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Connecting Abritrary Wires to Breadboard

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By macdonag
2008-10-13 13:17
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Hi

I've got a pair of GM10 Solarbotics motors with very thin wires.  I want to connect them to a breadboard - what's the best way of doing this?  For now, I'll probably solder them to some connectors cut off the jumper wires I normally use, but was wondering if there are any better suggestions?

Thanks!

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By jka @ Mon, 2008-10-13 14:18
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Take these:

Take these: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=111 or similar. Solder a wire to it and in the end of the wire, solder a jumper from the breadboard. Put the clips on the wires from the motor when breadboarding and you don't have to desolder anything and risk damaging the motors
By macdonag @ Tue, 2008-10-14 23:42
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Ah, cheers.  I may give

Ah, cheers.  I may give that a go.  Just soldered a pin to them for now.

Thanks!

By voodoobot @ Wed, 2008-10-15 00:43
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I've used female connectors

I've used female connectors so that I could use patch wire or header connectors to connect to the motor and BB. (then finally to a proto board)

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8095

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=116

 

 

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