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.
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 Wed 10 Jun
SparkFun Beefcake Relay Control Kit
SKU: SF-KIT-13815 | Brand: SparkFun
Your 5V system can wield great power with this big, beefy relay board. How does 20A on the NC contacts and 10A on the NO contacts at 220VAC sound? The SparkFun Beefcake Relay Control Kit contains all the parts you nee...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
Mini Illuminated Momentary Pushbutton - Red Power Symbol
SKU: AF-3104 | Brand: Adafruit
This Mini Illuminated Momentary Power Button it an adorable breadboard-friendly tactile switch that has a built-in LED. It provides a simple way to add a tactile switch and a colorful universal power symbol to...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
SparkFun Altitude/Pressure Sensor Breakout - MPL3115A2
SKU: SF-SEN-11084 | Brand: SparkFun
Life has its ups and downs, so why not measure them? The MPL3115A2 is a MEMS pressure sensor that provides Altitude data to within 30cm (with oversampling enabled). The sensor outputs are digitized by a high reso...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Resistor Lead Bending Tool
SKU: SF-TOL-13114 | Brand: SparkFun
A dual-sided resistor lead forming tool for bending component leads to precise through-hole spacing. One side handles 1/4W resistors with spacing from 0.4" to 1.5" (10–38mm), and the other handles 1/2W resistors with ...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Antistatic Modular Snap Boxes - SMD component storage - 5 pack [Antistatic]
SKU: AF-430 | Brand: Adafruit
These modular snap boxes are perfect for organising small SMD/SMT components and ICs. Made from anti-static black plastic, they protect ESD-sensitive parts while keeping them visible through the individual clear pop-o...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Tiny Modular Snap Boxes - SMD component storage - 10 pack [White]
SKU: AF-431 | Brand: Adafruit
For storing small parts (especially SMT/SMD components), these little modular boxes are ideal. They have individual clear pop-open covers so you can keep only the ones you want open - less risk of mixing up parts or h...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Resistor Network - 330 Ohm (6-pin bussed)
SKU: SF-COM-10855 | Brand: SparkFun
If you ever find yourself connecting handfuls of resistors to the ground bus of your breadboard, you may consider these SIL-packaged resistors as a time-saving alternative. This Singe In-Line component is actually 5 i...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
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