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.
Rocker Switch - Round w/ Blue LED
SKU: SF-COM-11155 | Brand: SparkFun
These panel-mounting rocker switches have built-in indicator lights to let you know when your switch is engaged. They mount into a 20.2mm diameter hole and are rated up to 16A @ 12v. These simple SPST on-off switches ...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
0.100 (2.54 mm) Female Header: 2x8-Pin, Straight
SKU: PL-1028 | Brand: Pololu
The 0.100″ (2.54 mm) 2×8-Pin Straight Female Header is a double-row, 16-pin socket strip designed to mate with standard 0.1″ pitch male headers. The 2×8 layout is a versatile medium-density connector used across a wid...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Premium Male/Male Raw Jumper Wires - 40 x 6 (150mm)
SKU: AF-3142 | Brand: Adafruit
Our Raw Male/Male Jumper Wires are perfect for making a custom jumper wire sets for wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB's. These premium jumpers are a little over 6" (150mm) long and come in a 'strip...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Small Single Row Wire Housing Pack for DIY Jumper Cables
SKU: AF-3145 | Brand: Adafruit
A pack of 50 small single-row wire housings for building custom jumper cable harnesses. Compatible with both male and female crimp pins, these housings let you create exactly the wire configurations your project needs...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
Large Single Row Housing Pack for DIY Jumper Cables
SKU: AF-3146 | Brand: Adafruit
Create custom wire harnesses with these single-row housings for DIY jumper cables. Compatible with both male and female jumper wires, these housings give you full control over your wiring layout and connector configur...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
Soft Tactile Button (8mm) x 10
SKU: AF-3101 | Brand: Adafruit
Put your project in stealth mode with these silent Soft Tactile Switch Buttons. Tactile switches are standard input "buttons" on electronic projects. These work best in a PCB but can be used on a solderless b...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
6-pin Socket/Socket IDC cable [6]
SKU: AF-371 | Brand: Adafruit
A 150mm (6″) IDC ribbon cable with 6-pin (2×3) socket connectors on both ends at 0.1″ × 0.1″ (2.54mm) spacing. Commonly used for AVR ISP programming connections and other 2×3 header interfaces. Key Features Socket-...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Jumper Wire - 0.1, 3-pin, 6 (Black, Red, White)
SKU: SF-PRT-13164 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple three wire cable. Each cable is 6" long and is great for jumping from board to board or just about anything else. There is a 3-pin JST connector with 0.1" spacing on both ends. These jumper wires come...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
8-channel Bi-directional Logic Level Converter [TXB0108]
SKU: AF-395 | Brand: Adafruit
An 8-channel bidirectional logic level converter breakout based on the TXB0108 chip. This converter automatically detects signal direction, eliminating the need for direction control pins. It shifts between virtually ...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Stranded-Core - 6 x 25ft
SKU: AF-3111 | Brand: Adafruit
This is a box of six 25ft spools of stranded-core wire. Stranded-core wire is best used for wiring jigs where there's bending or movement expected. It also works well with terminal blocks. It's no...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
DC Barrel Jack Plug - Female
SKU: SF-PRT-13126 | Brand: SparkFun
This female barrel jack plug is great for adding a common connector to the end of wires. This jack is compatible with 5.5x2.1mm barrel connectors. The outer shell unscrews to reveal solder terminals and a crimp strain...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Surface Mount Right Angle Switch
SKU: SF-COM-10860 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple SMD slide switch. Perfect for when you need access to a setting or a power switch from the edge of a PCB buried deep within a project. Features: 4V - 300mA 70mOhm resistance 10,000 cycle life Documen...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
LED - RGB Diffused Common Anode
SKU: SF-COM-10821 | Brand: SparkFun
A 5 mm diffused RGB LED with a common anode configuration. Three individual colour channels (red, green, blue) share a single anode pin, allowing independent control of each colour. Use it as a multi-colour status ind...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
SparkFun Breadboard Power Supply Stick - 5V/3.3V
SKU: SF-PRT-13032 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple breadboard power supply that takes a 6–12 V input and outputs a regulated 5 V or 3.3 V. All headers are at 0.1" pitch for direct insertion into a standard breadboard, with the output pins spaced to power both...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun RJ45 MagJack Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-13021 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun RJ45 MagJack Breakout, a simple board that will provide you with a way to put an ethernet port into your breadboard. The SparkFun RJ45 MagJack Breakout is the same one found in our very own mbe...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Adafruit PCF8523 Real Time Clock Assembled Breakout Board
SKU: AF-3295 | Brand: Adafruit
Keep track of time even when your project loses power or gets reprogrammed. The PCF8523 Real Time Clock breakout is a battery-backed RTC that communicates over I2C and works with both 3.3 V and 5 V power and logic. Pe...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
Solid State Relay - 40A (3-32V DC Input)
SKU: SF-COM-13015 | Brand: SparkFun
A solid state relay (SSR) allows you to control high-curent AC loads from lower voltage DC control circuitry. Solid state relays have several advantages over mechanical relays. One such advantage is that they can be s...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Machine Screw: #4-40, 1/2 Length, Phillips (25-pack)
SKU: PL-1962 | Brand: Pololu
This #4-40, pan-head screw is 1/2″ (0.5″) long. It is made from steel, is zinc-plated, and comes in packs of 25.
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Platinum RTD Sensor - PT100 - 3 Wire 1 meter long
SKU: AF-3290 | Brand: Adafruit
A platinum resistance temperature detector (RTD) with a 100 Ω resistance at 0°C, offering superior accuracy and long-term stability compared to thermocouples and thermistors. PT100 sensors are widely used in laborator...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SparkFun Shift Register Breakout - 74HC595
SKU: SF-BOB-10680 | Brand: SparkFun
A breakout board for the SOIC version of the 74HC595 8-bit shift register IC. Shift registers let you expand the number of digital outputs available on your microcontroller by clocking in serial data and latching it t...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
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