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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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    SPDT Slide Switch

    SKU: SF-COM-09609  SparkFun
    Available (1967 in Sydney. 667 more at supplier)

    This is a simple SPDT slide switch - great for use as an ON/OFF button, or just as a general control switch. The pins are spaced by 0.1", however t...

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    1.5V 400mA 80x60mm Solar Panel with Male Jumper

    SKU: LB-SOLAR-M  Little Bird
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    Introducing our 1.5V 400mA 80x60mm Solar Panel with Male Jumper – the perfect addition to your DIY projects! This compact solar panel comes ready t...

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    12mm Momentary Push Button Dome with Wires - Green

    SKU: LB-LS3381-G  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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    Solderless Breadboard for Raspberry Pi Pico by Monk Makes

    SKU: AF-5422  Adafruit
    Available (1 in Sydney. 71 more at supplier)

    It can be tricky to work out which pin is which when the Raspberry Pi Pico is attached to solderless breadboard. Luckily, the MonkMakes Breadboard ...

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    Stacking Header Set for Raspberry Pi Pico

    SKU: PH-103531  PiHut
    Available (9 in Sydney)

    Got a new Raspberry Pi Pico? Great! If you want to hook up components, sensors or any other fun stuff to the GPIO, you're going to need some for...

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    12mm Momentary Push Button Dome - Black

    SKU: LB-LR0589-BLACK  Little Bird
    Available (13 in Sydney)

    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 th...

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    Round 5V LED Matrix Lamp Kit

    SKU: KI-2169  Kitronik
    Available (20 in Sydney. 100 more at supplier)

    This round 5V LED matrix lamp Kit offers a really bright light, which is compact and easy to mount. The unit is supplied with 9 white super flux...

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    Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Ribbon Cable - 10 Wire 1 Meter Long - 28AWG Black

    SKU: AF-3890  Adafruit
    Available (12 in Sydney. 100 more at supplier)

    For those who are fans of our silicone-covered wires, but are always looking to up their wiring game. We now have Silicone Cover Ribbon cables! ...

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    Electronics components with box

    SKU: LB-LR0474  Little Bird
    Available (81 in Sydney)

    A handy little box of components. This includes a great variety of electronic components to use with your arduino or raspberry pi. The box inclu...

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    5V 1 Channel H/L Level Trigger Optocoupler Relay Module For Arduino

    SKU: LB-LR0046  Little Bird
    Available (52 in Sydney)

    High quality relay. On board SMD optocoupler isolation. The module can be set high or low by a jumper setting trigger. With a fault-tolerant des...

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    EL Wire - Yellow 5m With Inverter

    SKU: LB-LR0281-5-Y  Little Bird
    Available (3 in Sydney)

    This 5m length of EL wire (electroluminescent wire) is a flexible wire coated with phosphor which glows yellow when applied with the appropriate vo...

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    Cherry MX Switch - Red

    SKU: LB-00101  Little Bird
    Available (86 in Sydney)

    Cherry MX Keyswitches are top-of-the-line mechanical keyboard switches. They’re satisfyingly “clicky”, reliable up to tens-of-millions of key pr...

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    Cherry MX Switch - Brown

    SKU: LB-00098  Little Bird
    Available (6 in Sydney)

    Cherry MX Keyswitches are top-of-the-line mechanical keyboard switches. They’re satisfyingly “clicky”, reliable up to tens-of-millions of key pr...

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    TIP122 NPN Transistor

    SKU: TB-ZT2292  Little Bird
    Available (13 in Sydney)

    Silicon Type Matt black Case TIP122 NPN TO-220 Specifications Type of Transformer ...

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    Male 40-pin 2x20 HAT Header - Male 40-pin Header

    SKU: PI-COM1101  Pimoroni
    Available (207 in Sydney)

    These 40-pin 2x20 male headers can be used on a Pi Zero or a pHAT to break out the pins.You can choose either straight or at a 90° angle.Add one to...

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    Learn to solder

    SKU: PI-BK0409  Pimoroni
    Available (4 in Sydney)

    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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    Potentiometer Control Rotary Knob Orange

    SKU: LB-LS0067  Little Bird
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    The knob is designed to set directly on the potentiometer's ridges so it's an easy & secure fit. It has a nice feel, with a rubbery grip, tw...

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    Sensitive SW-520D Ball Switch

    SKU: LB-LR0309-54  Little Bird
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    This is a ball tilt switch. When the switch is vertical the switch is ON. When put horizontal the switch is OFF.   All materials are manufactured...

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    20/130W Soldering Iron Starter Kit

    SKU: TB-TS1651  Little Bird
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    All the soldering essentials for the hobbyist. This kit represents excellent value, the best in soldering we've seen, anywhere. The sum ...

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    JST-PH 2-Pin SMT Right Angle Connector

    SKU: AF-1769  Adafruit
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    I2C 20x4(2004) LCD Display for Arduino

    SKU: DF-DFR0154  DFRobot
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    This is a 20x4 Arduino compatible LCD display module with high speed I2C interface. It is able to display 20x4 characters on two lines, white ch...

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    SparkFun RJ11 Breakout

    SKU: SF-BOB-14021  SparkFun
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    This is the SparkFun RJ11 Breakout, two simple breakout boards for the common 6-pin RJ11 connector. These little boards can easily have one of o...

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    Capacitor Ceramic 0.1uF

    SKU: SF-COM-08375  SparkFun
    Available (97 in Sydney. 232 more at supplier)

    This is a very common 0.1uF capacitor. Used on all sorts of applications to decouple ICs from power supplies. 0.1" spaced leads make this a perf...

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    Momentary Button - Panel Mount (Red)

    SKU: SF-COM-11992  SparkFun
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    It’s your basic red action button! This is a very useful, small, panel-mount momentary switch. It is a SPST N.O. with the threaded portion being...

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