Prototyping / Accessories

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 if say you want to JTAG program a board that you cant solder headers to - just shove these thin contacts into a 0.1" pitch IDC programming cable and...

Spring terminal blocks will simplify your wiring and make your project more rugged. Instead of soldering wires to your perf board, solder in these 0.1" pitch terminal blocks. There's a little spring contact so you can pull back on the plastic bit and slip in your 20 to 26 AWG solid or stranded-core wires. Each terminal block is electrically isolated from those next...

The Pogo Pin Probe Clip is a great way to test and connect with pin-point accuracy without soldering! It's sort of like an alligator clip with a built-in springy pogo pin - so you can connect to any PCB pad for 'scoping, analyzing, or multimetering. The clip is strong enough to grip onto a PCB but has a soft grip so it won't mar or damage circuits. The 'tongue' is a...

This little 2x5 (10 pin - 0.1 spaced) IDC Breadboard Helper is great in conjunction with any of our 10-pin IDC cables. It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socket and a male header. The socket straddles the center of a breadboard or Perma-Proto and then header plugs into the top of the socket. Since IDC cables are so standard, but a royal pain to use with...

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 if say you want to JTAG program a board that you cant solder headers to - just shove these thin contacts into a 0.1" pitch IDC programming cable and...

This 2x8 (16 pin - 0.1" spaced) IDC Breadboard Helper is great in conjunction with any 16-pin IDC cables. It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socket and a male header. The socket straddles the center of a breadboard or Perma-Proto and then header plugs into the top of the socket. Since IDC cables are so standard, but a royal pain to use with breadboards, this is a...

They look a lot like sushi rice, but don't eat 'em - these are Low Temperature Thermoplastic Beads! Also known as "Friendly Plastic", "Instamorph", "Polymorph" and many other names These 100g bags are full of ivory-colored polymorph plastic beads with a low melting point of about 60°C (140°F). Heat up some water with a kettle or microwave, then dump the beads...

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 if say you want to JTAG program a board that you cant solder headers to - just shove these thin contacts into a 0.1" pitch IDC programming cable and...

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 if say you want to JTAG program a board that you cant solder headers to - just shove these thin contacts into a 0.1" pitch IDC programming cable and...

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 if say you want to JTAG program a board that you can't solder headers to. Most pogo's come as individual pins, that must be soldered into a jig to make...

This one's going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate is perfect for simplifying complex wiring. It's pretty neat and compatible with a slew of microcontrollers and microcomputers: Raspberry Pi (any modern ones with 4 mounting holes such as the Zero, Pi 4, etc), Adafruit Metro or Arduino Uno, Adafruit Grand...

The Pogo Pin Probe Clip with 6 pins in a 2.54 / 0.1" pitch spacing is a great way to test and connect with pin-point accuracy without soldering! It's sort of like an alligator clip with an array of built-in springy pogo pins - so you can connect to a PCB with classic 0.1" spaced pad holes, without soldering or a special adapter cable. The clip is constructed from PCB...

With most of our dev boards, sensors and feathers now sporting plug-and-play stemma QT ports it can be very fast to put together projects with half a dozen boards snapped together. But that ease of use has one downside: now you don't have a breadboard as a mechanical substrate... which is why we created this nifty swirly grid design to allow for easy mounting of...

Are you frustrated by the lack of customization options for your jumper wires? Look no further! Compatible with both male and female wires, these fully customizable wire housings bring DIY to a new level, giving you near limitless options when using jumper wires in your project. This is a pack of small, single row housings. We also offer other packs including single...

Kelvin clips are used whenever you need to get a measurement right at the contact points of a circuit or component. Even though these are grippy clips, each side of the clip is electrically insulated. So you can use it to grab onto a part (as seen above) and perform measurements. These can also be used in circuit if needed. The clip is bare and comes with two jaw...

With most of our dev boards, sensors and feathers now sporting plug-and-play stemma QT ports it can be very fast to put together projects with half a dozen boards snapped together. But that ease of use has one downside: now you don't have a breadboard as a mechanical substrate... which is why we created this nifty swirly grid design to allow for easy mounting of...

With most of our dev boards, sensors and feathers now sporting plug-and-play stemma QT ports it can be very fast to put together projects with half a dozen boards snapped together. But that ease of use has one downside: now you don't have a breadboard as a mechanical substrate... which is why we created this nifty swirly grid design to allow for easy mounting of...

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 if say you want to JTAG program a board that you can't solder headers to. Most pogo's come as individual pins, that must be soldered into a jig to make...

With most of our dev boards, sensors and feathers now sporting plug-and-play stemma QT ports it can be very fast to put together projects with half a dozen boards snapped together. But that ease of use has one downside: now you don't have a breadboard as a mechanical substrate... which is why we created this nifty swirly grid design to allow for easy mounting of...

Are you looking to jumper two neighboring male headers (2.54mm apart) without the hassle of maneuvering and re-maneuvering wires? Well then you've jumped to the right page! This pack of ten (10) 2.54mm jumpers is the perfect solution for quick and compact jumpering. They're super handy to have hanging around your work-space, and perfect for when you're prototyping.

Are you frustrated by the lack of customization options for your jumper wires? Look no further! Compatible with both male and female wires, these fully customizable wire housings bring DIY to a new level, giving you near limitless options when using jumper wires in your project. This is a pack of large, single row housings. We also offer other packs including single...

This one's going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate is perfect for simplifying complex wiring. You connect a 2x20 IDC cable to this very PCB, which can be DIN rail-mounted. Then, all 40 pins are broken out into terminal blocks, so you can connect and power your sensors, displays, microcontrollers, etc. No...

We've got a simple and highly functional solution to wiring your Adafruit Feather board! These 0.1" Pitch Terminal Blocks, are exactly the right size to it your Feather board or FeatherWing. They are great news since nothing makes a project harder to maintain than a lot of loose wiring. Perfect when you don't need a full Terminal Block FeatherWing These terminal...

Are you frustrated by the lack of customization options for your jumper wires? Look no further! Compatible with both male and female wires, these fully customizable wire housings bring DIY to a new level, giving you near limitless options when using jumper wires in your project. This is a pack of large, dual row housings. We also offer other packs including single...

This accessory makes wiring up sensors to your Bus Pirate 5 "a snap", with snap-open quick connects that plug into the BP5s header port. Sometimes you just need to connect some wires and dig into a project. Quick connector boards get you working right away. KF141 is a popular quick connector block with sturdy spring retention clamps. Press the lever, insert a...

The "poor woman's" Raspberry Pi A+ / B+ / Pi 2 cobbler! This combo of 2x20 pin (0.1 spaced) header and socket is for our popular GPIO Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi Model A+/B+/Pi 2 (40 pins). It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socket and a male header. The socket straddles the center of a breadboard or Perma-Proto and then header plugs into the top of the socket....

The Pogo Pin Probe Clip with 2x5 0.05" pitch SWD spacing is a great way to test and connect with pin-point accuracy without soldering! It's sort of like an alligator clip with an array of built-in springy pogo pins - so you can connect to a PCB with classic 'SWD' pad holes, without soldering or a special adapter cable. The clip is constructed from PCB sections, with...

Have you ever peeled the back of a solderless breakout board off and gazed at those smooth metal strips that are lodged into the plastic? Maybe you want to repair a loved breadboard, or maybe you want to DIY your own breadboard-like technology. This material is basically the innards of one of our 'premium solderless breadboards'. The contacts have a little divot at...

Are you frustrated by the lack of customization options for your jumper wires? Look no further! Compatible with both male and female wires, these fully customizable wire housings bring DIY to a new level, giving you near limitless options when using jumper wires in your project. This is a pack of small, dual row housings. We also offer other packs including single...

This one going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate was recommended by a customer, its perfect for simplifying complex wiring. You connect an RJ45 cable (a.k.a Ethernet) to this very PCB which can be DIN rail-mounted. Then, all 8 wires are broken out into terminal blocks, so you can connect and power your...

This one's going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate is perfect for simplifying complex wiring. There are 10 spring-terminal blocks on either side of the PCB, and they are connected straight through. Use stranded or solid-core wires, they can be signal or power wires. And of course, you can fit a few wires per...

This one going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate was recommended by a customer, its perfect for simplifying complex wiring. You connect an RJ45 cable (a.k.a Ethernet) to this very PCB which can be DIN rail-mounted. Then, all 8 wires are broken out into terminal blocks, so you can connect and power your...

Discontinued - you can grab the Hand-Moldable Plastic - Low Temperature Thermoplastic - 100g Bag instead! Sugru! Soft-touch silicone rubber that molds and sets permanently. Sticks to aluminum, steel, ceramics, glass, wood and some fabrics + plastics! sugru is the incredible new air-curing rubber for hackers, makers, gadget lovers & anyone else who wants to make...

Spring terminal blocks will simplify your wiring and make your project more rugged. Instead of soldering wires to your perf board, solder in these 0.1" pitch terminal blocks. There's a little spring contact so you can pull back on the plastic bit and slip in your 20 to 26 AWG solid or stranded-core wires. Each terminal block is electrically isolated from those next...

These stickers are a must for anyone making a breadboarded Arduino-compatible. They fit right on top of a DIP ATmega328 (or '168) chip, and clearly indicate every pin as it would be called in the Arduino IDE. No more looking up the datasheet or schematic! The stickers are made of a tough vinyl, usually used for bumper stickers, so they will not fade, scratch, or...

Discontinued - you can grab PS/2 Wired Connector - Panel Mount MiniDIN-6 instead! The E1115 PS/2 Keyboard to ASCII Converter is a single chip solution dedicated to producing a single TTL ASCII character on the "press" of a keystroke. It is designed to offload the process intensive complex keyboard decoding of PS/2, allowing the host microcontroller to better allocate...

The "poor woman's" Raspberry Pi cobbler! This combo of 2x13 pin (0.1 spaced) header and socket is for our popular GPIO Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi Model A and B. It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socket and a male header. The socket straddles the center of a breadboard or Perma-Proto and then header plugs into the top of the socket. Since IDC cables are so...

These stickers are a must for anyone making a project with an ATmegaXX8 chip such as the ATmega48, ATmega8, ATmega88, ATmega168, or ATmega328. They fit right on top of a 28 pin DIP chip, and clearly indicate every pin by port name or common use for the I2C and SPI pins. No more looking up the datasheet or schematic! The stickers are made of a tough vinyl, usually...

This 2x16 (32 pin - 0.1 spaced) IDC Breadboard Helper is great in conjunction with any 32-pin IDC cables. It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socket and a male header. The socket straddles the center of a breadboard or Perma-Proto and then header plugs into the top of the socket. Since IDC cables are so standard, but a royal pain to use with breadboards, this is a...

Sugru! Soft-touch silicone rubber that molds and sets permanently. Sticks to aluminum, steel, ceramics, glass, wood and some fabrics + plastics! sugru is the incredible new air-curing rubber for hackers, makers, gadget lovers & anyone else who wants to make things or make their stuff work better. Self-adhesive to most other materials, and flexible when cured,...

This one's going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate is perfect for simplifying complex wiring. You connect a 2x8 IDC cable to this very PCB, which can be DIN rail-mounted. Then, all 16 pins are broken out into terminal blocks, so you can connect and power your sensors, displays, microcontrollers, etc. No...

Discontinued - you can grab this DIN Rail Terminal Block Adapter to Metro or Arduino Uno instead! This one's going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate is perfect for simplifying complex wiring. You connect an Arduino Mega or Grand Central M4 Express to this breakout PCB, which can be DIN rail-mounted. All wires...

This one's going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate is perfect for simplifying complex wiring. You connect an Arduino Uno or Adafruit Metro to this breakout PCB, which can be DIN rail-mounted. All wires are broken out into terminal blocks, so you can connect and power your sensors, displays, microcontrollers,...

This one's going out to all the makers and designers who use DIN railing in their builds. This adapter plate is perfect for simplifying complex power supply wiring. There's two spring-terminal blocks on one side of the PCB, and a 2x6 set of connected blocks on the other. As you may expect, the positive marked terminal blocks are all connected together, as are the...

We've been making so many face shields here at Adafruit that we have a bunch of elastic left over and thought it would be handy for folks making PPE. Here is a 10-pack of Elastic Latex Strips, especially useful for making face shields or face masks. No 3D printing required - although you can also use these with 3D printed designs to make them fit nicely. These are...