I recently wanted some breadboard setups for students ... The code is simple. Just like the Arduino has a lot of helper library routines, mbed provides most of what you need to drive the devices ...

Here’s a no-PCB Arduino that doesn’t obscure the DIP ... allowing it to be used in a breadboard or DIP socket. You can see a walk through of the components in the clip after the break.

With their cheap price tags, massive I/O provisions, and low power consumption, microcontrollers like the uber-popular ...