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.
Gravity: I2C BMI160 6-Axis Inertial Motion Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0250 | Brand: DFRobot
The BMI160 6-axis inertial motion sensor is a new product from DFRobot. It is based on Bosch BMI160 6-axis MEMS sensor which integrates 16-bit 3-axis accelerometer with ultra-low-power 3-axis gyroscope. Bosch BMI160 ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit NeoPXL8 Friend - 8 x Strands NeoPixel Level Shifter
SKU: AF-3975 | Brand: Adafruit
Drive up to 8 strands of NeoPixels simultaneously with DMA — no more blocking your code to push pixel data. The NeoPXL8 Friend is a standalone level-shifting breakout board that converts 3.3 V logic to 5 V for 8 indep...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Gravity: VL53L0X ToF Laser Range Finder
SKU: DF-SEN0245 | Brand: DFRobot
The VL53L0X laser range finder is a high-precision distance sensor that based on new Time-of-Flight (ToF) principle. VL53L0X provides accurate distance measurement whatever the target reflection unlike traditional ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit VEML7700 Lux Sensor - I2C Light Sensor
SKU: AF-4162 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VEML7700 is a high-accuracy ambient light sensor from Vishay that outputs calibrated lux values over I2C. Unlike basic light sensors that return unitless brightness readings, the VEML7700 calculates lux (...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
ADS1015 12-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
SKU: AF-1083 | Brand: Adafruit
Add high-speed analog-to-digital conversion to any microcontroller with the ADS1015 breakout. This 12-bit ADC delivers 3,300 samples per second over I2C, with four single-ended or two differential input channels and a...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Standalone Toggle Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1012]
SKU: AF-1375 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "toggle" 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 Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout
SKU: AF-1400 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout lets you toggle DC power on and off with a simple button press. A latching analogue circuit uses a 3A P-FET to connect or disconnect the input to the output — press once ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
10-bit ADC (SPI) - 8 Channel
SKU: PI-COM0206 | Brand: Pimoroni
The MCP3008 is a 10-bit analogue-to-digital converter with eight single-ended input channels, communicating via SPI. It's a popular choice for adding analogue inputs to the Raspberry Pi and other digital-only boards —...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit 24-Channel 12-bit PWM LED Driver - SPI Interface [TLC5947]
SKU: AF-1429 | Brand: Adafruit
Control 24 channels of 12-bit PWM output with the Adafruit TLC5947 breakout board. Designed for LED control, this SPI-driven board delivers constant-current open-drain outputs that keep brightness consistent even if t...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Adafruit PDM MEMS Microphone Breakout
SKU: AF-3492 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PDM MEMS Microphone Breakout provides a digital audio input using Pulse Density Modulation (PDM) — a common interface in commercial products that's distinct from both analogue and I2S microphones. It's id...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Prop Shield With Motion Sensors
SKU: PJ-PROP_SHIELD | Brand: Little Bird
The Prop Shield is meant for making interactive light and sound effects on small handheld props and wearable costumes. Motion Sensors - Allows motion interactive light & sound. Audio Amplifier - Clear quality au...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun Sound Detector (with Headers)
SKU: SF-SEN-14262 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Sound Detector is a small and very easy-to-use audio sensing board with three different outputs. The Sound Detector not only provides an audio output, but also a binary indication of the presence of sound...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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 Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun microB USB Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-12035 | Brand: SparkFun
Add a Micro-B USB connector to your project without the hassle of soldering tiny SMD pads. This compact breakout board routes all five pins — VCC, GND, ID, D−, and D+ — to a standard 0.1" pitch header for easy breadbo...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Gravity: Analog Voltage Divider V2
SKU: DF-DFR0051 | Brand: DFRobot
The Analog Voltage Divider V2 can detect the supply voltage from 0.0245V to 25V. This module is based on resistor divider principle. The voltage detection module allows the input voltage to reduce 5 times. As the A...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Cherry MX Switch Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-13773 | Brand: SparkFun
Cherry MX Keyswitches are top-of-the-line mechanical keyboard switches. They’re satisfyingly “clicky”, reliable up to tens-of-millions of key presses, and a standard in gaming and programming keyboards across th...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Black Edition
SKU: PL-2128 | Brand: Pololu
The Black Edition of the A4988 stepper motor driver carrier features a four-layer PCB for better thermal performance, allowing the A4988 to deliver approximately 20% more current than the standard two-layer (green) ve...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor (with Screw Terminals)
SKU: SF-SEN-13637 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple breakout board for measuring moisture in soil and similar materials. The two large exposed pads act as probes — functioning as a variable resistor where higher moisture means better conductivity, lower resist...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
MCP3424 18-Bit ADC-4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
SKU: DF-DFR0316 | Brand: DFRobot
A 4-channel, 18-bit delta-sigma analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) module based on the Microchip MCP3424. This module adds high-accuracy analogue input capability to Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and other microcontroller p...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
SparkFun Electret Microphone Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-12758 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Electret Microphone Breakout pairs a small electret microphone capsule with a 60× OPA344 op-amp preamplifier, making it easy to detect sound with a microcontroller's analogue-to-digital converter. Pick up...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
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