Halloween

Jack-o-lantern with blue light glowing inside

WE LOVE HALLOWEEN. It's one of the few times of year that wearing your Electronic Demon Costume or your NeoPixel Punk Collar will get some real recognition and not just confused stares. So here's our Halloween category - full of great products to help you win those costume contests, show off your maker skills to your friends, and make your house the creepiest on the block. It's full of wearables goodies, sound or motion sensors, and things that blink and glow. Just scrolling through will give you infinite project ideas and make you love Halloween as much as we do!

And don't forget to check out our Halloween YouTube playlist and our Halloween section in the Learn System for even more ideas!

Adafruit GEMMA v2 - Miniature wearable electronic platform

Product ID: 1222

Deprecation Warning: The Gemma bit-bang USB technique it uses doesn't work as well as it did in 2014, many modern computers won't work well. So while we still carry the Gemma so that people can maintain some older projects, we no longer recommend it. Please check out the Gemma M0. It has built-in USB, more capabilities, and is comparable in price! Love FLORA but want...

$9.95

5 in stock

Hand holding NeoPixel Ring with 12 x 5050 RGB LED, lit up rainbow

NeoPixel Ring - 12 x 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers

Product ID: 1643

Round and round and round they go! 12 ultra bright smart LED NeoPixels are arranged in a circle with 1.5" (37mm) outer diameter. The rings are 'chainable' - connect the output pin of one to the input pin of another. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can chain together! Each LED is addressable as the driver chip is inside the LED. Each one has...

$7.50

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Hand holding NeoPixel Ring with 16 x 5050 RGB LED, lit up rainbow

NeoPixel Ring - 16 x 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers

Product ID: 1463

Round and round and round they go! 16 ultra bright smart LED NeoPixels are arranged in a circle with 1.75" (44.5mm) outer diameter. The rings are 'chainable' - connect the output pin of one to the input pin of another. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can chain together! Each LED is addressable as the driver chip is inside the LED. Each one...

$9.95

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Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 2500mAh

Product ID: 328

Lithium-ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 2500mAh for a total of about 10 Wh. If you need a smaller battery, we also have a 1200mAh model The batteries come pre-attached with a genuine 2-pin JST-PH connector as shown and...

$14.95

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Hand holding Adafruit TriHand holding small Adafruit Trinket - Mini Microcontrollerket board.

Adafruit Trinket - Mini Microcontroller - 5V Logic

Product ID: 1501

Deprecation Warning: The Trinket bit-bang USB technique it uses doesn't work as well as it did in 2014, many modern computers won't work well. So while we still carry the Trinket so that people can maintain some older projects, we no longer recommend it. Please check out the Trinket M0. It has built-in USB, more capabilities, and is comparable in price! Trinket may...

$6.95

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Close up head of CdS light sensor showing sensor element

Photo cell (CdS photoresistor)

Product ID: 161

CdS cells are little light sensors. As the squiggly face is exposed to more light, the resistance goes down. When it's light, the resistance is about ~1KΩ, when dark it goes up to ~10KΩ. To use, connect one side of the photocell (either one, it's symmetric) to power (for example 5V) and the other side to your microcontroller's analog input pin. Then...

$0.95

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Front shot of JST-PH Battery Extension Cable.

JST-PH Battery Extension Cable - 500mm

Product ID: 1131

By popular demand, we now have a handy extension cord for all of our JST PH-terminated battery packs (such as our LiIon/LiPoly and 3xAAA holders). One end has a JST-PH compatible socket, and the other end has a matching plug. Between the two, 500mm of color coded wire. Handy for wearable projects where you may want the battery pack far from your Flora but useful in...

$1.95

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Angled shot of closed 2 x 2032 coin cell battery holder with on-off switch and JST PH Connector.

2 x CR2032 Coin Cell Battery Holder - 6V output - On/Off switch

Product ID: 783

This tiny coin cell battery holder is ideal for small portable or wearable projects. It holds two 20mm coin cells (2032 or CR2032 are the most popular size) in series to generate 6V nominal. (If you want only 3V, we suggest sticking a crumpled piece of tin foil in one of the slots.) 20mm coin cells are popular as they are used in keychain lights, so they are easy to...

