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.
Yellow 10mm LED 90mcd Round Diffused
SKU: TB-ZD0210 | Brand: Little Bird
Yellow 10mm LED 90mcd Round Diffused Specifications Diameter 10mm LED Type 10mm Standard LED ...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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 Fri 3 Jul
White 10mm LED 5000mcd Round Clear
SKU: TB-ZD0220 | Brand: Little Bird
A bright white 10 mm through-hole LED with a water-clear lens and 5,000 mcd luminous intensity. The narrow 30° viewing angle produces a focused beam, making it suitable for indicator lights, spotlighting, and directio...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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 Tue 14 Jul
0.100 (2.54 mm) Female Header: 3x4-Pin, Straight
SKU: PL-1034 | Brand: Pololu
The 0.100″ (2.54 mm) 3×4-Pin Straight Female Header is a triple-row, 12-pin socket strip designed to mate with standard 0.1″ pitch male headers. Its unusual three-row configuration provides a compact, high-density con...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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 Tue 14 Jul
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 Mon 27 Jul
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 Tue 14 Jul
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 Mon 27 Jul
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 Mon 27 Jul
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 Tue 14 Jul
3 Way PCB Mount Screw Terminal - 5mm Pitch
SKU: TB-HM3173 | Brand: Little Bird
A 3-way PCB-mount screw terminal block with 5 mm pitch. Solder it to a PCB and connect wires using the screw terminals — ideal for any situation where wires need to leave a circuit board. The interlocking design allow...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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 Mon 27 Jul
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 Tue 14 Jul
LED - 3W Aluminum PCB (5 Pack, Cool White)
SKU: SF-COM-13105 | Brand: SparkFun
So much power and light from such a small package. This 5 pack of “Cool” white 3 Watt aluminum backed PCBs is sure to shed a lot of light on any project you add it to. These LEDs act as any other LED except these l...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
LED - 3W Aluminum PCB (5 Pack, Warm White)
SKU: SF-COM-13104 | Brand: SparkFun
So much power and light from such a small package. This 5 pack of “Warm” white 3 Watt aluminum backed PCBs is sure to shed a lot of light on any project you add it to. These LEDs act as any other LED except these litt...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Relay SPDT Sealed - 20A
SKU: SF-COM-10924 | Brand: SparkFun
These are massive single pole - double throw (SPDT) sealed relays. This means that when current is applied to the coil it throws a simple changeover switch, terminating the connection from the NC contact to ground and...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
4 Pin Line Male Mini XLR Style Connector
SKU: TB-PP1912 | Brand: Little Bird
A 4-pin mini XLR male plug for in-line (cable) mounting. The metal-cased connector features solder tag termination and a black housing, suitable for audio equipment, lighting control, and other applications requiring ...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Power Resistor Kit - 10W (25 pack)
SKU: SF-KIT-13053 | Brand: SparkFun
Holy Wattage, Batman! This Power Resistor Kit comes with 5 each of 5 different 10 Watt resistor values including 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 Ohms. These resistors are capable of dissipating large amounts of power without damag...
Delivered by Tue 14 Jul
Diffused Yellow 10mm LED (25 pack)
SKU: AF-3260 | Brand: Adafruit
Need some big indicators? We are big fans of these huge diffused yellow LEDs. They are fairly bright so they can be seen in daytime, and from any angle. They go easily into a breadboard and will add that extra zing to...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul