Looks like a tiny course for show jumping. All you need is a tiny horse. (Cool idea thanks Collin)

Really digging these Colin’s lab notes. Thank you!

Wow! That never would have occurred to me. Thanks for the tip.

Even better : use right angle header pins. Very useful for SMD LEDs.

Collin, your lab notes are wonderful! Thank you for making them.

Great tip on the SMD for breadboard

I've fenagled some interesting work to get smd on through hole PCBs but never once occurred to me to solder to header like this, looks so clean.

Good video. your video's bring me joy every day

was using this technik for smd LED's but with 1 extra pin for current limiting resistor :D , very nice

This is an outstanding tutorial for anyone starting to build and test circuits on a breadboard.

The _do_ look kind of cool!

And here's me wondering what I could possibly do with a few dozen salvaged SMD components I'd done for originally purely for practice. Thanks Colin!

Oh, I so want to replace leaded resistors with these cute little things

That's an awesome tip I hadn't thought of. Got any good ways to use SOT-23 transistors in a breadboard or other 0.1 inch environment? Also you can stack more than one mlcc (capacitor) this way to get the characteristics you want, if you're careful, I've been told

Tack flux... huh, didn't know that was a thing. Cheers!

That smd trick is pretty neat.

Nice! Another tip: not sure where I learnt this but I use a piece of paper as a very very fine sanding paper and I rub smd components on it to “polish” the “more often than not oxide” layer. This way the legs remain flat and it requires less flux to flow properly. Also that makes me more confident that the underside is properly wetted with tin (I found it the hard way when an old component did not solder properly and just made a “shell” around the legs which shortly after caused cracks to appear with a lengthy debugging session…)

Your videos are really high quality even though it's educational but it's entertaining too by the way I like you sound tune

I discovered this a while back and was amazed

This is very useful

This is brilliant!

Potentiometers are quite useful for breadboard development work. Most of us will have through hole versions of non-semiconductor parts anyway.

I've done this with 0603 passives, and it wouldn't surprise me if you could go down to 0402. It also lets you test smt passives with a component tester 👍

That is extremely clever.

I had no idea. Thanks!

Tack flux. wish i had that back in the day

Great pro tip! Thanks!

Really awesome video work

They look cool af mate. Going to use this for my next hi-fi stereo system, glass enclosed. Thanks for all your work guys.

That is cool,I always just used cut offs ,this looks much better to use.

Love this! Thank you!

I dont even do this stuff, why do I have these vids, still great content I like learning it

Something really handy would be smd-0.1' adapter boards that hold the smd part removably. Like with the through hole IC sockets. Anything to that effect out there?

brilliant idea!

So simple thus so smart.

Genius what a good idea

I find tips for stuff I need without knowing XD

that is so very cool. Thanks!

Genius, thanks

I also did this but with 0603 components 🤫

Brilliant 😎

Very nice

Brilliant

I do this with smd chip components. I always find trying to find “adapter” boards a hassle cos different suppliers call them different names: Breakout board Prototyping board Adapter board They all return different things on different suppliers

Good idea

Where we will be getting SMD components

It looks like a lil city ^^

Very cool

Is there any benefit to using an SMD component as opposed to other types that are easier to use with a breadboard?

i did something like that yesterday :)

SHOWOFF! 😁

This is cool

no wonder the world is short on chips for new vehicles lol this guy has them all lol

ok but what do I do for my 0201 components?

Oh My god, increíble..

This is how thing go forward for one time and then it goes back SMD components is to go top of circuit board now it true circuit board.

Wow dude

Thank you sir for these handy tips

ha thought it was just me that did this

what ideas.

Noice

I did it before with lm 1117 smd cause i could get it cheaper

Loving this! PnP SMD

Flaxs flaxs flaks 😅

Congratulations, I've never felt like a bigger idiot for missing something so patently obvious. LOL. Smds on header pins is a stroke of genius.

cursed, but very useful!

I don’t understand how to use a breadboard at all

save it brain... you might need it on future

Is it just me or does the brown and grey ones look like drugs?

Calling khaby