$1.95

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3 x AAA Battery Holder with On/Off Switch and 2-Pin JST

Product ID: 727

This battery holder connects 3 AAA batteries together in series for powering all kinds of projects. We spec'd these out because the box is slim, and 3 AAA's add up to about 3.3-4.5V, a very similar range to Lithium Ion/polymer (Li-Ion) batteries and have an on-off switch. That makes them ideal for use with 3.3V projects that have a 2-pin JST connector meant for one...

$1.95

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Micro servo - TowerPro SG92R

Product ID: 169

Tiny little servo can rotate approximately 180 degrees (90 in each direction) and works just like the standard kinds you're used to but smaller. You can use any servo code, hardware, or library to control these servos. Good for beginners who want to make stuff move without building a motor controller with feedback & gearbox, especially since it will fit in small...

$5.95

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Sewable CR2032 Battery Holder

Product ID: 653

This battery holder is by far the easiest way to add a battery to a small wearable project. By coincidence, there are two small 1mm diameter holes in the metal connection tabs, just large enough for a #5 or smaller needle to pass through. One tab connects to common ground (negative) and the other tab is +3 Volts. This holder is meant to be used with Lithium CR2032...

$1.95

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Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 150mAh

Product ID: 1317

Lithium-ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 150mAh for a total of about 0.6 Wh. If you need a larger battery, we have a full range of bigger cells The batteries come pre-attached with a genuine 2-pin JST-PH connector as shown...

$5.95

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UBEC DC/DC Step-Down (Buck) Converter with two sets of power wires

UBEC DC/DC Step-Down (Buck) Converter - 5V @ 3A output

Product ID: 1385

Your power supply problems just got SOLVED! This little circuit board may look tiny but inside is a high efficiency DC/DC step-down converter which can output up to 3 Amp at 5V without the need of any heat-sink or forced cooling. (It does get a bit toasty at 3A though) UBEC stands for "universal battery eliminator circuit" and this UBEC is designed to replace a 5V...

$9.95

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PIR (motion) sensor

Product ID: 189

PIR sensors are used to detect motion from pets/humanoids from about 20 feet away (possibly works on zombies, not guaranteed). This one has an adjustable delay before firing (approx 2-4 seconds), adjustable sensitivity and we include a 1 foot (30 cm) cable with a socket so you can easily reposition the sensor or mount it using the two holes on either side. Runs on...

$9.95

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Angled shot of white hands holding up a black Pressure-Sensitive Conductive Sheet.

Pressure-Sensitive Conductive Sheet (Velostat/Linqstat)

Product ID: 1361

This conductive material (also known as "Velostat" or "Linqstat") is a nice addition for your wearable/sensor hacking toolkit. It's pressure-sensitive: squeezing it will reduce the resistance, so it's handy for making flexible sensors. And it's a lot less expensive than off-the-shelf pressure or bend sensors too! Each order comes with a 11"x11" (28cm x 28cm) 4mil...

$4.95

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Stainless Thin Conductive Thread - 2 ply - 23 meter/76 ft

Product ID: 640

After months of searching, we finally have what we consider to be the ultimate conductive thread. It's thin, strong, smooth, and made completely of 316L stainless steel. Once you start working with this thread you'll quickly agree its optimal for any wearables work! This thread is 2 ply, a little thicker than every day polyester or cotton thread but still thin enough...

$6.95

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Adafruit 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver with I2C interface

Adafruit 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver - I2C interface - PCA9685

Product ID: 815

You want to make a cool robot, maybe a hexapod walker, or maybe just a piece of art with a lot of moving parts. Or maybe you want to drive a lot of LEDs with precise PWM output. Then you realize that your microcontroller has a limited number of PWM outputs! What now? You could give up OR you could just get this handy PWM and Servo driver breakout. When we saw this...

$14.95

31 in stock

Adafruit Trinket - Mini Microcontroller - 3.3V Logic - MicroUSB

Product ID: 1500

$6.95

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Electret Microphone Amplifier - MAX9814 with Auto Gain Control

Product ID: 1713

Add an ear to your project with this well-designed electret microphone amplifier with AGC. This fully assembled and tested board comes with a 20-20KHz electret microphone soldered on. For the amplification, we use the Maxim MAX9814, a specialty chip that is designed for amplifying electret microphones in situations where the loudness of the audio isn't predictable....

