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.
Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Sensor - MQ-136
SKU: SF-SEN-17052 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-136 is a Hydrogen Sulfide detection sensor with a sensing range of 1 - 200ppm. The sensing element is SnO2, which has lower conductivity in clean air. When H₂S gas exists, the sensor’s conductivity gets higher ...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Ammonia Gas Sensor - MQ-137
SKU: SF-SEN-17053 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-137 is an ammonia (NH3) gas sensor from Winsen, designed to detect ammonia concentrations in the air. The sensing element is tin dioxide (SnO2), which has lower conductivity in clean air and increases in conduc...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
74AHCT14 - Logic Level Inverter / Level Shifter
SKU: AF-3877 | Brand: Adafruit
A hex Schmitt-trigger inverter IC that doubles as a handy logic level shifter. The 74AHCT14 provides six independent inverter channels, each with Schmitt-trigger inputs for clean switching on noisy or slow-transitioni...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Octopus Dust Sensor Detector Module with Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F
SKU: EF-EF11083 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus Dust Sensor Module features the Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F optical dust sensor, capable of detecting fine particles with a diameter as small as 0.8 μm. It uses an infrared LED and phototransistor to measure dust d...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
IR distance sensor includes cable (20cm-150cm) [GP2Y0A02YK]
SKU: AF-1031 | Brand: Adafruit
This SHARP distance sensor bounces IR off objects to determine how far away they are. It returns an analog voltage that can be used to determine how close the nearest object is. Comes with 8" long 3-JST interface wire...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Adafruit GPIO Expander Bonnet - 16 Additional I/O over I2C
SKU: AF-4132 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit GPIO Expander Bonnet adds 16 extra digital I/O pins to your Raspberry Pi over I²C. Based on the MCP23017 chip, it plugs directly onto the Pi's 40-pin header and communicates via SDA/SCL, leaving your othe...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
16x8 1.2 LED Matrix + Backpack - Ultra Bright Round Blue LEDs
SKU: AF-2039 | Brand: Adafruit
A 16×8 LED matrix backpack kit featuring two ultra-bright 1.2" blue 8×8 round LED matrices on a single I2C-controlled driver board. The HT16K33 chip handles all the multiplexing, so you only need two I2C pins (SDA and...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
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
RFID Reader ID-3LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11862 | 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-3LA, a very simple...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
SparkFun RedBot Sensor - Line Follower
SKU: SF-SEN-11769 | Brand: SparkFun
The Line Follower sensor is an add-on for your RedBot that gives your robot the ability to detect lines or nearby objects. The sensor works by detecting reflected light coming from its own infrared LED. By measurin...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
IR distance sensor includes cable (10cm-80cm) [GP2Y0A21YK0F]
SKU: AF-164 | Brand: Adafruit
The Sharp GP2Y0A21YK0F is an infrared distance sensor that measures distances from 10 cm to 80 cm by bouncing IR light off objects. It outputs an analogue voltage proportional to distance — approximately 3 V at 10 cm ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
SparkFun Large Digit Driver
SKU: SF-WIG-13279 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Large Digit Driver is a chainable controller board that solders directly to the back of 6.5" 7-segment LED displays. It uses the TPIC6C596 shift register IC to drive individual segments, making it easy to...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Adafruit MiCS5524 CO, Alcohol and VOC Gas Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-3199 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MiCS-5524 Gas Sensor Breakout is a robust MEMS sensor from SGX Sensortech for detecting carbon monoxide, natural gas leaks, alcohol, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It provides a simple analogue vo...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Infrared Proximity Sensor Short Range - Sharp GP2Y0A41SK0F
SKU: SF-SEN-12728 | Brand: SparkFun
Infrared proximity sensor made by Sharp. Part # GP2Y0A41SK0F has an analog output that varies from 3.1V at 4cm to 0.3V at 30cm with a supply voltage between 4.5 and 5.5VDC. The sensor has a Japanese Solderless Termina...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
SparkFun Real Time Clock Module
SKU: SF-BOB-12708 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun Real Time Clock (RTC) Module, this little breakout that uses the DS1307 to keep track of the current year, month, day as well as the current time. The module comes fully assembled and includes a s...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
SparkFun OpAmp Breakout - LMV358
SKU: SF-BOB-09816 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple 5V Op Amp breakout board, set up as a 2-stage amplifier with a gain of 100 (gain of 10 for each stage). The on-board trim pot sets the signal level between the stages, not the feedback path. The bandw...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
SPI Flash Breakout - W25Q16 16Mbit / 2MB
SKU: AF-5635 | Brand: Adafruit
When an SD card is overkill, this small board gives your microcontroller project a handy chunk of non-volatile storage for files, images, fonts, audio clips and other data. It uses a W25Q16 flash chip, providing 16 Mb...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
USB 2.0 USB-C Connector Breakout Board
SKU: SF-BOB-17110 | Brand: SparkFun
USB-C is handy for modern projects, but its 24 tiny, tightly spaced pins are not friendly to hand soldering or quick prototyping. This breakout board routes the essential USB-C connections out to a standard 0.1" (2.54...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Sunken USB Type-C Breakout Board
SKU: AF-6050 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout is made for slim USB-C projects where a standard horizontal or vertical connector would sit too high. Its sunken Type-C connector straddles the PCBA, helping keep your build low profile while sti...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
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