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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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    EL Wire - Pink 5m With Inverter

    SKU: LB-LR0281-5-P  Little Bird
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    This 5m length of EL wire (electroluminescent wire) is a flexible wire coated with phosphor which glows blue when applied with the appropriate volt...

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    Arcade Button and Switch Quick-Connect Wires - 0.187 (10-pack)

    SKU: AF-3835  Adafruit
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    Quick connector wire sets make wiring up our arcade-style or metal buttons quicky-quick. Each wire comes as a 'pair' with two 0.187" quick-co...

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    Rotary Potentiometer - 100k Ohm, Logarithmic (Panel Mount)

    SKU: SF-COM-14624  SparkFun
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    An adjustable potentiometer can open up many interesting user interfaces. With this rotary potentiometer just turn the dial and the resistance chan...

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    TIP120 Power Darlington Transistors - 3 pack

    SKU: AF-976  Adafruit
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    Transistors are powerful little electronic switches, and when our little NPN transistors aren't power enough for your project, we have been known t...

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    Radial Ball Bearing 608ZZ - Set of 4

    SKU: AF-1178  Adafruit
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    Rollin' rollin' rollin', you can now roll around smooth as silk with these radial bearings. Often referred to as "skate bearings" They're good for ...

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    Chip Quik No-Clean Flux Pen - 10mL

    SKU: SF-TOL-14579  SparkFun
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    Do you need help soldering a difficult project, reworking a botched pin or just making your life easier? This 10mL no-clean flux pen from Chip Quik...

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    3-pin JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set

    SKU: AF-1663  Adafruit
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    These 3-wire cables are 163mm (6.4") long and come as a set. One cable has a JST SM type connector plug on the end. The other cable has a matchi...

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    Adafruit Perma-Proto Quarter-Sized Breadboard PCB (3-Pack)

    SKU: PL-2765  Little Bird
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    These Adafruit Perma-Proto Quarter-Sized Breadboard PCBs bridge the gap between solderless breadboards and standard perf-boards by providing a thr...

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    Mini Solderless Breadboard - 4x4 Points

    SKU: AF-2463  Adafruit
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    Add a micro-slice standard solderless breadboard to your Perma-Proto or other perf-board. This 4x4 point solder-less breadboard is a good way to ad...

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    EL Wire 2xAA Pocket Inverter

    SKU: DF-FIT0229  DFRobot
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    This inverter is the most common way to power EL wire because they tend to be cheap and batteries generally last a long time. 2 AA Batteries can p...

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    Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 350mAh

    SKU: AF-2750  Little Bird
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    Lithium ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charg...

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    Mini Push-Pull Solenoid - 5V

    SKU: AF-2776  Adafruit
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    Solenoids are basically electromagnets: they are made of a coil of copper wire with an armature (a slug of metal) in the middle. When the coil i...

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    MicroSD card module for Arduino

    SKU: DF-DFR0229  DFRobot
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    This is a Micro SD(TF) module from DFRobot. It is compatible with TF SD card (commonly used in Mobile Phone) which is the most tiny card in ...

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    Flush Cutters - Hakko

    SKU: SF-TOL-11952  SparkFun
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    These are our new and improved flush cutters, giving you a way to cut leads very cleanly and close to the solder joint. Diagonal cutters are good, ...

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    Break Away Female Headers - Swiss Machine Pin

    SKU: SF-PRT-00743  SparkFun
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    Single row of 30-holes, female header with swiss round machined pins. These units have very high quality round pins to accept and retain machine pi...

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    Muscle Wire - 0.012 Diameter (1 foot)

    SKU: SF-COM-11900  SparkFun
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    This 0.012" Muscle Wire® (aka shape memory Nitinol) is a one foot long piece of nickel-titanium alloy that can flex and contract when a specific am...

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    2-Pin Female JST XH-Style Cable (15cm)

    SKU: PL-1164  Little Bird
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    This 6" (15cm) cable has two 26AWG conductors with a 2.5mm-pitch 2-pin female JST XH-style connector. The spacing is very close to 0.1", which m...

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    Stranded-Core Wire Spool - 25ft - 22AWG - White

    SKU: AF-2997  Little Bird
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    This wire is flexible, strong, and super easy to solder, too! Stranded core wire is best used for wiring jigs where theres bending or movement ...

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    Audio Jack - 1/4 Stereo (right angle)

    SKU: SF-COM-11144  SparkFun
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    This is the kind of ¼" stereo jack you might find in home stereos and PA systems. Switched contacts allow you to detect whether or not there ...

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    Rocker Switch - SPST (round)

    SKU: SF-COM-11138  SparkFun
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    This little round on/off toggle switch is rated up to 10A at 125VAC and can be panel mounted in a 20mm diameter hole. It’ll also look pretty sli...

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    Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Stranded-Core - 10 x 25ft

    SKU: AF-3175  Adafruit
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    This is a box of ten 25ft spools of stranded-core wire. Stranded-core wire is best used for wiring jigs where there's bending or movement exp...

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    0.100 (2.54 mm) Breakaway Male Header: 2x40-Pin, Straight

    SKU: PL-966  Pololu
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    This connector is a double-row, 80-pin (2×40), straight male header strip that can be cut or broken into smaller strips.

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    Small Modular Snap Boxes - SMD component storage - 3 pack [Green]

    SKU: AF-432  Little Bird
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    For storing small parts (especially SMT/SMD components), these little modular boxes are ideal. They have individual clear pop-open covers so you ca...

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    Diffused LED - Red 10mm

    SKU: SF-COM-10632  SparkFun
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    Check out these big 10mm through-hole LEDs! The opaque epoxy package causes these LEDs to have a soft, diffuse glow.

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