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.
Adafruit FONA 808 - Mini Cellular GSM + GPS Breakout
SKU: AF-2542 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit FONA 808 combines 2G cellular connectivity with integrated GPS tracking in a compact 1.75 × 1.6-inch breakout. Built around the SIM808 module with an MT3337 GPS chipset, it provides voice calling, SMS, GP...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Pololu Basic SPDT Relay Carrier with 5VDC Relay (Partial Kit)
SKU: PL-2481 | Brand: Pololu
The Pololu basic relay carrier modules allow simple control of a single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch from low-voltage, low-current control signals. This item includes the basic carrier PCB along with an Omron G5L...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Ambient Light Sensor - TEMT6000x01
SKU: SF-COM-08348 | Brand: SparkFun
The TEMT6000x01 is a compact ambient light sensor that operates as an NPN phototransistor. The more light that hits the sensor, the stronger the base bias, producing an analog output proportional to the ambient light ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
MinIMU-9 v2 Gyro, Accelerometer, and Compass
SKU: PL-1268 | Brand: Pololu
The Pololu MinIMU-9 v2 is a compact (0.8″ × 0.5″) board that combines ST’s L3GD20 3-axis gyroscope and LSM303DLHC 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis magnetometer to form an inertial measurement unit (IMU); we therefore r...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
MinIMU-9 Gyro, Accelerometer, and Compass
SKU: PL-1265 | Brand: Pololu
This board has been replaced by the newer MinIMU-9 v2 L3GD20 and LSM303DLHC carrier, which offers improved magnetic sensing resolution, a wider acceleration measurement range, and gyro measurements that are more resis...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun Infrared Temperature Breakout - TMP006
SKU: SF-SEN-11859 | Brand: SparkFun
This is not your typical temperature sensor. The TMP006 Breakout can measure the temperature of an object without making contact with it. By using a thermopile to detect and absorb the infrared energy an object is emi...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
USB-to-Serial Bridge - µUSB-PA5
SKU: SF-DEV-11814 | Brand: SparkFun
The µUSB-PA5 is a compact USB-to-Serial TTL UART bridge based on the FTDI FT232RQ. It connects to your PC via a Mini-B USB connector and provides serial communication at baud rates up to 3 Mbps — designed primarily fo...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun SOIC to DIP Adapter - 28-Pin
SKU: SF-BOB-00496 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun SOIC to DIP Adapter converts 28-pin SOIC surface-mount packages to standard 0.1" through-hole headers, making it easy to prototype with SMD ICs on breadboards or in DIP sockets. Key Features 28-Pin SOI...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun RedBot Sensor - Line Follower
SKU: SF-SEN-11769 | Brand: SparkFun
The Line Follower sensor is an add-on for your RedBot that gives your robot the ability to detect lines or nearby objects. The sensor works by detecting reflected light coming from its own infrared LED. By measurin...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun Rotary Encoder Breakout - Illuminated (RG/RGB)
SKU: SF-BOB-11722 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a clever little breakout board for both the RGB and R/G illuminated rotary encoders. On one side, it breaks out all of the RGB pins to standard, breadboard friendly, 0.1" headers. Turn it over and it has a foo...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Matrix Display FeatherWing - FeatherWing Only - no matrices!
SKU: AF-3088 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Matrix Display FeatherWing makes it easy to add a numeric display to any Feather project. The HT16K33 driver handles all LED multiplexing over I2C, so your Feather only needs two sha...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
GPS Receiver - GP-735 (56 Channel)
SKU: SF-GPS-13670 | Brand: SparkFun
The GP-735 is a slim, ultra-high performance, easy to use GPS smart antenna receiver. With -162dBm tracking sensitivity and only 29 second cold start time, the GP735 is a tiny, yet powerful, piece of tech. The slim de...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit 8x16 LED Matrix FeatherWing w/o Matrices
SKU: AF-3090 | Brand: Adafruit
Create a compact 8×16 LED matrix display for any Feather board with this FeatherWing driver. The HT16K33 I2C driver handles all multiplexing for two 0.8" mini 8×8 LED matrices (128 LEDs total), controlled over just tw...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun Electric Imp Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-12886 | Brand: SparkFun
If you aren’t familiar with the Electric Imp, it essentially provides an easy, integrated way to connect almost any hardware device both to other devices and to internet services. The SparkFun Electric Imp Breako...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun GS407 Breakout Board
SKU: SF-BOB-10496 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a breakout board to allow simple access to the tightly pitched pins on the GS406 and GS407 GPS units. This board breaks out all of the necessary pins to a row of standard 0.1" spaced header to allow for easy b...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun ToF Range Finder Breakout - VL6180
SKU: SF-SEN-12784 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun “Time-of-Flight” Range Finder, a breakout for the VL6180 distance sensor. Unlike most distance sensors that rely reflected light intensity or reflected angles to determine range, the VL6180 use...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun microSD Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-12761 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun microSD Shield gives your Arduino mass-storage capability via a microSD card slot, making it ideal for data-logging and projects that need to read or write files. Communication with the microSD card uses...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Infrared Proximity Sensor Short Range - Sharp GP2Y0A41SK0F
SKU: SF-SEN-12728 | Brand: SparkFun
Infrared proximity sensor made by Sharp. Part # GP2Y0A41SK0F has an analog output that varies from 3.1V at 4cm to 0.3V at 30cm with a supply voltage between 4.5 and 5.5VDC. The sensor has a Japanese Solderless Termina...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun Real Time Clock Module
SKU: SF-BOB-12708 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun Real Time Clock (RTC) Module, this little breakout that uses the DS1307 to keep track of the current year, month, day as well as the current time. The module comes fully assembled and includes a s...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
ACKme WiConnect WiFi Module - Mackerel Evaluation Board
SKU: AF-2022 | Brand: Adafruit
The ACKme WiConnect Mackerel Evaluation Board (AMW004-E03) provides a quick way to evaluate and develop with the WiConnect WiFi platform using the surface-mount AMW004 Wallaby module. Designed by the team behind Rovin...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Compare your options
All buying guides
The Teacher's Guide to micro:bit Robots: Kits, Buggies, and Robotics Compared
Compare micro:bit-compatible robot kits, buggies, and robotics platforms by age range, assembly difficulty, sensors, and curriculum fit — for classrooms, clubs, and home learners across Australia.
49 products compared
Title The Maker's Guide to ADCs: Resolution, Speed, and Interface Compared
Compare analogue-to-digital converters by bit depth, sample rate, and bus (I²C vs SPI) to pick the right chip for your Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or microcontroller project.
16 products compared