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For Raspberry Pi prototyping, the most useful picks are GPIO breakouts + a prototyping HAT/PCB + jumper wires/breadboards.
Fast GPIO-to-breadboard prototyping (no custom PCB)
- Raspberry Pi GPIO Ribbon Cable - 40-pin, 6 (RPi 3, RPi2, B+) (40-pin, 6") helps you route the Pi’s header to a breadboard-style setup neatly.
- Jumper Jerky - Female to Female (40 leads, F/F, 185mm) is the go-to for quick wiring from GPIO pins to modules.
- Maker Essentials - Mini Breadboards Jumper Jerky bundles mini breadboards + jumpers for an easy starter prototyping setup.
Soldered “permanent prototype” boards (turn breadboard ideas into something robust)
- Adafruit Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit - With EEPROM ($16.35) is a full-size 40-pin HAT-format protoboard with EEPROM, ideal for building a custom circuit that mounts directly on the Pi.
- PiBreak Raspberry Pi Prototyping Board ($1.10) is a compact, low-cost prototyping board with labelled GPIO breakout and prototyping area.
- Adafruit Perma-Proto 40-Pin Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit - with 2x20 Header ($15.95) combines a protoboard with a built-in 40-pin Pi breakout concept for more structured builds.
Helpful add-ons for learning + quick pin reference
- STEM components for Raspberry Pi ($23.35) provides common parts (LEDs, resistors, buttons, etc.) suited to Raspberry Pi electronics learning/prototyping.
- RasPiO® GPIO Ruler ($11.40) is a handy GPIO pinout reference that slips over the header to avoid miswiring.
What are you prototyping with?
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ProtoBoard - Square 2
A 2" (50 mm) square double-sided perfboard with standard 0.1" (2.54 mm) hole spacing. Features 4-40 (3 mm) mounting holes in the corners for easy installation in enclosures or stacking multiple boards. Specifications Size – 2" × 2" (50 × 50 mm) Hole Spacing – 0.1" (2.54 mm) standard pitch Si...
Adafruit Feather M0 Basic Proto - ATSAMD21 Cortex M0
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The Feather M0 Basic Proto is the no-frills member of the Feather M0 family, built around the ATSAMD21G18 ARM Cortex M0 processor with a built-in prototyping area for soldering on extra components. With 256KB of flash and 32KB of RAM, it provides significantly more processing power than ATmega-ba...
Universal Pre-Punched Experimenters Board - Large
A versatile prototyping board with a doughnut-pad layout for building electronic circuits. Each pad is separated from its neighbours by approximately 0.5 mm, providing electrical isolation while making it easy to bridge solder across pads to create interconnections. The board features edge conne...
ProtoBoard - Rectangle 2 Double Sided
This is a very basic double sided prototyping board with standard 0.1" spacing through holes and four 3mm diameter mounting holes. There are 22x26 holes in total. Great for quickly prototyping stackable circuits. SPECIFICATIONS Size:58mm x 78mm(2.28"x3.07") SHIPPING ...
2mm Pitch 40-Pin Break-apart Male Headers - Pack of 5
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These 2 mm pitch 40-pin break-apart male headers are designed for modules and boards that use 2 mm pin spacing instead of the standard 2.54 mm (0.1″) pitch. Each pack includes five 40-pin strips that can be easily snapped apart to your desired length. Gold-plated contacts ensure reliable connect...
Bakelite Universal Perfboard Plates - Pack of 10
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Make your next project as you imagine it with prototyping perfboards that can easily be cut with scissors like these Bakelite Universal Perfboard Plates! We wanted a perfboard that was both customizable and durable and bakelite was the answer. Like most perfboards these plates come o...
400 TIE POINT INTERLOCKING SOLDERLESS BREADBOARD - Crystal
A compact 400 tie-point solderless breadboard in a crystal-clear transparent finish, with interlocking edges and self-adhesive backing. The half-size form factor (82 × 62mm) makes it ideal for small projects, and the removable power rails let you slim it down to just 35mm wide for fitting onto Ar...
