Prototyping & Wiring

SKU: AF-1057 | Brand: Adafruit

You have some frickin' sharks at your lair, and you're thinking "it would be really great if I could attach some lasers to them" and then you see these little laser diode modules: what great timing! These encapsulated...

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...

SKU: AF-3700 | Brand: Adafruit

A candy-coloured zipper case that's the perfect size for makers on the go. Instead of tossing your Raspberry Pi or Metro M0 Express into the abyss of your backpack, keep it safe and organised in this compact pouch. S...

SKU: AF-1493 | Brand: Adafruit

A compact aluminium heat sink designed for surface-mount components such as SoCs, motor drivers, linear regulators, FETs, and other SMT packages. Its small footprint and tall fin design provide effective thermal dissi...

SKU: AF-1502 | Brand: Adafruit

A clean, rounded 16mm panel-mount momentary pushbutton in yellow. This normally-open micro-switch connects the contacts only while pressed, making it a straightforward input for any project enclosure or control panel....

SKU: AF-2138 | Brand: Adafruit

A compact 2-pin screw terminal block with 2.54mm (0.1") pitch, designed to fit directly into perfboard and protoboards. Terminal blocks provide reliable, tool-adjustable PCB-to-wire connections that are easy to mainta...

SKU: AF-2174 | Brand: Adafruit

Keep your 5 mm LEDs securely mounted with these lightweight plastic LED holders featuring a bevelled finish. Simply slot the LED through the opening and it snaps into place — no tools or hardware needed. The bevelled ...

SKU: AF-1993 | Brand: Adafruit

This 2×20 (40-pin) IDC box header is the matching connector for 40-pin GPIO ribbon cables used with Raspberry Pi models that have a 40-pin GPIO header. Solder it onto perfboard to create a breakout point for your Pi's...

SKU: AF-2336 | Brand: Adafruit

11 millimeters that is! Our Black Plated M/F Brass Standoffs are engineered specifically to keep your Pi HAT snug on your Pi while also keeping the two boards separated, in particular the HDMI port. These...

SKU: AF-2429 | Brand: Adafruit

Pogo pins are little spring-loaded contacts, very handy for making jigs, or making momentary (but electrically solid) contacts. We use them by the dozen for making programming and testing jigs but they're handy also i...

SKU: SF-COM-09278 | Brand: SparkFun

It’s not what project you have in mind that may use a rocket launch switch… The question is what project will you come up with once you have one in hand? Everyone has a proverbial missile to launch.The hot red safety ...

SKU: SF-COM-09288 | Brand: SparkFun

An adjustable potentiometer can open up many interesting user interfaces. Turn the pot and the resistance changes. Connect VCC to an outer pin, GND to the other, and the center pin will have a voltage that varies from...

SKU: SF-PRT-09279 | Brand: SparkFun

This is a 8-pin female header, with extra long legs – great for stacking Arduino shields. Pins are spaced by 0.1". Documents: Datasheet

SKU: SF-COM-09151 | Brand: SparkFun

A compact 0.5W speaker with 8 ohm impedance, small enough to fit inside robot builds, enclosures, and portable electronics projects. Suitable for audio output from amplifier boards, microcontrollers with DAC/PWM audio...

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...

SKU: SF-COM-09032 | Brand: SparkFun

This is a joystick very similar to the ‘analog’ joysticks on PS2 (PlayStation 2) controllers. Directional movements are simply two potentiometers - one for each axis. Pots are ~10k each. This joystick also has a se...

SKU: SF-PRT-09015 | Brand: SparkFun

A surface-mount 6-pin right-angle male header with standard 2.54 mm (0.1 in) pitch between pins and between rows. Ideal for adding a programming or serial header to compact PCB designs where a low-profile, right-angle...

SKU: AF-2823 | Brand: Adafruit

This 2×20-pin right-angle female header with 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch provides a convenient way to add right-angle connectivity to circuit boards with dual-row 40-pin headers. It mates with standard 2×20 dual male headers ...

SKU: DF-FIT0191 | Brand: DFRobot

A compact aluminium heat sink with pre-applied 3M 8810 thermal adhesive tape on the back. Simply peel off the blue protective film and stick it directly onto your IC or chip — no thermal paste or glue required. The ad...

SKU: SF-COM-08837 | Brand: SparkFun

Your project will probably need an on/off switch. If you plan to house the project in an enclosure, we found this great rocker switch to help you out. RoHS and UL approved. Features: Right angle solid through-hole...