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.
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 Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor
SKU: AF-3595 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit APDS9960 is a multi-function sensor that combines proximity detection, ambient light sensing, RGB colour sensing and gesture recognition in a single I2C breakout. It uses an integrated IR LED and four dir...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit 12V Bias Voltage Boost Converter - TPS61040
SKU: AF-5644 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit 12V Bias Voltage Boost Converter uses the TI TPS61040 to generate 12V DC from as little as 3V input. This compact breakout is ideal for generating the bias voltage needed by OLED displays, LED string back...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Monochrome 0.91" 128x32 I2C OLED Display - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4440 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact 0.91" monochrome OLED display packs 128×32 individually controllable white pixels into a tiny, highly readable package. With no backlight needed, OLEDs deliver exceptional contrast and low power consumpti...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
AM2315C - Encased I2C Temperature/Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5182 | Brand: Adafruit
The AM2315C is an enclosed I2C temperature and humidity sensor featuring the modern AHT20 sensor inside a rugged housing with mounting bracket. It offers the same convenient form factor as the original AM2315 but with...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit HTU31 Temperature & Humidity Sensor Breakout Board
SKU: AF-4832 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HTU31 is a third-generation I²C temperature and humidity sensor from TE, offering improved accuracy and useful extras over its predecessor, the HTU21D. With typical humidity accuracy of ±2% (at 20–100% RH...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit AHT20 - Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout Board - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4566 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit AHT20 is an affordable I2C temperature and humidity sensor from the makers of the popular DHT22. It delivers reliable readings with standard I2C communication, making it easy to use with any Arduino, Rasp...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit 2.9 Red/Black/White eInk Display Breakout - THINK INK
SKU: AF-1028 | Brand: Adafruit
Add a large, vibrant tri-colour eInk display to your microcontroller project with this 2.9" breakout board. The panel displays red, black, and white pixels at 296×128 resolution that remain visible even with power com...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit VCNL4040 Proximity and Lux Sensor - STEMMA QT
SKU: AF-4161 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VCNL4040 is a two-in-one proximity and ambient light sensor from Vishay. It measures proximity from 0 to 200 mm (~7.5 inches) using an on-board IR LED, and ambient light from 0.0125 to 6,553 lux — all ove...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
SparkFun Nano Power Timer - TPL5110
SKU: SF-PRT-15353 | Brand: SparkFun
Sometimes we want our projects on, but sometimes we want to turn them off for a while to save power. The SparkFun Nano Power Timer will run while only consuming minimal power (approximately 35nA) and turn your project...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit 2.13 Monochrome eInk / ePaper Display with SRAM - 250x122 Monochrome
SKU: AF-4197 | Brand: Adafruit
Add a crisp, paper-like display to your microcontroller project with the Adafruit 2.13" Monochrome eInk Breakout. This 250×122 pixel black-and-white eInk panel delivers excellent daylight readability and retains its i...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
SparkFun Motor Driver - Dual TB6612FNG (with Headers)
SKU: SF-ROB-14450 | Brand: SparkFun
The TB6612FNG Motor Driver can control up to two DC motors at a constant current of 1.2A (3.2A peak). Two input signals (IN1 and IN2) can be used to control the motor in one of four function modes: CW, CCW, short-bra...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
INA169 Analog DC Current Sensor Breakout - 60V 5A Max
SKU: AF-1164 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board will solve all your current-monitoring problems. Instead of struggling with a multimeter, you can just use the handy INA169 chip on this breakout to both measure both the DC current draw and have a...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Standalone Momentary Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1010]
SKU: AF-1374 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "momentary" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sens...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
AM2320 Digital Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: PI-COM1700 | Brand: Pimoroni
The AM2320 is a digital temperature and humidity sensor with an I2C interface. Its straightforward I2C communication makes it easy to connect to any Raspberry Pi or Arduino, and it works alongside other I2C sensors an...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit SGP30 Air Quality Sensor Breakout - VOC and eCO2
SKU: AF-3709 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SGP30 is a multi-pixel MOX (metal-oxide) gas sensor from Sensirion that measures Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) and equivalent CO2 (eCO2) for indoor air quality monitoring. With fully calibrated ...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
MCP9808 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor Breakout Board
SKU: AF-1782 | Brand: Adafruit
This I2C digital temperature sensor is one of the more accurate/precise we've ever seen, with a typical accuracy of ±0.25°C over the sensor's -40°C to +125°C range and precision of +0.0625°C. They work great with any ...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Light Sensor - BH1750
SKU: DF-SEN0097 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a BH1750 light intensity sensor breakout board with a 16 bit AD converter built-in which can directly output a digital signal, there is no need for complicated calculations. This is a more acurate and easier ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
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 Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun Voltage-Level Translator Breakout - TXB0104
SKU: SF-BOB-11771 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a breakout board for the Texas Instruments TXB0104 module. The TXB0104 is a 4-bit bidirectional voltage-level translator with automatic direction sensing. This 4-bit noninverting translator uses two separate...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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