Breadboard and electronics experimentation system

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed perform a method, the method comprising:

• obtaining information regarding a size and spacings for openings within the translucent breadboard for aligning the translucent breadboard on a display screen;
• mapping a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of component connections as defined in an electronic file for a circuit in which a user is experimenting, to a set of breadboard openings arranged to expose contacts in individual ones of the set of breadboard openings;
• translating the set of breadboard openings and the plurality of component connections to display coordinates for illuminating traces and spots on the display screen, in view of the aligning;
• sending, to a display screen, a circuit wiring connection layout comprising a visual representation of circuit elements of the circuit in which the user is experimenting;
• receiving a selection of a circuit element from the user;
• and
• sending to a display screen a signal to illuminate a portion of the display screen beneath the translucent breadboard indicating where the user should place a selected circuit element on the translucent breadboard.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed perform a method, the method comprising:

• accessing an electronic file that provides a description of a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of component connections to form a circuit in which a user is experimenting;
• obtaining information regarding a size and spacings of openings within the translucent breadboard for initializing, registering and/or aligning the translucent breadboard on a display screen;
• mapping the plurality of electrical components and the plurality of component connections as defined in the electronic file, to a set of breadboard openings arranged to expose contacts in individual ones of the set of breadboard openings;
• and
• translating the set of breadboard openings and the plurality of component connections to display coordinates for illuminating traces and spots on the display screen, in view of the aligning.