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.
Adafruit DVI Sock for Pico - Works with HDMI Displays
SKU: AF-5957 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit DVI Sock is a compact DVI/HDMI output board designed to solder directly onto the end of a Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico W like a little PCB sock. Using the RP2040's PIO system, it enables your Pico to drive a...
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SparkFun Atmospheric Sensor Breakout - BME280 (with Headers)
SKU: SF-SEN-13905 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun BME280 Atmospheric Sensor Breakout measures barometric pressure, relative humidity, and temperature in a compact package. This version comes with headers pre-soldered for easy breadboard use or direct wir...
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SparkFun BabyBuck Regulator Breakout - 3.3V (AP63203)
SKU: SF-COM-18357 | Brand: SparkFun
Who doesn't occasionally need power regulation? We certainly do, so we've designed the SparkFun BabyBuck Regulator Breakout to help us with just such a task. Featuring the AP63203 from Diodes Inc, this breakout board ...
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Adafruit MCP2221A Breakout - General Purpose USB to GPIO ADC I2C - Stemma QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4471 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MCP2221A Breakout lets your computer talk directly to I2C devices, sensors, and GPIO — no microcontroller required. Drive an OLED display, read a colour sensor, flash LEDs, or read buttons straight from P...
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SparkFun Qwiic Mux Breakout - 8 Channel (TCA9548A)
SKU: SF-BOB-16784 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Mux Breakout uses the TCA9548A to provide 8 independent I2C channels, solving the common problem of multiple sensors sharing the same address. Simply route each device to its own channel and communi...
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ACS724 Current Sensor Carrier -50A to +50A
SKU: PL-4049 | Brand: Pololu
The ACS724 Current Sensor Carrier provides a compact breakout for Allegro's ±50A ACS724LLCTR-50AB Hall effect-based linear current sensor. It offers a low-resistance (~1.2 mΩ) current path and electrical isolation up ...
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ArduSat Prototyping Module
SKU: FT-ASPM | Brand: Freetronics
The ArduSat Prototyping Module is a gold-plated PCB used to hand-assemble early prototypes of the first two ArduSat satellites launched into space in 2013. A limited number remain from that original production run — o...
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SparkFun I2S Audio Breakout - MAX98357A
SKU: SF-DEV-14809 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun I2S Audio Breakout board uses the MAX98357A digital to analog converter (DAC), which converts I2S (not be confused with I2C) audio to an analog signal to drive speakers. The I2S Audio Breakout converts th...
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Pico HAT Hacker
SKU: PR-PIM311 | Brand: Little Bird
The Pico HAT Hacker gives you full access to all 40 GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi, broken out at the top of the board. Its ultra-thin 0.8 mm PCB can be soldered directly onto the Pi's header pins while still leaving ...
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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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Mini Black HAT Hack3r -Retail Pack - Fully assembled
SKU: PR-PIM219 | Brand: Little Bird
The Mini Black HAT Hack3r is a compact breakout board that gives you full access to all Raspberry Pi GPIO pins while a HAT or pHAT is attached. Ideal for debugging HAT projects, probing signals, or combining a HAT wit...
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SparkFun Proximity Sensor Breakout - 20cm, VCNL4040 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-15177 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor Breakout detects objects qualitatively up to 20 cm away using infrared proximity sensing. It also includes a built-in ambient light sensor, making it a versatile dual-function mo...
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Stereo 20W Class D Audio Amplifier - MAX9744
SKU: AF-1752 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact Class D stereo amplifier breakout based on the Maxim MAX9744. It drives two channels of 4–8 Ω speakers at up to 20 W each, powered from 4.5–14 V DC. With up to 93% efficiency, it runs cool without heatsinks ...
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JTAG (2x10 2.54mm) to SWD (2x5 1.27mm) Cable Adapter Board
SKU: AF-2094 | Brand: Adafruit
This adapter board is designed for adapting a 'classic' 2x10 (0.1"/2.54mm pitch) JTAG cable to a slimmer 2x5 (0.05"/1.27mm pitch) SWD Cable. It's helpful for using products like the JTAGulator or SEGGER J-...
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Reflective IR Sensor with 470 and 10K Resistors
SKU: AF-2349 | Brand: Adafruit
This Reflective IR Sensor is a simple plastic casing with two elements - an IR LED and an IR phototransistor. You can control the IR LED and turn it on to bounce IR off objects to determine their reflectivity. White &...
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DS1307 RTC Module with Battery for Raspberry Pi
SKU: DF-DFR0386 | Brand: DFRobot
A real-time clock (RTC) module designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi, built around the Maxim DS1307 chip. It communicates via I2C and includes a CR1220 coin cell battery to maintain accurate timekeeping even when...
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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...
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Adafruit Sensirion SHT45 Precision Temp & Humidity with PTFE
SKU: AF-6174 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Sensirion SHT45 is the highest-accuracy sensor in the SHT4x family, delivering ±1.0% typical relative humidity accuracy and ±0.1 °C typical temperature accuracy. Featuring a PTFE membrane for protection a...
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Adafruit USB Type C Vertical Breakout - Downstream Connection
SKU: AF-5993 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit USB Type C Vertical Breakout (Downstream Connection) provides easy access to all the pins on a USB-C connector in a vertical orientation, ideal for breadboard use and enclosure mounting. Two 5.1K resistor...
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Adafruit HDC3021 Precision Temperature & Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5989 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HDC3021 is a high-precision I²C temperature and humidity sensor breakout featuring the TI HDC302x series chip. With typical humidity accuracy of ±0.5% RH (and just 0.19% long-term drift) and temperature a...
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