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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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    Mini Push Button Switch (5 pcs)

    SKU: DF-FIT0179  DFRobot
    Available (4 in Sydney. 338 more at supplier)

    Miniature Single Pole Single Throw switches. These are high quality Omron type B3F momentary on switches. Perfect as a tactile reset switch. Mounts...

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    Breadboard - Mini Modular (Red)

    SKU: SF-PRT-12044  SparkFun
    Available (162 in Sydney. 465 more at supplier)

    This red 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 ...

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    Breadboard - Mini Modular (Green)

    SKU: SF-PRT-12046  SparkFun
    Available (150 in Sydney. 574 more at supplier)

    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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    Electrolytic Decoupling Capacitors - 100uF/25V

    SKU: SF-COM-00096  SparkFun
    Available (2 in Sydney)

    Electrolytic decoupling capacitors 100uF/25V. These capacitors are great transient/surge suppressors. Attach one between the power and ground of yo...

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    Solid-Core Wire Spool - 25ft - 22AWG - Black

    SKU: AF-290  Adafruit
    Available (2 in Sydney. 33 more at supplier)

    Perfect for bread-boarding, free wiring, etc. This spool of solid-core wire is easy to solder to. When bent it keeps its shape pretty well. We like...

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    Schottky Diode

    SKU: SF-COM-10926  SparkFun
    Available (5 in Sydney. 127 more at supplier)

    Schottky diodes are known for their low forward voltage drop and a very fast switching action. This 1A 40V Schottky diode is ideal for use with ...

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    74HC595 Shift Register - 3 pack

    SKU: AF-450  Adafruit
    Available (1 in Sydney. 95 more at supplier)

    Add lots more outputs to a microcontroller system with chainable shift registers. These chips take a serial input (SPI) of 1 byte (8 bits) and then...

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    Ribbon Cable - 6 wire (15ft)

    SKU: SF-CAB-10646  SparkFun
    Available (8 in Sydney. 582 more at supplier)

    Ribbon cable is really helpful in situations where you need to make a lot of connections without a big mess of wires. Nothing makes a project lo...

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    LED Rainbow Pack - 5mm PTH

    SKU: SF-COM-12903  SparkFun
    Available (2 in Sydney. 193 more at supplier)

    Sometimes when you have too many choices, it’s hard to make a good decision. In fact, there are times when you just want a bag of LEDs, just one of...

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    JST SH 1mm Pitch 3 Pin to Socket Headers Cable - 100mm long

    SKU: AF-5765  Adafruit
    Available (2 in Sydney. 100 more at supplier)

    If you're fancying to connect to the debug port on a Pico WH, or the two ports on a Pico Debug Probe or anything else with a JST SH compatible 3-pi...

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    Teensy 4.1 without Ethernet (Headers)

    SKU: SF-DEV-20360  SparkFun
    Available (2 in Sydney. 383 more at supplier)

    The Teensy 4.1 is the newest iteration of the astoundingly popular development platform that features an ARM Cortex-M7 processor at 600MHz, with...

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    555 Timer

    SKU: SF-COM-16473  SparkFun
    Available (44 in Sydney. 29 more at supplier)

    This is a common 555 timer/oscillator from TI. A classic for all of those first year circuits projects where you need to blink an LED, generate ton...

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    Extended GPIO Female Header - 2x20 Pin (16mm/7.30mm)

    SKU: SF-PRT-16763  SparkFun
    Available (6 in Sydney. 2637 more at supplier)

    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,...

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    JST PH 3-pin Plug-Plug Cable - 100mm long

    SKU: AF-4336  Adafruit
    Available (3 in Sydney. 100 more at supplier)

    This cable is a little over 100mm / 4" long and fitted with JST-PH 3-pin connectors on either end. We dig the solid and compact nature of these con...

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    Resistor 1K Ohm 1/4 Watt PTH - 20 pack

    SKU: SF-PRT-14492  SparkFun
    Available (6 in Sydney. 1783 more at supplier)

    These are your run-of-the-mill ¼ Watt, +/- 5% tolerance PTH resistors. Commonly used in breadboards and other prototyping applications, these 1K o...

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    5mm LED Mixed Pack (20 pcs)

    SKU: LB-20LED  Little Bird
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    This package includes 20 5mm LEDs, 5 different colours. Green, red, yellow, blue & white. It is ideal for your Arduino phototype projects ...

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    Learn to solder

    SKU: PI-BK0409  Pimoroni
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    Learn the fundamentals of soldering—and pick up an essential skill for building electronic gadgets. You’ll discover how to preheat and tin your ...

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    16mm Illuminated Pushbutton - Red Latching On/Off Switch

    SKU: AF-1442  Adafruit
    Available (5 in Sydney. 100 more at supplier)

    A switch is a switch, and an LED is an LED, but this LED illuminated button is a lovely combination of both! It's a medium sized button, large e...

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    Laser module for Arduino

    SKU: LB-LR0021  Little Bird
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    High Quality Laser sensor module for Arduino.   Features: Operating Voltage: 5V PCB Size: 15*24 mm Wavelength: 650 nm Depth: 8 mm Height: 24 mm...

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    Very Best Quality T Safety 9V Battery Clip

    SKU: TB-PH9234  Little Bird
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    We call these safety clips because the side of the clip totally covers the battery terminals and sits flush on the top of the battery. Supplied wi...

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    1N4148 Signal Diode - 10 pack

    SKU: AF-1641  Little Bird
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    You have some electrons over here, and you want them over there but you don't want the electrons from over there to be able to come over here? That...

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    JST-PH 2-Pin SMT Right Angle Connector

    SKU: AF-1769  Adafruit
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    A simple 2-pin connector that is compatible with the "JST PH 2-pin" connector - perfect for soldering to the bottom of our 3.3V Logic Trinket...

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    JST-PH 2-Pin SMT Right Angle Breakout Board

    SKU: AF-1862  Adafruit
    Available (1 in Sydney. 100 more at supplier)

    A simple 2-pin connector soldered onto a breadboard-friendly breakout. This is compatible with the "JST PH 2-pin" connector. Mates perfectly ...

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    Momentary Pushbutton Switch - 12mm Square

    SKU: SF-COM-09190  SparkFun
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    This is a standard 12mm square momentary button. What we really like is the large button head and good tactile feel (it ‘clicks’ really well). This...

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