LEDs for use with a solderless breadboard

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Using a LED and a 560 Ω in most breadboard projects means that you end up with four pins connected for two components, soldering them up like this makes them much easer to handle.

560 Ω resistors, LEDs and pin headers
560 Ω resistors, LEDs and pin headers
560 Ω resistors, LEDs and pin headers soldered together
560 Ω resistors, LEDs and pin headers soldered together
One LED set in a solder-less breadboard.
One LED set in a solder-less breadboard.
Eight LED sets in a solder-less breadboard.
Eight LED sets in a solder-less breadboard.

I chose 560 Ω in this instance as it’s a fairly middle-of-the-range value for LED current limiting resistors,

There have been a fair number of comments on this post when it was linked to by Hackaday. I have also used this to make LEDs with longer reach so that I don’t have to only use two adjacent pins

Wiring up the ATtiny 1614 for UPDI programming, there are two LEDs: A green LED between +5 VDC and GND, and a red LED between pin 8 and GND
Wiring up the ATtiny 1614 for UPDI programming, there are two LEDs: A green LED between +5 VDC and GND, and a red LED between pin 8 and GND

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