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Prototyping

If you are looking to build a circuit to verify that it works you will need to make a prototype. It is an easy way to test your design and great for debugging your projects.

Find products that help you make prototypes of electronic circuits including many types of connector like cables, wires, headers, pins and sockets. A wide selection of breadboards and tools for PCB fabrication amongst other products associated with prototyping.

  • 10-Pin 2X5 Idc Cable (Id: 1675) - Cables And Adapters
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    10-pin 2x5 IDC Cable (ID: 1675)

    Adafruit
    Original Price £2.98 inc VAT
    Current Price £2.14 inc VAT
    £1.78 ex VAT
    4 reviews

    DESCRIPTION These 10-pin IDC cables are handy when programming or debugging a tiny board that uses 10-pin 1.27mm (0.05") pitch SWD programming conn...

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  • Hook-Up Wire - Yellow - Solid Core (Prt-08024) - Cables And Adapters
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    Hook-up Wire - Yellow - Solid Core (PRT-08024)

    SparkFun
    Original Price £2.96 inc VAT
    Current Price £2.32 inc VAT
    £1.93 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION Standard 22 AWG solid Yellow hook up wire. Use this with your bread board or any project in which you need sturdy wire. Comes in small ...

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    Original Price £2.96 inc VAT
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  • Ftdi Basic Breakout - 5V (Dev-09716) - Prototyping

    FTDI Basic Breakout - 5V (DEV-09716)

    SparkFun
    £13.91 inc VAT
    £11.59 ex VAT
    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is a basic breakout board for the FTDI FT232RL USB to serial IC. The pinout of this board matches the FTDI cable to work with offi...

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  • Screw Terminal Block - 2.54Mm Pitch (2-Pin) - Connectors
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    Screw Terminal Block - 2.54mm Pitch (2-Pin)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £0.59 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.17 inc VAT
    £0.14 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION These are simple 2-position screw terminals with 2.54mm pitch pins. Rated up to 150V @ 6A, this terminal can accept 30 to 18AWG wire. ...

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  • Dc Barrel Jack Adapter - Female (Prt-10288) - Cables And Adapters

    DC Barrel Jack Adapter - Female (PRT-10288)

    SparkFun
    £2.70 inc VAT
    £2.25 ex VAT
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    DESCRIPTION This adapter allows you to connect a barrel jack connector to bare wires. One end has screw terminals and the other has a 5.5x2.1mm, ce...

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  • Jst Right-Angle Connector - Through-Hole 2-Pin - Connectors
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    JST Right-Angle Connector - Through-Hole 2-Pin

    Generic / OEM
    £0.92 inc VAT
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    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is a 2-pin, through-hole PH series JST connector. The pins are spaced by 2mm. We really like the solid locking feeling and high c...

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  • Stackable Header - 6 Pin - Connectors

    Stackable Header - 6 Pin

    Generic / OEM
    £0.46 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION This is a 6-pin female header, with extra long legs -- great for stacking Arduino shields. Pins are spaced by 0.1". RESOURCES Datasheet

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  • Shield Header Kit - Shields

    Shield Header Kit

    Cool Components
    £2.99 inc VAT
    £2.49 ex VAT
    4 reviews

    DESCRIPTION The shield header kit provides you with the correct sized stackable female headers to fit with most Arduino shield projects. The header...

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  • Header Row Right Angle 1 Row (Pin/male) - Connectors
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    Header Row Right Angle 1 Row (Pin/Male)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £1.19 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.17 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION This is a 40 x 1 right angle pin header. The individual sections are segmented, so it's easy to cut them to match your requirements. 0....

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  • Grove - Relay - Grove

    Grove - Relay

    Seeed Studio
    £2.99 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION The Grove relay is capable of switching much higher voltages and currents than your normal Arduino boards. When set to HIGH, the LED wi...

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  • Clear Plastic Knob - Hardware

    Clear Plastic Knob

    Duppa
    £0.79 inc VAT
    £0.66 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This plastic knob accepts a 6mm shaft. They simple press-fit onto a shaft. These are clear so that they can be used with the illuminate...

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  • Usb Micro B Socket Breakout Board (Bob-12035) - Connectors
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    USB Micro B Socket Breakout Board (BOB-12035)

    SparkFun
    £2.69 inc VAT
    £2.24 ex VAT
    5 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This simple board breaks out a micro-B USB connector's VCC, GND, ID, D- and D+ pins to a 0.1" pitch header. If you want to add the pop...

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  • Rfid Reader Breakout (Sen-13030) - Writers

    RFID Reader Breakout (SEN-13030)

    SparkFun
    £2.17 inc VAT
    £1.81 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is a simple breakout board for our RFID readers. The RFID Reader Breakout converts the 2mm pins to bread board friendly 0.1" head...

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  • 5V Step-Up/step-Down Voltage Regulator S7V8F5 - Active Components

    5V Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator S7V8F5

    Pololu
    £11.81 inc VAT
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    1 review

    DESCRIPTION The Pololu step-up/step-down voltage regulator S7V8F5 is a switching regulator (also called a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) or DC-t...

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  • Stackable Header - 8 Pin - Connectors

    Stackable Header - 8 Pin

    Generic / OEM
    £0.46 inc VAT
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    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is an 8-pin female header, with extra long legs -- great for stacking Arduino shields. Pins are spaced by 0.1". RESOURCES Datash...

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  • Ic Hook With Pigtail - Connectors
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    IC Hook with Pigtail

    Generic / OEM
    £5.34 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION These are good quality IC test hooks with a male connection wire. Instead of a single hook, these have two hooks that are capable of gr...

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  • Analog/digital Mux Breakout (Bob-09056) - Active Components
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    Analog/Digital MUX Breakout (BOB-09056)

    SparkFun
    Original Price £5.87 inc VAT
    Current Price £4.57 inc VAT
    £3.81 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION This is a breakout board for the very handy 16-Channel Analogue/Digital Multiplexer/Demultiplexer CD74HC4067. This chip is like a rota...

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  • Inventors Kit For Bbc Micro:bit With 10 Experiments - Kits
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    Inventors Kit for BBC micro:bit with 10 Experiments

    Kitronik
    £24.95 inc VAT
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    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This Inventor's Kit for the BBC micro:bit by Kitronik is the perfect way to get started with programming and hardware interaction with ...

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  • Rotary Encoder Breakout - Illuminated (Rg/rgb) (Bob-11722) - Breakout Boards

    Rotary Encoder Breakout - Illuminated (RG/RGB) (BOB-11722)

    SparkFun
    £3.36 inc VAT
    £2.80 ex VAT
    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is a clever little breakout board for both the RGB and R/G illuminated rotary encoders. On one side, it breaks out all of the RGB ...

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  • Breadboard Mini (Linkable Blue) - Breadboards
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    Breadboard Mini (Linkable, Blue)

    Generic / OEM
    £1.44 inc VAT
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    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION These small, handy breadboards are big enough for most simple jobs and make development work much easier and faster. They can also be l...

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  • Jst Sm - Female Housing (3 Pin) - Connectors
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    JST SM - Female Housing (3 pin)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £0.14 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.04 inc VAT
    £0.03 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is a 3-pin JST SM Female housings. They're type SM and do require additional parts to turn them into a complete plug/connector. In...

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  • Qwiic Shield For Arduino (Dev-14352) - Shields

    Qwiic Shield for Arduino (DEV-14352)

    SparkFun
    £7.32 inc VAT
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    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION The Qwiic Shield is an easy-to-assemble board that provides a simple way to incorporate the Qwiic Connect System with your Arduino-base...

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  • Solenoid Valve 12V - 3/4 (Rob-10456) - Hardware
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    Solenoid Valve 12V - 3/4" (ROB-10456)

    SparkFun
    Original Price £9.23 inc VAT
    Current Price £7.18 inc VAT
    £5.98 ex VAT
    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION Have you ever wanted to control the flow of a liquid using your computer or microcontroller, but didn't know how? Well, here's how: Th...

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    Original Price £9.23 inc VAT
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  • Ad-13 Advanced Solderless Breadboard - Breadboards

    AD-13 Advanced Solderless Breadboard

    K&H
    £36.77 inc VAT
    £30.64 ex VAT
    10 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This large, high-quality breadboard is great for prototyping and testing circuits, it has 5 colour coded screw terminals located at the...

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