most common .When
connecting two ports on a breadboard, a male-to-male wire been used,