Prototyping

A button is a button, and a switch is a switch, but these translucent arcade buttons are in a class of their own. They're the same size as common a...

This right-angle tactile switch has a great ‘click’ to it. Also, because it’s a through-hole design it’s very sturdy. Mount it on the edge of your ...

IDC socket 2.54mm 6-pin (with strain relief clip) for use with 2×3-pin shrouded male header.

This is an SMD 6mm square SPST button. What we really like is the little button head and good tactile feel (it ‘clicks’ really well). This button i...

Have you ever seen a Weevil? It’s a pretty under-appreciated beetle, so we thought it deserved a kit. Okay, so we just kind of like the name and th...

This hot-air rework station is great for professionals and hobbyists in need of tight temperature tolerances and large air flows. This unit display...

Calculator watches are back, but microcontroller watches are always in style. Make your own with this easy to solder real time watch kit from Spike...

This is a replacement soldering tip for our Hakko FX-888 soldering iron. This is a conical type of soldering tip. Replacing the tip is very easy...

This is a replacement soldering tip for our Hakko FX-888 soldering iron. This is the chisel type of soldering tip that comes with the Hakko. Rep...

2012 robot design! Hone your soldering skills with MAKE Magazine's / MakerSHED's "Learn to Solder" skill badge kit.  Custom PCB 2 red LEDs - indepe...

You can use a multi-meter! Adafruit offers a fun and exciting "badges" of achievement for electronics, science and engineering. We believe ev...

Ribbon cable is really helpful in situations where you need to make a lot of connections without a big mess of wires. Nothing makes a project look ...

Toss out those FTDI cables and go USB-native with the ATmega32u4. After many months of back-orders, we finally received a shipment of these litt...

EL Inverters, if you are wanting to do anything with EL lighting you need one, period. This 3V EL Inverter is a special type that is intended to be...

This is an Chasing EL Wire Adapter Cable, a simple connector that splits up the four wires in a Chasing EL wire allowing them to be individually...

EL wire, or electroluminescent wire, is a flexible wire coated in phosphor. Apply the appropriate voltage and it lights up! Each EL wire looks a lo...

INTRODUCTION This is one of the essentials for household electricity security: whether for electric insulations, protect...

This is a very special adapter, specifically used for adapting our RTD266X driver boards that have 50-pin TFT connectors to use 40-pin TFTs. Ple...

EL wire, or electroluminescent wire, is a flexible wire coated in phosphor. Apply the appropriate voltage and it lights up! Each EL wire looks a lo...

Potentiometers are incredibly useful, whether you’re controlling the volume on your stereo or the ‘mood lighting’ in your room. The problem with tr...

You can tell by our large assortment of tweezers that we here at SparkFun are way into picking up tiny things. To make sure we’re always up to d...

This crimping tool can be used to crimp both male and female versions of our Tamiya connector crimp pins, mini Tamiya connector crimp pins, JST RCY...

Have you heard the story of how our other Zinc plated nuts come only from some sort or “metal tree” or how their dimensional variations can only be...

This cute hard-covered booklet will make storing your SMT parts a breeze with translucent flip-pages that are designed for keeping taped parts. ...