Adafruit
Shop Adafruit products at Little Bird Electronics, your trusted Australian source for this iconic maker brand. From NeoPixel LEDs and Feather microcontrollers to Circuit Playground boards and TFT displays, we stock a wide range of Adafruit-designed hardware for every project.
Whether you're building interactive wearables, learning electronics in the classroom, or prototyping IoT devices, Adafruit's well-documented ecosystem makes it easy to get started. Available for delivery across Australia.
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 2m 30AWG Green
SKU: AF-2005 | Brand: Adafruit
Silicone-sheathing wire is super-flexible and soft, and its also strong! Able to handle up to 200°C and up to 600V, it will do when PVC covered wire wimps out. We like this wire for being extremely supple and flexible...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
2.8 TFT Display with Resistive Touchscreen
SKU: AF-1774 | Brand: Adafruit
The 2.8" TFT Display with Resistive Touchscreen is a bare LCD module featuring 320×240 resolution with individual RGB pixel control. Driven by the ILI9341 chipset, it supports SPI (3- or 4-wire), 8-bit parallel, and 1...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Panel Mount 1K potentiometer (Breadboard Friendly) [1K Linear]
SKU: AF-1789 | Brand: Adafruit
This 1K potentiometer is a two-in-one, good in a breadboard or with a panel. Its a fairly standard linear taper 1K ohm potentiometer, with a grippy shaft. Its smooth and easy to turn, but not so loose that it will ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
NeoPixel Diffused 8mm Through-Hole LED - 5 Pack
SKU: AF-1734 | Brand: Adafruit
LOLwut? NeoPixels in through-hole variety? Oh yes, we haz them! If you like NeoPixel strips you'll luv these 8mm diffused through-hole NeoPixels. All the single-pin-controlling-hundreds-of-LEDs goodness in a bre...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit LED Sequins - Rose Pink - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-1792 | Brand: Adafruit
Add a little sparkle to your wearable project with Adafruit LED Sequins. These tiny sewable LED boards are the simpler sibling of Flora NeoPixels — they display a single colour with no digital control needed, making t...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Switched JST-PH 2-Pin SMT Right Angle Breakout Board
SKU: AF-1863 | Brand: Adafruit
This switched JST connector is the best way to quickly prototype with our LiPoly batteries. We paired a genuine JST connector with a slide switch that can do up to 600mA. Both are soldered onto a breadboard-friendl...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
TXB0104 Bi-Directional Level Shifter [TXB0104]
SKU: AF-1875 | Brand: Adafruit
Because the Arduino (and Basic Stamp) are 5V devices, and most modern sensors, displays, flash cards and modes are 3.3V-only, many makers find that they need to perform level shifting/conversion to protect the 3.3V de...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
GPIO Header for Raspberry Pi A+/B+/Pi 2/Pi 3 [2x20 Female Header]
SKU: AF-2222 | Brand: Adafruit
Connect your own PCB to a Raspberry Pi B+ with this normal-height female header. The female header part is about 8.5mm tall, good for small HATs that do not to clear the USB/Ethernet jacks. This header has 3m...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SMT GPIO Header for Raspberry Pi HAT - 2x20 Short Female Header
SKU: AF-2187 | Brand: Adafruit
A custom-made 2×20 short female header designed for surface-mount (SMT) Raspberry Pi HAT designs. This header provides the slimmest possible profile when you need a low-clearance connection between your HAT and a Rasp...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
IR Break Beam Sensor - 5mm LEDs
SKU: AF-2168 | Brand: Adafruit
Infrared (IR) break-beam sensors are a simple way to detect motion. They work by having an emitter side that sends out a beam of human-invisible IR light, then a receiver across the way which is sensitive to that s...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
APA102 5050 RGB LED w/ Integrated Driver Chip - 10 Pack [APA102C]
SKU: AF-2343 | Brand: Adafruit
These APA102C (DotStar) RGB LEDs feature an integrated driver chip inside each 5050 SMD package, giving you individually addressable 24-bit colour control (8 bits each for red, green, and blue). The same smart LED use...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Brass M2.5 Standoffs 16mm tall - Black Plated - Pack of 2
SKU: AF-2337 | Brand: Adafruit
Finally we get our very own super sweet sixteen... 16 millimeters that is! Our Black Plated M/F Brass 16mm Standoffs are engineered specifically to keep your PiTFT or other Pi accessories w...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Replacement Tubes for Professional Silicone-Tip Solder Sucker [SS-02]
SKU: AF-2476 | Brand: Adafruit
Replacement silicone tubes for the Professional Silicone-Tip Solder Sucker. Cut to your desired length as needed — the elastic, heat-resistant silicone withstands temperatures up to 350°C, letting you get close to you...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Solder Wire - RoHS Lead Free - 0.5mm/.02 diameter [50g]
SKU: AF-2473 | Brand: Adafruit
A 50 g spool of lead-free solder wire ideal for through-hole and surface-mount soldering. With a 0.5 mm diameter and no-clean rosin flux core, this wire delivers clean, reliable joints without the need for post-solder...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
2.1mm to 2.5mm DC Barrel Plug Adapter
SKU: AF-2897 | Brand: Adafruit
A simple adapter that sits inside a 5.5 / 2.5 mm DC barrel jack, allowing you to use a standard 5.5 / 2.1 mm barrel plug with it. Just insert the adapter into the device's 2.5 mm jack, then plug in your 2.1 mm power s...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adjustable breadboard power supply kit [v1.0]
SKU: AF-184 | Brand: Adafruit
Build your own breadboard-friendly adjustable power supply with this soldering kit. Based on the MIC2941 low-dropout regulator, it provides a guaranteed 1.25A output with only 40–400 mV dropout — far better than the L...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Rotary Encoder + Extras
SKU: AF-377 | Brand: Adafruit
This high-quality 24-pulse rotary encoder features detented rotation with a satisfying click at each step, a built-in push-button switch, and a panel-mount design. It comes with a soft-touch knob with an arrow indicat...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Mini 2-Axis Analog Thumbstick
SKU: AF-2765 | Brand: Adafruit
The Mini 2-Axis Analog Thumbstick is a compact, self-centring joystick with a black rocker cap, similar in style to PSP joysticks. It provides smooth directional analogue input using two 10 kΩ potentiometers — one for...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Panel Mount Extension USB Cable - Micro B Male to Micro B Female
SKU: AF-3258 | Brand: Adafruit
Check out this handy MicroUSB extension cable, which will make it easy for you to enclose a device that has a B type (micro USB host) port. Great if you need to extend the USB port for your Raspberry Pi, Arduino,...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit DS1307 Real Time Clock Assembled Breakout Board
SKU: AF-3296 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit DS1307 Real Time Clock breakout keeps accurate time even when your microcontroller loses power or is reprogrammed. This battery-backed I2C RTC is one of the most widely used clock chips, making it a relia...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
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