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.
Resistor Grab Bag (pack of 580)
SKU: PI-COM-B005 | Brand: Pimoroni
580 resistors (29 values, 20 pieces of each) go into this great starter pack (or refill!) with a wide range of useful values. The kit contains 20 each of:10Ω22Ω47Ω68Ω100Ω120Ω150Ω180Ω220Ω270Ω330Ω470Ω560Ω680Ω1kΩ...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
Configurable Spring Terminal Blocks - 3 Pin 0.1 Pitch R/A - x 5
SKU: AF-1074 | Brand: Adafruit
Spring terminal blocks will simplify your wiring and make your project more rugged. Instead of soldering wires to your perf board, solder in these 0.1" pitch terminal blocks. There's a little spring contact so you ...
Delivered by Thu 3 Dec
Breadboard-friendly RGB Smart NeoPixel - Pack of 4
SKU: AF-1312 | Brand: Adafruit
This is the easiest way possible to add small, bright RGB pixels to your project. We took the same technology from our Flora NeoPixels and made them breadboard friendly, with two rows of 3 x 0.1" spaced header on e...
Delivered by Thu 3 Dec
0.1 36-pin Strip Right-Angle Female/Socket Header (5 pack)
SKU: AF-1542 | Brand: Adafruit
These single-row right-angle female headers with 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch are an essential building block for electronics projects. Use them to add right-angle socket connections to perfboards, PCBs, and prototyping setups...
Delivered by Thu 3 Dec
Bare HDMI Male Connector
SKU: SS-320990008 | Brand: Seeed Studio
This is HDMI male connector without wire. It exposes all the HDMI wire as bare pins so that you can hack it easily. Features: Bare connector Easy to hack Specification: Current rating: 0.5A...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
47k Ohm 0.5 Watt Metal Film Resistors - Pack of 8
SKU: TB-RR0612 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of 8 metal film resistors rated at 47 kΩ and 0.5W (½W). These through-hole axial resistors offer 1% tolerance for accurate circuit design, and are the same physical size as standard ¼W carbon film resistors, ma...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
IDC Breakout Helper - 2x8 (16 pin)
SKU: AF-2104 | Brand: Adafruit
This 2x8 (16 pin - 0.1" spaced) IDC Breadboard Helper is great in conjunction with any 16-pin IDC cables. It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socket and a male header. The socket straddles...
Delivered by Thu 3 Dec
IDC Breakout Helper - 2x13 (26 pin)
SKU: AF-2101 | Brand: Adafruit
The "poor woman's" Raspberry Pi cobbler! This combo of 2x13 pin (0.1 spaced) header and socket is for our popular GPIO Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi Model A and B. It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socke...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
0.100 (2.54 mm) Female Header: 1x6-Pin, Right-Angle
SKU: PL-2706 | Brand: Pololu
This single-row, 6-pin right-angle female header with 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch is designed to mate with standard 0.1" male headers. The right-angle orientation routes connections parallel to the board surface, making it id...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
IDC Breakout Helper - 2x20 (40 pin)
SKU: AF-2270 | Brand: Adafruit
The "poor woman's" Raspberry Pi A+ / B+ / Pi 2 cobbler! This combo of 2x20 pin (0.1 spaced) header and socket is for our popular GPIO Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi Model A+/B+/Pi 2 (40 pins). It comes in...
Delivered by Thu 3 Dec
0.100" (2.54 mm) Breakaway Male Header: 3x40-Pin, Right Angle
SKU: PL-2669 | Brand: Pololu
This triple-row, 120-pin (3×40) right-angle male header strip with 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch is a versatile connector for electronics projects. The breakaway design lets you snap or cut it into any triple-row length you nee...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
Arduino Female Header-8 Pins- 10 Pcs
SKU: DF-FIT0104 | Brand: DFRobot
A pack of ten 8-pin female headers with standard 2.54 mm pitch, designed for use with Arduino boards. These headers are ideal for replacing damaged headers, building custom shields, or prototyping on breadboards and p...
Delivered by Fri 20 Nov
DB9 Male Connector For RS232/RS422/RS485
SKU: DF-FIT0108 | Brand: DFRobot
A solder-tail DB9 male connector for serial communication interfaces including RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485. This is one of the most widely used connectors for serial data links in industrial, embedded, and legacy compu...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
Photon Stackable Header - 12 Pin
SKU: SF-PRT-14322 | Brand: SparkFun
These stackable headers are made to work with the Particle Photon and Photon ProtoShield boards. Each header adds a great deal of connectivity to your next Photon project. Each order includes one 1x12 stackable header...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
Screw Terminal 3.5mm Pitch(2-Pin)
SKU: DF-FIT0181 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a high quality 2-pin screw terminal. Very useful when you want to connect 24-18AWG wires to your circuits. SPECIFICATIONS Rated voltage: 300V Rated current: 10A Contact resistence: ...
Delivered by Fri 20 Nov
Arduino Stackable Header - 6-pin
SKU: SF-PRT-09280 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a 6-pin female header, with extra long legs – great for stacking Arduino shields. Pins are spaced by 0.1". Documents: Datasheet
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
Pogo Pin w/ Round Tip
SKU: SF-PRT-09173 | Brand: SparkFun
These spring-loaded pogo pins with round tips are ideal for programming jigs, test fixtures, and temporary connections where you don't want to solder permanent headers. The pins fit snugly into standard perfboard hole...
Delivered by Fri 20 Nov
Amphenol FCI Clincher Connector (3 Position, Female)
SKU: SF-COM-14196 | Brand: SparkFun
The Clincher connector from Amphenol FCI provides a quick, tool-free way to terminate Flat Flexible Cables (FFCs) to standard 0.1" pin headers. Simply insert the end of the cable into the connector and press it closed...
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov
Diffused Rectangular 5mm RGB LEDs - Pack of 10
SKU: AF-2739 | Brand: Adafruit
Make some beautiful colors with these diffused rectangular 2.5mm x 5mm RGB LEDs with separate red, green and blue LED chips inside! They make nice indicators, and they're fun to color-swirl! We like dif...
Delivered by Thu 3 Dec
Jumper Wire - PTH Black White
SKU: SF-PRT-08672 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple two wire cable. One end has a 2-pin 0.1" pitch female connector, the opposite end is stripped and tinned stranded wire. Dimensions: 120mm length
Delivered by Wed 11 Nov