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.
Gravity: IO Expansion Shield for Arduino V7.1
SKU: DF-DFR0265 | Brand: DFRobot
The DFRobot Gravity IO Expansion Shield V7.1 simplifies Arduino prototyping by breaking out all digital and analogue pins into colour-coded 3-pin (Signal, Voltage, Ground) Gravity connectors. Plug in sensors, actuator...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Breadboarding wire bundle
SKU: AF-153 | Brand: Adafruit
75 flexible stranded core wires with stiff ends molded on in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown, black and white. These are a major improvement over the "box of bent wires" that are sometimes sold with breadboard...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Solid-Core Wire Spool - 25ft - 22AWG - Black
SKU: AF-290 | Brand: Adafruit
Perfect for bread-boarding, free wiring, etc. This spool of solid-core wire is easy to solder to. When bent it keeps its shape pretty well. We like to have a few spools of this stuff around. We suggest picking up wire...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Temperature Sensor - Waterproof (DS18B20)
SKU: SF-SEN-11050 | Brand: SparkFun
This sealed digital temperature probe lets you precisely measure temperatures in wet environments with a simple 1-Wire interface. The DS18B20 provides 9 to 12-bit (configurable) temperature readings over a 1-Wire i...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Breadboard trim potentiometer [10K]
SKU: AF-356 | Brand: Adafruit
These are our favorite trim pots, perfect for breadboarding and prototyping. They have a long grippy adjustment knob and with 0.1" spacing, they plug into breadboards or perfboards with ease. This is the same pot t...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Thing Plus - ESP32 WROOM (USB-C)
SKU: SF-WRL-20168 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun ESP32 WROOM Thing Plus is a Feather-compatible development board built around Espressif's ESP32-WROOM module, featuring USB-C, integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a microSD card slot, LiPo battery management ...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Type-C USB Power Meter Tester
SKU: LB-P4775 | Brand: Little Bird
Type-C USB Power Meter Tester – Color Display, PD 3.1, QC 3.0, Fast Charge Protocols Need to know exactly what's going on between your USB-C power source and your device? The Type-C USB Power Meter Tester has you cov...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Triple LCD HAT For Raspberry Pi, Onboard 1.3inch IPS LCD Main Screen and Dual 0.96inch IPS LCD Secondary Screens
SKU: WS-25586 | Brand: Waveshare
A triple-display HAT for Raspberry Pi featuring a 1.3" IPS LCD main screen and two 0.96" IPS LCD secondary screens. All three displays communicate over SPI and support 65K colour output, making this HAT ideal for syst...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Arduino Nano ESP32 with headers
SKU: DF-DFR1096 | Brand: DFRobot
The Arduino Nano ESP32 brings the ESP32-S3 (u-blox NORA-W106 module) into the familiar Nano form factor with a USB-C connector. It supports both Arduino and MicroPython programming, making it an accessible entry point...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Thin Speaker - 4 Ohm, 2.5W, 28mm
SKU: SF-COM-21311 | Brand: SparkFun
A compact, thin speaker ideal for projects where space is tight. At just 28 mm in diameter and approximately 4 mm thick, it fits into enclosures and wearables where standard speakers won't. The pre-wired 180 mm cable ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Raspberry Pi Debug Probe Kit
SKU: AF-5699 | Brand: Adafruit
The Raspberry Pi Debug Probe is an all-in-one USB-to-debug kit that provides all the necessary hardware and cables for easy, solderless, plug-and-play debugging. For when "printf-style-debugging" just isn't enough,...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
USB To UART Module, Type-C Connectors, High Baud Rate Transmission
SKU: WS-21443 | Brand: Waveshare
A USB-to-UART communication module based on the CH343G chip, offering data rates up to 6 Mbps via a USB-C connector. It supports selectable TTL output levels (3.3 V or 5 V) and works across Windows, macOS, Linux, and ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Adafruit MCP23017 I2C GPIO Expander Breakout
SKU: AF-5346 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MCP23017 I2C GPIO Expander Breakout adds 16 extra GPIO pins to any microcontroller or microcomputer over I2C. Each pin can be configured as a digital output (driving up to 25 mA — perfect for LEDs) or as ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
STEMMA QT / Qwiic JST SH 4-Pin Cable - 200mm Long
SKU: AF-4401 | Brand: Adafruit
This 4-wire cable is a little over 200mm / 7.8" long and fitted with JST-SH female 4-pin connectors on both ends. Compared with the chunkier JST-PH these are 1mm pitch instead of 2mm, but still have a nice latching fe...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
USB GPS Receiver (2m Extension Cable)
SKU: DF-TEL0138 | Brand: DFRobot
This is an Ublox chip-based GPS receiver module of low power and high sensitivity that can receive 56 channels satellite signal. Compared with traditional GPS receivers, it brings much more accurate and faster-positio...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Mini HDMI to HDMI Cable
SKU: DF-FIT0543 | Brand: DFRobot
A 1.5 m Mini HDMI to standard HDMI cable for connecting devices with a Mini HDMI port to monitors, TVs, and projectors. Gold-plated connectors resist oxidation for reliable, long-lasting connections, and the shielded ...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
USB Charger for 7.4V LiPo Battery
SKU: DF-DFR0564 | Brand: DFRobot
Still using a big, bulky, traditional power adapter to charge your lithium battery? DFRobot provides you with a compact and efficient 7.4V lithium battery USB charger, only the size and weight of an ordinary Gravit...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Alligator to Jumper Female 20cm 10 pin
SKU: LB-LR0293-29 | Brand: Little Bird
These compact jumper cables feature a premium female header on one end and a grippy mini alligator clip on the other — perfect for breadboarding with non-header-friendly boards and components. Clip onto a micro:bit, C...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Bakelite Universal Perfboard Plates - Pack of 10
SKU: AF-2670 | Brand: Adafruit
Make your next project as you imagine it with prototyping perfboards that can easily be cut with scissors like these Bakelite Universal Perfboard Plates! We wanted a perfboard that was both customizable a...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Third Hand
SKU: SF-TOL-09317 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a solderer’s best helper, the third hand. Comes with a heavy base, two alligator clips, a soldering iron holder, and a good magnifying glass. Note that we don’t normally need a third hand. It’s nice, but so...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
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