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.
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 Mon 19 Oct
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 Fri 25 Sep
Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 50ft 30AWG White
SKU: AF-3169 | 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 19 Oct
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 Fri 25 Sep
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 Mon 19 Oct
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 Fri 25 Sep
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 Mon 19 Oct
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 Fri 25 Sep
USB Micro-B Breakout Board
SKU: AF-1833 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board gives you easy access to all 5 pins of a USB Micro-B connector via standard 0.1" header pins. It's a simple way to add USB 5V power to a project, interface with a USB-capable microcontroller, or pr...
Delivered by Fri 25 Sep
8 MHz Ceramic Resonator / Oscillator
SKU: AF-1872 | Brand: Adafruit
This 8 MHz ceramic resonator is a breadboard-friendly oscillator with built-in load capacitors, making it a simple drop-in timing source for microcontrollers. With 0.5% accuracy, it's well suited for everyday electron...
Delivered by Fri 25 Sep
5mm Plastic Flat LED Holder - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-2175 | Brand: Adafruit
Keep your 5 mm LEDs securely mounted with these lightweight plastic LED holders featuring a flat finish. Simply slot the LED through the opening and it snaps into place — no tools or hardware needed. The flat bezel si...
Delivered by Fri 25 Sep
IDC Breakout Helper - 2x5 (10 pin)
SKU: AF-2102 | Brand: Adafruit
This 2×5 (10-pin) IDC breadboard helper makes it easy to connect standard 10-pin IDC ribbon cables to a breadboard or Perma-Proto board. The two-piece design consists of a pin-through socket that straddles the centre ...
Delivered by Fri 25 Sep
DB9 Female Connector For RS232/RS422/RS485
SKU: DF-FIT0109 | Brand: DFRobot
A solder-tail DB9 female connector for RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 serial communication interfaces. This widely used connector type is a staple for connecting serial devices, industrial equipment, and legacy computing ...
Delivered by Tue 6 Oct
2mm 10 pin Socket Headers (for XBee) - Pack of 2
SKU: AF-366 | Brand: Adafruit
These 2 mm pitch 10-pin socket headers are designed specifically for XBee modules, which use 2 mm pin spacing instead of the standard 2.54 mm (0.1″) pitch. Each pack includes two sockets — one for each side of the XBe...
Delivered by Fri 25 Sep
Quick Disconnects - Female 2.8mm (Pack of 5)
SKU: SF-PRT-14424 | Brand: SparkFun
Sometimes referred to as “spade connectors,” these quick disconnects are really useful as power connectors in prototyping or in projects that are repeatedly assembled and disassembled. The shape of these connectors al...
Delivered by Tue 6 Oct
Qwiic JST Connector - SMD 4-pin
SKU: SF-PRT-14417 | Brand: SparkFun
Here is a tiny 4-pin Qwiic 1mm JST connector. This connector is used on all of our Qwiic-based boards and can be used to create your own I2C-based device compatible with the Qwiic system!Additionally, this connector w...
Delivered by Fri 25 Sep
EL Wire Male/Female Set (30cm)
SKU: DF-FIT0177 | Brand: DFRobot
A pair of in-line power wire connectors designed for connecting EL wire to an inverter. These JST 2.5 mm free-hanging cable assemblies latch securely, making them ideal for projects where you need a detachable wiring ...
Delivered by Tue 6 Oct
LED - RGB Diffused Common Cathode
SKU: SF-COM-09264 | Brand: SparkFun
Ever hear of a thing called RGB? Red, Green, Blue? How about an RGB LED? These 5mm units have four pins - Cathode is the longest pin. One for each color and a common cathode. Use this one LED for three status indicato...
Delivered by Fri 25 Sep
Female Housing Pin(PH2.54)-2P
SKU: DF-FIT0207 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a 2-pin female housing pin with a pitch of 2.54mm(0.1"). You can make customized cables that mate with the 0.1"-spaced pins. NOTE: Does not include metal crimp pins (Crimp Pins for Female Housing Pi...
Delivered by Tue 6 Oct
Amphenol FCI Clincher Connector (2 Position, Female)
SKU: SF-COM-14194 | Brand: SparkFun
The Clincher connector from Amphenol FCI provides a quick, tool-free way to terminate Flat Flexible Cables (FFCs) to standard 0.1" pin headers. Simply insert the end of the cable into the connector and press it closed...
Delivered by Tue 6 Oct