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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.

  • Game Timer Pro - Other
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    Game Timer Pro

    Nootropic Design
    £35.99 inc VAT
    £29.99 ex VAT
    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION JUST ELECTRONICS -- NO PHONY BOMB PARTS INCLUDED! The Game Timer Pro lets you build a scary looking timer or clock that you can actuall...

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  • Soic To Dip Adapter - 8-Pin (Bob-13655) - Breakout Boards

    SOIC to DIP Adapter - 8-Pin (BOB-13655)

    SparkFun
    £3.36 inc VAT
    £2.80 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION The 8-Pin SOIC to DIP Adapter is a small PCB that lets you adapt SOIC packages into a DIP footprint. These tiny boards are useful for ...

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  • Header Mega Pack - Connectors
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    Header Mega Pack

    Cool Components
    £14.99 inc VAT
    £12.49 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION The header mega pack provides you with a variety of different sized male and female headers and stackable headers to use with your elec...

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  • Dc Barrel Jack Adapter - Male (Prt-10287) - Cables And Adapters
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    DC Barrel Jack Adapter - Male (PRT-10287)

    SparkFun
    Original Price £2.70 inc VAT
    Current Price £2.11 inc VAT
    £1.76 ex VAT

    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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  • Usb To Serial Ttl Cable (Oem Ftdi Cable) - Cables And Adapters
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    USB to Serial TTL Cable (OEM FTDI Cable)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £14.35 inc VAT
    Current Price £9.88 inc VAT
    £8.23 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This cable is a USB to Serial (TTL level) converter cable. It's identical functionally to the FTDI Cable. It's one of the easiest ways ...

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  • 10 Pin Female Header - Connectors
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    10 Pin Female Header

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £0.47 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.08 inc VAT
    £0.07 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION This is a 10-pin, 0.1" spaced, female header, the same kind as the 10-pin header on the Arduino Yun. FEATURES 8.5mm high (excluding p...

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  • Breakout Board For Mcp4725 I2C Dac (Bob-12918) - Active Components

    Breakout Board for MCP4725 I2C DAC (BOB-12918)

    SparkFun
    £5.08 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION You've always wanted to output analogue voltages from a microcontroller, the MCP4725 is the DAC that will let you do it! The MCP4725 i...

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  • Mega Shield Header Kit - Connectors

    Mega Shield Header Kit

    Cool Components
    £4.99 inc VAT
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    1 review

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

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  • Breakout Board For Xbee Module (Bob-08276) - Zigbee

    Breakout Board for XBee Module (BOB-08276)

    SparkFun
    £2.04 inc VAT
    £1.70 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION This is a simple breakout board for the popular XBee product from Digi. This board breaks out all 20 pins of the XBee to a 0.1" standar...

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  • Grove - Moisture Sensor - Grove
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    Grove - Moisture Sensor

    Seeed Studio
    Original Price £2.99 inc VAT
    Current Price £2.06 inc VAT
    £1.72 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION The Grove Moisture Sensor can be used to detect the moisture of soil and to judge if there is dampness around the sensor. It can be use...

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  • Jst Sm - Female Housing (4 Pin) - Connectors
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    JST SM - Female Housing (4 pin)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £0.14 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.04 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION This is a 4-pin JST SM Female housings. They're type SM and do require additional parts to turn them into a complete plug/connector. P...

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  • Grove - Light Sensor V1.2 - Grove
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    Grove - Light Sensor v1.2

    Seeed Studio
    £2.99 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION The Grove Light Sensor v1.2 is aimed at measuring light levels, however with higher reliability and sensibility. It is an analogue modu...

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  • Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB - 3 Pack! - Breadboards

    Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB - 3 Pack!

    Adafruit
    £11.39 inc VAT
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    1 review

    DESCRIPTIONThis proto-board is the PCB you always wish you had, but never realized it! Adafruit took the basic layout of a half-sized breadboard an...

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  • Grove Bundle Starter Kit For Arduino + Arduino Uno R3 - Kits

    Grove Bundle Starter Kit for Arduino + Arduino Uno R3

    Cool Components
    £66.85 inc VAT
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    4 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This Grove bundle starter kit comes with an Arduino Uno development board included for you to get up and running with your projects. Th...

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  • Tv-B-Gone Kit V1.2 (Id: 73) - Kits

    TV-B-Gone Kit v1.2 (ID: 73)

    Adafruit
    £20.99 inc VAT
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    3 reviews

    DESCRIPTION Tired of all those LCD TVs everywhere? Want a break from advertisements while you're trying to eat? Want to zap screens from across the...

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  • Sparkfun Redboard - Programmed With Arduino (Dev-13975) - Derivative Boards
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    SparkFun RedBoard - Programmed with Arduino (DEV-13975)

    SparkFun
    Original Price £17.87 inc VAT
    Current Price £13.90 inc VAT
    £11.58 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION We use many Arduinos and we're always looking for the simplest, most stable one. Each board is a bit different and no one board has eve...

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  • Solder Paste - 50G (Lead Free) - Soldering
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    Solder Paste - 50g (Lead Free)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £17.87 inc VAT
    Current Price £13.90 inc VAT
    £11.58 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION This is 50g of high quality, Lead-Free Solder Paste, the perfect amount to keep around for prototyping and hobby projects that require...

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  • Jst Sm - Male Housing (4 Pin) - Connectors

    JST SM - Male Housing (4 pin)

    Generic / OEM
    £0.14 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION This is a 4-pin JST SM Male housings. They're type SM and do require additional parts to turn them into a complete plug/connector. Ple...

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  • 16 Output I/o Expander Breakout - Sx1509 (Bob-13601) - Active Components

    16 Output I/O Expander Breakout - SX1509 (BOB-13601)

    SparkFun
    £6.48 inc VAT
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    1 review

    DESCRIPTION The SX1509 Breakout is a 16-channel GPIO expander with an I2C interface that means with just two wires, your microcontroller can inter...

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  • Rh-21B Solderless Breadboard - Breadboards
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    RH-21B Solderless Breadboard

    K&H
    Original Price £21.98 inc VAT
    Current Price £11.48 inc VAT
    £9.57 ex VAT
    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This small, compact, high-quality breadboard is great for prototyping and testing circuits. It has 3 colour coded screw terminals locat...

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  • Sot23 To Dip Adapter (Bob-00717) - Breakout Boards
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    SOT23 to DIP Adapter (BOB-00717)

    SparkFun
    £0.59 inc VAT
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    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION 6-pin SOT-23 to DIP adaptor. Created to take SOT23 of various pin sizes breakout to DIP. This will work with 3-pin MOSFETs, BJTs, Volta...

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  • Cold 2-Wire Splice (Uy) - Two-Way Butt Splice - Connectors
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    Cold 2-Wire Splice (UY) - Two-way Butt Splice

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £0.20 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.05 inc VAT
    £0.04 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION Kiss those days of heat-shrink, melted jacketing and clumsily-arranged third-hand tools goodbye! Go 'cold splice' with these snap-able ...

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  • Grove - Slide Potentiometer - Grove
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    Grove - Slide Potentiometer

    Seeed Studio
    Original Price £6.30 inc VAT
    Current Price £4.01 inc VAT
    £3.34 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This slide potentiometer is a linear variable resistor with a total resistance of 10k. When you move the lever from one side to the ot...

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  • Rfid Usb Reader (Sen-09963) - Prototyping

    RFID USB Reader (SEN-09963)

    SparkFun
    £24.73 inc VAT
    £20.61 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION The RFID USB Reader is a simple to use, USB to serial base unit for the ID-2, ID-12, and ID-20 readers. Simply plug a reader into the h...

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  • Perma-Proto Quarter-sized Breadboard PCB - 3 Pack! - Breadboards

    Perma-Proto Quarter-sized Breadboard PCB - 3 Pack!

    Adafruit
    £7.79 inc VAT
    £6.49 ex VAT
    3 reviews

    DESCRIPTIONThis proto-board is the PCB you always wish you had, but never realized it! Adafruit took the basic layout of a quarter-sized breadboard...

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  • Breakout Board For Thumb Joystick (Bob-09110) - Buttons

    Breakout Board for Thumb Joystick (BOB-09110)

    SparkFun
    £1.85 inc VAT
    £1.54 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION This is the breakout board for the thumb joystick. Pins are broken out to a 0.1" header and the board includes 4 mounting holes in the ...

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  • Cool Components Protoboard - 1/2 Size (Pack of 3) - Component
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    Cool Components Protoboard - 1/2 Size (Pack of 3)

    Cool Components
    Original Price £6.99 inc VAT
    Current Price £1.97 inc VAT
    £1.64 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION This 1/2 sized permanent breadboard allows you to transform your prototype breadboard circuits into permanently fixed circuits. The boa...

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  • Rh-53 Solderless Breadboard - Breadboards

    RH-53 Solderless Breadboard

    K&H
    £34.99 inc VAT
    £29.16 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This large, high-quality breadboard is great for prototyping and testing circuits. It has 4 colour coded screw terminals located at the...

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  • Jst Ph Plug Housing 4 Pin - Connectors
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    JST PH Plug Housing 4 pin

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £0.06 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.02 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION This is 4-pin JST plug housing. They're type PH (the smaller type) and do require additional parts to turn them into a complete plug/co...

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  • Cool Components Protoboard - 1/4 Size (Pack of 3) - Component
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    Cool Components Protoboard - 1/4 Size (Pack of 3)

    Cool Components
    Original Price £3.99 inc VAT
    Current Price £1.27 inc VAT
    £1.06 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This 1/4 sized permanent breadboard allows you to transform your prototype breadboard circuits into permanently fixed circuits. The boa...

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  • Header Row Right Angle 2 Rows (Pin/male) - Connectors
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    Header Row Right Angle 2 Rows (Pin/Male)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £1.98 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.25 inc VAT
    £0.21 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTIONThis is a 40 x 2 right angle pin header. The individual sections are segmented, so it's easy to cut them to match your requirements. 0.1...

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  • Grove - Pir Motion Sensor - Infra Red
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    Grove - PIR Motion Sensor

    Seeed Studio
    Original Price £8.50 inc VAT
    Current Price £5.68 inc VAT
    £4.73 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is a simple-to-use PIR motion sensor with Grove compatible interface. Simply connect it to a Grove shield and program it, when any...

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  • Spectral Sensor Breakout - As7263 Nir (Qwiic) (Sen-14351) - Visible Light
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    Spectral Sensor Breakout - AS7263 NIR (Qwiic) (SEN-14351)

    SparkFun
    Original Price £26.38 inc VAT
    Current Price £20.51 inc VAT
    £17.09 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION The AS7263 Near Infrared (NIR) Spectral Sensor Breakout brings spectroscopy to the palm of your hand, making it easier than ever to mea...

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  • Multi-Pitch Fpc Adapter - 40 Pin 0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8/1.0Mm (Id: 1436) - Connectors

    Multi-pitch FPC Adapter - 40 Pin 0.5/0.6/0.7/0.8/1.0mm (ID: 1436)

    Adafruit
    £4.79 inc VAT
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    1 review

    DESCRIPTION Connect to nearly any kind of FPC/flex cable with the 40-pin FPC to breadboard adapter plate. You get 40 pads of 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 0.7mm, 0...

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  • Breakout Board For Sd-Mmc Cards (Bob-12941) - Breakout Boards

    Breakout Board for SD-MMC Cards (BOB-12941)

    SparkFun
    £8.24 inc VAT
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    1 review

    DESCRIPTION With SD and MMC memory prices dropping, the time is right for mass storage and datalogging. This breakout board will allow you to break...

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  • Audio Jack Breakout (Prt-10588) - Components
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    Audio Jack Breakout (PRT-10588)

    SparkFun
    Original Price £0.79 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.62 inc VAT
    £0.52 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION Simple breakout board for the 3.5mm audio jack. Use this breakout (shipped bare) to allow breadboard or SIP access to the super-common...

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