Stackable Header - 8 Pin (Extended)
An 8-pin female stackable header with extended legs, designed for stacking Arduino shields and prototyping boards. The extra-long pins pass through one board and connect to the next, making it easy to build multi-layer shield stacks. Standard 0.1-inch (2.54mm) pin spacing ensures compatibility w...
400 Tie Point Interlocking Solderless Breadboard
A compact 400 tie-point solderless breadboard with interlocking edges and self-adhesive backing. The half-size form factor (82 × 62mm) makes it ideal for small projects, and the removable power rails let you slim it down to just 35mm wide for fitting onto Arduino protoshields. Multiple boards ca...
IDC Breakout Helper - 2x5 (10 pin)
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This 2×5 (10-pin) IDC breadboard helper makes it easy to connect standard 10-pin IDC ribbon cables to a breadboard or Perma-Proto board. The two-piece design consists of a pin-through socket that straddles the centre of a breadboard and a male header that plugs into the top of the socket. A prac...
Adafruit Perma-Proto Full-sized Breadboard PCB - Single
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The Adafruit Perma-Proto Full-Sized Breadboard PCB mirrors the layout of a standard full-size solderless breadboard, making it simple to transfer prototyped circuits to a permanent soldered board. With 60 rows of 5-hole connected pads, four power bus rails, and clear silkscreen labelling, your co...
3mm LED 500 pcs
Stock up your parts drawers with this bulk pack of 500 diffused 3mm LEDs. It includes 100 each of red, green, blue, white and yellow LEDs, giving you a handy mix for indicators, models, craft builds and general electronics projects.The diffused lens helps produce a softer, more even light output ...
Adafruit 50 pin 0.5mm pitch FPC Adapter
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Break out those tricky 0.5 mm pitch flex cable connections to breadboard-friendly 0.1" spaced headers with this FPC adapter board. The 50-pin connector on top accommodates most ZIF and snap-style FPC connectors, and each pin is broken out to a standard 0.1" × 0.1" header pad for easy prototyping....
Flexible Protoboard - 20cm x 30cm
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Make your next project super-flexy with a biiiig prototyping board that can twist and shout– err, twist and bend! This passive flexible proto-PCB is about large as a piece of paper, but instead of dead-trees its made of very thin FR4. We're not bending the truth! This protoboard is only 0.4mm...
pi-topPROTO
The pi-topPROTO is a HAT-compatible add-on board for prototyping electronics for your pi-top or pi-topCEED. With plenty of space available to build circuits that can interact with your pi-top — as well as a full 40-pin GPIO on top for a desired Raspberry Pi HAT — the pi-topPROTO makes a great add...
SMT Breakout PCB for 48-QFN or 48-TQFP - 3 Pack!
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Beguiled by a fancy new chip that is only available in a QFP or QFN pinout? This breakout PCB set will make your life much much easier and get you prototyping faster than ever. One side has a 48-QFP pin out with traces going to two rows of 0.1" spaced holes, the other has 48-QFN (7mm body). Solde...
SMT Breakout PCB Set For SOT-23, SOT-89, SOT-223 and TO252
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Beguiled by a fancy new chip, regulator or transistor that is only available in a SOT23-3, SOT23-5, SOT23-6, SOT-223, SOT-89, or TO-252 pinout? This set of breakout PCBs will make your life much much easier and get you prototyping faster than ever. This set comes with 3 different boards which ...
BBC Micro bit Prototype Expansion Board
This prototype expansion board breaks out all of the BBC micro:bit's edge connector pins to labelled headers and includes a small breadboard for building circuits. It provides a beginner-friendly way to learn electronics and programming with the micro:bit, making it easy to connect sensors, LEDs,...
SparkFun Qwiic Shield for Arduino
The SparkFun Qwiic Shield is an easy-to-assemble board that provides a simple way to incorporate the Qwiic Connect System with your Arduino-based device. This shield connects the I2C bus on your Arduino to a series of SparkFun Qwiic connectors and provides the circuitry to convert the 5V giv...
10 pin splittable jumper wire - 300mm F/F
A 10-wire splittable ribbon jumper cable with female (socket) connectors on both ends. Each wire is colour-coded and can be peeled apart individually or in groups to suit your wiring needs. At 300mm (30cm) long, they're a good length for breadboard and prototyping work. Key Features Female-to-...