$7.95

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Plastic cylinder with two wires sticking out

Fast Vibration Sensor Switch (Easy to trigger)

Product ID: 1766

The "poor man's" accelerometer/motion sensor! These spring-vibration switches are high sensitivity non-directional vibration induced trigger switches. Inside is a very soft spring coiled around a long metal pin. When the switch is moved, the spring touches the center pole to make contact. So, when there's motion, the two pins will act like a closed switch. When...

$0.95

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Piezo Buzzer - PS1240

Product ID: 160

Piezo buzzers are used for making beeps, tones and alerts. This one is petite but loud! Drive it with 3-30V peak-to-peak square wave. To use, connect one pin to ground (either one) and the other pin to a square wave out from a timer or microcontroller. For the loudest tones, stay around 4 KHz, but works quite well from 2KHz to 10KHz. For extra loudness, you can...

$1.50

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Finger pressing down on round FSR sensor

Round Force-Sensitive Resistor (FSR) - 0.3 ~ 10 Newton Force - Alpha MF01A-N-221-A01

Product ID: 166

FSRs are sensors that allow you to detect physical pressure, squeezing and weight. They are simple to use and low cost. This sensor is an Alpha MF01A-N-221-A01 with 1/2 diameter sensing region. We used to stock the Interlink model 402 FSR - the Alpha version is almost half the price but the same quality and size! FSR's are basically a resistor that changes its...

$3.95

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Character LCD with 16x2 characters, with header and potentiometer

Standard LCD 16x2 + extras - white on blue

Product ID: 181

Standard HD44780 LCDs are useful for creating standalone projects. 16 characters wide, 2 rows. White text on blue background. Connection port is 0.1" pitch, single row for easy breadboarding and wiring. Pins are documented on the back of the LCD to assist in wiring it up. Single LED backlight included can be dimmed easily with a resistor or PWM and uses much less...

$9.95

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Single LED sequin PCB attached to two alligator clips, glowing white

Adafruit LED Sequins - Warm White - Pack of 5

Product ID: 1758

Sew a little sparkle into your wearable project with an Adafruit LED Sequin. These are the kid-sister to our popular Flora NeoPixel, they only show a single color and they don't have digital control, but that makes them smaller easier to use for many projects. Simply connect 3 to 6VDC to the + pin and ground to the - pin, and the LED on the board will light up. You...

$3.95

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Hand holding NeoPixel Ring with 24 x 5050 RGB LED, lit up rainbow

NeoPixel Ring - 24 x 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers

Product ID: 1586

Round and round and round they go! 24 ultra bright smart LED NeoPixels are arranged in a circle with 2.6" (66mm) outer diameter. The rings are 'chainable' - connect the output pin of one to the input pin of another. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can chain together! Each LED is addressable as the driver chip is inside the LED. Each one has...

$16.95

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Adafruit 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout with Stemma QT

Adafruit 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - MPR121 - STEMMA QT

Product ID: 1982

Add lots of touch sensors to your next microcontroller project with this easy-to-use 12-channel capacitive touch sensor breakout board, starring the MPR121. This chip can handle up to 12 individual touchpads. The MPR121 has support for only I2C, which can be implemented with nearly any microcontroller. You can select one of 4 addresses with the ADDR pin, for a total...

$7.95

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Hall effect sensor next to US quarter for scale.

Hall effect sensor - US5881LUA

Product ID: 158

Hall effect sensors detect whether a magnet is near. Useful for non-contact/waterproof type switches, position sensors, rotary/shaft encoders. I tried dozens of different hall effect sensors to see which one would work best for the SpokePOV kit (to determine the wheel location) and this one came out on top! Runs at 3.5V up to 24V. To use connect power to pin 1 (all...

