user18905: I have these 3 wires coming from a servo motor. They're very thin and flimsy and despise staying in a breadboard.

Is it possible to add headers to these wires to make them easier to put in a breadboard? (Like the attached image) And if so, where would one procure such a thing?


user10794: What I do in situations like that is get some of those breadboard hookup wires, like you have in your second photo, cut them in the middle (giving yourself two wires, each with a bare end, and a end with a plug on them).
Strip the bare end, and then solder it to the servo motor wires. Before commencing soldering, slip some heat-shrink tubing onto the wire. Once the wires are soldered together, move the heat-shrink tubing over the join and shrink it (with a hair-dryer, or heat gun).
You now have a plug for your breadboard which is designed to be mechanically strong, and the heat-shrink tubing over the join protects it from being flexed too much.
You could put some thicker heat-shrink over all three wires, to give additional stability.

18905: <p>I have these 3 wires coming from a servo motor. They're very thin and flimsy and despise staying in a breadboard.</p>

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<p>Is it possible to add headers to these wires to make them easier to put in a breadboard? (Like the attached image) And if so, where would one procure such a thing?</p>

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 10794: <p>What I do in situations like that is get some of those breadboard hookup wires, like you have in your second photo, cut them in the middle (giving yourself two wires, each with a bare end, and a end with a plug on them).</p>

<p>Strip the bare end, and then solder it to the servo motor wires. Before commencing soldering, slip some heat-shrink tubing onto the wire. Once the wires are soldered together, move the heat-shrink tubing over the join and shrink it (with a hair-dryer, or heat gun).</p>

<p>You now have a plug for your breadboard which is designed to be mechanically strong, and the heat-shrink tubing over the join protects it from being flexed too much.</p>

<p>You could put some thicker heat-shrink over all three wires, to give additional stability.</p>
