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.
2xAAA Battery Cage with JST Connector
SKU: KI-2271 | Brand: Kitronik
A compact 2×AAA battery cage with a JST PH connector and 145 mm colour-coded leads. Designed to plug directly into the BBC micro:bit's battery socket, providing a portable power source for classroom projects and weara...
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LED - RGB Common Cathode (pack of 5) - Clear
SKU: PI-COM0623 | Brand: Pimoroni
A pack of five clear 5 mm RGB LEDs with a common cathode configuration. Each LED has four pins — one for red, green, and blue, plus a shared cathode (longest pin). Drive individual colours for status indication or use...
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White LEDs MegaPack (30 stickers)
SKU: CB-0799439675346 | Brand: Chibitronics
The Chibitronics White LEDs MegaPack contains 30 white LED circuit stickers — peel-and-stick LEDs with conductive adhesive backing that let you build working circuits on paper, fabric, plastic, and other craft surface...
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NeoPixel Diffused 8mm Through-Hole LED - 5 Pack
SKU: AF-1734 | Brand: Adafruit
LOLwut? NeoPixels in through-hole variety? Oh yes, we haz them! If you like NeoPixel strips you'll luv these 8mm diffused through-hole NeoPixels. All the single-pin-controlling-hundreds-of-LEDs goodness in a bre...
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APA102 5050 Warm White LED w/ Integrated Driver Chip - 10 Pack [~3000K]
SKU: AF-2350 | Brand: Adafruit
These APA102 (DotStar) warm white LEDs feature an integrated driver chip inside each 5050 SMD package, giving you individually addressable brightness control over three warm white (~3000K) dies. The phosphor coating p...
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Feather Header Kit - 12-pin and 16-pin Female Header Set
SKU: AF-2886 | Brand: Adafruit
These two Female Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with any of our Feather boards and you're in business! What do they do? They get soldered on either side of the Feather board. Now y...
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Soldering Starter Tool Set
SKU: DF-KIT0077 | Brand: DFRobot
The DFRobot Soldering Starter Tool Set gives you everything you need for most soldering tasks. This set includes a 25-watt pencil iron, cast iron stand, high brightness soler tin, pliers, stainless steel tweezers a...
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Large Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 10)
SKU: AF-321 | Brand: Adafruit
Connect this to that without soldering using these handy alligator clip test leads. 20" cables with alligator clip on each end, color coded. You get 10 pieces in 5 colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy...
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Male Crimp Pins for 0.1 Housings 100-Pack
SKU: PL-1931 | Brand: Pololu
These male pins can be crimped on 22-28AWG wires and snapped into our crimp connector housings to create custom cables that are compatible with standard 0.1"-pitch headers and solderless breadboards. Our wires wit...
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Solder Wire - 60/40 Rosin Core - 0.5mm/0.02 diameter - 50 grams
SKU: AF-1886 | Brand: Adafruit
If you want to make a kit you'll need some solder. This 0.1 lb (about 50 grams) spool is a good amount, not too much (like 1 lb spools) and not too little (like those little 'pocket clip' vials).This spool of solder c...
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PicoProbe PCB kit
SKU: PR-FC-001 | Brand: Little Bird
Turn your Raspberry Pi Pico into a debug probe This PCB is designed to turn a Pico into a nice debug probe using the PicoProbe software. The kit provides everything you need to turn a Raspberry Pi Pico into a debug pr...
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5-Way Fast Wire Connectors - Pack of 3
SKU: PH-105017 | Brand: PiHut
These 5-way fast wire lever connectors let you quickly join multiple wires together without soldering or separate connector blocks. Each connector has 5 individually colour-coded lever-actuated contacts — flip the lev...
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OBD Plug (16-pin) to DE-9 (DB-9) Socket Adapter Cable - 1 meter long
SKU: AF-4841 | Brand: Adafruit
Not to be confused with ODB, OBD stands for On Board Diagnostics and is used for analyzing and diagnosing vehicles. It's the thing your mechanic plugs into to find out why you've got a blinking engine light.Technicall...
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Universal Proto-Board PCBs 5cm x 7cm - 3 Pack
SKU: AF-4786 | Brand: Adafruit
A handy 3-pack of 5 × 7 cm universal proto-board PCBs with black silkscreen on both sides and row/column markings to help keep your layout organised. Made from strong FR4 fibreglass, they're great for soldering up per...
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Arduino Connector kit
SKU: EC-TET01980T | Brand: Elecrow
A comprehensive collection of 24 types of commonly used Arduino connectors, all in one convenient kit. Includes male and female headers, USB connectors, switches, DC jacks, SD/TF card sockets, and more — everything yo...
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Baseplate
SKU: SF-PRT-15008 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a basic baseplate for the Raspberry Pi 3 B/B+. It is translucent in color and provides a simple mounting solution for wherever you want to put your Pi!The baseplate is designed for the Raspberry Pi to securely...
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Maker Essentials - Mini Breadboards Jumper Jerky
SKU: PR-PIM245 | Brand: Little Bird
A starter kit of mini breadboards and jumper wires for prototyping simple circuits. The breadboards hold LEDs, chips, and other components, while the assorted jumper wires connect everything to your Raspberry Pi, Ardu...
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3.5mm SPST Micro Tactile Switch
SKU: TB-SP0602 | Brand: Little Bird
A compact SPST normally-open micro tactile pushbutton switch with a 3.5 mm actuator height. Single-action momentary operation — press to close, release to open. PCB-mount with a 6 × 6 mm footprint, ideal for through-h...
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100k Ohm 0.5 Watt Metal Film Resistors - Pack of 8
SKU: TB-RR0620 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of 8 metal film resistors rated at 100KΩ and 0.5W. Despite the half-watt power rating, these are the same physical size as standard 1/4W carbon film resistors, making them a direct drop-in replacement with doub...
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Screw Terminal Block: 2-Pin, 5 mm Pitch, Side Entry (4-Pack)
SKU: PL-2440 | Brand: Pololu
A pack of four 2-pin screw terminal blocks with 5 mm pitch and side-entry wire orientation. Simply tighten or loosen the screws to connect or release wires — no soldering needed for the wire connection itself. Each b...
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