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.
Breadboard Base for Pibow
SKU: PR-PIM086 | Brand: Little Bird
A laser-cut acrylic base plate that replaces the bottom layer of a Pibow case, adding a secure mounting area for breadboard prototyping alongside your Raspberry Pi. Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3, A+, Zero, and Zero W...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
WS2811 NeoPixel LED Driver Chip - 10 Pack
SKU: AF-1378 | Brand: Adafruit
The WS2811 is the driver IC used in NeoPixel LED strips and pixels. In this SOIC-8 package, it lets you build your own addressable RGB LEDs by driving a single common-anode RGB LED or three individual single-colour LE...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
4xAA Press-Stud Battery Holder - Default
SKU: PI-COM1304 | Brand: Pimoroni
A 4×AA battery holder with press-stud (snap) termination, providing a portable power source for wearable and on-the-go projects. With four alkaline AA batteries, it delivers approximately 6V with 7,000–10,000 mAh of c...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
USB DIY Connector Shell - Type Mini-B Plug
SKU: AF-1389 | Brand: Adafruit
Make your own USB connections without slicing apart a USB cable and soldering those thin wires inside. These DIY "USB shells" are available in USB A plug, micro B, mini B and USB A socket.Each shell comes with a tw...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Diffused 'Piranha' Super-flux RGB (tri-color) LED (10 pack)
SKU: AF-1451 | Brand: Adafruit
Diffused 5mm tri-colour LEDs with separate red, green, and blue chips inside a square "Piranha" (super-flux) package. With a 90° viewing angle and up to 3000mcd combined brightness, these LEDs are great for colour mix...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
16mm Panel Mount Momentary Pushbutton - Red
SKU: AF-1445 | Brand: Adafruit
A clean, rounded 16mm panel-mount momentary pushbutton in red. This normally-open micro-switch connects the contacts only while pressed, making it a straightforward input for any project enclosure or control panel. K...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Adafruit Flex Perma-Proto - Half-sized Breadboard Flex-PCB
SKU: AF-1518 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Flex Perma-Proto is a half-sized breadboard-layout prototyping board made from ultra-thin polyamide film. It bends, twists, and can even be cut to shape with scissors — perfect for wearables, curved enclo...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
6mm SPST Micro Tactile Switch
SKU: TB-SP0603 | Brand: Little Bird
A normally open SPST micro tactile switch in a compact 6×6mm package. This single-action momentary push button is designed for PCB mounting and is suitable for a wide range of electronics projects and prototyping appl...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
1M Ohm 1 Watt Carbon Film Resistors - Pack of 2
SKU: TB-RR2846 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of two 1 MΩ 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 Wed 24 Jun
Panel-Mount Banana Jacks 4mm - Pack of 5 Multi-Color
SKU: AF-3691 | Brand: Adafruit
You've done such a great job making your own electronic control panel that the last thing you need are those wires to get pulled out and frizzy. These fancy Panel-Mount Banana Jacks look good and ...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Cold Splice Wire Tap (UB) - 10 pack
SKU: AF-1494 | Brand: Adafruit
Kiss those days of heat-shrink, melted jacketing and clumsily-arranged third-hand tools goodbye! Go 'cold splice' with these snap-able plastic splices for fast connections. Use with any 22-26 AWG solid core wire and s...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
1 pin dual-female jumper wire 100mm 50pcs pack
SKU: SS-110990032 | Brand: Seeed Studio
A pack of 50 individual jumper wires, each 100 mm long with female connectors on both ends (female-to-female). These single-pin wires are ideal for making point-to-point connections on breadboards, between header pins...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
NeoPixel Mini PCB - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-1612 | Brand: Adafruit
The NeoPixel Mini PCBs are among the smallest addressable RGB LED breakouts available. Each tiny board measures just 8 × 10 mm and features two sets of three solder pads on the back for easy wiring. The pixels are cha...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Break-away 0.1 2x36-pin strip dual male header (10 pieces)
SKU: AF-1539 | Brand: Adafruit
Breakaway header is like the duct tape of electronics. Its great for connecting things together, soldering to perf-boards, fits into any breadboard, etc. We go through these guys real fast, and thought that given how ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Break-away 0.1 36-pin strip right-angle male header (10 pack)
SKU: AF-1540 | Brand: Adafruit
Breakaway header is like the duct tape of electronics. Its great for connecting things together, soldering to perf-boards, fits into any breadboard, etc. We go through these guys real fast, and thought that given how ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
10-pin 2x5 Socket-Socket 1.27mm IDC (SWD) Cable - 150mm long
SKU: AF-1675 | Brand: Adafruit
A 150mm IDC ribbon cable with 10-pin 2×5 socket connectors at 1.27mm (0.05") pitch on both ends. Designed for SWD (Serial Wire Debug) programming and debugging connections commonly found on ARM Cortex development boar...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
50-pin 0.5mm Pitch FPC Flex Cable - 250mm / 10 long
SKU: AF-1682 | Brand: Adafruit
This 50-pin FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) cable is ultra-thin and flexible, ideal for tight spaces where a round cable would be too bulky. At 250mm (10″) long with 0.5mm pitch contacts, it's a common format used in d...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 2m 30AWG Black
SKU: AF-2003 | Brand: Adafruit
Super-flexible, silicone-sheathed stranded-core wire in black. The silicone insulation is incredibly soft and supple, making this wire ideal for wearable electronics, robotics, and any project where the wiring needs t...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 2m 26AWG White
SKU: AF-1882 | 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 14 Jul
UV/UVA 400nm Purple LED 5mm Clear Lens - 10 pack
SKU: AF-1793 | Brand: Adafruit
Need some really bright LEDs? We are big fans of these 5mm clear UV / Purple LEDs. These emit UV 'blacklight' in the UVA spectrum so they are great for projects with fluorescent materials referred to as UV/blacklight-...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun