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.
DIP Sockets Solder Tail - 16-Pin 0.3
SKU: SF-PRT-07938 | Brand: SparkFun
A 16-pin DIP IC socket with solder-tail pins and 0.3" (300 mil) row spacing. Solder the socket to your PCB and swap ICs without desoldering — essential for prototyping and development work. Specifications Pin Count...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
DIP Sockets Solder Tail - 8-Pin
SKU: SF-PRT-07937 | Brand: SparkFun
Dip sockets for all your prototyping needs. If you’ve ever had to de-solder a dip part from a circuit board, you know how valuable these are! Number of pins include: 8, 14, 16, 18, 28, and 40. This is a 300mil wide ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
120 Ohm 0.5 Watt Metal Film Resistors - Pack of 8
SKU: TB-RR0550 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of eight 120Ω metal film resistors rated at 0.5W (½W) with 1% tolerance. Despite the higher power rating, these resistors are the same physical size as standard ¼W carbon film types, making them a drop-in upgra...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Break Away Female Headers - Swiss Machine Pin
SKU: SF-PRT-00743 | Brand: SparkFun
Single row of 30-holes, female header with swiss round machined pins. These units have very high quality round pins to accept and retain machine pin headers much better. Can be cut to size with a pair of wire-cutters....
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Interface Cable RP-SMA to U.FL
SKU: SF-WRL-00662 | Brand: SparkFun
This connector cable interfaces UFL RF connectors to RP-SMA antennas. Use it to attach any standard RP-SMA 2.4GHz antenna to the our WiFly Shield.Dimensions: 4" LengthDocuments: Datasheet RF Connector Buying Guide
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
SparkFun Multiplexer Breakout - 8 Channel (74HC4051)
SKU: SF-BOB-13906 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Multiplexer Breakout provides access to all pins and features of the 74HC4051, an 8-channel analog multiplexer/demultiplexer. The 74HC4051 allows you to turn four I/O pins into eight multifunctional, indi...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
RS232 Converter SMD - MAX3232
SKU: SF-COM-00589 | Brand: SparkFun
The ‘must have’ IC for 3V projects. This is the RS232 converter IC that is capable of running at 3V and communicating with 3V logic. Comes in an easy to solder 16-Pin SOIC SMD package. Requires four external 0.1uF cer...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
USB Mini-B SMD Connector
SKU: SF-PRT-00587 | Brand: SparkFun
USB Type ‘Mini-B’ Female SMD connector. This is a 5-pin Mini-B surface mount connector commonly found in MP3 players, media/disk readers, USB hubs, pretty much anything small and USB.
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Deans Connector - M/F Pair
SKU: SF-PRT-11864 | Brand: SparkFun
This Deans (mini T-plug) connector pair provides a secure, high-current connection rated up to 30A. Widely used in R/C vehicles, battery packs, and power distribution, the polarised design prevents reverse-polarity co...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Crystal 16MHz
SKU: SF-COM-00536 | Brand: SparkFun
Standard frequency crystals - use these crystals to provide a clock input to your microprocessor. Rated at 20pF capacitance and +/- 50ppm stability. Low profile HC49/US Package.
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
LED - Super Bright White
SKU: SF-COM-00531 | Brand: SparkFun
These are very bright LEDs. The LEDs are so bright that it hurts to look directly at them. Please take a look at the pictures to get an idea of the intensity. All lenses are clear.Features: Standard Size - T1 ¾ 5mm Fo...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
DS3231 Precision RTC FeatherWing - RTC Add-on For Feather Boards
SKU: AF-3028 | Brand: Adafruit
A Feather board without ambition is a Feather board without FeatherWings! This is the DS3231 Precision RTC FeatherWing: it adds an extremely accurate I2C-integrated Real Time Clock (RTC) with a Temperature Compensa...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Load Sensor Combinator
SKU: SF-BOB-13878 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Load Sensor Combinator is a bare PCB that combines four load sensors into a standard four-wire Wheatstone bridge configuration. If you open up an electronic bathroom scale, you’ll find a large rat’s ne...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Servo Trigger - Continuous Rotation
SKU: SF-WIG-13872 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Continuous Rotation (CR) Servo Trigger lets you control a hobby CR servo motor without any programming. Simply connect a servo and a switch, adjust the three onboard potentiometers, and the board handles ...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Servo Y extension cable (300mm)
SKU: DF-FIT0334 | Brand: DFRobot
This 300mm Y-cable is typically used to connect two servos to a single servo port on an RC receiver or servo controller. It has a single female JR connector connected to two male JR connectors, which means it is co...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
16 Channel Multiplexer
SKU: SF-COM-00299 | Brand: SparkFun
The Texas Instruments CD74HC4067 is a 16-channel analogue multiplexer/demultiplexer IC. It allows you to route one of 16 analogue signals to a single common pin (or vice versa) using just 4 digital control lines plus ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Adafruit 16x9 Charlieplexed PWM LED Matrix Driver - IS31FL3731
SKU: AF-2946 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit IS31FL3731 breakout is a charlieplexed PWM LED matrix driver that controls a 16×9 grid of individually dimmable LEDs over I2C. Each of the 144 LEDs can be set to any brightness level with 8-bit (256-level...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Nylon Cable Tie Set - With Tag (10pcs)
SKU: DF-FIT0344 | Brand: DFRobot
These nylon cable ties will help you bundle up things and make your project tidy. Each comes in white color. They are: Faster - low insertion and pull through force Stronger - high tensile strength is a...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
36-pin 0.1 Short Female Header - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-3008 | Brand: Adafruit
Short female headers designed for tight spaces where standard-height headers won't fit. At just 5mm tall (compared to the standard 8mm), these low-profile headers are ideal for compact builds and slim assemblies. Eac...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Xbee USB adapter (FTDI ready)
SKU: DF-DFR0050 | Brand: DFRobot
The DFRobot XBee USB Adapter connects XBee and Bluetooth modules to your PC via mini USB for configuration, wireless data transmission, and firmware programming. It uses an FTDI232 USB-to-UART converter chip for stabl...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
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