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.
USB/Serial Converter [FT232RL]
SKU: AF-18 | Brand: Adafruit
This USB-to-serial converter adds a DB9 RS-232 serial port to your computer via USB. Based on the FTDI FT232RL chip, it delivers true RS-232 voltage levels (approximately ±10V) rather than TTL 5V — ensuring compatibil...
Delivered by Mon 16 Nov
PN532 NFC/RFID controller breakout board [v1.6]
SKU: AF-364 | Brand: Adafruit
The PN532 is the most popular NFC chip, and is what is embedded in pretty much every phone or device that does NFC. It can pretty much do it all, such as read and write to tags and cards, communicate with phones (s...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
SparkFun USB to RS-485 Converter
SKU: SF-BOB-09822 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the newest revision and fixes issues with the last board. This breakout board pairs an SP3485 RS-485 transceiver with an FT232RL USB UART IC to convert a USB stream to RS-485. The SP3485 is a half-duplex tr...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
FTDI Basic Breakout 3.3/5V (Arduino Compatible)
SKU: DF-DFR0065 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a basic breakout board for the FTDI FT232RL USB to serial IC. The pinout of this board matches the FTDI cable to work with official Arduino and cloned 3.3V Arduino boards. It can also be used for gene...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
Gravity: 0-10V 15-bit High-Precision Dual-Channel ADC Module
SKU: DF-DFR1184 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity 0–10V ADC Module is a high-precision dual-channel analogue-to-digital converter designed to interface industrial-grade 0–10V sensors with microcontrollers and Linux-based systems. Built on the Texas Instru...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
USB to Multi-Protocol Serial Adapter: RS-232 / TTL UART / RS-485
SKU: AF-5995 | Brand: Adafruit
DescriptionWhether you need to interface with various serial protocols, this USB to Multi-Protocol Serial adapter has you covered. It supports RS232, TTL UART, RS485, and RS422, all with quick-connect screw terminals...
Delivered by Mon 16 Nov
Adafruit CH9328 UART to HID Keyboard Breakout
SKU: AF-5973 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit CH9328 UART to HID Keyboard Breakout lets any microcontroller or single-board computer emulate a USB keyboard — even without native USB support. Simply send ASCII characters or raw HID reports over a 9600...
Delivered by Mon 16 Nov
TTL UART to CAN Converter Module with Bi-Directional Communication
SKU: WS-26077 | Brand: Waveshare
TTL UART to CAN Mini ModuleUnlock seamless communication between TTL and CAN protocols with our cutting-edge TTL UART to CAN Mini Module. This miniature powerhouse is your gateway to bi-directional transmitting and re...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
DE-9 (DB-9) Male Plug to Terminal Spring Block Adapter
SKU: AF-4512 | Brand: Adafruit
Make your own custom DE-9 cable or DE-9 interface with ease, using this DE-9 Plug to Terminal Spring Block Adapter. You get a nice solid PCB with a DE-9 plug and one line of push-spring terminal blocks that you can us...
Delivered by Mon 16 Nov
SparkFun GPS-RTK-SMA Breakout - ZED-F9P (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-16481 | Brand: SparkFun
With GPS you are able to know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there anywhere on Earth within 30 seconds. This means the higher the accuracy the better! GPS Real Time Kinematics (RTK) has mastered dia...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
Adafruit Ultimate GPS with USB - 66 channel w/10 Hz updates
SKU: AF-4279 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Ultimate GPS with USB brings plug-and-play GPS and GLONASS positioning to any computer, laptop, or embedded Linux device via a built-in CP2104 USB-to-Serial converter. Simply connect a Micro USB cable and...
Delivered by Mon 16 Nov
SparkFun Spectral Sensor Breakout - AS7263 NIR (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14351 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun AS7263 breakout brings near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to your microcontroller projects. The sensor measures six discrete NIR wavelengths, allowing you to characterise how different materials absorb and ...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
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
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
RFID Reader ID-20LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11828 | 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-20LA, a very simpl...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
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
SparkFun USB UART Serial Breakout - CY7C65213
SKU: SF-BOB-13830 | Brand: SparkFun
The CY7C65213 USB to UART serial breakout is designed to provide users with a means to access all available I/O pins on the IC, and to provide a 6-pin UART header that is compatible with other SparkFun breakout boa...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
SparkFun Beefy 3 - FTDI Basic Breakout
SKU: SF-DEV-13746 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Beefy 3 is an FTDI Basic Breakout board based on the FT231X USB-to-serial IC. Unlike standard FTDI breakouts, it features an AP2112K voltage regulator capable of supplying up to 600mA at 3.3V — enough to ...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
MP3 Trigger
SKU: SF-WIG-13720 | Brand: SparkFun
Make some noise with your next project! The MP3 Trigger board is built to make MP3 sound integration easier than ever. The board has 18 external trigger pins that will directly trigger pre-selected MP3 tracks, and a f...
Delivered by Tue 3 Nov
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 ...
Delivered by Mon 16 Nov
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