UPDATE: I leave the Original post-content and Add the following:
• Posted a Video on YouTube containg BreadBoard usage in Kicad
• The posted Info for the Video contains Link to GitHub where the Footprints, Symbol, STEP files are posted
ADDED:
PCB nor BreadBoard(BB) is needed for Simulating minimal circuits like the Capacitor tester below (you can hook-up with Wires and Alligator Clips…) but, Mini BB’s are clean and quick to use and the BB and Jumpers are simply Footprints that can be Dropped into the PCB-Editor…
Interesting that you can patch parts on the BB and run a sim. This also looks like a great way to generate breadboard hookup renderings for a manual – even for a non-sim application where you just want to show a student how to reproduce a proto! Those color-coded resistors are a nice touch. Can inter-pin caps or some parasitics be added for sim?
Like many folks that build circuits ‘we’ tinkered with BreadBoards and know the convenience/simplicity of using them… Heck, I’ve even built full large BB circuits and put them into Housings/Boxes rather than building PCB’s…
That I (any User) can choose to Simulate in Kicad/other a Circuit that’s laid out on a BB makes it a low-cost approach without needing to wait for a PCB to arrive.
In Kicad, the Schematic can have a Symbol that Parrots a BB (and is linked to a BB Footprint makes it easy to do… if you watch the Video, I hope it was clear to see that…).
Not sure what you mean by “Can inter-pin caps or some parasitics be added for sim?” I don’t know what ‘pin-caps’ are unless meaning Capacitors with Pin’s… but, ‘Yes’ various Simulations can and do include ‘parasitics’, usually in Resistance and implementation is about the simulation model of the part.
