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.
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...
Delivered by Fri 6 Nov
IC Socket - for 8-pin 0.3 Chips - Pack of 3
SKU: AF-2202 | Brand: Adafruit
IC sockets let you insert and remove chips easily from assembled kits and projects — no desoldering required. Solder the socket into your PCB or protoboard, then simply press the chip in when you're ready. Swap chips ...
Delivered by Fri 6 Nov
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 50ft 30AWG Black
SKU: AF-3164 | Brand: Adafruit
Silicone-sheathing wire is super-flexible and soft, and its also strong! Able to handle up to 200°C and up to 600V, it will do when PVC covered wire wimps out. We like this wire for being extremely supple and flexible...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Round Black Zipper Case
SKU: AF-3921 | Brand: Adafruit
How many pockets does an OTG (On The Go) maker need to carry their boards, wires, miscellanea when away from their desk? The world may never know. We get serious satisfaction when things fit into other thing...
Delivered by Fri 6 Nov
TT Motor All-Metal Gearbox - 1:90 Gear Ratio
SKU: AF-3802 | 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 All-Metal Gearbox Motor with a gear ratio of 1:90 abo...
Delivered by Fri 6 Nov
ProtoShield Prototype Extension Board With Mini Breadboard Experiment Plate For Arduino
SKU: LB-LR0093 | Brand: Little Bird
Description:The ProtoShield is prototype expansion board with 2 LEDs and 2 button, which can be used directly and more convenience. All the pins and power have been lead out. It is very suitable for building prototype...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
2-Pin Wire Joints (3-pack)
SKU: AF-3786 | Brand: Adafruit
These 2-Pin Wire Joints provide a quick, solder-free way to connect two wires together. Simply press the curved arm to open the aperture, insert the wire, and release — the spring mechanism holds the wire securely in ...
Delivered by Fri 6 Nov
SparkFun I2S Audio Breakout - MAX98357A
SKU: SF-DEV-14809 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun I2S Audio Breakout board uses the MAX98357A digital to analog converter (DAC), which converts I2S (not be confused with I2C) audio to an analog signal to drive speakers. The I2S Audio Breakout converts th...
Delivered by Mon 26 Oct
3.2 TFT LCD with Touchscreen Breakout Board w/MicroSD Socket - ILI9341
SKU: AF-1743 | Brand: Adafruit
A large 3.2" colour TFT LCD breakout board with a built-in resistive touchscreen and a microSD card socket. The 240×320 pixel display is driven by the ILI9341 chipset and features a bright 6-LED white backlight. The b...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Pogo-a-go-go Solderless GPIO Pogo Pins
SKU: PR-PIM330 | Brand: Little Bird
Fit a pHAT to your Raspberry Pi Zero without soldering! These spring-loaded pogo pins provide a reliable electrical contact between your Pi Zero and pHAT, making it quick and easy to swap boards between projects with ...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
36-pin Swiss Female Socket Headers - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-3646 | Brand: Adafruit
Precision-machined Swiss-pin female socket headers for a tight, reliable fit. Unlike standard stamped-metal headers, Swiss-pin sockets use machined round contacts that grip the matching Swiss-pin male plugs securely —...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate Kit for Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-801 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate Kit snaps onto your Raspberry Pi and provides a generous prototyping area with all GPIO, I2C, SPI, and power pins broken out to labelled 0.1" strips and 3.5 mm screw-terminal blocks. ...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Picade Wiring Loom v2
SKU: PI-CAB1200 | Brand: Pimoroni
This wiring loom has all the cables and connectors you'll need to connect a joystick, arcade buttons, and illuminated button to Picade X HAT. It's ideal for DIY arcade cabinet builds. The loom consists...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
SparkFun Motor Driver - Dual TB6612FNG (1A)
SKU: SF-ROB-14451 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun TB6612FNG Motor Driver breakout can independently control up to two DC motors at a constant current of 1.2 A (3.2 A peak). Each motor channel supports four modes — clockwise, counter-clockwise, short-brak...
Delivered by Mon 26 Oct
Panel Mount Extension Cables (50cm) - USB micro-B to micro-B
SKU: PI-CAB0906 | Brand: Pimoroni
Need to expose HDMI, Ethernet, or USB to the outside of your project/enclosure? These lovely little 50cm panel mount extension cables are just the job!Each cable comes with one end in panel mount format so that y...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Servo Extension Cable - 50cm / 19.5 long
SKU: AF-973 | Brand: Adafruit
A 50 cm (19.5″) servo extension cable for extending the reach of standard 3-pin servo connections. It features a shrouded male connector on one end and a female connector on the other, with red/black/white colour codi...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Mini Black HAT Hack3r - PCB only
SKU: PR-PIM171 | Brand: Little Bird
A handy breakout tool that lets you access all 40 GPIO pins while a HAT or pHAT is connected to your Raspberry Pi. Plug in your HAT, connect the ribbon cable to your Pi, and probe, debug, or extend any pin with ease. ...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Micro Metal Gearmotor (Extended back shaft) - 20:1
SKU: PI-COM0808 | Brand: Pimoroni
A miniature brushed DC motor with a 20:1 metal gearbox and an extended back shaft for mounting optical encoders. All micro metal gearmotors share the same physical dimensions, so different gear ratios can be easily sw...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
Black Snap Action Keyboard Switch - PCB Mount
SKU: TB-SP0721 | Brand: Little Bird
This black snap-action keyboard switch is a PCB-mount, single-pole momentary pushbutton. The switch is normally open (SPST) and closes only while the button is depressed, making it suitable for keyboards, keypads, con...
Delivered by Thu 15 Oct
SparkFun Proximity Sensor Breakout - 20cm, VCNL4040 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-15177 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun VCNL4040 Proximity Sensor Breakout detects objects qualitatively up to 20 cm away using infrared proximity sensing. It also includes a built-in ambient light sensor, making it a versatile dual-function mo...
Delivered by Mon 26 Oct
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