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.
Bare Conductive Paint Pen (10ml)
SKU: PI-BC001 | Brand: Pimoroni
Bare Conductive Electric Paint is a water-based conductive paint in a convenient pen format. Draw circuits, cold solder components, repair PCBs, or use it as a conductive adhesive on paper, plastic, textiles, wood, gl...
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555/556 Timer - NE555P
SKU: PI-COM0207 | Brand: Pimoroni
The NE555 is one of the most iconic and widely used integrated circuits in electronics history. Designed in 1971 by Hans Camenzind, it provides configurable timing and oscillation using just a few external resistors a...
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Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 50ft 30AWG White
SKU: AF-3169 | Brand: Adafruit
Silicone-sheathing wire is super-flexible and soft, and its also strong! Able to handle up to 200°C and up to 600V, it will do when PVC covered wire wimps out. We like this wire for being extremely supple and flexible...
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150mm Plug to Plug Jumper Leads - 40 Piece
SKU: TB-WC6024 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of 40 male-to-male (plug-to-plug) jumper leads in assorted colours, each 150 mm long. The flexible leads have 0.1" (2.54 mm) header pins on both ends, making them ideal for breadboard prototyping and connecting...
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150 Ohm 0.5 Watt Metal Film Resistors - Pack of 8
SKU: TB-RR0552 | Brand: Little Bird
A pack of 8 metal film resistors rated at 150Ω and 0.5W (½W). These are the same physical size as standard ¼W carbon film resistors, making them a drop-in upgrade with double the power handling. Metal film constructio...
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0.100 (2.54 mm) Female Header: 1x5-Pin, Right-Angle
SKU: PL-2705 | Brand: Pololu
This single-row, 5-pin right-angle female header with 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch is designed to mate with standard 0.1" male headers. The right-angle orientation routes connections parallel to the board surface, making it id...
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MC78T12 12V 3A Voltage Regulator
SKU: TB-ZV1634 | Brand: Little Bird
The MC78T12 is a positive linear voltage regulator in a TO-220 package, providing a fixed 12 V output at up to 3 A. It accepts an input voltage range of 12–35 V and includes built-in thermal overload and short-circuit...
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High-strength 'rare earth' magnet
SKU: AF-9 | Brand: Adafruit
Yow! These things are super powerful. 1/2" diameter, 3/16" thick discs, south side is marked with a red line. Great for use with your SpokePOV Kit. If you have an aluminium frame, use tape/foamstickytape to attach it.
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0.100 (2.54 mm) Female Header: 2x4-Pin, Straight
SKU: PL-1024 | Brand: Pololu
The 0.100″ (2.54 mm) 2×4-Pin Straight Female Header is a double-row, 8-pin socket strip designed to mate with standard 0.1″ pitch male headers. Its compact dual-row footprint is commonly used for small bus connections...
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0.100 (2.54 mm) Female Header: 1x4-Pin, Straight
SKU: PL-1014 | Brand: Pololu
This single-row, 4-pin straight female header with 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch is designed to mate with standard 0.1" male headers. It provides a reliable socket connection for board-to-board and board-to-wire applications. ...
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16-Conductor Ribbon Cable with IDC Connectors 20"
SKU: PL-973 | Brand: Pololu
A 20" (50 cm) 16-conductor ribbon cable with IDC connectors on both ends. Ideal for connecting to 16-pin character LCDs, shrouded box headers, and other 2×8 pin interfaces in electronics projects. Specifications Co...
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36-pin 0.1 Female header - pack of 5!
SKU: AF-598 | Brand: Adafruit
Female headers are one of the most versatile components in electronics — perfect for connecting things together, soldering to perfboards, creating sockets for wires, or pairing with break-away male header strips. This...
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Servo Extension Cable 12 Female - Female
SKU: PL-780 | Brand: Pololu
A 12-inch (300 mm) flat servo extension cable with female "JR"-style connectors on both ends — the same connector commonly found on RC hobby servos. Useful for connecting servo controllers, RC receivers, motor control...
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Half Size Breadboard + 78 Piece 22AWG Jumper Wire Bundle
SKU: AF-3314 | Brand: Adafruit
This is a cute half-size breadboard with an assortment of small jumper wires, great for prototyping. Breadboard is 2.2" x 3.4" (5.5 cm x 8.5 cm) with a standard double-strip in the middle and two power rails on ...
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Wired Miniature Electret Microphone
SKU: AF-1935 | Brand: Adafruit
That's one tiny microphone! At about the size of a mature aphid, this wired Electret Microphone is perfect for your FONA. This microphone's very similar to our PCB-mount Elecret Microphone but is significantly sma...
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40 Pin Female Header Strip
SKU: TB-HM3230 | Brand: Little Bird
A 40-pin single-row female header strip with standard 0.1" (2.54mm) spacing. This versatile header can be trimmed to any length you need, making it perfect for custom projects and Arduino-compatible builds. The socke...
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AT-H20 Flux Gel Syringe – 20g
SKU: LB-H20 | Brand: Mektronics
The AT-H20 Flux Gel is a high-quality, no-clean flux formulated for precision soldering applications. Packaged in a convenient 20g syringe, it’s ideal for surface-mount, rework, and repair tasks where accuracy and con...
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ATTEN ST-80 Soldering Station & ST-1016 Smoke Absorber Bundle
SKU: LB-1016B | Brand: Mektronics
Upgrade your soldering setup with the ATTEN ST-80 Soldering Station paired with the ST-1016 Smoke Absorber — a perfect combination for precision, safety, and convenience.The ST-80 features a high-performance 80W solde...
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Pogo Pin Probe Clip - 2x5 1.27mm Pitch SWD
SKU: AF-5434 | Brand: Adafruit
The Pogo Pin Probe Clip with 2x5 0.05" pitch SWD spacing is a great way to test and connect with pin-point accuracy without soldering! It's sort of like an alligator clip with an array of built-in sprin...
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DB9 Female Connector
SKU: LB-DB9 | Brand: Little Bird
This is quality DB9 female Connector that with solder tail package. DB9 connector is widely used for serial communication RS232, RS485 and RS422 interface.RS232 DB9 Pinout DiagramDB9 Female Connector x1
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