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.
ACS712 Current Sensor- 20A
SKU: EC-SEL71220A | Brand: Elecrow
A current sensing module based on the Allegro ACS712 Hall effect sensor, capable of accurately measuring both AC and DC current up to ±20 A. The module outputs a proportional analogue voltage that can be read directly...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Adafruit LTR390 UV Light Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4831 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LTR390 is a dual-purpose UV and ambient light sensor with true UVA sensing at a peak spectral response between 300 and 350 nm. Unlike UV index approximation sensors, the LTR390 has a genuine UV photodiode...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Patch Test Hook (10 Pack)
SKU: DF-FIT0720 | Brand: DFRobot
These patch test hooks provide a solderless way to make signal and low-current connections between boards, sensors, and modules. The hook clips grab onto pins, pads, and component legs — perfect for prototyping with c...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Adafruit MS8607 Pressure Humidity Temperature PHT Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4716 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MS8607 is a factory-calibrated 3-in-1 sensor that measures barometric pressure, relative humidity, and temperature over I2C. Made by TE Connectivity, this PHT (Pressure, Humidity, Temperature) sensor is a...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
SHT31 Digital Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout8.90
SKU: DF-SEN0331 | Brand: DFRobot
This DFRobot SHT31 digital temperature and humidity sensor is based upon the Sensirion SHT31 sensor IC. Thanks to Sensirion’s CMOSens® technology, highly integrated capacitive humidity sensing components and band-gap ...
Delivered by Thu 3 Sep
Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout - BNO055 - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4646 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit BNO055 STEMMA QT breakout delivers complete 9-DOF orientation sensing with onboard sensor fusion and plug-and-play I2C connectivity. The Bosch BNO055 combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer...
Delivered by Wed 16 Sep
Adafruit MPU-6050 6-DoF Accel and Gyro Sensor - STEMMA QT Qwiic
SKU: AF-3886 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MPU-6050 breakout combines a 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope in a single compact sensor, providing 6 degrees of freedom (6-DoF) motion sensing over I2C. A proven and popular IMU, the MPU-6050 is...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Adafruit BMP388 - Precision Barometric Pressure and Altimeter
SKU: AF-3966 | Brand: Adafruit
The BMP388 from Bosch is a high-precision barometric pressure and temperature sensor, offering significantly improved altitude accuracy over the BMP280. With altitude noise as low as 0.1 metres and a relative accuracy...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
36-pin Swiss Male Plug Headers - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-3647 | Brand: Adafruit
Precision-machined Swiss-pin male plug headers for a tight, reliable fit. Unlike standard stamped square-pin male headers, these use machined round pins that pair exclusively with Swiss-pin female sockets — they are n...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Adafruit PT1000 RTD Temperature Sensor Amplifier - MAX31865
SKU: AF-3648 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PT1000 RTD Temperature Sensor Amplifier is a breakout board for the MAX31865 precision RTD-to-digital converter, configured for PT1000 platinum resistance temperature detectors. It reads 2-, 3-, or 4-wire...
Delivered by Wed 16 Sep
Joystick
SKU: PI-COM-B015 | Brand: Pimoroni
This clicky joystick is great for DIY arcade builds, and it has a handy 5-pin connector that means connecting it is just a case of plugging in a single cable connector. We use this joystick in our new ...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Grove Shield for micro:bit
SKU: SS-103030195 | Brand: Seeed Studio
The Grove Shield for micro:bit is a plug-and-play expansion board that bridges the micro:bit with the Seeed Studio Grove ecosystem. It provides 4 Grove connectors on-board (covering different interfaces) with provisio...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
TCA9548A I2C Multiplexer
SKU: AF-2717 | Brand: Adafruit
The TCA9548A 1-to-8 I2C multiplexer solves the common problem of needing multiple I2C devices with the same address on a single bus. It acts as a gatekeeper, routing I2C traffic to any of its eight downstream channels...
Delivered by Wed 16 Sep
SparkFun Analog/Digital MUX Breakout - CD74HC4067
SKU: SF-BOB-09056 | Brand: SparkFun
A breakout board for the CD74HC4067 16-channel analogue/digital multiplexer/demultiplexer. This IC internally routes a common signal pin (SIG) to one of 16 channel pins, working with both analogue and digital signals ...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Gravity: Arduino Gas Sensor (MQ2)
SKU: DF-SEN0127 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This is a generic Arduino gas sensor. It has MQ2 probe which is able to detect LPG, i-butane, propane, methane ,alcohol, Hydrogen, smoke.It can be used in gas leakage detecting device in c...
Delivered by Thu 3 Sep
IR (Infrared) Receiver Sensor [TSOP38238]
SKU: AF-157 | Brand: Adafruit
IR sensor tuned to 38KHz, perfect for receiving commands from a TV remote control. Runs at 3V to 5V so it's great for any microcontroller.To use, connect pin 3 (all the way to the right) to 5V power, pin 2 (middle) to...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
MPL3115A2 - I2C Barometric Pressure/Altitude/Temperature Sensor
SKU: AF-1893 | Brand: Adafruit
The MPL3115A2 is a precision barometric pressure, altitude, and temperature sensor from NXP (formerly Freescale) that communicates over I2C. With 1.5 Pa resolution, it can resolve altitude changes as small as 0.3 m an...
Delivered by Wed 16 Sep
SparkFun Line Sensor Breakout - QRE1113 (Analog)
SKU: SF-ROB-09453 | Brand: SparkFun
This version of the QRE1113 breakout board features an easy-to-use analog output, which will vary depending on the amount of IR light reflected back to the sensor. This tiny board is perfect for line sensing applic...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
Adafruit AS7341 10-Channel Light / Color Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4698 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit AS7341 is a 10-channel multi-spectral light sensor that detects not just the amount of light present, but the specific wavelengths — giving you far more detailed colour information than a simple RGB senso...
Delivered by Wed 16 Sep
ProtoBoard Pro-Double Sided
SKU: DF-FIT0193 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a very basic double sided prototyping board with standard 0.1" spacing with a 4x3mm (0.16x0.12") holes for mounting.The leaf pads makes you great for quickly prototyping stackable circuits.You can not onl...
Delivered by Thu 3 Sep
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