Physical Buttons & Switches
Browse our range of physical buttons and switches for your electronics projects. From tactile micro switches and momentary push buttons to illuminated latching switches, we stock the mechanical input components you need for prototyping, Arduino builds, and control panels.
Ideal for makers, students, and engineers across Australia. Whether you're adding user input to a STEM project or wiring up a custom enclosure, you'll find reliable switches in various sizes and colours with fast Australian shipping.
Pico RGB Keypad Base
SKU: PR-PIM551 | Brand: Little Bird
Scoring very highly in the Pimoroni "things on our desk that make people say ooo" rankings, RGB Keypad Base equips a Pico with an eye-catching 4x4 silicone keypad, fully loaded with addressable APA102 LEDs so that ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
OnOff SHIM
SKU: PR-PIM269 | 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 ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Reed Switch
SKU: SF-COM-08642 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a small device called a reed switch. When the device is exposed to a magnetic field, the two ferrous materials inside the switch pull together and the switch closes. When the magnetic field is removed, the ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Reed Switch - Insulated
SKU: SF-COM-10601 | Brand: SparkFun
An insulated reed switch that closes when exposed to a magnetic field and opens when the field is removed. The encapsulated design is more durable than glass reed switches and can be easily populated on a PCB. Key Fe...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Adafruit PiCowbell Proto for Pico - Reset Button & STEMMA QT
SKU: AF-5200 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PiCowbell Proto is a prototyping add-on board for the Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W. It matches the Pico's footprint and sockets underneath, giving you a reset button, a STEMMA QT / Qwiic I2C connector, an...
Delivered by Wed 1 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 Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Capacitive Touch Breakout - AT42QT1011
SKU: SF-SEN-14520 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Capacitive Touch Breakout provides a single momentary touch button using the AT42QT1011 capacitive sense chip. Simply supply 1.8–5 V and ground — the chip handles all touch monitoring and outputs a digita...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Button Pad 4x4 - Breakout PCB
SKU: SF-COM-08033 | Brand: SparkFun
This a simple breakout board for the button pads. Each LED and button is brought out to the side connectors. The connectors are soldered to the back side of the PCB. We recommend trimming the connector leads on the bu...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
OCTOPUS Magnetic Switch
SKU: EF-EF04075 | Brand: ElecFreaks
OCTOPUS Magnetic Switch is a kind of electric brick carrying magnetic switch and compatible with OCTOPUS series. It mainly consists of WBSF12 dry reed switch. WBSF12 is a dry reed tube with frequently open contact ...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
SparkFun Navigation Switch Breakout
SKU: SF-COM-08236 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a fully assembled simple breakout board for the surface mount 3-way switch. These switches are commonly found on handheld devices like MP3 players. This switch allows the user to navigate using up and down sel...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Tilt ball switch
SKU: AF-173 | Brand: Adafruit
The "poor man's" accelerometer! Tilt sensors are switches that can detect basic motion/orientation. The metal tube has a little metal ball that rolls around in it, when its tilted upright, the ball rolls onto the cont...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
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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8 Way Arcade Game Flight Joystick Arcade
SKU: EC-SEM28085J | Brand: Elecrow
This 8-way arcade joystick uses 4 micro switches to detect directional input, giving you full 8-directional control for DIY arcade machines and retro gaming builds. The ABS plastic and solid alloy construction is dura...
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Button SHIM
SKU: PR-PIM301 | Brand: Little Bird
Button SHIM gives you five handy, physical buttons and an RGB status LED, and it's HAT and pHAT-compatible! Our SHIM-format boards are designed to slip neatly onto your Pi's GPIO pins and still allow you to use HAT...
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Button Pad 2x2 - Breakout PCB
SKU: SF-COM-09277 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple breakout board for 2×2 button pads with integrated LEDs. Each LED and button is brought out to side connectors, making wiring straightforward. The board also includes footprints for 1N4148 through-hole diodes...
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Mini Dual Button Unit
SKU: M5-U025 | Brand: Little Bird
Description Dual Button, as its namesake, has two buttons with different color. If the Button unit is not enough, how about double it up to a pair. They share the exact same mechanism, button status can be detected...
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3 pin Button Key Switch Module
SKU: LB-00331 | Brand: Little Bird
A small push-button switch module on a breakout board with a built-in pull resistor, so no external resistors are needed. The 3-pin header (signal, VCC, GND) plugs directly into a solderless breadboard or connects via...
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SparkFun Capacitive Touch Breakout - AT42QT1010
SKU: SF-SEN-12041 | Brand: SparkFun
If you need to add user input without using a button, then a capacitive touch interface might be the answer. The AT42QT1010 SparkFun Capacitive Touch Breakout offers a single capacitive touch button with easy-to-use d...
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