Prototyping & Wiring
Everything you need to wire up, connect, and house your electronics projects — all in one place. From breadboards and jumper wires to breakout boards, crimp connectors, headers, and project enclosures, this collection covers the essentials for hobbyists, students, and professionals alike.
Whether you're prototyping a new circuit, organising your bench, or building a finished STEM project, you'll find the right cables, connectors, and storage solutions here. Shipped Australia-wide from our Sydney warehouse.
Break Away Male Headers - Right Angle
SKU: SF-PRT-00553 | Brand: SparkFun
A row of right angle male headers - break to fit. 40 pins that can be cut to any size. Used with custom PCBs or general custom headers.
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SIM Socket
SKU: SF-PRT-00548 | Brand: SparkFun
Ever wanted to see what’s on that SIM card? Use these sockets in your next project to interface to any old SIM. 6-Pin standard connection. This is a surface mount socket, but it is large enough that it can be hand sol...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
LED Holder - 5mm
SKU: SF-COM-11840 | Brand: SparkFun
These snap-in plastic LED holders provide a clean, secure way to panel-mount 5 mm LEDs. Simply press the LED into the holder and snap the holder into a 7.5 mm (19/64″) mounting hole — no screws or adhesive required. T...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
RFID Reader ID-12LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11827 | Brand: SparkFun
RFID (radio-frequency identification) is the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, for the purposes of identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. This is the ID-12LA, a very simpl...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Banana to Banana Cables
SKU: SF-CAB-00507 | Brand: SparkFun
These are various leaded cables for attaching to multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, etc. Cables come in red/black pairs. Dimensions: 36" Long
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Infrared Proximity Sensor - Sharp GP2Y0A21YK
SKU: SF-SEN-00242 | Brand: SparkFun
The Sharp GP2Y0A21YK is an infrared proximity sensor with an analogue voltage output that varies with distance — from 3.1 V at 10 cm to 0.4 V at 80 cm. It uses an IR emitter and position-sensitive detector to measure ...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Alligator Clip
SKU: SF-PRT-00111 | Brand: SparkFun
A standard alligator clip — an essential tool for any electronics workbench. Use it for making quick temporary connections when prototyping circuits, testing components, or extending test leads. Ideal For Prototypin...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Relay SPDT Sealed
SKU: SF-COM-00100 | Brand: SparkFun
These are high quality Single Pole - Double Throw (SPDT) sealed relays. Use them to switch high voltage, and/or high current devices. This relay’s coil is rated up to 12V, with a minimum switching voltage of 5V. The c...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Triple Axis Accelerometer BMA220 (Tiny)
SKU: DF-SEN0168 | Brand: DFRobot
This Triple Axis Accelerometer with Bosch BMA220 is an ultra small triaxial, low-g acceleration sensor breakboard with SPI and I2C interface, aiming for low power consumer market applications. It allows measurem...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
LED - 5mm Cycling RGB (slow)
SKU: SF-COM-11450 | Brand: SparkFun
These color-changing LEDs take the work out of creating crazy, flashy, blinky… ness. Simply apply power and the LED will cycle through the RGB colorspace: no external controller necessary! These bright and festive LED...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-13322 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor is a simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The soil moisture sensor is pretty straight forward to use. The two large exposed pads function as probe...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
i2c / SPI character LCD backpack
SKU: AF-292 | Brand: Adafruit
LCD backpacks reduce the number of pins needed to connect to an LCD. LCDs are a fun and easy way to have your microcontroller project talk back to you. Character LCDs are common, and easy to get, available in tons ...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Diffused Green 5mm LED (25 pack)
SKU: AF-298 | Brand: Adafruit
Need some indicators? We are big fans of these diffused green LEDs, in fact we use them exclusively in our kits. They are fairly bright so they can be seen in daytime, and from any angle. They go easily into a breadbo...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun RGB LED Breakout - WS2812B
SKU: SF-BOB-13282 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a breakout board for the WS2812B RGB LED. The WS2812B is actually an RGB LED with a WS2811 built right into the LED! All the necessary pins are broken out to 0.1" spaced headers for easy bread-boarding. Severa...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun WiFi Shield - ESP8266
SKU: SF-WRL-13287 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun ESP8266 WiFi Shield is an Arduino compatible shield for the ESP8266 WiFi SoC – a leading platform for Internet of Things (IoT) or WiFi-related projects. There are a variety of designs based around the ...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun MOSFET Power Controller
SKU: SF-PRT-11214 | Brand: SparkFun
MOSFETs are awesome. They’re like a switch that you flip electronically! This SparkFun MOSFET Power Controller makes it easy to switch a battery supply on and off using your favorite microcontroller. The board also ha...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Touch screen breakout board (0.5mm FPC)
SKU: AF-334 | Brand: Adafruit
If you've got a resistive touch screen that you'd like to use, you'll need this breakout! It has a fine pitch (0.5mm) connector soldered onto it and it's broken out into the 4 resistive wires of the panel. A petite...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun Thermocouple Breakout - MAX31855K
SKU: SF-SEN-13266 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun MAX31855K Thermocouple Breakout is a simple 14-bit resolution, SPI-compatible, serial interface thermocouple digitizer that makes reading a wide range of temperatures possible. A thermocouple works by ...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun FT231X Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-13263 | Brand: SparkFun
Introducing the 3.3V SparkFun FT231X Breakout board, complete with the full UART hardware handshake feature! The pin-out of this board matches the FTDI cable to work with official Arduino and cloned 3.3V Arduino board...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Teensy 3.x Feather Adapter
SKU: AF-3200 | Brand: Adafruit
The Teensy 3.x Feather Adapter rearranges the pins of a Teensy 3.x board to match the Adafruit Feather form factor and pinout. This allows the Teensy to work with the full range of FeatherWing add-ons — motor drivers,...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
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