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.
OnOff SHIM
SKU: PR-PIM269 | Brand: Little Bird
Add a tiny yet convenient power switch to your Pi with OnOff SHIM! Our SHIMs (Shove Hardware in the Middle) are a new range of boards designed to be small, affordable, and handy. They're just 0.8mm thick (the bare ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Gravity: MCP23017 IIC 16 Digital IO Expansion Module
SKU: DF-DFR0626 | Brand: DFRobot
This is an IO expansion module that based on the chip MCP23017. The module can expand additional 16 IOs. It can set 8 IIC addresses, which means with this module, the microcontroller can connect 8 modules, and expand ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Gravity: IO Shield for FireBeetle M0 and ESP32-E
SKU: DF-DFR0762 | Brand: DFRobot
Specially designed for FireBeetle 2 series (M0, ESP32-E), this Gravity IO expansion shield offers various ports including digital, analog, I2C, UART, SPI, etc. Also, it comes with power input socket for connecting ext...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Rotary Encoder Module Brick Sensor
SKU: LB-00111 | Brand: Little Bird
Description:The rotary encoder is used to measure the speed and with PWM technology can achieve rapid speed devicesWith fixed bolt hole for easy installationGreat for DIY projectSpecification:Model: KY-040Workin...
Delivered by Tue 23 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 Tue 23 Jun
Pololu Basic 2-Channel SPDT Relay Carrier with 5VDC Relays (Assembled)
SKU: PL-2485 | Brand: Pololu
The Pololu Basic 2-Channel SPDT Relay Carrier provides simple, independent control of two single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) relay switches from low-voltage, low-current control signals. This assembled version comes rea...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Adafruit A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board
SKU: AF-6109 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Breakout simplifies stepper motor control down to just two pins — a direction pin and a step pin. Each pulse on the step pin advances the motor by one step or microstep, making ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
4-Channel Level Converter (12V to 5V)
SKU: DF-DFR0914 | Brand: DFRobot
This DFRobot 4-channel optocoupler-isolated level converter translates 12V signals down to 5V, making it easy to interface industrial sensors and PLC outputs with Arduino and other 5V microcontrollers. Each channel fe...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Adafruit AW9523 GPIO Expander and LED Driver Breakout - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4886 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit AW9523 GPIO Expander and LED Driver Breakout adds 16 I/O pins to any I2C-capable microcontroller or single-board computer. What sets this expander apart is its built-in 256-step linear constant-current LE...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
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 Tue 23 Jun
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 Tue 23 Jun
Gravity: 130 DC Motor Module
SKU: DF-DFR0411 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This DC motor has an integrated transistor built in to the board, eliminating the need for a motor driver. Use PWM to control it for all your DIY project needs. It uses the 3 pi...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
SparkFun Line Sensor Breakout - QRE1113 (Digital)
SKU: SF-ROB-09454 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun QRE1113 Line Sensor Breakout (Digital) is a compact IR reflectance sensor board that outputs a digital signal based on surface reflectivity. It uses a capacitor discharge circuit — the faster the 10 nF ca...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
SparkFun LED RingCoder Breakout - RGB
SKU: SF-BOB-11040 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun LED RingCoder Breakout provides a visual position indicator for rotary encoders. Two 8-bit shift registers drive a circular LED bargraph that displays the virtual position of the encoder as it turns, givi...
Delivered by Tue 23 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 Tue 23 Jun
SparkFun Photo Interrupter Breakout Board - GP1A57HRJ00F
SKU: SF-BOB-09322 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple breakout PCB for the GP1A57HR photo interrupter (also known as a photogate, photodiode, or phototransistor). This PCB has three connections for PWR, GND, and Signal.When the gate is clear, SIG will be high (>...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
OnOff SHIM
SKU: PR-PIM277 | Brand: Little Bird
Add a tiny yet convenient power switch to your Pi with OnOff SHIM! Our SHIMs (Shove Hardware in the Middle) are a new range of boards designed to be small, affordable, and handy. They're just 0.8mm thick (the bare boa...
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Arduino Compatible PIR Motion Detector Module
SKU: TB-XC4444 | Brand: Little Bird
A pyroelectric infrared (PIR) motion sensor module for Arduino and microcontroller projects. It detects movement from people and animals by sensing changes in infrared radiation, outputting a digital high signal when ...
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Explorer pHAT
SKU: PR-PIM199 | Brand: Little Bird
Explorer pHAT is the perfect prototyping side-kick for your Raspberry Pi! A more diminutive version of our popular Explorer Hat Pro, it's cheaper and designed to fit perfectly on a Raspberry Pi ...
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Explorer HAT Pro
SKU: PR-PIM175 | Brand: Little Bird
The Explorer HAT Pro is a feature-packed add-on board for Raspberry Pi that brings together digital I/O, analog inputs, capacitive touch, motor drivers, LEDs, and a mini breadboard — all on a single HAT. It's ideal fo...
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