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.
Snap Action 1-to-1 Wiring Block Connector - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-5619 | Brand: Adafruit
Snap action blocks are perfect when you have to quickly wire up a bunch of free-hanging components, and you don't want to solder. They're much easier to use than wire nuts, and of course, they are reusable and do not ...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
JST-XH Extension Cable - 2.5mm Pitch - 500mm long
SKU: AF-5497 | Brand: Adafruit
We now have a handy extension cord for JST-XH projects! One end has a JST-XH socket, and the other has a matching plug. Between the two, 500mm of color-coded wire. This solid 2.5mm pitch connector exten...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
Red Micro Potentiometer Knob - 4 pack
SKU: AF-5532 | Brand: Adafruit
Have you found yourself in a maze of twisty-turny knobs, all alike? These micro potentiometer (or rotary encoder) knobs offer a rainbow burst of color to your synth or control panel. They are made of a hard plast...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
2x17 (34 pin) IDC Box Header - 0.1" / 2.54mm Pitch
SKU: AF-5357 | Brand: Adafruit
This double-row 2×17 (34-pin) IDC box header with 2.54 mm (0.1″) pitch is commonly used for floppy disk drive interfaces and other legacy 34-pin IDC ribbon cable connections. The keyed box header ensures correct cable...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
5mm 5800B Universal Photoresistor Light-Dependent Resistance switch
SKU: LB-LS0633 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of 50 through-hole photoresistors (light-dependent resistors / LDRs) with a 5 mm diameter sensing element. These components change their resistance based on the amount of light hitting the sensor — resistance d...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
micro:bit Edge Connector - PTH, Right Angle (80-pin)
SKU: SF-PRT-17252 | Brand: SparkFun
The micro:bit Edge Connector allows you to expand the capabilities of the micro:bit development platform. This version of the connector features 80, right angle, PTH pins. Add this part to your board to create a handy...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
Extended GPIO Female Header - 2x20 Pin (13.5mm/9.80mm)
SKU: SF-PRT-16764 | Brand: SparkFun
This 2x20 pin female header is meant to allow you to extend the reach of any board with the standard 2x20 GPIO pin footprint like the Raspberry Pi, Google Coral, and NVIDIA Jetson. You can also solder it to Pi HATs th...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
Anti-Static ESD Rework Mat with Grounding Clip - A4 Size - 20cm x 30cm
SKU: AF-4405 | Brand: Adafruit
This anti-static ESD rework mat provides a safe working surface for electronic repair and assembly, especially when handling ESD-sensitive components. The high-resistance coating (tens of megaohms) dissipates static c...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
Adafruit Perma-Proto 40-Pin Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit - with 2x20 Header
SKU: AF-4354 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Perma-Proto 40-Pin Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit combines a full-sized prototyping board with a built-in Pi Cobbler breakout. Solder in the included 2×20 box header, connect a 40-pin GPIO cable, and you...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
Header - 2x5 Pin (Male, 1.27mm)
SKU: SF-PRT-15362 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a super small, 2x5 pin male PTH header. This header is in the common configuration for JTAG applications. Each pin has a spacing of 1.27mm in between each other and can be cut down to smaller increments if the...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Ribbon Cable - 4 Wires 1 Meter Long - 30 AWG Black
SKU: AF-3889 | Brand: Adafruit
For those who are fans of our silicone-covered wires, but are always looking to up their wiring game. We now have Silicone Cover Ribbon cables! These may look a lot like squid ink noodles, but they're not. The silicon...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
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 24 Sep
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 24 Sep
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 24 Sep
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 24 Sep
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 24 Sep
Break-away 0.1 36-pin strip right-angle male header (10 pack)
SKU: AF-1540 | Brand: Adafruit
Breakaway header is like the duct tape of electronics. Its great for connecting things together, soldering to perf-boards, fits into any breadboard, etc. We go through these guys real fast, and thought that given how ...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 2m 30AWG Black
SKU: AF-2003 | Brand: Adafruit
Super-flexible, silicone-sheathed stranded-core wire in black. The silicone insulation is incredibly soft and supple, making this wire ideal for wearable electronics, robotics, and any project where the wiring needs t...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
USB Micro-B Breakout Board
SKU: AF-1833 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board gives you easy access to all 5 pins of a USB Micro-B connector via standard 0.1" header pins. It's a simple way to add USB 5V power to a project, interface with a USB-capable microcontroller, or pr...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
8 MHz Ceramic Resonator / Oscillator
SKU: AF-1872 | Brand: Adafruit
This 8 MHz ceramic resonator is a breadboard-friendly oscillator with built-in load capacitors, making it a simple drop-in timing source for microcontrollers. With 0.5% accuracy, it's well suited for everyday electron...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep