The Kitronik Breadboard Breakout allows you to plug in your BBC micro:bit using a standard 2.54mm pitch breadboard.

Above you can see the DIP friendly solution for dual-row pin headers which he came up with. With just a bit of easy soldering he now has a breadboard friendly device for prototyping.

Displeased with all the socket offerings on Thingiverse, [tweeto] set out to design their own breadboard-friendly snap-fit socket. This certainly looks like a handy solution.

On your breadboard connect the MIDI circuit as follows: The collector is connected to a 220 ohm resistor which is connected to the second pin from the left on the back of the female midi connector ...