Proto-Boards Resurrected
Since learning of the PIC2 Micocontroller Programming Kit, I began wondering if I still had my prototyping breadboards from my Electrical Engineering classes at UC Davis. After 10 minutes of going through boxes, I found my two breadboards: the Jameco JE26 (left), and the "Global Specialties" proto-board 10 (right).
The JE26 was purchased late in the quarter of my Circuits 2 (EEC100) class to accomodate my larger projects. It is three-times as large as the proto-board 10. I found some Integrated Circuits (ICs) left on the JE26 from my last project. They include some Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amps) and Multi-Input NAND gates. I'm sure I'll find a use for them in a future project.
I showed the protoboards to Natalie, and she remarked that I must have looked like a total geek while carrying the protoboards around campus. She's certainly right, but I thought of it more as a source of pride at the time. It isn't often that computer scientists can put their hands on a physical representation of their work.
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i was organizing the garage and found the micromouse, still completely in tact! i guess hot glue really does hold up to years of neglect at the bottom of the "eec crap" box.
Posted by: wayne | March 2, 2006 11:40 PM