Basic Breadboard

Your first exposure to electrical engineering - the bread board. Who knew it would bring so much frustration?

 

This is your standard solderless breadboard - three binding posts, two power buses, black aluminum plate backing. It works with a wide variety of wire gauges (29-20 AWG). As is standard for most of these breadboards, the power buses are disconnected in the middle; common practice is to use a few small jumper wires to tie them together.