Prototyping
Everything you need to wire up your next build — headers, sockets, breakaway pins, and more. Our prototyping supplies cover standard 2.54 mm pitch and finer-pitch connectors suited to breadboards, PCBs, and custom builds alike.
Whether you're a hobbyist, STEM student, or professional engineer, these components make it easy to prototype quickly and iterate faster. Popular with makers and educators across Australia, with fast local dispatch.
Resistor 1M Ohm 1/4 Watt PTH - 20 pack (Thick Leads)
SKU: SF-PRT-14494 | Brand: SparkFun
These are your run-of-the-mill ¼ Watt, +/- 5% tolerance PTH resistors. Commonly used in breadboards and other prototyping applications, these 1M ohm resistors make excellent pull-ups, pull-downs and current limiters. ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Line Laser Diode - 5mW 650nm Red
SKU: AF-1057 | Brand: Adafruit
You have some frickin' sharks at your lair, and you're thinking "it would be really great if I could attach some lasers to them" and then you see these little laser diode modules: what great timing! These encapsulated...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 6)
SKU: AF-4100 | Brand: Adafruit
Connect this to that without soldering using these small alligator clip test leads. 18" long cables with color-coded alligator clips on both ends. You get 6 pieces in 6 unique colors. Strong and grippy, these al...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Ceramic Capacitors (pack of 10) - 0.01uF
SKU: PI-COM1503 | Brand: Pimoroni
Ahhhh capacitors - the circuit builders' most reliable and trusted friend - always keen to jump in and provide stability where needed to your signals and power supply. 0.1uF - 1uF are great all-purpose bypass capac...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
2.1mm DC Power Jack with Rocker Switch
SKU: AF-3643 | Brand: Adafruit
A 2.1 mm DC barrel jack with a built-in rocker switch, giving you a simple on/off control for devices that lack a dedicated power switch. It shares the same PCB footprint as a standard non-switched barrel jack, so it ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
1k Ohm 1 Watt Carbon Film Resistors - Pack of 2
SKU: TB-RR2774 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of two 1 kΩ carbon film resistors rated at 1 W continuous power. These through-hole axial resistors feature colour-coded bands for easy identification and solder legs for breadboard or PCB mounting. Specificat...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
16mm Panel Mount Momentary Pushbutton - Green
SKU: AF-1504 | Brand: Adafruit
A clean, rounded 16mm panel-mount momentary pushbutton in green. This normally-open micro-switch connects the contacts only while pressed, making it a straightforward input for any project enclosure or control panel. ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Aluminum SMT Heat Sink - 0.25x0.25 square - 0.5 tall
SKU: AF-1493 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact aluminium heat sink designed for surface-mount components such as SoCs, motor drivers, linear regulators, FETs, and other SMT packages. Its small footprint and tall fin design provide effective thermal dissi...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
16mm Panel Mount Momentary Pushbutton - Yellow
SKU: AF-1502 | Brand: Adafruit
A clean, rounded 16mm panel-mount momentary pushbutton in yellow. This normally-open micro-switch connects the contacts only while pressed, making it a straightforward input for any project enclosure or control panel....
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Jiffy Box - Black - 83 x 54 x 31mm
SKU: TB-HB6015 | Brand: Little Bird
Manufactured from ABS plastic, these jiffy boxes not only look great, they have been designed to incorporate everything our customers wanted in a constructor's box. Sizes are compliant with industry standards ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
2.54mm/0.1 Pitch Terminal Block - 2-pin
SKU: AF-2138 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact 2-pin screw terminal block with 2.54mm (0.1") pitch, designed to fit directly into perfboard and protoboards. Terminal blocks provide reliable, tool-adjustable PCB-to-wire connections that are easy to mainta...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 2m 30AWG White
SKU: AF-2006 | Brand: Adafruit
Silicone-sheathing wire is super-flexible and soft, and its also strong! Able to handle up to 200°C and up to 600V, it will do when PVC covered wire wimps out. We like this wire for being extremely supple and flexible...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 2m 26AWG Black
SKU: AF-1881 | Brand: Adafruit
A 2-metre length of black 26AWG stranded-core wire with a flexible silicone sheath. Silicone-covered wire is significantly more supple and heat-resistant than standard PVC wire — rated to handle up to 200 °C and 600 V...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
10k Ohm 0.5 Watt Metal Film Resistors - Pack of 8
SKU: TB-RR0596 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of eight 10kΩ metal film resistors rated at 0.5W (½W) with 1% tolerance. Despite the higher power rating, these resistors are the same physical size as standard ¼W carbon film types, making them a drop-in upgra...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
3.3V 800mA Linear Voltage Regulator - LD1117-3.3 TO-220
SKU: AF-2165 | Brand: Adafruit
A popular low-dropout (LDO) 3.3 V linear voltage regulator based on the LD1117 in a TO-220 package. With approximately 1 V dropout and up to 800 mA output current, it cleanly steps down 5–15 V supplies to a regulated ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
2x20 pin IDC Box Header - Raspberry Pi A+/B+/Pi 2/Pi 3
SKU: AF-1993 | Brand: Adafruit
This 2×20 (40-pin) IDC box header is the matching connector for 40-pin GPIO ribbon cables used with Raspberry Pi models that have a 40-pin GPIO header. Solder it onto perfboard to create a breakout point for your Pi's...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Mini Solderless Breadboard - 4x4 Points
SKU: AF-2463 | Brand: Adafruit
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 add some solderless prototyping space if you just need to have...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
10 Segment LED Bar Graph - Red
SKU: DF-FIT0188 | Brand: DFRobot
A compact 10-segment LED bar graph in super bright red. Each segment is an individual LED housed together in a standard-size package, making it easy to drive from a microcontroller or shift register. Low power consump...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Rotary Potentiometer - Linear (10k ohm)
SKU: SF-COM-09288 | Brand: SparkFun
An adjustable potentiometer can open up many interesting user interfaces. Turn the pot and the resistance changes. Connect VCC to an outer pin, GND to the other, and the center pin will have a voltage that varies from...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Arduino Stackable Header - 8-pin
SKU: SF-PRT-09279 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a 8-pin female header, with extra long legs – great for stacking Arduino shields. Pins are spaced by 0.1". Documents: Datasheet
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun