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Empower your prototyping endeavors with Little Bird's comprehensive Prototyping collection, available now in Australia! We offer everything you need to bring your electronic ideas to life, from fundamental components like alligator clips and resistors to specialized elements like diodes and MOSFET power switches, all with fast and reliable shipping.

Fuel your creativity and build with confidence:

  • Alligator Clips: Establish temporary connections and facilitate easy circuit testing during the prototyping phase.
  • Resistors: Control current flow and voltage levels, playing a crucial role in various electronic circuits.
  • Diodes: Allow current flow in one direction, enabling essential functionalities like signal rectification and protection.
  • MOSFET Power Switches: Manage high-power applications with robust and efficient switching capabilities.
  • And More: Discover a diverse range of additional components like breadboards, jumper wires, prototyping shields, and more to support your projects.

Perfect for makers of all experience levels, Little Bird's Prototyping collection empowers you to:

  • Build and test circuits efficiently: Experiment with different configurations and troubleshoot issues with ease.
  • Learn electronics fundamentals: Gain practical experience with essential components and understand their functionalities.
  • Bring your ideas to life: Prototype your electronic creations before committing to final designs.

Start building today! Shop Little Bird's Prototyping collection and unlock a world of creative possibilities.

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  • PowerSwitch Tail II

    SKU: SF-COM-10747  Little Bird
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    Want to control a standard wall outlet device with your micro controller, but don’t want to mess with the high voltage wiring? This might just b...

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  • Adafruit Small 1.2 8x8 LED Matrix w/I2C Backpack - Pure Green

    SKU: AF-1632  Little Bird
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    What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4-digit 7-segment display. Matrice...

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  • Small 1.2 8x8 Ultra Bright Pure Green LED Matrix [KWM-30881CPGB]

    SKU: AF-1623  Little Bird
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    Make a scrolling sign, or a small video display with this 8x8 gridded pure green LED matrix. Only 1.2" on a side, it is quite visible but not so...

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  • GPIO Header for Raspberry Pi - Extra tall 2x13 Female Header

    SKU: AF-1658  Little Bird
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    Connect your own PCB to a Raspberry Pi with this extra-tall female header. The female header part has extra spaces to make it 13.6mm tall: when ...

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  • DB15 Plastic Backshell

    SKU: TB-PM0828  Little Bird
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    DB15 (15 pin) plastic backshell. Specifications Plug or Socket Type D15 ...

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  • AVR 20 Pin 20MHz 2K - ATtiny2313

    SKU: SF-COM-00212  Little Bird
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    Atmel’s ATtiny2313 8-Bit Processor. 2K of program space and 15 I/O lines. UART compatible pins. Runs up to 20MHz with external crystal. Package can...

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  • Toggle Switch and Cover - Illuminated (Blue)

    SKU: SF-COM-11313  Little Bird
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    This simple on-off switch is rated for 20A at 12V but who cares about all that, it looks way awesome. These toggle switches come with those missile...

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  • DC/DC Converter - 5V 5W (R-78E)

    SKU: SF-COM-14453  Little Bird
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    This R-78E DC/DC Converter is a switching regulator module that has been designed to offer all the advantages of a switching regulator (high effici...

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  • Silicone Clips for NeoPixel LED Strips - set of 5

    SKU: AF-1644  Little Bird
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    These nylon clips will let you attach our flexible NeoPixel strips to a wall, moulding, or project. Just side the rubber tubing thru so that the cl...

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  • Crystal 8MHz

    SKU: SF-COM-00538  Little Bird
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    Standard frequency crystals - use these crystals to provide a clock input to your microprocessor. Rated at 20pF capacitance and +/- 50ppm stabil...

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  • Hot-Air Rework Station - 303D

    SKU: SF-TOL-14557  Little Bird
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    This hot-air rework station is great for professionals and hobbyists in need of tight temperature tolerances and large air flows. This unit disp...

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  • Microswitch - 2 Terminal

    SKU: SF-COM-09414  Little Bird
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    This is a simple 2-terminal microswitch, with a 36mm actuator. This switch has a great ‘clicky’ sound to it, and a nice tactile feel. Features: ...

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  • Resistor 1k Ohm 1/6 Watt PTH

    SKU: SF-COM-08980  Little Bird
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    1k Ohm, 1/6th Watt, +/- 5% tolerance PTH resistors. Commonly used in breadboards and perf boards. If you need a bunch of these, you can get good ...

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  • Momentary Reset Switch SMD

    SKU: SF-COM-08229  Little Bird
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    Surface mount momentary switch. Perfect for reset or general inputs. Documents: Datasheet

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  • Keypad - Sealed Membrane Switches - 14 Pin Connector

    SKU: SF-COM-08973  Little Bird
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    This is the connector for the Keypad Sealed Membrane Switches. Comes with 14 pins in a ZIF right angle SMD package with 1mm pitch. Documents: D...

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  • Adafruit Perma-Proto Full-sized Breadboard PCB - Single

    SKU: AF-1606  Little Bird
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    Customers have asked us to carry basic perf-board, but we never liked the look of most basic perf: its always crummy quality, with pads that flake ...

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  • Transistor Array - NPN/PNP (IMD2AT108) - 5pcs

    SKU: SF-COM-00588  Little Bird
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    Sold as a cut-tape of 5 pieces. This is a popular IC that combines a PNP and NPN transistors, as well as two base resistors and two pull-up resisto...

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  • Alligator Clip with Pigtail (10 Pack)

    SKU: SF-CAB-14303  Little Bird
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    This is a 10-pack of wires that are pre-terminated with an alligator clip on one end and a hookup pigtail on the other. Alligator clips are a stapl...

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  • Ceramic Resonator 4MHz

    SKU: SF-COM-00543  Little Bird
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    Resonators function like crystals but stick closer to their specified frequency over a full temperature range. These resonators are +/-0.5% or b...

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  • Adafruit Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB - Single

    SKU: AF-1609  Little Bird
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    Customers have asked us to carry basic perf-board, but we never liked the look of most basic perf: its always crummy quality, with pads that fla...

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  • Ribbon Cable - 6 wire (3ft)

    SKU: SF-CAB-10648  Little Bird
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    Ribbon cable is really helpful in situations where you need to make a lot of connections without a big mess of wires. Nothing makes a project look ...

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  • Breakout Board for AD5330 Parallel 8-Bit DAC

    SKU: SF-BOB-09719  Little Bird
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    This is a simple breakout board for Analog Device’s AD5330 8-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The AD5330 has a parallel interface, and can op...

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  • SparkFun 5-Way Tactile Switch Breakout

    SKU: SF-BOB-11187  Little Bird
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    Sometimes you need a very small directional input device (world’s smallest game controller, anyone?) This 5-way tactile switch (up, down, left, rig...

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  • Gemma Starter Pack

    SKU: AF-1657  Little Bird
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    Get started with Adafruit GEMMA with this lovely starter kit! Included is everything you need to make a basic project. There's a GEMMA board, fo...

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