Prototyping
Everything you need to wire up your next build — headers, sockets, breakaway pins, and more. Our prototyping supplies cover standard 2.54 mm pitch and finer-pitch connectors suited to breadboards, PCBs, and custom builds alike.
Whether you're a hobbyist, STEM student, or professional engineer, these components make it easy to prototype quickly and iterate faster. Popular with makers and educators across Australia, with fast local dispatch.
DIY Lamp Kit - PCB only
SKU: LB-LAMP-PCB | Brand: Little Bird
This DIY Lamp Kit PCB provides a simple platform for building your own custom LED lamp. The board has pads for up to 8 LEDs wired in series, a switch, a current-limiting resistor, and a power input — giving you comple...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Copper Foil Tape with Conductive Adhesive - 6mm x 5 meters long
SKU: AF-3483 | Brand: Adafruit
Copper tape can be an interesting addition to your toolbox. The tape itself is made of thin pure copper so it's extremely flexible and can take on nearly any shape. You can solder to it, and the tape itself can car...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Keypad - 12 Button
SKU: SF-COM-14662 | Brand: SparkFun
A basic 12-button keypad in a standard telephone layout (1–9, 0, *, #), designed for easy user input with microcontrollers. The buttons are wired in a matrix format, allowing a microcontroller to scan 7 output pins to...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Arcade Button and Switch Quick-Connect Wires - 0.187 (10-pack)
SKU: AF-3835 | Brand: Adafruit
These quick-connect wire pairs make wiring arcade buttons and micro switches fast and simple. Each wire comes as a pair with two 0.187" quick-connect terminals pre-crimped, terminated together in a JST 2.5mm 2-pin con...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Servo extension cable 300mm
SKU: DF-FIT0033 | Brand: DFRobot
A 300 mm (11.8″) servo extension cable for when your servo needs to reach further than its built-in lead allows. Male connector on one end plugs into your controller, female connector mates with the servo. Also works ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wire Bundle - 6 Pieces
SKU: AF-3448 | Brand: Adafruit
When working with unusual non-header-friendly surfaces, these handy cables will be your best friends! No longer will you have long, cumbersome strands of alligator clips. These compact jumper cables have a premiu...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Laser Diode - 5mW 650nm Red
SKU: AF-1054 | Brand: Adafruit
You have some frickin' sharks at your lair, and you're thinking "it would be really great if I could attach some lasers to them" and then you see these little laser diode modules: what great timing! These encapsulated...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Adafruit SMT breakout PCB for SOIC or TSSOP - various sizes - 8 pin - pack of six
SKU: AF-1212 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SMT Breakout PCB for 8-pin SOIC, TSSOP, or MSOP packages lets you easily prototype with surface-mount chips on standard solderless breadboards. One side accommodates an 8-pin TSSOP/MSOP footprint while th...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
5M Flexible el wire with battery holder 5mm - Orange
SKU: LB-LR0335-O | Brand: Little Bird
This 5-metre length of EL wire (electroluminescent wire) glows a vibrant orange when powered by the included battery-operated inverter. EL wire is a flexible, phosphor-coated wire that produces a cool, even glow simil...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
JST PH 3-Pin Socket to Color Coded Cable - 200mm
SKU: AF-4046 | Brand: Adafruit
This cable will let you turn a JST PH 3-pin cable socket into 3 individual tinned wires. These are great to match up with our JST 3-PH cables, for extending and connecting sensors or LEDs, and the wires are even...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Mini Soft Touch Push-button Switches (6mm square) x 10 pack
SKU: AF-3983 | Brand: Adafruit
Put your project in stealth mode with these super slim, super tiny, and silent Mini Soft Touch Push-button Switches. They're less 'clicky' than tactile switches, they have a rubbery elastomer that feels good to p...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
2x20 pin Female GPIO Header for Raspberry Pi 3/2/B+/A+ - 11mm
SKU: PI-COM0002 | Brand: Pimoroni
This 2×20 pin female GPIO header with extended 11 mm pins is designed for Raspberry Pi boards with 40-pin GPIO headers. The extra-tall pins are perfect for stacking pHAT boards on top of each other while still leaving...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Qwiic Cable - Grove Adapter (150mm)
SKU: SF-PRT-15109 | Brand: SparkFun
With the SparkFun Qwiic Connect System expanding every day, we want to make sure it becomes as accessible as possible but we understand there are other systems that can compliment it out there. The Qwiic to Grove Adap...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Green Wire Wrap Wire on Spool 250m 30AWG
SKU: LB-LS0153G | Brand: Little Bird
Green Wire Wrap Wire on Spool 250m 30AWG Wire Wrapping Wire, 30 AWG External Material :PVC PVC insulation, Tinned copper conductor Diameter: 0.5 mm Inner diameter:0.25 mm Length:250 meters Heat-resistant: 80 degrees
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
220 Ohm 1 Watt Carbon Film Resistors - Pack of 2
SKU: TB-RR2558 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of two 220Ω carbon film resistors rated at 1W continuous power. These through-hole axial resistors are suitable for general-purpose electronics projects requiring higher power handling than standard ¼W resistor...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Adafruit Perma-Proto Quarter-sized Breadboard PCB - Single
SKU: AF-1608 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Perma-Proto Quarter-Sized Breadboard PCB mirrors the layout of a tiny solderless breadboard with power rails, making it simple to transfer small prototyped circuits to a permanent soldered board. The comp...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 2m 30AWG Green
SKU: AF-2005 | 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 Tue 23 Jun
Panel Mount 1K potentiometer (Breadboard Friendly) [1K Linear]
SKU: AF-1789 | Brand: Adafruit
This 1K potentiometer is a two-in-one, good in a breadboard or with a panel. Its a fairly standard linear taper 1K ohm potentiometer, with a grippy shaft. Its smooth and easy to turn, but not so loose that it will ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
SMT GPIO Header for Raspberry Pi HAT - 2x20 Short Female Header
SKU: AF-2187 | Brand: Adafruit
A custom-made 2×20 short female header designed for surface-mount (SMT) Raspberry Pi HAT designs. This header provides the slimmest possible profile when you need a low-clearance connection between your HAT and a Rasp...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
APA102 5050 Warm White LED w/ Integrated Driver Chip - 10 Pack [~3000K]
SKU: AF-2350 | Brand: Adafruit
These APA102 (DotStar) warm white LEDs feature an integrated driver chip inside each 5050 SMD package, giving you individually addressable brightness control over three warm white (~3000K) dies. The phosphor coating p...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun