connection of parallel circuit on a breadboard

You're kidding, right? How complex of a circuit are you talking about? Just a parallel circuit or series-parallel?

You left out some information. Also, what year student are you and where? Is this an assignment for class?

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well im a 1st year electrical engineering student,just started a few weeks.the reason why i ask such question is that i come from a disadvantage community,where we as students at our school did'nt have the resources to put our theories into practicals.So please bare with me.I'm from South Africa.I just want to know how to connect a normal parallel circuit on a breadboard....a breadboard was never seen at our school.

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It will be difficult to describe without a breadboard in front of you but here is a basic picture. The first row going left to right, all the way across, is all connected together. This will usually be for power. The second row is set up the same, but not connected to the top row. This can be used for a second power source or as a line to provide connections for a parallel circuit. The two rows across the bottom are the same as across the top. Usually the bottom row will be for neutral or ground connections. The vertical rows are connected from top to bottom, but the top 5 holes and the bottom 5 holes are not connected to eachother. You can use jumper wires to jump from aech vertical row to the top or bottom parallel line or jump from vertical to vertical to create a parallel circuit, or any type of circuit that you need.

dont worry, i get exactly what you mean. i'm a first year student as well and i had never heard of a breadboard. however just try to build the curcuit exactly as you see it in the diagram. i find that really helps. and dont forget your connecting wires...

Hi there,

Think of the following lines:

11111111111111111111

22222222222222222222

33333333333333333333

44444444444444444444

From left to right or from the right to the left the numbers run one after the other - in series. If you look from the 1 to the 2 to the 3 to the 4 - you will see they are not in series but in parrallel. Your bread board is the same. Turn it over and you will see that there are tracks parallel to each other.

If you were two bridge two of those tracks you would just be creating a longer track - not a parallel circuit.

What you need to do is create a parallel circuit - like you did in std6 physics. Try two resistors in parallel. Draw this out. Take the drawing and look at the bread board or the numbers up ahead.

If you were to put the resistors side by side with one leg attached to number 1 and the other leg attached to number 2 you would have created a parallel circuit.

Regards,

Craig