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.
Cherry MX Switch - Black
SKU: LB-00100 | Brand: Little Bird
Cherry MX Keyswitches are top-of-the-line mechanical keyboard switches. They’re satisfyingly “clicky”, reliable up to tens-of-millions of key presses, and a standard in gaming and programming keyboards across the globe.
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
TT Motor Bi-Metal Gearbox - 1:90 Gear Ratio
SKU: AF-3801 | Brand: Adafruit
These durable (but affordable!) gearbox motors (also known as 'TT' motors) are an easy, low-cost way to get your projects moving. This is a TT DC Bi-Metal Gearbox Motor with a gear ratio of 1:90 abou...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Adafruit NeoPXL8 Friend - 8 x Strands NeoPixel Level Shifter
SKU: AF-3975 | Brand: Adafruit
Drive up to 8 strands of NeoPixels simultaneously with DMA — no more blocking your code to push pixel data. The NeoPXL8 Friend is a standalone level-shifting breakout board that converts 3.3 V logic to 5 V for 8 indep...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Gravity: VL53L0X ToF Laser Range Finder
SKU: DF-SEN0245 | Brand: DFRobot
The VL53L0X laser range finder is a high-precision distance sensor that based on new Time-of-Flight (ToF) principle. VL53L0X provides accurate distance measurement whatever the target reflection unlike traditional ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Premium Jumper Wire 50-Piece Rainbow Assortment M-F 3
SKU: PL-1707 | Brand: Pololu
These premium jumper wires are stranded 26 AWG wires with female terminations on one end and male terminations on the other end, for use with 0.1″ (2.54 mm) headers, connectors, and solderless breadboards. ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Premium Male/Female Raw Jumper Wires - 40 x 6
SKU: AF-3633 | Brand: Adafruit
Our Raw Male/Female Jumper Wires are perfect for making a custom jumper wire sets for wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCBs. These premium jumpers are a little over 6", almost 8" (about 200mm)...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Resistor 1M Ohm 1/4 Watt PTH - 20 pack (Thick Leads)
SKU: SF-PRT-14494 | Brand: SparkFun
These are your run-of-the-mill ¼ Watt, +/- 5% tolerance PTH resistors. Commonly used in breadboards and other prototyping applications, these 1M ohm resistors make excellent pull-ups, pull-downs and current limiters. ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
USB cable - 6 A/MiniB
SKU: AF-899 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact 6" (approx. 15cm) USB Type-A to Mini-B cable for USB 1.1 and 2.0 connections. Ideal for keeping on the bench when you need a short, tidy cable to connect to Teensy boards, USB LiPo chargers, or other Mini-B ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Adafruit VEML7700 Lux Sensor - I2C Light Sensor
SKU: AF-4162 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VEML7700 is a high-accuracy ambient light sensor from Vishay that outputs calibrated lux values over I2C. Unlike basic light sensors that return unitless brightness readings, the VEML7700 calculates lux (...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Snap-In Panel Mount HDMI Cable - 30cm
SKU: AF-4054 | Brand: Adafruit
This panel mount cable will allow you to enclose a device that has an HDMI port. Perfect for placing your project in a secure box. Both ends have HDMI connectors, an extension cord if you will.What's special about thi...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
TIP122 NPN Transistor
SKU: TB-ZT2292 | Brand: Little Bird
The TIP122 is an NPN Darlington transistor in a TO-220 package, commonly used for switching and driving high-current loads such as motors, solenoids, and relays from microcontroller logic signals. Specifications Ty...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Line Laser Diode - 5mW 650nm Red
SKU: AF-1057 | Brand: Adafruit
You have some frickin' sharks at your lair, and you're thinking "it would be really great if I could attach some lasers to them" and then you see these little laser diode modules: what great timing! These encapsulated...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
ADS1015 12-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
SKU: AF-1083 | Brand: Adafruit
Add high-speed analog-to-digital conversion to any microcontroller with the ADS1015 breakout. This 12-bit ADC delivers 3,300 samples per second over I2C, with four single-ended or two differential input channels and a...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Turing Tumble - Extra gears and gear bits
SKU: LB-TURING-GEARS | Brand: Little Bird
An expansion pack of gears and gear bits for the Turing Tumble marble-powered computer game. These additional parts let you tackle more advanced puzzles and build larger, more complex mechanical logic circuits on your...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Ceramic Capacitors (pack of 10) - 0.01uF
SKU: PI-COM1503 | Brand: Pimoroni
Ahhhh capacitors - the circuit builders' most reliable and trusted friend - always keen to jump in and provide stability where needed to your signals and power supply. 0.1uF - 1uF are great all-purpose bypass capac...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
T-Slot Photo Interrupter with 1 Meter Cable
SKU: AF-3985 | Brand: Adafruit
This T-Slot Photo Interrupter with Cable is a simple plastic sensor with two elements - an IR LED and an IR photo-transistor, situated across a U-shaped gap. You can control the IR LED and turn it on to transmit IR...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Standalone Toggle Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1012]
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...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout
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 ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
10-bit ADC (SPI) - 8 Channel
SKU: PI-COM0206 | Brand: Pimoroni
The MCP3008 is a 10-bit analogue-to-digital converter with eight single-ended input channels, communicating via SPI. It's a popular choice for adding analogue inputs to the Raspberry Pi and other digital-only boards —...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Adafruit 24-Channel 12-bit PWM LED Driver - SPI Interface [TLC5947]
SKU: AF-1429 | Brand: Adafruit
Control 24 channels of 12-bit PWM output with the Adafruit TLC5947 breakout board. Designed for LED control, this SPI-driven board delivers constant-current open-drain outputs that keep brightness consistent even if t...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
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