Components

SKU: AF-1010 | Brand: Adafruit

Little clicky switches are standard input "buttons" on electronic projects. These work best in a PCB but can be used on a solderless breadboard as shown in this tutorial. The pins are normally open (disconnected) a...

SKU: AF-1190 | Brand: Adafruit

BAM! This 60mm diameter arcade button is large and inviting and ready for all sorts of pressing and pushing. We've seen these on some games of skill in arcades, they're easy to mount on nearly any kind of enclosure. T...

SKU: PI-COM0407 | Brand: Pimoroni

A classic arcade-style push button in yellow with a satisfying 2 mm travel and tactile click. Adds a splash of colour and a solid feel to custom controllers, interactive projects, and maker builds. Key Features Arc...

SKU: SF-COM-15105 | Brand: SparkFun

This diode-transistor photocouplers consist of an LED, optically coupled to a high speed photodetector to transmit electrical signals between circuits while still isolating your system from higher voltages. The 6N137 ...

SKU: AF-1387 | Brand: Adafruit

Build custom USB connections without slicing apart a cable and soldering those thin internal wires. This DIY USB shell gives you a proper Type A male plug connector with easy-to-solder tabs and a two-part snap-togethe...

SKU: SF-BOB-15100 | Brand: SparkFun

Add a USB-C connector to your project without wrestling with tiny SMD pads. This breakout board routes the USB-C connector's key pins to a standard 0.1" pitch header, making it straightforward to integrate into breadb...

SKU: SF-COM-14978 | Brand: SparkFun

This little round on/off/on toggle switch is rated up to 10A at 125VAC and can be panel mounted in a 20mm diameter hole. It’ll also look pretty slick in your project!

SKU: AF-3642 | Brand: Adafruit

A 2.1 mm DC barrel jack with a built-in slide switch, giving you simple on/off control for devices that lack a dedicated power switch. It shares the same PCB footprint as a standard non-switched barrel jack, so it dro...

SKU: AF-1426 | Brand: Adafruit

Make your own little LED strip arrangement with this stick of NeoPixel LEDs. We crammed 8 of the tiny 5050 (5mm x 5mm) smart RGB LEDs onto a PCB with mounting holes and a chainable design. Use only one microcontroller...

SKU: AF-1740 | Brand: Adafruit

This small (14mm diameter) piezo element is nicely enclosed so you can attach easily. Piezo elements convert vibration to voltage or voltage to vibration. That means you can use this as a buzzer for making beeps, tone...

SKU: AF-2164 | Brand: Adafruit

The classic L7805 linear voltage regulator in a TO-220 package, capable of delivering a clean, regulated 5.0 V output (±2%) from an input voltage of 7–35 V. With built-in current limiting and thermal shutdown protecti...

SKU: AF-2384 | Brand: Adafruit

The "poor man's" accelerometer/motion sensor! These spring-vibration switches are medium sensitivity non-directional vibration induced trigger switches. Inside is a medium hardness spring coiled around a long metal...

SKU: AF-2448 | Brand: Adafruit

The Adafruit TB6612 Breakout is a compact dual H-bridge motor driver that can spin two DC motors bidirectionally, step one bipolar or unipolar stepper, or fire two solenoids — all at up to 1.2A continuous per channel ...

SKU: SF-COM-09117 | Brand: SparkFun

This is a 12-step rotary encoder with a nice ‘clicking’ feel. It’s breadboard friendly, and has a pretty handy select switch (by pushing in on the knob). The encoder is different from a potentiometer in that an enc...

SKU: SF-BOB-14021 | Brand: SparkFun

This is the SparkFun RJ11 Breakout, two simple breakout boards for the common 6-pin RJ11 connector. These little boards can easily have one of our RJ11 6-Pin Connectors to work with common telephone cables. Each bo...

SKU: DF-FIT0244 | Brand: DFRobot

A pack of 50 basic 3mm LEDs in five colours — 10 each of red, green, yellow, white, and blue. Handy for prototyping, indicator lights, and Arduino projects. Specifications Forward Voltage – 1.8–2.2V Max Current – ...

SKU: SF-PRT-08272 | Brand: SparkFun

This 2 mm pitch 10-pin socket mates with XBee radio modules from Digi, allowing you to mount your XBee without soldering it directly to a PCB. You'll need two of these sockets to connect to all 20 pins on an XBee modu...

SKU: DF-FIT0323 | Brand: DFRobot

This 100-piece assortment gives you a handy spread of common through-hole diodes for prototyping, repairs and general project builds. It covers small-signal diodes, standard rectifiers, fast-recovery diodes and Schott...

SKU: SF-COM-00533 | Brand: SparkFun

LEDs - those blinky things. A must have for power indication, pin status, opto-electronic sensors, and fun blinky displays. This is a very standard red LED. The lens is 3mm in diameter, and is diffused.

SKU: SF-PRT-00132 | Brand: SparkFun

Through-hole RJ11 socket with PCB mounting posts. 6-pin connection - housing accepts common telephone connectors/wiring. If you need a board for this connector be sure to check out our SparkFun RJ11 Breakout. Two b...