Mini Breadboy prototype :)

I finally have my initial “Mini Breadboy” prototype built!

Here’s a quick video of it.

The goal of this was to design it as a fairly plug and play STEM project to run for students at my son’s school. There is no soldering required for the students - and not too much for me if I just run it in groups of 10. We officially started this onTuesday of last, and it’ll nice to have this playable prototype on hand for the next session. I think they’ll love it. I do

The biggest challenge was definitely the tight spaces. The mass of wires barely fit, but with a careful efficient approach, the case can be closed up without any difficulty. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how on earth I’d get the screen wired up and still manage to close the case, and I realized I could run those wires under the Arduino and then route them to the back and to a female pin header, which works a charm.

Big thanks to @Mr.Blinky for both the inspiration of the original Breadboy, as well as the mountain of work he’s done to make this an approachable DIY project. Big thanks also to @bateske for making this an open source project. And a general thanks to everyone in the community here. It’s a wonderfully helpful place.

I’ll be sharing all the assets for this build (CAD files, AliExpress parts list, Fritzing wiring diagrams, etc) once I’m fully satisfied that it’s in it’s final state.

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