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Starting electronics
Photo 2.4 An IC mounted on a breadboard. The breadboard is designed so that
an IC can be mounted without shorting the pins
The circuits integrated inside the body of the ICs are not
always the same, and so one IC can’t automatically do the
job of another. They need to be exactly the same type to
be able to do that. This is why I always give a type number
if I use an IC in an experiment. Make sure you buy the right
one if you want to build an experiment, or for that matter if
you ever build a project such as those you see in electronics
magazines.
Once the IC is in the breadboard — in fact, once any component
is in the breadboard — it’s a simple matter to make
connections to it by pushing in wires or other component
leads to the holes and clips of the same groups.
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