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.
SparkFun Qwiic Button - Green LED
SKU: SF-BOB-16842 | Brand: SparkFun
Buttons are an easy and tactile way to interface with your project, but why would you want to deal with debouncing, polling, and wiring up pull-up resistors? The Qwiic Button with built-in green LED simplifies all of ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Adafruit LSM303AGR Accelerometer Magnetometer - STEMMA QT Qwiic
SKU: AF-4413 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LSM303AGR combines a triple-axis accelerometer and triple-axis magnetometer in a single breakout board. The accelerometer measures gravity to determine which way is down, while the magnetometer senses mag...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
micro:IO Extender- a micro:bit IO Expansion Board
SKU: DF-MBT0008 | Brand: DFRobot
The micro:IO Extender is a compact expansion board for the BBC micro:bit that breaks out all 19 I/O pins as Gravity-compatible 3-pin headers. It provides plug-and-play access to the full range of micro:bit GPIO, along...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun Nano Power Timer - TPL5110
SKU: SF-PRT-15353 | Brand: SparkFun
Sometimes we want our projects on, but sometimes we want to turn them off for a while to save power. The SparkFun Nano Power Timer will run while only consuming minimal power (approximately 35nA) and turn your project...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun Grid-EYE Infrared Array Breakout - AMG8833 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14607 | Brand: SparkFun
Get ready to be able to see like the Predator! The SparkFun Grid-EYE Infrared Array Breakout board is an 8x8 thermopile array, meaning you have a square array of 64 pixels capable of independent temperature detec...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun Logic Level Converter - Single Supply
SKU: SF-PRT-14765 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Single Supply Logic Level Converter is logic level and power supply translator in one small package. This little board breaks out the Texas Instruments TXB0104 4-bit bi-directional voltage-level tran...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun Qwiic OpenLog
SKU: SF-DEV-15164 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic OpenLog is an I²C-based data logger that stores serial data to a microSD card. Based on the popular OpenLog, this version replaces the serial interface with I²C and Qwiic connectors, allowing you to...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Adafruit 16x8 LED Matrix Driver Backpack - HT16K33 Breakout
SKU: AF-1427 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit 16×8 LED Matrix Driver Backpack is a breadboard-friendly breakout for the HT16K33 multiplexed LED driver. Unlike the pre-configured LED backpacks, this version breaks out all 16 anode and 8 cathode pins, ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
9-axis compass module CJMCU-MPU9150
SKU: LB-LS1026 | Brand: Little Bird
The CJMCU-MPU9150 is a 9-axis motion tracking breakout board based on the InvenSense MPU-9150 System in Package (SiP). It combines a 3-axis gyroscope, 3-axis accelerometer, and 3-axis digital compass (magnetometer) in...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Gravity IO Expansion Shield for LattePanda
SKU: DF-DFR0491 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity IO Expansion Shield breaks out all GPIO pins from the LattePanda into Gravity-compatible 3-pin colour-coded connectors, providing plug-and-play access to hundreds of Gravity sensors and modules. Each pin i...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
VS1053 Codec + MicroSD Breakout - MP3/WAV/MIDI/OGG Play + Record [v4]
SKU: AF-1381 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the ultimate companion for the VLSI VS1053B DSP codec chip. The VS1053 can decode a wide variety of audio formats such as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, MIDI, FLAC, WAV (PCM and ADPCM). It can al...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Photon Stackable Header - 12 Pin
SKU: SF-PRT-14322 | Brand: SparkFun
These stackable headers are made to work with the Particle Photon and Photon ProtoShield boards. Each header adds a great deal of connectivity to your next Photon project. Each order includes one 1x12 stackable header...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
USB Serial Light Adapter - Atmega8U2 (Arduino Compatible)
SKU: DF-DFR0164 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a new version of the FTDI breakout board features an Atmega8U2 programmed as a USB-to-serial converter, the same chip found on the Arduino Uno. The 8U2 firmware uses the standard USB COM drivers, and no ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun Thumb Joystick Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-09110 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the breakout board for the thumb joystick. Pins are broken out to a 0.1" header and includes 4 mounting holes in the corners.
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Gas Sensor Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-08891 | Brand: SparkFun
This breakout board provides a convenient PCB adapter for MQ-series gas sensors (MQ-3, MQ-4, MQ-6, MQ-7, and MQ-8). It converts the sensor's oversized, oddly-spaced pins into a standard breakout format that's easy to ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
RFID Reader ID-12LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11827 | Brand: SparkFun
RFID (radio-frequency identification) is the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, for the purposes of identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. This is the ID-12LA, a very simpl...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Infrared Proximity Sensor - Sharp GP2Y0A21YK
SKU: SF-SEN-00242 | Brand: SparkFun
The Sharp GP2Y0A21YK is an infrared proximity sensor with an analogue voltage output that varies with distance — from 3.1 V at 10 cm to 0.4 V at 80 cm. It uses an IR emitter and position-sensitive detector to measure ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-13322 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor is a simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The soil moisture sensor is pretty straight forward to use. The two large exposed pads function as probe...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
i2c / SPI character LCD backpack
SKU: AF-292 | Brand: Adafruit
LCD backpacks reduce the number of pins needed to connect to an LCD. LCDs are a fun and easy way to have your microcontroller project talk back to you. Character LCDs are common, and easy to get, available in tons ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun RGB LED Breakout - WS2812B
SKU: SF-BOB-13282 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a breakout board for the WS2812B RGB LED. The WS2812B is actually an RGB LED with a WS2811 built right into the LED! All the necessary pins are broken out to 0.1" spaced headers for easy bread-boarding. Severa...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
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