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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.

  • Bulk LDR Photoresistor - 10 pack

    SKU: LB-BK-LR0282  Little Bird
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    Description This Light Dependant Resistor (LDR) can be used to easily measure ambient light with your Arduino or other board with analog input. ...

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  • Premium Male/Male Jumper Wires - 20 x 6 (150mm)

    SKU: AF-1957  Little Bird
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    These Male/Male Jumper Wires are handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB's. These premium jumper wires are 6" (15...

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  • Jumper Jerky Junior - Female to Female

    SKU: PI-CAB0003  Little Bird
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    Rainbow coloured jumper strips, perfect for use with our mini breadboards! At just 100mm in length this jumper jerky is ideal for use on a breadboa...

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  • Lithium Ion Cylindrical Battery - 3.7v 2200mAh

    SKU: AF-1781  Little Bird
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    Need a big battery for your project? This lithium ion battery contains a 2200mAh and a protection circuit that provides over-voltage, under-volt...

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  • 0.100 (2.54 mm) Breakaway Male Header: 1x40-Pin, Straight, Double-Sided

    SKU: PL-1065  Little Bird
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    This connector is a single-row, 40-pin, straight male header strip that can be cut or broken into smaller strips. Both sides of the strip are lo...

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  • Potentiometer with Built In Knob - 10K ohm

    SKU: LB-LS2921  Little Bird
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    Comes as a standard 10K ohm linear potentiometer with 0.1" spacing it works great for  prototyping. It has a nice feel, tweaking it is quite satisf...

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  • 1N4001 Diode - 10 pack

    SKU: AF-755  Little Bird
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    This here is a 10 pack of the classic 1N4001 power blocking diode. These are good for reverse polarity protection (put it between your DC power jac...

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  • HC-05 Bluetooth module

    SKU: LB-LR0109  Little Bird
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    Add Bluetooth functionality to your project with the HC-05 Bluetooth Module. The module is found on a breakout board which provides breadboard-f...

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  • Learn to solder kit - Flashing LED

    SKU: LB-LS2582  Little Bird
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    This learn to solder kit is a fun little project for someone wanting to work on their soldering skills. Follow along with the video  and you ...

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  • Multifunctional Automatic Wire Stripper

    SKU: LB-PT12113  Little Bird
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    Made of high quality steel, collection of stripping, trimming, crimp terminal, three functions in one tool !~ Saving more effort than convention...

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  • 3.7v 180mAh Li-poly battery

    SKU: LB-00253  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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  • Active Buzzer

    SKU: LB-LR0288  Little Bird
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    This is a 9.5mm active buzzer 5V.   An active buzzer will generate a tone using an internal oscillator, so all that is needed is a DC voltage. d...

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  • Breadboard - Translucent Self-Adhesive (Clear)

    SKU: SF-PRT-09567  Little Bird
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    Ever wonder what goes on inside these things? Well this clear bread board might enlighten. Beyond the clear plastic, this is really just a regular,...

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  • Tactile Switch Buttons (12mm square, 6mm tall) x 10 pack

    SKU: AF-1119  Little Bird
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    Medium-sized clicky momentary switches are standard input "buttons" on electronic projects. These work best in a PCB but can be used on a solder...

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  • Ceramic Capacitor Pack-250 PCS

    SKU: DF-FIT0118  Little Bird
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    This is a set of ceramic capacitors. Very handy for experiments and home cooked circuit board. This pack comes with 25 sets of capacitors with ...

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  • Breadboard - Mini Modular (Green)

    SKU: SF-PRT-12046  Little Bird
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    This green Mini Breadboard is a great way to prototype your small projects! With 170 tie points there’s just enough room to build and test simple c...

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  • PLATO 170 Wishful Diagonal Side Cutters

    SKU: LB-LR0324-2  Little Bird
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    These Diagonal Side Cutters are Premium Quality Professional Grade Pliers!   They have a maximum cut size of 1mm of Copper Wire with a very shar...

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  • 40 pin 15CM Jumper wire M/F

    SKU: LB-00161  Little Bird
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    40 pin 15CM Jumper wire M/F Handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB's. These premium jumper wires are 150mm long and...

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  • 0.1uF ceramic capacitors - 10 pack

    SKU: AF-753  Little Bird
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    As any engineer will tell you, 0.1uF ceramic capacitors are the magic fairy dust of electronics - sprinkle them over your circuit schematics for go...

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  • Breadboard-friendly SPDT Slide Switch

    SKU: AF-805  Little Bird
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    These nice switches are perfect for use with breadboard and perfboard projects. They have 0.1" spacing and snap in nicely into a solderless brea...

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  • WAGO 221-415 Wire Connectors

    SKU: LB-LS1374  Little Bird
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    WAGO's 221 Series COMPACT Splicing Connector for all wire types saves 40% more space than its predecessor (222 series).These wire connectors accomm...

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  • Adafruit Mono 2.5W Class D Audio Amplifier - PAM8302

    SKU: AF-2130  Little Bird
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    This super small mono amplifier is surprisingly powerful - able to deliver up to 2.5 Watts into 4-8 ohm impedance speakers. Inside the miniature...

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  • Rocker Switch: 3-Pin, SPDT, 10A

    SKU: PL-1406  Little Bird
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    This single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) rocker switch makes a great on/off power switch. It is rated for 10 A at 125 VAC and 6 A at 250 VAC.

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  • 12mm Momentary Push Button Dome with Wires - Red

    SKU: LB-LS3381-R  Little Bird
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    This is a panel mount pushbutton. It has a nice dome shaped button that has a smooth momentary feel.The button is normally open, when pressed the c...

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