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 FT231X Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-13263 | Brand: SparkFun
Introducing the 3.3V SparkFun FT231X Breakout board, complete with the full UART hardware handshake feature! The pin-out of this board matches the FTDI cable to work with official Arduino and cloned 3.3V Arduino board...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
USB to UART Bridge - FT232RL
SKU: SF-COM-00650 | Brand: SparkFun
The FT232RL is a popular USB-to-UART bridge IC from FTDI, featuring a built-in EEPROM and oscillator for minimal external component requirements. It comes in a 28-pin SSOP package that can be hand-soldered, making it ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Cockatoo v2 - Micro:bit simple lighting breakout
SKU: LB-COCKATOO-V2 | Brand: Little Bird
The Cockatoo v2 is a simple breakout board for the BBC micro:bit, designed for school projects involving basic lighting circuits. Slide the micro:bit into the edge connector and access three pins — Pin 2, 3.3 V, and G...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
CP2102N USB-to-Serial Adapter Carrier
SKU: PL-1317 | Brand: Pololu
This compact USB-to-serial adapter lets you easily connect TTL serial devices to a computer, where it appears as a virtual COM port. The board is a Micro-USB carrier for the Silicon Labs CP2102N USB-to-UART bridge, pr...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
pin:bit
SKU: PR-PIM352 | Brand: Little Bird
pin:bit breaks out all of the useful pins from your micro:bit into breadboard format while providing handy-dandy labels to make your builds go smoothly. It's ideal for building small circuits on a breadboard, ...
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
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