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 DVI Sock for Pico - Works with HDMI Displays
SKU: AF-5957 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit DVI Sock is a compact DVI/HDMI output board designed to solder directly onto the end of a Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico W like a little PCB sock. Using the RP2040's PIO system, it enables your Pico to drive a...
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SparkFun QwiicBus - EndPoint
SKU: SF-COM-16988 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun QwiicBus EndPoint is the fastest and easiest way to extend the range of your I2C communication bus. The breakout uses NXP’s PCA9615 IC, which converts the two default I2C signals into four differential si...
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Pico HAT Hacker
SKU: PR-PIM311 | Brand: Little Bird
The Pico HAT Hacker gives you full access to all 40 GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi, broken out at the top of the board. Its ultra-thin 0.8 mm PCB can be soldered directly onto the Pi's header pins while still leaving ...
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Mini Black HAT Hack3r -Retail Pack - Fully assembled
SKU: PR-PIM219 | Brand: Little Bird
The Mini Black HAT Hack3r is a compact breakout board that gives you full access to all Raspberry Pi GPIO pins while a HAT or pHAT is attached. Ideal for debugging HAT projects, probing signals, or combining a HAT wit...
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40-pin FPC to Right Angle 2x20 IDC Female Socket Header
SKU: AF-4909 | Brand: Adafruit
A 40-pin FPC to right-angle 2×20 IDC female socket header adapter board. Converts a standard 40-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC/FFC cable connection into a Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO socket, allowing you to extend or relocate y...
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USB 2.0 Type-C Connector Breakout Board
SKU: PL-2585 | Brand: Pololu
This breakout board provides easy access to the tightly-spaced 24 pins of a USB Type-C receptacle, breaking out power (VBUS, GND), USB 2.0 differential data (D+, D−), Configuration Channel (CC), and Sideband Use (SBU)...
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IDC Breakout Helper - 2x20 (40 pin)
SKU: AF-2270 | Brand: Adafruit
The "poor woman's" Raspberry Pi A+ / B+ / Pi 2 cobbler! This combo of 2x20 pin (0.1 spaced) header and socket is for our popular GPIO Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi Model A+/B+/Pi 2 (40 pins). It comes in...
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FTDI Friend + extras [v1.0]
SKU: AF-284 | Brand: Adafruit
Note: These use genuine FTDI chips, either we purchase them or they are manufactured to our specifications with the requirement of genuine FTDI chips 10/22/14 - read more. Long gone are the days of parallel ports and ...
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Adafruit RS232 Full Breakout with DE9-M
SKU: AF-6253 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit RS-232 Full Breakout with DE9-M lets you interface any 3.3 V microcontroller or single-board computer with RS-232 devices using all 8 data/flow-control signals. Built around the trusted TI MAX3243, it gen...
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Macchina OBD-II 3-Way Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-25069 | Brand: SparkFun
The Macchina OBD-II 3-Way Breakout Board simplifies OBD2 device development by splitting a single OBD2 port into three accessible connectors with flexible signal routing. Junction blocks let you reroute individual OBD...
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Adafruit CP2105 Friend - USB to Dual UART Serial Converters
SKU: AF-6065 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit CP2105 Friend provides two independent UART serial ports from a single USB-C connection — no USB hub required. Built around the Silicon Labs CP2105 dual-port bridge, it enumerates as two separate COM port...
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Adaptador ELECFREAKS PlanetX GPIO
SKU: EF-EF05052 | Brand: ElecFreaks
A GPIO adapter board for the ELECFREAKS PlanetX sensor ecosystem. Allows PlanetX sensors to be connected to standard GPIO pins via RJ11 cables, bridging the PlanetX system with breadboards and other microcontroller se...
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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 ...
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RJ-45 Terminal Block to Ethernet Socket Adapter
SKU: AF-4981 | Brand: Adafruit
If you need to connect an RJ-45 cable (a.k.a Ethernet) to a board that doesn't have an Ethernet socket - this adapter will come in very handy! This is an Ethernet (RJ-45) Terminal Block to Socket Adapter.&nb...
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20-pin 0.5mm FFC / FPC Extender
SKU: AF-5203 | Brand: Adafruit
A simple 20-pin FFC/FPC extender that lets you connect two 20-pin 0.5mm pitch flat cables end-to-end, extending the total cable length. Ideal when the included cable on a display, camera, or sensor module is too short...
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40-pin FPC to Straight 2x20 IDC Female Socket Header
SKU: AF-4905 | Brand: Adafruit
A 40-pin FPC to straight 2×20 IDC female socket header adapter board. Converts a standard 40-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC/FFC cable connection into a Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO socket, allowing you to extend or relocate your...
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Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board
SKU: RP-SC0326 | Brand: Raspberry Pi
The Compute Module 4 IO Board is a companion board for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. It is designed for use both as a development system for Compute Module 4 and as an embedded board integrated into end products.The ...
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SparkFun Qwiic / Stemma QT FeatherWing (Shield for Thing Plus)
SKU: AF-4515 | Brand: Adafruit
The SparkFun Qwiic FeatherWing (Shield for Thing Plus) provides an easy-to-assemble way to add the STEMMA QT / Qwiic connect ecosystem to any development board with Feather/Thing Plus Footprint. It connects the I2C bu...
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pHAT Stack - Solder Yourself Kit
SKU: PR-PIM321 | Brand: Little Bird
Stack up to 5 HATs or pHATs on a single Raspberry Pi with the pHAT Stack from Pimoroni. This solder-yourself kit lets you mix and match multiple add-on boards for dashboard setups, multi-sensor projects, or any build ...
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Mini Black HAT Hack3r - Fully Assembled
SKU: PR-PIM169 | Brand: Little Bird
The Mini Black HAT Hack3r is a compact breakout board that lets you access all 40 GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi while a HAT or pHAT is attached. It connects between your Pi and the HAT via a ribbon cable, bringing ev...
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