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.
The Three Fives Kit: A Discrete 555 Timer
SKU: PI-EMS-555 | Brand: Pimoroni
Re-create one of the most iconic chips in electronics history. The Three Fives Kit from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories is a faithful, functional transistor-scale replica of the classic NE555 timer IC — built up from ...
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High Speed 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
SKU: LB-LS0322 | Brand: Little Bird
This is an affordable 4-port USB 3.0 Hub.Specifications: Colour: Black Material: ABS Dimension: 105 x 37 x 23(mm) Cable Length: Approx. 30cm Blue indicator lights Features: USB 3.0 4 ports HUB is lightweight and easy ...
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IC Socket - for 16-pin 0.3 Chips - Pack of 3
SKU: AF-2203 | Brand: Adafruit
An IC (Integrated Circuit) socket allows you to insert and remove chips easily from an assembled kit or project This item contains 3 of the 16 pin 0.3" wide version. Best used with chips that have 16 pins (2x8) an...
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Cherry MX Switch - Green
SKU: LB-00007 | Brand: Little Bird
The Cherry MX Green is a tactile, clicky mechanical keyboard switch with a heavier actuation force of 80 cN. You'll feel a pronounced tactile bump and hear an audible click at the activation point, similar to the feel...
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Adafruit 7-Segment Backpack - 1.2 Tall Digits
SKU: AF-1271 | Brand: Adafruit
Drive large 1.2" tall 7-segment displays with ease using this HT16K33-based I2C backpack. The updated design includes a built-in 5V boost converter so you get bright, consistent LED segments even when running from 3.3...
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Premium Jumper Wire 50-Piece Rainbow Assortment F-F 12
SKU: PL-1703 | Brand: Pololu
An assortment of 50 premium female-to-female jumper wires, each 300 mm (12″) long. Made with stranded 26 AWG wire and 0.1″ (2.54 mm) female header contacts on both ends. Includes five wires in each of 10 rainbow colou...
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Pico HAT Hacker
SKU: PR-PIM311 | Brand: Little Bird
The Pico HAT Hacker gives you full access to all 40 GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi, broken out at the top of the board. Its ultra-thin 0.8 mm PCB can be soldered directly onto the Pi's header pins while still leaving ...
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OnOff SHIM
SKU: PR-PIM277 | Brand: Little Bird
Add a tiny yet convenient power switch to your Pi with OnOff SHIM! Our SHIMs (Shove Hardware in the Middle) are a new range of boards designed to be small, affordable, and handy. They're just 0.8mm thick (the bare boa...
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ULN2803: 8 Channel Darlington Driver (Solenoid/Unipolar Stepper) [ULN2803A]
SKU: AF-970 | Brand: Adafruit
Bring in some muscle to your output pins with 8 mighty Darlingtons! This DIP chip contains 8 drivers that can sink 500mA from a 50V supply and has kickback diodes included inside for driving coils. This will let your ...
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Mini Black HAT Hack3r -Retail Pack - Fully assembled
SKU: PR-PIM219 | Brand: Little Bird
The Mini Black HAT Hack3r is a compact breakout board that gives you full access to all Raspberry Pi GPIO pins while a HAT or pHAT is attached. Ideal for debugging HAT projects, probing signals, or combining a HAT wit...
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1N4007 1A 1000V Diode - Pk.4
SKU: TB-ZR1007 | Brand: Little Bird
A 4-pack of 1N4007 general-purpose silicon rectifier diodes, the highest voltage rating in the 1N400x family. Rated for 1 A continuous forward current and 1000 V peak reverse voltage, making them suitable for a wide r...
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LED - Infrared - 940nm
SKU: PI-COM0613 | Brand: Pimoroni
A clear 5mm infrared LED operating at 940nm wavelength. Ideal for generic IR systems including remote controls, proximity sensors, and touchless object detection. Specifications Wavelength: 940nm (infrared) Forwar...
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5mm Red LED pack - Pk.100
SKU: TB-ZD1690 | Brand: Little Bird
A bulk pack of 100 standard red 5 mm diffused LEDs — ideal for prototyping, indicator lights, and any project that requires a large supply of single-colour LEDs on hand. Key Features 100-Piece Bulk Pack – Generous ...
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Arcade/Button Quick-Connect Wire Pair - Set of 10 pairs
SKU: AF-1152 | Brand: Adafruit
These quick-connect wire pairs make wiring arcade-style and metal buttons fast and simple. Each wire comes as a pair with two 0.11" quick-connect terminals pre-crimped onto 20cm long wires, terminated together in a JS...
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Bare Conductive Paint Pen (10ml)
SKU: PI-BC001 | Brand: Pimoroni
Bare Conductive Electric Paint is a water-based conductive paint in a convenient pen format. Draw circuits, cold solder components, repair PCBs, or use it as a conductive adhesive on paper, plastic, textiles, wood, gl...
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555/556 Timer - NE555P
SKU: PI-COM0207 | Brand: Pimoroni
The NE555 is one of the most iconic and widely used integrated circuits in electronics history. Designed in 1971 by Hans Camenzind, it provides configurable timing and oscillation using just a few external resistors a...
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Robit - micro:bit board compatible with mbot
SKU: EF-EF03413 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Robit is a motherboard of smart car based on micro:bit. It is compatible with MBOT. Except for the integration of the simple and convinient RJ25 connector，motor connector and sensor on MBOT, we have extended 4 DC m...
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USB C to Micro B Cable - 1 ft 0.3 meter
SKU: AF-3879 | Brand: Adafruit
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit! Rather than the regular USB A, this cable has USB C to Micro B plugs!USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data and power. Like Lightning ...
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150mm Plug to Plug Jumper Leads - 40 Piece
SKU: TB-WC6024 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of 40 male-to-male (plug-to-plug) jumper leads in assorted colours, each 150 mm long. The flexible leads have 0.1" (2.54 mm) header pins on both ends, making them ideal for breadboard prototyping and connecting...
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150 Ohm 0.5 Watt Metal Film Resistors - Pack of 8
SKU: TB-RR0552 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of 8 metal film resistors rated at 150Ω and 0.5W (½W). These are the same physical size as standard ¼W carbon film resistors, making them a drop-in upgrade with double the power handling. Metal film constructio...
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