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.
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 Tue 28 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 Tue 28 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 Mon 6 Jul
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 Mon 6 Jul
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 28 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 Mon 6 Jul
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 28 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 28 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 Mon 6 Jul
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 Mon 6 Jul
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 Mon 6 Jul
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 Mon 6 Jul
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 28 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 Mon 6 Jul
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 Mon 6 Jul
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 28 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 Mon 6 Jul
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 Mon 6 Jul
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 Tue 28 Jul
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 28 Jul