Breakouts
Breakout boards make it easy to prototype with surface-mount ICs, sensors, displays, and interfaces by bringing tiny pins out to breadboard-friendly headers. Whether you're working with ADCs, OLEDs, TFT displays, or coin cell holders, our range has you covered.
Perfect for makers, students, and engineers across Australia — get your prototyping essentials delivered fast so you can spend more time building and less time waiting.
JST Breakout for E-Textiles and Paper Circuits
SKU: LB-JSTBOARD | Brand: Little Bird
This E-textiles board is a breakout for a JST, so you can sew it onto a garment or use it in Paper Circuits! The JST breakout board can be easily sewn through the large holes. For paper circuits, simply apply coppe...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Gravity: I2C BMI160 6-Axis Inertial Motion Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0250 | Brand: DFRobot
The BMI160 6-axis inertial motion sensor is a new product from DFRobot. It is based on Bosch BMI160 6-axis MEMS sensor which integrates 16-bit 3-axis accelerometer with ultra-low-power 3-axis gyroscope. Bosch BMI160 ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Adafruit NeoPXL8 Friend - 8 x Strands NeoPixel Level Shifter
SKU: AF-3975 | Brand: Adafruit
Drive up to 8 strands of NeoPixels simultaneously with DMA — no more blocking your code to push pixel data. The NeoPXL8 Friend is a standalone level-shifting breakout board that converts 3.3 V logic to 5 V for 8 indep...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Gravity: VL53L0X ToF Laser Range Finder
SKU: DF-SEN0245 | Brand: DFRobot
The VL53L0X laser range finder is a high-precision distance sensor that based on new Time-of-Flight (ToF) principle. VL53L0X provides accurate distance measurement whatever the target reflection unlike traditional ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Adafruit VEML7700 Lux Sensor - I2C Light Sensor
SKU: AF-4162 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VEML7700 is a high-accuracy ambient light sensor from Vishay that outputs calibrated lux values over I2C. Unlike basic light sensors that return unitless brightness readings, the VEML7700 calculates lux (...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
ADS1015 12-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
SKU: AF-1083 | Brand: Adafruit
Add high-speed analog-to-digital conversion to any microcontroller with the ADS1015 breakout. This 12-bit ADC delivers 3,300 samples per second over I2C, with four single-ended or two differential input channels and a...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Standalone Toggle Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1012]
SKU: AF-1375 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "toggle" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sens...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout
SKU: AF-1400 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout lets you toggle DC power on and off with a simple button press. A latching analogue circuit uses a 3A P-FET to connect or disconnect the input to the output — press once ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
10-bit ADC (SPI) - 8 Channel
SKU: PI-COM0206 | Brand: Pimoroni
The MCP3008 is a 10-bit analogue-to-digital converter with eight single-ended input channels, communicating via SPI. It's a popular choice for adding analogue inputs to the Raspberry Pi and other digital-only boards —...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Prop Shield With Motion Sensors
SKU: PJ-PROP_SHIELD | Brand: Little Bird
The Prop Shield is meant for making interactive light and sound effects on small handheld props and wearable costumes. Motion Sensors - Allows motion interactive light & sound. Audio Amplifier - Clear quality au...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Opto-isolator Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-09118 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a board designed for opto-isolation. This board is helpful for connecting digital systems (like a 5V microcontroller) to a high-voltage or noisy system. This board electrically isolates a controller from the h...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun microB USB Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-12035 | Brand: SparkFun
Add a Micro-B USB connector to your project without the hassle of soldering tiny SMD pads. This compact breakout board routes all five pins — VCC, GND, ID, D−, and D+ — to a standard 0.1" pitch header for easy breadbo...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Cherry MX Switch Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-13773 | Brand: SparkFun
Cherry MX Keyswitches are top-of-the-line mechanical keyboard switches. They’re satisfyingly “clicky”, reliable up to tens-of-millions of key presses, and a standard in gaming and programming keyboards across th...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Black Edition
SKU: PL-2128 | Brand: Pololu
The Black Edition of the A4988 stepper motor driver carrier features a four-layer PCB for better thermal performance, allowing the A4988 to deliver approximately 20% more current than the standard two-layer (green) ve...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Electret Microphone Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-12758 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Electret Microphone Breakout pairs a small electret microphone capsule with a 60× OPA344 op-amp preamplifier, making it easy to detect sound with a microcontroller's analogue-to-digital converter. Pick up...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
ADXL335 - 5V ready triple-axis accelerometer (+-3g analog out)
SKU: AF-163 | Brand: Adafruit
A precision triple-axis accelerometer breakout featuring the Analog Devices ADXL335. With a ±3 g measurement range and analog outputs for X, Y, and Z axes, this sensor is ideal for tilt sensing, motion detection, and ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout - 3.3V
SKU: SF-DEV-09873 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout provides USB-to-serial conversion using the FTDI FT232RL IC, operating at 3.3V logic levels. Its 6-pin header matches the standard FTDI pinout, making it compatible with Arduino Pro, L...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Adafruit Sensiron SHT31-D Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-2857 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Sensirion SHT31-D is a high-accuracy temperature and humidity sensor with a true I2C interface and PTFE filter for protection against dust and contaminants. Part of Sensirion's third-generation SHT sensor...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Arduino RS232 to TTL Converter with DB9 (MAX202)
SKU: DF-DFR0077 | Brand: DFRobot
This converter uses MAX202-based level shifter for converting TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic) -level serial to standard RS232 serial.RS232 is widely used in radio modifications,phone flash, XBOX360 flash, GPS, vehic...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
DRV8874 Single Brushed DC Motor Driver Carrier
SKU: PL-4035 | Brand: Pololu
This compact breakout board for TI’s DRV8874 motor driver offers a wide operating voltage range of 4.5 V to 37 and can deliver a continuous 2.1 A (6 A peak) to a single bidirectional brushed DC motor. The DRV887...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
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