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Empower your prototyping endeavors with Little Bird's comprehensive Prototyping collection, available now in Australia! We offer everything you need to bring your electronic ideas to life, from fundamental components like alligator clips and resistors to specialized elements like diodes and MOSFET power switches, all with fast and reliable shipping.

Fuel your creativity and build with confidence:

  • Alligator Clips: Establish temporary connections and facilitate easy circuit testing during the prototyping phase.
  • Resistors: Control current flow and voltage levels, playing a crucial role in various electronic circuits.
  • Diodes: Allow current flow in one direction, enabling essential functionalities like signal rectification and protection.
  • MOSFET Power Switches: Manage high-power applications with robust and efficient switching capabilities.
  • And More: Discover a diverse range of additional components like breadboards, jumper wires, prototyping shields, and more to support your projects.

Perfect for makers of all experience levels, Little Bird's Prototyping collection empowers you to:

  • Build and test circuits efficiently: Experiment with different configurations and troubleshoot issues with ease.
  • Learn electronics fundamentals: Gain practical experience with essential components and understand their functionalities.
  • Bring your ideas to life: Prototype your electronic creations before committing to final designs.

Start building today! Shop Little Bird's Prototyping collection and unlock a world of creative possibilities.

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    S-Video Cable - 6 feet

    SKU: AF-1380  Little Bird
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    This basic cable comes with two S-Video MiniDIN-4 connectors. It's fairly straight forward, you'll commonly need these to connect two S-Video devic...

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    GA1A12S202 Log-scale Analog Light Sensor

    SKU: AF-1384  Little Bird
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    Upgrade a project that uses a photocell with the GA1A12S202 analog light sensor. Like a CdS photo-cell, the sensor does not require a microcontroll...

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    Antex Bench Stand

    SKU: PI-ANT-ST6A  Little Bird
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    It's absolutely essential to have a decent stand if you do a fair amount of soldering. You need somewhere safe and solid to park that iron while it...

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    Antex XS25 Soldering Iron (UK Plug)

    SKU: PI-ANT-XS25  Little Bird
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    NOTE: THIS SOLDERING IRON IS HAS A UK PLUG AND IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH AUSTRALIAN POWER OUTLETS. Everyone needs a good workhorse soldering iron a...

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    555/556 Timer - NE555P

    SKU: PI-COM0207  Little Bird
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    The 555 timer is one of the most used and useful ICs ever produced. Designed in 1971 by Hans Camenzind it provides a way to include different metho...

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    5mm Rainbow LED (pack of 10)

    SKU: PI-COM0625  Little Bird
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    Make your Hello world! LED project a little more jazzy with these rainbow LEDs. All you have to do is to provide power, and they'll cycle through a...

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    2.1mm Plug/Jack to Screw Terminal Block - Female

    SKU: PI-ADP011  Little Bird
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     If you need to connect a battery pack or wired power supply to a board that has a DC jack - this adapter will come in very handy! 2.1mm DC plug o...

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    2.1mm Plug/Jack to Screw Terminal Block - Male

    SKU: PI-ADP010  Little Bird
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     If you need to connect a battery pack or wired power supply to a board that has a DC jack - this adapter will come in very handy! 2.1mm DC plug o...

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    Red Hex-Segment Single Digit - 2.3 Tall Common anode

    SKU: AF-1409  Little Bird
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    Big! Segmented! Hex! This is a huge hex-segemented digit, so big it won't fit on a single breadboard. Luscious 2.3" tall digits with bright red seg...

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    Adafruit Multi-pitch FPC Adapter - 40 Pin 0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8/1.0mm

    SKU: AF-1436  Little Bird
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    You will roll lucky 7's and connect to nearly any kind of FPC/flex cable with Ladyada's Super Lucky 40-pin FPC to breadboard adapter plate. You get...

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    Silicone Cicoil Wire Cable - 4-pin 24AWG

    SKU: AF-1437  Little Bird
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    This supple, slippery silicone wire has 4 conductors, 24AWG each sealed in a full silicone casing. It's heavy duty so you can pass tons of current ...

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    Electronics Starter Kit for Micro:bit

    SKU: MM-SKU00063  Little Bird
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    With this kit, you get everything you need to start learning about connecting electronics to your micro:bit in an accessible and easy manner. Ev...

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    Large Short Plastic Snap Rivets - 9mm to 13mm - 10 pack

    SKU: AF-3947  Little Bird
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    Enter the world of cardboard construction and build playful robot friends! Instead of slapping on tape or waiting for your hot glue to warm up, you...

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    Wire Wrap Thin Prototyping Repair Wire - 200m 30AWG Blue

    SKU: AF-1446  Little Bird
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    This stuff is called "wire-wrap wire" because it used to be used for wire-wrapping high-speed digital circuits on a special kind of contact boar...

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    White LEDs MegaPack (30 stickers)

    SKU: CB-0799439675346  Little Bird
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    Brighten up your projects with Chibitronics MegaPack of white LED circuit stickers.  This pack includes 30 LED circuit stickers.

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    Particulate Matter Sensor - SPS30

    SKU: SF-SEN-15103  SparkFun
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    The Sensirion Particulate Matter Sensor SPS30 is a compact, high quality, optical particle sensor that uses laser scattering and Sensirion’s innova...

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    40 Pin 0.5mm FPC, SMD, Both Sides

    SKU: SF-SPX-15095  SparkFun
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    This is a 40-pin surface mount FPC (Flat Printed Circuit) connector. Nothing too fancy here, except that it can be plugged in either way - contacts...

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    SMD LED - RGBW Inolux IN-PI55QATPRPGPBPW-30-5050 (Pack of 10)

    SKU: SF-SPX-15086  Little Bird
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    The Inolux IN-PI55QATPRPGPBPW is a mouthful! But it’s also extremely similar to the popular WS2812B. This addressable LED adds a warm white LED (30...

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    SMD LED - RGB Inolux PI22TAT5R5G5B-2427 (Pack of 10)

    SKU: SF-SPX-15085  Little Bird
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    The PI22TAT5R5G5B-2427 is a mouthful, but it’s also an addressable RGB LED in a very small 2.4x2.7mm package. This four pin IC uses standard 5V/...

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    Electroluminescent (EL) Tape/Strip Starter Pack - 100cm - Green

    SKU: AF-634  Little Bird
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    Get glowing in seconds with our Electroluminescent (EL) Tape Starter Pack! This pack contains everything you need for your first EL tape project...

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    EL wire starter pack - Red 2.5 meter (8.2 ft)

    SKU: AF-587  Little Bird
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    A little bundle to get you started! This project pack contains: 2.5 meters (over 8 ft) of high-brightness, long-life EL wire in Red. 2.5 met...

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    Flexible Protoboard - 20cm x 30cm

    SKU: AF-3904  Adafruit
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    Make your next project super-flexy with a biiiig prototyping board that can twist and shout– err, twist and bend! This passive flexible proto-PC...

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    EL wire starter pack - Blue 2.5 meter (8.2 ft)

    SKU: AF-583  Little Bird
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    A little bundle to get you started! This project pack contains: 2.5 meters (over 8 ft) of high-brightness, long-life EL wire in Blue. 2.5 me...

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    Electro-Fashion, Slide Switch

    SKU: KI-2709  Little Bird
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    This sewable two position miniature slide switch from Kitronik allows LEDs to be turned on or off in your e-textiles projects.It has two connection...

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