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.
IC Socket - for 16-pin 0.3 Chips - Pack of 3
SKU: AF-2203 | Brand: Adafruit
An IC (Integrated Circuit) socket allows you to insert and remove chips easily from an assembled kit or project This item contains 3 of the 16 pin 0.3" wide version. Best used with chips that have 16 pins (2x8) an...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 50ft 30AWG Black
SKU: AF-3164 | 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 Tue 23 Jun
ProtoShield Prototype Extension Board With Mini Breadboard Experiment Plate For Arduino
SKU: LB-LR0093 | Brand: Little Bird
Description:The ProtoShield is prototype expansion board with 2 LEDs and 2 button, which can be used directly and more convenience. All the pins and power have been lead out. It is very suitable for building prototype...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
2-Pin Wire Joints (3-pack)
SKU: AF-3786 | Brand: Adafruit
These 2-Pin Wire Joints provide a quick, solder-free way to connect two wires together. Simply press the curved arm to open the aperture, insert the wire, and release — the spring mechanism holds the wire securely in ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Pogo-a-go-go Solderless GPIO Pogo Pins
SKU: PR-PIM330 | Brand: Little Bird
Fit a pHAT to your Raspberry Pi Zero without soldering! These spring-loaded pogo pins provide a reliable electrical contact between your Pi Zero and pHAT, making it quick and easy to swap boards between projects with ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
36-pin Swiss Female Socket Headers - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-3646 | Brand: Adafruit
Precision-machined Swiss-pin female socket headers for a tight, reliable fit. Unlike standard stamped-metal headers, Swiss-pin sockets use machined round contacts that grip the matching Swiss-pin male plugs securely —...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate Kit for Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-801 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate Kit snaps onto your Raspberry Pi and provides a generous prototyping area with all GPIO, I2C, SPI, and power pins broken out to labelled 0.1" strips and 3.5 mm screw-terminal blocks. ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Servo Extension Cable - 50cm / 19.5 long
SKU: AF-973 | Brand: Adafruit
A 50 cm (19.5″) servo extension cable for extending the reach of standard 3-pin servo connections. It features a shrouded male connector on one end and a female connector on the other, with red/black/white colour codi...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Black Snap Action Keyboard Switch - PCB Mount
SKU: TB-SP0721 | Brand: Little Bird
This black snap-action keyboard switch is a PCB-mount, single-pole momentary pushbutton. The switch is normally open (SPST) and closes only while the button is depressed, making it suitable for keyboards, keypads, con...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Potentiometer with Built In Knob - 10K ohm
SKU: AF-4133 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact 10K ohm linear potentiometer with a built-in knurled plastic knob — no separate knob needed. The 0.1" pin spacing plugs directly into a standard breadboard, making it perfect for prototyping and quick adjust...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
LED - Infrared - 940nm
SKU: PI-COM0613 | Brand: Pimoroni
A clear 5mm infrared LED operating at 940nm wavelength. Ideal for generic IR systems including remote controls, proximity sensors, and touchless object detection. Specifications Wavelength: 940nm (infrared) Forwar...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Breadboard-friendly MIDI Jack (5-pin DIN)
SKU: AF-1134 | Brand: Adafruit
A sturdy, breadboard-friendly 5-pin DIN MIDI jack with all pins on standard 0.1" (2.54 mm) spacing. Perfect for adding MIDI input or output to your Arduino or microcontroller project without any adapter boards. This ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Adafruit Half-size Perma-Proto Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit
SKU: AF-1148 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Half-size Perma-Proto Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit combines a prototyping board with a built-in Pi Cobbler breakout. Solder the included 2×13 box header onto the board, connect a 26-pin GPIO ribbon cab...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Adafruit SMT Breakout PCB for QFN or TQFP - 44 pin
SKU: AF-1162 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SMT Breakout PCB for 44-pin QFN or TQFP packages lets you easily prototype with surface-mount chips on standard solderless breadboards. One side accommodates a 44-pin QFP footprint while the other support...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
4-pin JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set
SKU: AF-578 | Brand: Adafruit
A matched pair of 4-wire cables with JST SM connectors — one plug and one receptacle — for easy plug-and-unplug connections. Each cable is 15cm long with a latching connector that stays secure during use but disconnec...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Arcade/Button Quick-Connect Wire Pair - Set of 10 pairs
SKU: AF-1152 | Brand: Adafruit
These quick-connect wire pairs make wiring arcade-style and metal buttons fast and simple. Each wire comes as a pair with two 0.11" quick-connect terminals pre-crimped onto 20cm long wires, terminated together in a JS...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
2x20 Socket Riser Header for Raspberry Pi HATs and Bonnets
SKU: AF-4079 | Brand: Adafruit
This 2×20 female socket riser header features slightly longer-than-standard pins, adding extra height between your Raspberry Pi and any HAT, Bonnet, or pHAT mounted on top. This additional clearance helps boards clear...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Mini SWD 0.05 Pitch Connector - 10 Pin SMT Box Header
SKU: AF-4048 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact 1.27 mm (0.05") pitch 2×5 mini SWD box header with a half-shroud and key-notch. A smaller alternative to full-shroud SWD headers, taking up much less board space while remaining compatible with standard 10-p...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
JST PH 3-pin Plug to Color Coded Alligator Clips Cable
SKU: AF-4030 | Brand: Adafruit
This cable will let you turn a JST PH 3-pin cable port into 3 individual wires with grippy mini alligator clips. We're carrying these to match up with any of our boards or breakouts with 3-pin 'STEMMA' connector...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Membrane 1x4 Keypad + Extras
SKU: AF-1332 | Brand: Adafruit
Punch in your secret key into this numeric membrane keypad. This keypad has 4 buttons, and since every key has its own wire line, no matrix code is required - just treat these like every day switches. The membrane is ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun