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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.

  • Breadboard Deluxe - Breadboards
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    Breadboard Deluxe

    Generic / OEM
    £4.79 inc VAT
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    13 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is a high-quality solderless prototyping breadboard. Each row/column has a letter or a number, and there are two double rail power...

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  • Header Row (Pin/male) - Connectors
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    Header Row (Pin/Male)

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £2.16 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.14 inc VAT
    £0.12 ex VAT
    3 reviews

    DESCRIPTION 40-way pin header - Extremely useful for making prototyping connections, mounting DIL or SIL components etc. FEATURES Connector Type: ...

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    Original Price £2.16 inc VAT
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    £0.12 ex VAT
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  • Jumper Wire Ribbon Cable - Male To Female - Cables And Adapters
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    Jumper Wire Ribbon Cable - Male to Female

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £2.99 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.55 inc VAT
    £0.46 ex VAT
    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION So you've got a load of jumper wires running from one breadboard to the next, crisscrossing over each other and the longer you stare at...

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  • Male To Male Jumper Wire Variety Pack - Cables And Adapters
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    Male to Male Jumper Wire Variety Pack

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £3.59 inc VAT
    Current Price £1.31 inc VAT
    £1.09 ex VAT
    6 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is a variety pack of 75 male to male 0.1" jumpers of different colours and lengths, from 8-23cm. Unlike other jumper wires the pla...

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  • Qwiic Cable - Breadboard Jumper (4-Pin) (Prt-14425) - Cables And Adapters

    Qwiic Cable - Breadboard Jumper (4-pin) (PRT-14425)

    SparkFun
    £1.49 inc VAT
    £1.24 ex VAT
    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is a jumper adapter cable that comes pre-terminated with a female Qwiic JST connector on one end and a breadboard hookup pigtail o...

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  • Stackable Header - 20 Pin - Connectors

    Stackable Header - 20 pin

    Generic / OEM
    £0.79 inc VAT
    £0.66 ex VAT
    4 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is a 20-pin female header with extra long legs (10.5mm) - The legs are long enough to poke through a PCB and mate with another con...

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  • Grove 4 Pin Male Jumper To Grove 4 Pin Conversion Cable (5 Pcs) - Cables And Adapters
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    Grove 4 pin Male Jumper to Grove 4 pin Conversion Cable (5 PCs)

    Seeed Studio
    £1.99 inc VAT
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    3 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This cable turns the 4-pin JST connectors of the atmospheric sensors into 4 male jumper pins that you can connect to any microcontrolle...

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  • Jumper Wire Ribbon Cable - Female To Female - Cables And Adapters
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    Jumper Wire Ribbon Cable - Female to Female

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £2.99 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.55 inc VAT
    £0.46 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION So you've got a load of jumper wires running from one breadboard to the next, crisscrossing over each other and the longer you stare at...

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    Original Price £2.99 inc VAT
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  • Hook-Up Wire - Black - Solid Core - Cables And Adapters

    Hook-up Wire - Black - Solid Core

    Generic / OEM
    £3.49 inc VAT
    £2.91 ex VAT

    DESCRIPTION Standard 22 AWG solid core black wire. Use this with your bread board or any project in which you need sturdy wire. Comes in small spoo...

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  • Electronic Parts Kit - Passive Components
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    Electronic Parts Kit

    Cool Components
    £19.99 inc VAT
    £16.66 ex VAT
    8 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This massive kit has 280 parts! The electronic parts kit is a comprehensive selection of components for making a wide variety of elect...

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  • Hook-Up Wire - Red - Solid Core - Cables And Adapters

    Hook-up Wire - Red - Solid Core

    Generic / OEM
    £4.00 inc VAT
    £3.33 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION Standard 22 AWG solid Red hook-up wire. Use this with your breadboard or any project in which you need sturdy wire. Comes in small spoo...

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  • Edge Connector For Bbc Micro:bit - Connectors
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    Edge Connector for BBC micro:bit

    Cool Components
    £1.67 inc VAT
    £1.39 ex VAT
    10 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is a connector that fits directly to the edge contacts of a BBC Micro-Bit. The connector has 80 pins, but because of the differen...

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  • Qwiic Cable - 50Mm (Prt-14426) - Cables And Adapters

    Qwiic Cable - 50mm (PRT-14426)

    SparkFun
    £1.49 inc VAT
    £1.24 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is a 50mm long 4-conductor cable with a 1mm JST termination. It’s designed to connect Qwiic enabled components together but ...

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  • Jumper Wire Ribbon Cable - Male To Male - Cables And Adapters

    Jumper Wire Ribbon Cable - Male to Male

    Generic / OEM
    £2.99 inc VAT
    £2.49 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION So you've got a load of jumper wires running from one breadboard to the next, crisscrossing over each other and the longer you stare at...

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  • Stripboard - 0.1 Pitch 16 X 10 Cm - Breadboards
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    Stripboard - 0.1" pitch 16 x 10 cm

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    Original Price £2.39 inc VAT
    Current Price £1.15 inc VAT
    £0.96 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is bog-standard, copper stripboard or Veroboard. It has 0.1" spaced holes and the strips run lengthways. Dimensions: 16 x 10 cm

    Original Price £2.39 inc VAT
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  • Female Header - 40 Pin - Connectors
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    Female Header - 40 Pin

    Generic / OEM
    Original Price £1.19 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.30 inc VAT
    £0.25 ex VAT
    3 reviews

    DESCRIPTION A single row of 40-holes, female header. Can be cut to size with a pair of wire-cutters. Standard .1" spacing. We use them extensively ...

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  • Qwiic Cable - 100Mm (Prt-14427) - Cables And Adapters

    Qwiic Cable - 100mm (PRT-14427)

    SparkFun
    £1.99 inc VAT
    £1.66 ex VAT
    1 review

    DESCRIPTION This is a 100mm long 4-conductor cable with a 1mm JST termination. It's designed to connect Qwiic enabled components together but can b...

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  • Grove Base Shield For Arduino V2 - Grove
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    Grove Base Shield for Arduino V2

    Seeed Studio
    £5.99 inc VAT
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    2 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This is the Grove base shield as seen in the Grove starter kits for Arduino. It lets you connect Grove components easily to your Arduin...

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  • Resistor Kit - 1/4W - Component
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    Resistor Kit - 1/4W

    Cool Components
    £13.00 inc VAT
    £10.83 ex VAT
    6 reviews

    DESCRIPTION The Cool Components Resistor Kit contains over 400 0.25W resistors in a range of different values all packed in a reusable component bo...

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  • Jst Sm - Female Terminal Pin - Connectors
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    JST SM - Female Terminal Pin

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    Original Price £0.05 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.02 inc VAT
    £0.02 ex VAT
    3 reviews

    DESCRIPTION These are tiny metal pins for the JST SM Male housings that we sell. You will need one pin for every 'hole' that your housing has. Idea...

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  • Breadboard Self-Adhesive - Breadboards
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    Breadboard Self-Adhesive

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    4 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This white solderless breadboard is a high-quality prototyping breadboard. Each row/column has a letter or a number, and there are two ...

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  • Ad-12 Advanced Solderless Breadboard - Breadboards
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    AD-12 Advanced Solderless Breadboard

    K&H
    £28.20 inc VAT
    £23.50 ex VAT
    8 reviews

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

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  • Ad-11 Advanced Solderless Breadboard - Breadboards
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    AD-11 Advanced Solderless Breadboard

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    11 reviews

    DESCRIPTION This small, compact, high-quality breadboard is great for prototyping and testing circuits. It has 5 colour coded screw terminals locat...

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  • Jst Sm - Male Terminal Pin - Connectors
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    JST SM - Male Terminal Pin

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    Original Price £0.05 inc VAT
    Current Price £0.02 inc VAT
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    DESCRIPTION These are tiny metal pins for the JST SM Female housings that we sell. You will need one pin for every 'hole' that your housing has. Id...

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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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  • 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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  • Ftdi Basic Breakout - 5V (Dev-09716) - Prototyping

    FTDI Basic Breakout - 5V (DEV-09716)

    SparkFun
    £13.91 inc VAT
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    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
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    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
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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

    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
    £0.38 ex VAT

    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
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    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
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    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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