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Breadboard – Figma for Breadboard Hackers

Breadboard – Figma for Breadboard Hackers

by safaorhan·May 25, 2026·5 points·5 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidCozyNiche Gem

Finally solves breadboard spaghetti wiring with a dedicated digital planning canvas.

Strengths
  • •Targets a specific physical pain point: messy wires and unstable connections.
  • •Enables sharing wiring diagrams with local hackerspace communities easily.
Weaknesses
  • •Niche audience limits viral potential compared to general dev tools.
  • •Must compete with general-purpose tools like Figma that already do this.
Category
Hardware
Target Audience

Hardware hackers, electronics hobbyists, students

Similar To

Fritzing · Tinkercad Circuits · Figma

Post Description

A few weeks ago, I got into the rabbit hole of creating neatly wired breadboards. I got sick of spaghetti wiring and unstable connections when I wired an esp32 based lora node and carried it around the block for reception tests.

I thought of using pre-cut jumper kits laying around and planning the wiring ahead of time so I could have neater wiring. I also wanted to share the wiring with fellow hardware hacking enthusiasts in my local hackerspace.

First I tried a square-grid paper, then moved to Figma and after not too long I remembered we can create web apps quickly in the age of AI.

And that's more or less the story. Here's the repo for the folks interested in: https://github.com/safaorhan/breadboard

Feel free to open issues for feature requests :)

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