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.
Picade Wiring Loom v2
SKU: PI-CAB1200 | Brand: Pimoroni
This wiring loom has all the cables and connectors you'll need to connect a joystick, arcade buttons, and illuminated button to Picade X HAT. It's ideal for DIY arcade cabinet builds. The loom consists...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Panel Mount Extension Cables (50cm) - USB micro-B to micro-B
SKU: PI-CAB0906 | Brand: Pimoroni
Need to expose HDMI, Ethernet, or USB to the outside of your project/enclosure? These lovely little 50cm panel mount extension cables are just the job!Each cable comes with one end in panel mount format so that y...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Servo Extension Cable - 50cm / 19.5 long
SKU: AF-973 | Brand: Adafruit
A 50 cm (19.5″) servo extension cable for extending the reach of standard 3-pin servo connections. It features a shrouded male connector on one end and a female connector on the other, with red/black/white colour codi...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Mini Black HAT Hack3r - PCB only
SKU: PR-PIM171 | Brand: Little Bird
A handy breakout tool that lets you access all 40 GPIO pins while a HAT or pHAT is connected to your Raspberry Pi. Plug in your HAT, connect the ribbon cable to your Pi, and probe, debug, or extend any pin with ease. ...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Micro Metal Gearmotor (Extended back shaft) - 20:1
SKU: PI-COM0808 | Brand: Pimoroni
A miniature brushed DC motor with a 20:1 metal gearbox and an extended back shaft for mounting optical encoders. All micro metal gearmotors share the same physical dimensions, so different gear ratios can be easily sw...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Black Snap Action Keyboard Switch - PCB Mount
SKU: TB-SP0721 | Brand: Little Bird
This black snap-action keyboard switch is a PCB-mount, single-pole momentary pushbutton. The switch is normally open (SPST) and closes only while the button is depressed, making it suitable for keyboards, keypads, con...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Monochrome 0.96 128x64 OLED graphic display
SKU: AF-326 | Brand: Adafruit
This 0.96" monochrome OLED display packs 128×64 individually controllable white pixels into a compact, highly readable screen. Because OLED pixels produce their own light, no backlight is needed — resulting in excelle...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Adafruit Half-size Perma-Proto Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit
SKU: AF-1148 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Half-size Perma-Proto Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit combines a prototyping board with a built-in Pi Cobbler breakout. Solder the included 2×13 box header onto the board, connect a 26-pin GPIO ribbon cab...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Third Hands
SKU: PK-SN-392 | Brand: Little Bird
This handy third hand tool helps hold small parts steady while you solder, inspect, glue or assemble detailed projects. It is well suited to electronics work, lab tasks, jewellery making and other precision jobs where...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Aluminum Flex Shaft Coupler - 5mm to 5mm
SKU: AF-1175 | Brand: Adafruit
A machined aluminium flexible shaft coupler for connecting two 5mm shafts. The spiral-cut design provides slight flexibility to accommodate minor misalignment between shafts, reducing binding without introducing rotat...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
2x20 Socket Riser Header for Raspberry Pi HATs and Bonnets
SKU: AF-4079 | Brand: Adafruit
This 2×20 female socket riser header features slightly longer-than-standard pins, adding extra height between your Raspberry Pi and any HAT, Bonnet, or pHAT mounted on top. This additional clearance helps boards clear...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Stepper Motor Mount with Hardware - NEMA-17 Sized
SKU: AF-1297 | Brand: Adafruit
You have a stepper motor, but you need to attach it to your CNC project, eh? Not so easy if you don't have a stepper motor mount just like this fine one here! This mount will fit any NEMA-17 motor (with 31mm hole...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Membrane 1x4 Keypad + Extras
SKU: AF-1332 | Brand: Adafruit
Punch in your secret key into this numeric membrane keypad. This keypad has 4 buttons, and since every key has its own wire line, no matrix code is required - just treat these like every day switches. The membrane is ...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Breadboard Base for Pibow
SKU: PR-PIM086 | Brand: Little Bird
A laser-cut acrylic base plate that replaces the bottom layer of a Pibow case, adding a secure mounting area for breadboard prototyping alongside your Raspberry Pi. Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3, A+, Zero, and Zero W...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
I/O Expander - MCP23008
SKU: SF-COM-15099 | Brand: SparkFun
Add another eight pins to your microcontroller using a MCP23008 port expander. The MCP23008 uses two I2C pins which can be shared with other I2C devices, and in exchange gives you eight general purpose pins. You can s...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/Polymer charger [v2]
SKU: AF-390 | Brand: Adafruit
This versatile LiIon/LiPo battery charger accepts power from three sources: a 6 V solar panel (via 2.1 mm DC jack), USB Mini-B, or a 5 V DC adapter. It features automatic charging current tracking that draws the maxim...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
4xAA Press-Stud Battery Holder - Default
SKU: PI-COM1304 | Brand: Pimoroni
A 4×AA battery holder with press-stud (snap) termination, providing a portable power source for wearable and on-the-go projects. With four alkaline AA batteries, it delivers approximately 6V with 7,000–10,000 mAh of c...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
ZIP LEDs Add-On Pack for Kitronik Inventors Kit for micro:bit
SKU: KI-5603-ZIP | Brand: Kitronik
An add-on pack for the Kitronik Inventor's Kit that introduces individually addressable RGB LEDs (ZIP LEDs) to your BBC micro:bit projects. Through ten guided experiments, you'll learn how to control LED colours, anim...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
16mm Panel Mount Momentary Pushbutton - Red
SKU: AF-1445 | Brand: Adafruit
A clean, rounded 16mm panel-mount momentary pushbutton in red. This normally-open micro-switch connects the contacts only while pressed, making it a straightforward input for any project enclosure or control panel. K...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Tactile Switch Buttons (6mm slim) x 20 pack
SKU: AF-1489 | Brand: Adafruit
Slim tactile momentary switches — the standard input buttons for electronic projects. These are half the width of classic 6mm tactile switches, so they line up neatly on a breadboard when plugged into every other row....
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
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