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.
4xAA Press-Stud Battery Holder - Default
SKU: PI-COM1304 | Brand: Pimoroni
A 4×AA battery holder with press-stud (snap) termination, providing a portable power source for wearable and on-the-go projects. With four alkaline AA batteries, it delivers approximately 6V with 7,000–10,000 mAh of c...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
USB DIY Connector Shell - Type Mini-B Plug
SKU: AF-1389 | Brand: Adafruit
Make your own USB connections without slicing apart a USB cable and soldering those thin wires inside. These DIY "USB shells" are available in USB A plug, micro B, mini B and USB A socket.Each shell comes with a tw...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
USB DIY Connector Shell - Type A Socket
SKU: AF-1388 | Brand: Adafruit
Make your own USB connections without slicing apart a USB cable and soldering those thin wires inside. These DIY "USB shells" are available in USB A plug, micro B, mini B and USB A socket.Each shell comes with a tw...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
USB C to Micro B Cable - 1 ft 0.3 meter
SKU: AF-3879 | Brand: Adafruit
As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit! Rather than the regular USB A, this cable has USB C to Micro B plugs!USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data and power. Like Lightning ...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Diffused 'Piranha' Super-flux RGB (tri-color) LED (10 pack)
SKU: AF-1451 | Brand: Adafruit
Diffused 5mm tri-colour LEDs with separate red, green, and blue chips inside a square "Piranha" (super-flux) package. With a 90° viewing angle and up to 3000mcd combined brightness, these LEDs are great for colour mix...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
ZIP LEDs Add-On Pack for Kitronik Inventors Kit for micro:bit
SKU: KI-5603-ZIP | Brand: Kitronik
An add-on pack for the Kitronik Inventor's Kit that introduces individually addressable RGB LEDs (ZIP LEDs) to your BBC micro:bit projects. Through ten guided experiments, you'll learn how to control LED colours, anim...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
16mm Panel Mount Momentary Pushbutton - Red
SKU: AF-1445 | Brand: Adafruit
A clean, rounded 16mm panel-mount momentary pushbutton in red. This normally-open micro-switch connects the contacts only while pressed, making it a straightforward input for any project enclosure or control panel. K...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Rugged Metal On/Off Switch - 22mm 6V RGB On/Off
SKU: AF-3424 | Brand: Adafruit
This chrome-plated rugged metal pushbutton features a built-in RGB LED ring light and a latching on/off mechanism. Press once to latch on, press again to release — unlike momentary buttons, it stays in position. Simpl...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Tactile Switch Buttons (6mm slim) x 20 pack
SKU: AF-1489 | Brand: Adafruit
Slim tactile momentary switches — the standard input buttons for electronic projects. These are half the width of classic 6mm tactile switches, so they line up neatly on a breadboard when plugged into every other row....
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Adafruit Flex Perma-Proto - Half-sized Breadboard Flex-PCB
SKU: AF-1518 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Flex Perma-Proto is a half-sized breadboard-layout prototyping board made from ultra-thin polyamide film. It bends, twists, and can even be cut to shape with scissors — perfect for wearables, curved enclo...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
LED Strip Pigtail Connector (2-pin)
SKU: SF-CAB-14574 | Brand: SparkFun
These 2-pin JST-SM pigtail connectors mate perfectly with LED strips and other applications that require only two lines and an option for quick connection and disconnection. Even if you don’t have a specific use for t...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Haptic Motor Driver - DRV2605L
SKU: SF-ROB-14538 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Haptic Motor Driver breakout board features the Texas Instruments DRV2605L, providing an easy way to add tactile feedback to your projects. Connect a vibration motor, communicate over I2C from any Arduino...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
SparkFun Capacitive Touch Breakout - AT42QT1011
SKU: SF-SEN-14520 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Capacitive Touch Breakout provides a single momentary touch button using the AT42QT1011 capacitive sense chip. Simply supply 1.8–5 V and ground — the chip handles all touch monitoring and outputs a digita...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
6mm SPST Micro Tactile Switch
SKU: TB-SP0603 | Brand: Little Bird
A normally open SPST micro tactile switch in a compact 6×6mm package. This single-action momentary push button is designed for PCB mounting and is suitable for a wide range of electronics projects and prototyping appl...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
1M Ohm 1 Watt Carbon Film Resistors - Pack of 2
SKU: TB-RR2846 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of two 1 MΩ carbon film resistors rated at 1 W continuous power. These through-hole axial resistors feature colour-coded bands for easy identification and solder legs for breadboard or PCB mounting. Specificat...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Panel-Mount Banana Jacks 4mm - Pack of 5 Multi-Color
SKU: AF-3691 | Brand: Adafruit
You've done such a great job making your own electronic control panel that the last thing you need are those wires to get pulled out and frizzy. These fancy Panel-Mount Banana Jacks look good and ...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
SD Card Extender - 68cm (26 inch) long cable
SKU: AF-3687 | Brand: Adafruit
Stop fiddling with SD card sockets in the back of your latest gadget, and streeeeeeeeeetch out with an SD Card Extender . This simple, but effective device gives you a long flexible cable, a pseudo-card on one en...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Double-sided Mounting Tape - 25m
SKU: TB-NM2823 | Brand: Little Bird
For light-duty mounting applications.Two roll sizes available: * 10m roll Cat No. NM-2821* 25m roll Cat No. NM-2823 Specifications Type Double Sided Roll Length 25m Tape width 12mm Warranty: 3Months
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Cold Splice Wire Tap (UB) - 10 pack
SKU: AF-1494 | Brand: Adafruit
Kiss those days of heat-shrink, melted jacketing and clumsily-arranged third-hand tools goodbye! Go 'cold splice' with these snap-able plastic splices for fast connections. Use with any 22-26 AWG solid core wire and s...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
DS2413 1-Wire Two GPIO Controller Breakout
SKU: AF-1551 | Brand: Adafruit
You're too cool for I2C, and SPI has so many wires, 8-bit parallel... how can that be fashionable!? You are a 1-Wire kinda gal, and you want more 1-Wire breakouts in your life to complement all of your great engineeri...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
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