Prototyping & Wiring

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-1400 | Brand: Adafruit

The Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout lets you toggle DC power on and off with a simple button press. A latching analogue circuit uses a 3A P-FET to connect or disconnect the input to the output — press once ...

SKU: LB-LR0601 | Brand: Little Bird

This VGA expansion board adds a VGA output to your Raspberry Pi via the GPIO header, while leaving the HDMI connector free for a second display or other use. Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3B, 2B, B+, and A+. Setup req...

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: LB-LS0100 | Brand: Little Bird

HS0100 White 1080P Mini HDMI  To VGA  Converter Box Adapter

SKU: LB-LS0233 | Brand: Little Bird

This is a breakout board for the WS2812B RGB LED. The WS2812B (or “NeoPixel”) is actually an RGB LED with a WS2811 built right into the LED! All the necessary pins are broken out.Several of these breakouts c...

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: 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-08662 | Brand: SparkFun

This is a simple 5mm LED with an interesting array of applications. This UV LED can be used for counterfeit detection (bills, credit cards, documents, etc), sterilization, pesticide, black lights, sun burns, the list ...