I’ve built a small regulator board for powering my breadboard for the next projects I’m working in. I will get a more professional, low cost bench top power supply when I have time and the money to invest. Everyone doing experiments and prototypes frequently should have a regulator board like this one. I think it’s better to mount the circuit in a permanent board because it gives you mobility and frees your breadboard of extra components.

I built this thing in aboult half hour. I had to salvage some parts from an old linksys router I had in a storage box (could be labeled: “Things to salvage”). So here’s a tip for newcomers to electronics and early experimenters: save those old appliances and gadgets you have and don’t use anymore and store them somewhere. You will find a lot of useful things inside them. You could even store them in a categorized fashion (maybe by dominant type of component). Some SMD parts are hard to remove with standard tools, so you’ll have to get specialized tools and use different techniques. In this subject, I’ve found many cool techniques that require only inexpensive tools or things you already have and some tricks. The info is out there… maybe I’ll put some info here about this topic, after researching more because to tell the truth I have little experience with it.

Here’s a pic of the little board:

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