$2.00

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Lithium Ion Battery Pack with three round cells 3.7V 6600mAh with JST PH connector

Lithium Ion Battery Pack - 3.7V 6600mAh

Product ID: 353

Need a massive battery for your project? This lithium-ion pack is made of 3 balanced 2200mAh cells for a total of 6600mA capacity! The cells are connected in parallel and spot-welded to a protection circuit that provides over-voltage, under-voltage, and over-current protection. Each cell can provide 0.5C of current (1.1 A per) so all together the peak current you can...

$24.50

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Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 100mAh

Product ID: 1570

Lithium-ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of ~100mAh for a total of about 0.4 Wh. If you need a larger battery, we have a full range of bigger cells The batteries come pre-attached with a high quality 2-pin JST-PH connector as...

$5.95

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Membrane 3x4 Matrix Keypad + extras - 3x4

Product ID: 419

Punch in your secret key into this numeric matrix keypad. This keypad has 12 buttons, arranged in a telephone-line 3x4 grid. It's made of a thin, flexible membrane material with an adhesive backing (just remove the paper) so you can attach it to nearly anything. The keys are connected into a matrix, so you only need 7 microcontroller pins (3-columns and 4-rows) to...

$3.95

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Angled shot of blue, rectangular capacitive touch sensor breakout board.

Standalone Momentary Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1010

Product ID: 1374

This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "momentary" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sensor. When a capacitive load is detected (e.g. a person touches the sensor-pad area) the red LED lights up and the output pin goes high. You can also...

$5.95

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Short Flex Sensor

Product ID: 1070

This sensor can detect flexing or bending in one direction. They were popularized by being used in the Nintendo PowerGlove as a gaming interface. These sensors are easy to use, they are basically resistors that change value based on how much their flexed. If they're unflexed, the resistance is about ~25KΩ. When flexed all the way the resistance rises to...

$7.95

2 in stock

High-strength 'rare earth' magnet

Product ID: 9

Yow! These things are super powerful. 1/2" diameter, 3/16" thick discs, south side is marked with a red line. Great for use with your SpokePOV Kit. If you have an aluminium frame, use tape/foamstickytape to attach it.

$2.50

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Finger pressing down on square force-sensitive sensor

Square Force-Sensitive Resistor (FSR) - Alpha MF02A-N-221-A01

Product ID: 1075

FSRs are sensors that allow you to detect physical pressure, squeezing and weight. They are simple to use and low cost. This sensor is an Alpha MF02A-N-221-A01 FSR with a 38mm square sensing region. Note that this sensor can't detect where on the square you pressed (for that, check out our ribbon soft pots or capacitive touch pad ). FSRs are basically a resistor that...

$5.95

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Membrane LED Keypad + extras

Product ID: 1333

This membrane keypad has a single key, but it does have an embedded surface-mount red LED installed. The flex cable is also extra-long, so we can think of a lot of wearable and portable projects that would use this sort of switch and have an LED as feedback (say, to indicate that an action is occuring or the power is on). Since the keypad is soft plastic, it can be...

$2.95

54 in stock

Speaker - 3" Diameter - 8 Ohm 1 Watt

Product ID: 1313

Listen up! This 3" diameter speaker cone is the perfect addition to any audio project where you need an 8 ohm impedance and 1W or less of power. We particularly like this cone as it has 4 handy mounting tabs 60mm apart. Works great with our Wave shield or class D amplifier board. Speaker - 3" Diameter - 8 Ohm 1 Watt (0:01)

$1.95

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Continuous Rotation Servo with three pin cable

Continuous Rotation Servo - FeeTech FS5103R

Product ID: 154

This servo rotates fully forward or backward instead of moving to a position. You can use any servo code, hardware, or library to control these servos. Good for making simple moving robots. Comes with four different horns, as shown. To control with an Arduino, we suggest connecting the control wire to pin 9 or 10 and using the Servo library included with the Arduino...

$11.95

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Angled shot of Stereo 20W Class D Audio Amplifier.

Stereo 20W Class D Audio Amplifier - MAX9744

Product ID: 1752

Pump up the volume with this 20W stereo amplifier! This slim little board has a class D amplifier onboard that can drive 2 channels of 4-8 ohm impedance speakers at 20W each. Power it with 5-12VDC using the onboard DC power jack and plug stereo line level into the 3.5mm stereo headphone jack and jam out with ease. Since it's class D, its completely cool-running, no...

$19.95

17 in stock

Angled shot of long blue rectangular audio FX sound board.

Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board - WAV/OGG Trigger with 16MB Flash

Product ID: 2220

Would you like to add audio/sound effects to your next project, without an Arduino+Shield? Or maybe you don't even know how to use microcontrollers, you just want to make a sound play whenever you press a button. What about something that has to be small and portable? You are probably feeling a little frustrated: it's been very hard to find a simple, low cost audio...

$24.95

95 in stock

Single LED sequin PCB attached to two alligator clips, glowing blue

Adafruit LED Sequins - Royal Blue - Pack of 5

Product ID: 1757

$3.95

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Single LED sequin PCB attached to two alligator clips, glowing red

Adafruit LED Sequins - Ruby Red - Pack of 5

Product ID: 1755

$3.95

22 in stock

Slow Vibration Sensor Switch (Hard to trigger)

Product ID: 1767

The "poor man's" accelerometer/motion sensor! These spring-vibration switches are low sensitivity non-directional vibration induced trigger switches. Inside is a stiff spring coiled around a long metal pin. When the switch is moved, the spring touches the center pole to make contact. So, when there's motion, the two pins will act like a closed switch. When everything...

$0.95

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VCNL4010 Proximity/Light sensor

Product ID: 466

The VCNL4010 sensor is a nice way to add a small-distance proximity sensor to your microcontroller project. For longer distances (in the range of cm, you can use a SHARP IR distance sensor, but those are only good if the object is over 10 cm away. The VCNL4010 is designed for much shorter distances, no more than 200mm (about 7.5") and under our experimentation we...

$7.50

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Top-down shot of Adafruit Mini Lipo w/Mini-B USB Jack - USB LiIon/LiPoly charger connected to a battery.

Adafruit Mini Lipo w/Mini-B USB Jack - USB LiIon/LiPoly charger - v1

Product ID: 1905

Oh so handy, this little lipo charger is so small and easy to use you can keep it on your desk or mount it easily into any project! Simply plug it via any MiniUSB cable into a USB port and a 3.7V/4.2V lithium polymer or lithium ion rechargeable battery into the JST plug on the other end. There are two LEDs - one red and one green. While charging, the red LED is lit....

$6.95

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Metal cylinder with two wires sticking out

Tilt ball switch

Product ID: 173

The "poor man's" accelerometer! Tilt sensors are switches that can detect basic motion/orientation. The metal tube has a little metal ball that rolls around in it, when its tilted upright, the ball rolls onto the contacts sticking out of end and shorts them together. Be sure to read our detailed tutorial including diagrams and example code.

$2.00

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Finger pressing a button of 1x4 flexible keypad

Membrane 1x4 Keypad + Extras

Product ID: 1332

Punch in your secret key into this numeric membrane keypad. This keypad has 4 buttons, and since every key has its own wire line, no matrix code is required - just treat these like every day switches. The membrane is soft and has a removable paper backing to expose a strong adhesive so you can stick this on an enclosure and feed the cable through a slot. Its a simple...

$2.95

61 in stock

Needle set - 3/9 sizes - 20 needles

Product ID: 615

Mighty needles, sew like the wind! This needle set is the only one you'll need for any sort of hand sewing, especially using our conductive thread and wearable electronics parts. Each pack contains 20 gold-eye sharps, with eye sizes ranging from #3 (1.75" long) to #9 (1.35" long). The two #3's (the largest) are too large to pass through the sewable coin cell holder...

$1.95

44 in stock

Single LED sequin PCB attached to two alligator clips, glowing green

Adafruit LED Sequins - Emerald Green - Pack of 5

Product ID: 1756

$3.95

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Long Flex sensor

Product ID: 182

This sensor can detect flexing or bending in one direction. They were popularized by being used in the Nintendo PowerGlove as a gaming interface. These sensors are easy to use, they are basically resistors that change value based on how much they're flexed. If they're unflexed, the resistance is about ~10KΩ. When flexed all the way the resistance rises to...

$12.95

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Top view of an IR distance sensor with cable.

