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.
JST PH 4-pin Horizontal Connector (10-pack)
SKU: AF-4392 | Brand: Adafruit
Designing boards with plug-n-play connectivity is a snap, with STEMMA connectors. Here's a pack of 10 of our favorite 2mm pitch connector - the JST PH 4 pin. These are the horizontal style. You can use these w...
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2.54mm 0.1" Pitch 12-pin Jumper Cable - 20cm long
SKU: AF-4942 | Brand: Adafruit
A 12-pin ribbon-style jumper cable with 2.54mm (0.1") pitch connectors on both ends. A neat, reliable way to connect standard 0.1" header devices — perfboard, breadboards, breakout boards, and more — without taping in...
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Kailh Big Mechanical Key Switch - Clicky Pale Blue - 1 Piece
SKU: AF-5307 | Brand: Adafruit
The Kailh Big Switch Series comes to Adafruit! These switches are 4 times bigger on each side than a normal MX switch. That comes up to 64 times bigger in volume. Yet, these switches are fully functional. Use as...
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40-pin FPC to Right Angle 2x20 IDC Female Socket Header
SKU: AF-4909 | Brand: Adafruit
A 40-pin FPC to right-angle 2×20 IDC female socket header adapter board. Converts a standard 40-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC/FFC cable connection into a Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO socket, allowing you to extend or relocate y...
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Premium Silicone Covered Extension Jumper Wires - 200mm x 40
SKU: AF-4635 | Brand: Adafruit
These premium extension jumper wires are handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCBs. They're 200mm (~7.8") long and come loose as a pack of 40 (10 pieces of red, blue, yellow, and Adafruit bl...
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LM2596 DC-DC Step-Down Module IN3-40V OUT1.5-35V
SKU: EF-EF03061 | Brand: ElecFreaks
This is a DC to DC step-down module based on LM2596 3A Step-Down Voltage Regulator. The LM2596 series of regulators are monolithic integrated circuits that provide all the active functions for a step-down(buck) swi...
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GROVE Cable 50cm-2pcs
SKU: M5-A034-C | Brand: Little Bird
Description GROVE Cable would be a necessary tool used on M5Stack development, since all PORTs on M5Core are GROVE stadard. This Grove cable, compatible with the GROVE port on M5Core,simply have 4 lines, two f...
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6mm Rainbow Tactile Button Deluxe Party Tray - 160 Pieces
SKU: AF-4184 | Brand: Adafruit
The 6mm Rainbow Tactile Button Deluxe Party Tray is a 160-piece assortment of colour-coded momentary tactile switches, each pre-assembled with a round coloured cap. The buttons come in a handy round plastic carry case...
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Break-away 0.1 36-pin strip male header - White - 10 pack
SKU: AF-4149 | Brand: Adafruit
A pack of ten white 36-pin break-away male headers with standard 0.1" (2.54 mm) pitch. These are identical to standard break-away headers but feature white plastic instead of the classic black — great for colour-coded...
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Silicone Cover Stranded-Core Wire - 25ft 26AWG - Orange
SKU: AF-2520 | 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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2.54mm/0.1 Pitch Terminal Block - 10-pin
SKU: AF-2142 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact 10-pin screw terminal block with 2.54mm (0.1") pitch, designed to fit directly into perfboard and protoboards. Terminal blocks provide reliable, tool-adjustable PCB-to-wire connections that are easy to maint...
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0.1 (2.54MM) CRIMP CONNECTOR HOUSING: 1X2-PIN (SINGLE UNIT)
SKU: LB-00052 | Brand: Little Bird
This 1×2-pin crimp connector housing lets you quickly build custom two-wire cables that mate with standard 0.1" (2.54mm) spaced connectors. Pair it with pre-crimped terminal wires or crimp pins to create reliable, rem...
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Premium Jumper Wire 50-Piece Rainbow Assortment M-F 12
SKU: PL-1704 | Brand: Pololu
These premium jumper wires are stranded 26 AWG wires with female terminations on one end and male terminations on the other end, for use with 0.1″ (2.54 mm) headers and breadboards. The assortment of 12″ (3...
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Premium Jumper Wire 50-Piece Rainbow Assortment M-M 3
SKU: PL-1708 | Brand: Pololu
These premium jumper wires are stranded 26 AWG wires with male terminations on both ends, for use with 0.1″ (2.54 mm) female headers, connectors, and solderless breadboards. The assortment of 3″ (7.5&nbs...
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30A Blade Fuse Holder with Failure Lamp - Water Resistant
SKU: TB-SZ2043 | Brand: Little Bird
An inline mini blade fuse holder with an integrated failure indicator lamp that lights up when the fuse blows. This makes it easy to identify a blown fuse, especially in crowded or hard-to-reach wiring locations. The ...
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Pushbutton PUSH-ON MOMENTARY SPST RED ACTUATOR
SKU: TB-SP0716 | Brand: Little Bird
A simple, reliable momentary pushbutton switch with a red actuator. Press to close the circuit, release to open — ideal for control panels, reset buttons, and general-purpose switching. Panel-mounts into a 6 mm round ...
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Maker Essentials - LEDs Resistors
SKU: PR-PIM244 | Brand: Little Bird
A starter pack of over 50 LEDs in three sizes and five colours, bundled with a selection of through-hole resistors. The current-limiting resistors protect the LEDs and let you control brightness — everything you need ...
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NE556 Dual 555 Timer Linear IC
SKU: TB-ZL3556 | Brand: Little Bird
The NE556 is a dual 555 timer IC in a single 14-pin DIP package, providing two independent timing circuits. Each timer operates identically to the standard NE555, supporting astable, monostable, and bistable modes. I...
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74HC154 4-16 Line Decoder/DeMux IC
SKU: TB-ZC4850 | Brand: Little Bird
A 74HC154 4-to-16 line decoder/demultiplexer IC in a through-hole DIP-24 package. This chip takes a 4-bit binary input and activates one of 16 mutually exclusive active-low outputs, making it useful for address decodi...
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DC Barrel Power Jack/Connector
SKU: PI-COM1303 | Brand: Pimoroni
DC power jack/connector. This is a common barrel-type power jack for DC wall supplies. These have a 5.5mm jack, with a 2.1mm center pole diameter. Datasheets: Datasheet
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