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.
Heatsink TO-220
SKU: SF-PRT-00121 | Brand: SparkFun
A small black anodised aluminium heatsink designed for TO-220 package components. Bolts directly onto voltage regulators, transistors, and other TO-220 devices to help dissipate heat and keep them running within safe ...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Crystal SMD 16MHz
SKU: SF-COM-00094 | Brand: SparkFun
These are very small surface mount quartz crystals used where size is a concern. Ideal for use with the nRF2401 ICs. Features: Small 5x3.2mm footprint Operating temperature: -20°C ~ +70°C Frequency Tolerance: +...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Header - 6-pin Female (SMD, 0.1)
SKU: SF-PRT-11544 | Brand: SparkFun
These are standard 0.1" spaced header pins that can be surface mounted for applications where through-hole pins won’t work. The surface mount side of the legs are staggered for stress relief. This is a 6-Pin fema...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Header - 8-pin Female (SMD, 0.1)
SKU: SF-PRT-11543 | Brand: SparkFun
These are standard 0.1" spaced header pins that can be surface mounted for applications where through-hole pins won’t work. The surface mount side of the legs are staggered for stress relief. This is an 8-Pin female...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Header - 6-pin Male (SMD, 0.1)
SKU: SF-PRT-11540 | Brand: SparkFun
These are standard 0.1" spaced header pins that can be surface mounted for applications where through-hole pins won’t work. The surface mount side of the legs are staggered for stress relief. This is a 6-Pin male ...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Diffused RGB (tri-color) LED [Common Anode]
SKU: AF-159 | Brand: Adafruit
Diffused 5mm tri-color LED with separate red, green and blue LED chips inside! Nice indicator, and fun to color-swirl. 60 degree viewing angle. We like diffused RGB LEDs because they color mix inside instead of appear...
Delivered by Fri 16 Oct
SparkFun Big Red Box Proto Board
SKU: SF-DEV-13317 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Big Red Box Proto Board is a large, custom made PCB that has been specifically designed to be used with and installed into our Big Red Box. This board features a large prototyping area with exactly ...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Breadboard - Translucent Self-Adhesive (Red)
SKU: SF-PRT-11317 | Brand: SparkFun
Description: How could anyone improve on the clear plastic breadboard. I mean, that’s pretty sweet right? What if it was red? This translucent red breadboard is probably the coolest looking regular, solderless bre...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Pimoroni Mini Black HAT Hack3r - Fully Assembled
SKU: AF-3182 | Brand: Adafruit
The Pimoroni Mini Black HAT Hack3r breaks out all 40 GPIO pins from your Raspberry Pi while still allowing a HAT or pHAT to sit on top. Connect via the included ribbon cable and access every pin — labelled with functi...
Delivered by Fri 16 Oct
Diffused Red 5mm LED (25 pack)
SKU: AF-299 | Brand: Adafruit
A pack of 25 diffused red 5 mm LEDs, bright enough to be visible in daylight and viewable from any angle thanks to the diffused lens. These are great all-purpose indicator LEDs that fit easily into a breadboard. Spec...
Delivered by Fri 16 Oct
Female Header Pack
SKU: SF-PRT-11269 | Brand: SparkFun
This pack of female headers includes two 6-pin headers and two 8-pin headers. This is similar to the header kit that comes with Arduino shields except that the pins are shorter so they don’t stack. These are useful fo...
Delivered by Thu 24 Sep
SparkFun Snappable Protoboard
SKU: SF-PRT-13268 | Brand: SparkFun
A large prototyping PCB with v-scored lines that let you snap it to any custom size. The 50 × 25 solder point array provides up to 1250 plated through-hole (PTH) pins on a 2.54 mm (0.1″) pitch grid. Simply snap along ...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Rotary Encoder - 1024 P/R (Quadrature)
SKU: SF-COM-11102 | Brand: SparkFun
This 1024 pulse per rotation rotary encoder outputs gray code which you can interpret using a microcontroller and find out which direction the shaft is turning and by how much. This allows you to add feedback to motor...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
10-pin Socket/Socket IDC cable - 6
SKU: AF-370 | Brand: Adafruit
A 6" (150mm) IDC ribbon cable with 10-pin 2×5 socket connectors on both ends at standard 2.54mm (0.1") pitch. Commonly used for AVR ISP programming, JTAG connections, and other 10-pin box header interfaces. Key Featu...
Delivered by Fri 16 Oct
10W Super Bright LED - Warm White with 60 Degrees Lens
SKU: DF-FIT0380 | Brand: DFRobot
A 10W high-power warm white LED module with an integrated 60° focusing lens. The lens narrows the beam compared to the standard 120° version, concentrating the 500-lumen output into a tighter spot — ideal for searchli...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
40-pin ZIF socket
SKU: AF-383 | Brand: Adafruit
A 40-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for DIP chips up to 0.6″ wide. The lever-operated mechanism allows chips to be inserted and removed without bending pins, making it ideal for chip programmers, testing, and a...
Delivered by Fri 16 Oct
PSP 3000 2-Axis Analog Thumb Joystick
SKU: AF-3103 | Brand: Adafruit
Sometimes a simple analog control device can be the perfect tactile solution for your project, but they can be surprisingly hard to come by. Luckily we've found a low cost, quality PSP 3000 2-Axis Analog Thumb...
Delivered by Fri 16 Oct
SparkFun Breadboard Power Supply Stick - 3.3V/1.8V
SKU: SF-PRT-13157 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Breadboard Power Supply Stick provides clean, regulated 3.3 V or 1.8 V power directly to your breadboard. It accepts 4–9 V input via a DC barrel jack or 2-pin header, and outputs regulated voltage through...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct
Mini 8-Way Rotary Selector Switch - SP8T
SKU: AF-2925 | Brand: Adafruit
When you need a lot of options, you need a Mini 8-Way Rotary Selector Switch. This is basically a single-pole to 8-throw switch. As you rotate the knob around, the middle pin will make contact with each of the oute...
Delivered by Fri 16 Oct
7-Segment Display - 4-Digit (White)
SKU: SF-COM-10931 | Brand: SparkFun
A basic 4-digit 7-segment display in white. This common anode display features one decimal point per digit, plus individually controllable apostrophe and colon points — perfect for clocks, counters, and numeric readou...
Delivered by Mon 5 Oct