IR distance sensor includes cable (10cm-80cm) - GP2Y0A21YK0F

Product ID: 164

This SHARP distance sensor bounces IR off objects to determine how far away they are. It returns an analog voltage that can be used to determine how close the nearest object is. Comes with 12" long 3-JST interface wire. These sensors are good for short-range detection. For over 1 m distance, we suggest using sonar sensors To use, connect black wire to ground, red...

$14.95

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12V EL wire/tape inverter

Product ID: 448

This is an inverter for EL wire and tape, similar to our pocket inverters, except it is a brick that takes 12V input instead of 2 AA batteries. This means its good for 'fixed' installations since you can just plug it into a 12V wall adapter. It's also good for portable projects where you want to have a big battery pack like a 8xAA holder which will last 4-5 times...

$4.95

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TTL camera module breakout with large lens

TTL Serial JPEG Camera with NTSC Video

Product ID: 397

This camera module can be a pretty neat project addition. It was designed to be used in security systems and does two main things - it outputs NTSC video and can take snapshots of that video (in color) and transmit them over the TTL serial link. You can snap pictures at 640x480, 320x240 or 160x120 and they're pre-compressed JPEG images which makes them nice and small...

$39.95

97 in stock

Angled shot of black 3 x AA waterproof battery holder with plain wires.

Waterproof 3xAA Battery Holder with On/Off Switch

Product ID: 771

Keep your power source safe and toasty in these waterproof 3xAA battery holders. They're just like classic switched battery holders, but designed for survival! The case has a rubber gasket around the edge of the case (its black and hard to see in the photos but it is there) and attaches together with 4 machine screws. What we like about this design is that the...

$3.95

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Budget pack kit contents, microcontroller board, breadboard, wires, and parts.

Budget Pack for Metro 328 - with Assembled Metro ATmega328P

Product ID: 193

This budget pack is an optimized collection of parts and pieces to experiment with Adafruit Metro 328 and the Arduino IDE at home, school or work. Great for students and those that want to get their feet wet, no soldering required! Includes the Adafruit Metro 328 with thru-hole headers. The Metro is our take on the most maker-friendly Arduino-compatible board. It is...

$29.95

30 in stock

Angled shot of Adafruit "Music Maker" MP3 Shield for Arduino connected to a pair of headphones.

Adafruit "Music Maker" MP3 Shield for Arduino (MP3/Ogg/WAV...)

Product ID: 1790

Bend all audio files to your will with the Adafruit Music Maker shield for Arduino! This powerful shield features the VS1053, an encoding/decoding (codec) chip that can decode a wide variety of audio formats such as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, MIDI, FLAC, WAV (PCM and ADPCM). It can also be used to record audio in both PCM (WAV) and compressed Ogg Vorbis. You can do...

$29.95

88 in stock

Super Bright Blue 5mm LED (25 pack)

Product ID: 301

Need some really bright LEDs? We are big fans of these clear blue LEDs, in fact we use them exclusively in our kits. They are very bright and have about 20degree LED beam. They go easily into a breadboard and will add that extra zing to your project. Pack of 25 clear blue LEDs. 5mm diameter. 465 nm wavelength. 3.2-3.8V Forward Voltage, at 20mA current. 6000 mcd...

$8.00

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Angled shot of a Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board.

Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board - WAV/OGG Trigger with 2MB Flash

Product ID: 2133

$19.95

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Angled shot of a IR distance sensor with cable.

IR distance sensor includes cable (20cm-150cm) - GP2Y0A02YK

Product ID: 1031

This SHARP distance sensor bounces IR off objects to determine how far away they are. It returns an analog voltage that can be used to determine how close the nearest object is. Comes with 8" long 3-JST interface wire. These sensors are good for detection between 20cm-150cm. For over 1 m distance, we suggest using sonar sensors. To use, connect black wire to ground,...

$15.95

68 in stock

Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout on breadboard with hand touching many attached wires

CAP1188 - 8-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - I2C or SPI

Product ID: 1602

Add lots of touch sensors to your next microcontroller project with this easy-to-use 8-channel capacitive touch sensor breakout board, starring the CAP1188. This chip can handle up to 8 individual touch pads, and has a very nice feature that makes it stand out for us: it will light up the 8 onboard LEDs when the matching touch sensor fires to help you debug your...

