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 330 Ohm 1/6th Watt PTH
SKU: SF-COM-08377 | Brand: SparkFun
1/6th Watt, +/- 5% tolerance PTH resistors. Commonly used in breadboards and perf boards, these 330Ohm resistors make excellent LED current limiters and are great for general use. Need more than one? Checkout our b...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Mini Speaker - PC Mount 12mm 2.048kHz
SKU: SF-COM-07950 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a small 12mm round speaker that operates around the audible 2kHz range. You can use these speakers to create simple music or user interfaces.This is not a true piezoelectric speaker but behaves similarly. Inst...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Hook-up Wire - Yellow (22 AWG)
SKU: SF-PRT-08024 | Brand: SparkFun
Standard 22 AWG solid Yellow hook up wire. Use this with your bread board or any project in which you need sturdy wire. Comes in small spools of 25'.
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
DIP Sockets Solder Tail - 16-Pin 0.3
SKU: SF-PRT-07938 | Brand: SparkFun
A 16-pin DIP IC socket with solder-tail pins and 0.3" (300 mil) row spacing. Solder the socket to your PCB and swap ICs without desoldering — essential for prototyping and development work. Specifications Pin Count...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
DIP Sockets Solder Tail - 8-Pin
SKU: SF-PRT-07937 | Brand: SparkFun
Dip sockets for all your prototyping needs. If you’ve ever had to de-solder a dip part from a circuit board, you know how valuable these are! Number of pins include: 8, 14, 16, 18, 28, and 40. This is a 300mil wide ...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
120 Ohm 0.5 Watt Metal Film Resistors - Pack of 8
SKU: TB-RR0550 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of eight 120Ω 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 Fri 12 Jun
Break Away Female Headers - Swiss Machine Pin
SKU: SF-PRT-00743 | Brand: SparkFun
Single row of 30-holes, female header with swiss round machined pins. These units have very high quality round pins to accept and retain machine pin headers much better. Can be cut to size with a pair of wire-cutters....
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
RS232 Converter SMD - MAX3232
SKU: SF-COM-00589 | Brand: SparkFun
The ‘must have’ IC for 3V projects. This is the RS232 converter IC that is capable of running at 3V and communicating with 3V logic. Comes in an easy to solder 16-Pin SOIC SMD package. Requires four external 0.1uF cer...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
USB Mini-B SMD Connector
SKU: SF-PRT-00587 | Brand: SparkFun
USB Type ‘Mini-B’ Female SMD connector. This is a 5-pin Mini-B surface mount connector commonly found in MP3 players, media/disk readers, USB hubs, pretty much anything small and USB.
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Deans Connector - M/F Pair
SKU: SF-PRT-11864 | Brand: SparkFun
This Deans (mini T-plug) connector pair provides a secure, high-current connection rated up to 30A. Widely used in R/C vehicles, battery packs, and power distribution, the polarised design prevents reverse-polarity co...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Crystal 16MHz
SKU: SF-COM-00536 | Brand: SparkFun
Standard frequency crystals - use these crystals to provide a clock input to your microprocessor. Rated at 20pF capacitance and +/- 50ppm stability. Low profile HC49/US Package.
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
LED - Super Bright White
SKU: SF-COM-00531 | Brand: SparkFun
These are very bright LEDs. The LEDs are so bright that it hurts to look directly at them. Please take a look at the pictures to get an idea of the intensity. All lenses are clear.Features: Standard Size - T1 ¾ 5mm Fo...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Servo Y extension cable (300mm)
SKU: DF-FIT0334 | Brand: DFRobot
This 300mm Y-cable is typically used to connect two servos to a single servo port on an RC receiver or servo controller. It has a single female JR connector connected to two male JR connectors, which means it is co...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
36-pin 0.1 Short Female Header - Pack of 5
SKU: AF-3008 | Brand: Adafruit
Short female headers designed for tight spaces where standard-height headers won't fit. At just 5mm tall (compared to the standard 8mm), these low-profile headers are ideal for compact builds and slim assemblies. Eac...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Mega Prototyping Shield for Arduino Mega Due
SKU: DF-DFR0016 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a design for an open-source prototyping shield for Arduino Mega. It has tons of cool features, to make prototyping on your Arduino easy. Some assembling and soldering is required! Some assembling and s...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Shift Register 8-Bit - SN74HC595
SKU: SF-COM-13699 | Brand: SparkFun
The SN74HC595N is a simple 8-bit shift register IC. Simply put, this shift register is a device that allows additional inputs or outputs to be added to a microcontroller by converting data between parallel and serial...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
6-Pin Chassis Connector - Panel Mount (male and female)
SKU: SF-PRT-11475 | Brand: SparkFun
A robust 6-pin GX16 aviation-style connector set including both the panel-mount jack and mating plug. The threaded locking ring screws onto the panel connector, creating a secure connection that won't pull apart — ide...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
LED - 5mm Cycling RGB (fast)
SKU: SF-COM-11451 | Brand: SparkFun
These color-changing LEDs take the work out of creating crazy, flashy, blinky… ness. Simply apply power and the LED will cycle through the RGB colorspace: no external controller necessary! These bright and festive ...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Bus pirate basic probe set
SKU: AF-238 | Brand: Adafruit
This is a interface cable designed for Bus Pirate which can makes it easier to connect the Bus Pirate to a circuit and get hacking!
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Magnet Wire Kit
SKU: SF-PRT-11363 | Brand: SparkFun
A set of three common gauges of enameled magnet wire for winding transformers, chokes, motors, and electromagnet experiments. The thin enamel coating insulates each wire, allowing tight coil windings without short cir...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun