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.
2x20 pin Female GPIO Header for Raspberry Pi 3/2/B+/A+ - 3mm
SKU: PI-COM0001 | Brand: Pimoroni
This 2×20 pin female GPIO header with 3 mm pins is designed for Raspberry Pi boards with 40-pin GPIO headers. The short pin height keeps a low profile while still allowing access to the GPIO pins when used with pHAT o...
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2.1mm Plug/Jack to Screw Terminal Block - Male
SKU: PI-ADP010 | Brand: Pimoroni
A handy adapter that converts a 2.1 mm DC barrel jack (female socket) into a screw terminal block. Plug a wall adapter or barrel-plug cable into the jack end, and access the power lines via labelled +/− screw terminal...
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1.2 8x8 square LED matrix
SKU: PI-COM0500 | Brand: Pimoroni
This 1.2″ 8×8 square LED matrix features 64 white LEDs in a compact grid format, ideal for scrolling text signs, simple animations, and small pixel displays. The module fits directly onto a breadboard with 0.1″ pin sp...
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Soldering Station
SKU: NUVO-003 | Brand: Little Bird
"It’s sad to think of all the awesome things that won’t be built because some folks are turned off by the idea of soldering. Such missed opportunity! Soldering is the fun!" -Collin Cunningham, Adafruit Industries ...
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40 Pin Dual In-Line (DIL) / Jumpers
SKU: TB-HM3250 | Brand: Little Bird
A 40-pin (2×20) dual in-line (DIL) jumper strip rated at 3A. The snap-apart design lets you break the strip into individual 2-pin jumper shunts or smaller groups to suit your needs. Key Features Snap-Apart Design –...
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10 Pin IDC Locking Right Angle Header
SKU: TB-PP1150 | Brand: Little Bird
A right-angle 10-pin IDC box header for PCB mounting, with a locking mechanism to secure ribbon cable connections. The 2.54mm (0.1") pitch double-row header features gold-plated pins and solder-tag attachment. Specif...
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47nF 630VDC Polyester Capacitor
SKU: TB-RG5204 | Brand: Little Bird
A 47 nF polyester film capacitor (greencap) rated at 630V DC. Polyester capacitors offer good stability across a wide range of values at low cost, making them a popular general-purpose choice for filtering, coupling, ...
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47nF 630VDC Polyester Capacitor
SKU: TB-RG5205 | Brand: Little Bird
A 47 nF polyester film capacitor (greencap) rated at 630V DC. Polyester capacitors offer good stability across a wide range of values at low cost, making them a popular general-purpose choice for filtering, coupling, ...
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1000uF 16VDC Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitor
SKU: TB-RE6316 | Brand: Little Bird
A 1000µF 16V low-ESR electrolytic capacitor rated for 105°C operation. Low-ESR capacitors provide stable, low-impedance characteristics, making them well suited for power supply filtering, voltage ripple reduction, an...
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Adafruit Trellis Monochrome Driver PCB for 4x4 Keypad 3mm LEDs
SKU: AF-1616 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Trellis is an open-source backlight keypad driver system designed to work with the Adafruit 4×4 elastomer keypad and 3mm LEDs. Each tile handles keypress detection and LED control for a 4×4 grid over I2C,...
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RS Steel RH 30mm Long Worm Gear, 1 Start , 15.6mm Diam , 14mm Pitch Diam. , 20° Pressure Angle
SKU: RS-521-8559 | Brand: Little Bird
Product Details Metric Worm & Pinion Gears - Steel & Bronze Worm and pinion gears designed to produce large speed reduction ratios, especially in low loading applications. Available in modules 0.8 and 1.0. Both the ...
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Pins (header), 12 pins, 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) spacing
SKU: PJ-HEADER_12X1 | Brand: Little Bird
A single-row male pin header strip with 12 pins at standard 0.1" (2.54 mm) spacing. Designed for soldering into PCBs and breakout boards, these headers provide reliable connections for breadboarding, jumper wires, and...
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Socket, 14 pins, 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) spacing
SKU: PJ-SOCKET_14X1 | Brand: Little Bird
A standard 14-pin DIP IC socket with 0.1" (2.54mm) pin spacing. Use it to mount 14-pin DIP integrated circuits on your PCB or breadboard, allowing easy chip insertion and removal without soldering the IC directly. Ke...
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Pins (header), 14 pins, 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) spacing
SKU: PJ-HEADER_14X1 | Brand: Little Bird
Pins (header), 14 pins, 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) spacing
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5-pin JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set
SKU: AF-1664 | Brand: Adafruit
This 5-pin JST SM cable set includes a matching plug and receptacle connector, each with 168mm (6.6″) colour-coded leads. JST SM connectors feature a secure latch mechanism that keeps the connection firm while still a...
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Adafruit Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit - With EEPROM
SKU: AF-2314 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit with EEPROM is a full-sized prototyping daughter board for any Raspberry Pi with a 2×20 GPIO header. It provides a grid of 0.1″ soldering holes connected in a familiar brea...
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Pogo Pins Cupped Head (10 pack) [P75-A2]
SKU: AF-2428 | Brand: Adafruit
Pogo pins are little spring-loaded contacts, very handy for making jigs, or making momentary (but electrically solid) contacts. We use them by the dozen for making programming and testing jigs but they're handy also i...
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2 Layer PCB 10cm x 10cm Max
SKU: DF-C-PCB-002 | Brand: DFRobot
Get your custom PCB designs professionally fabricated with this 2-layer PCB service. You will receive 10 PCBs per order, with a maximum board size of 10cm × 10cm. Quantity is in multiples of 10 — add more to your cart...
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Button Pad 2x2 Bottom Bezel
SKU: SF-COM-08747 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a black plastic bezel, custom made to mate with the silicon rubber pads. Black 1/8" ABS plastic. Using two of these bezels with two of the top bezels will create a 4x4 bezel appropriate for the full button ...
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Jumper Wire - JST Black Red
SKU: SF-PRT-08670 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple two wire cable. Great for jumping from board to board. 2-pin JST connector on one end, bare cable on the opposite end. Dimensions: 130mm length Documents: JST connector
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