We first soldered microcontrollers (XIAO RP2040, XIAO ESP32C3, and XIAO SAMD21 with pin connectors. Then, we were smoothly able to plug it into the breadboard for a group assignment with ring oscillators.
Figure: Example of a microcontroller board with soldered pin connectors.
The idea is to connect one input and one output pin together. In the programmed code the input will be read and the output will be set to the opposite boolean value.
This will result in a square wave of which frequency we will measure with the oscilloscope.