$7.95

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Pulse Sensor Amped

Product ID: 1093

Pulse Sensor Amped is a greatly improved version of the original Pulse Sensor, a plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino and Arduino compatibles. It can be used by students, artists, athletes, makers, and game & mobile developers who want to easily incorporate live heart-rate data into their projects. Pulse Sensor Amped adds amplification and noise...

$25.00

23 in stock

Angled shot of rectangular black waterproof 2 x AA battery holder with screws, plain wires, and on-off switch.

Waterproof 2xAA Battery Holder with On/Off Switch

Product ID: 770

Keep your power source safe and toasty in these waterproof 2xAA battery holders. They're just like classic switched battery holders, but designed for survival! The case has a rubber gasket around the edge of the case (its black and hard to see in the photos but it is there) and attaches together with 4 machine screws. What we like about this design is that the...

$3.95

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Close up of pink rose lit LED powered by two alligator clips

Adafruit LED Sequins - Rose Pink - Pack of 5

Product ID: 1792

$3.95

29 in stock

TTL camera module breakout with small lens

Miniature TTL Serial JPEG Camera with NTSC Video

Product ID: 1386

This tiny little camera module can be a pretty neat project addition, it is just like our other JPEG cameras (same chipset/software), but much smaller and slimmer. It was designed to be used in security systems and does two main things - it outputs NTSC color video and can take snapshots of that video (in color) and transmit them over the TTL serial link. You can...

$35.95

36 in stock

Adafruit Mini 8x8 LED Matrix w/I2C Backpack - Red

Product ID: 870

What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4-digit 7-segment display. Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' - so to control 64 LEDs you need 16 pins. That's a lot of pins, and there are driver chips like the MAX7219 that can control a matrix for you but there's a lot of wiring to set up and they take...

$9.95

20 in stock

Magnetic Pin Back

Product ID: 1170

These magnetic pin backs have two pieces: a metal bar with adhesive strip and a plastic piece with two strong rare-earth magnets. Affix the metal bar to your FLORA projects-- it's just the right size! Then attach your FLORA project to any garment without poking holes in your clothes. The magnets are strong enough to hold up even a hefty circuit! We recommend against...

$1.95

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Coil of lit blue Electroluminescent Tape Strip

Blue Electroluminescent (EL) Tape Strip - 100cm w/two connectors

Product ID: 447

EL tape is the big sister to EL wire - it has the same glow effect but with a flat, wide shape instead of a round shape. The glowing part of the tape is 1 cm wide (the plastic coating is about 1.5cm wide). The other side has an adhesive on it so you can stick the tape onto something. Its covered in what seems to be PVC, the tape is thus weather-proof - but note that...

$8.95

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EL wire 4xAAA pocket inverter

Product ID: 564

A small, portable inverter for EL wire. Powers off of 4 AAA batteries (not included!), it can drive 3-4 meters (10 to 13 feet) of our high-brightness EL wire OR 1 meter (3 feet) of EL tape OR a 10cmx10cm piece of EL panel for about 7 hours. There is a switch for selecting steady/blink/off modes. Comes with four 2.5mm pitch female JST connectors, standard for all the...

$9.95

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Angled shot of an ultrasonic rangefinder.

Maxbotix Ultrasonic Rangefinder - LV-EZ1 - LV-EZ1

Product ID: 172

LV-EZ1 Maxbotix Ultrasonic Rangefinder provides very short to long-range detection and ranging, in an incredibly small package. It can detect objects from 0-inches to 254-inches (6.45-meters) and provides sonar range information from 6-inches out to 254-inches with 1-inch resolution. (Objects from 0 inches to 6-inches range as 6-inches.) The interface output formats...

$28.50

29 in stock

Kit components showing various sensors, LED, magnet and some header

Sensor pack 900

Product ID: 176

An assortment of the most common sensors used in electronics. 9 sensors and 3 additional components to interface with the 'analog world'. We have some tutorials here, to get you started. Includes Triple-axis analog accelerometer - for measuring motion and tilt. Force sensitive resistor - for sensing pressure/force. Temperature sensor - for measuring from -40 to over...

$35.00

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Coiled LED strip with each LED a different rainbow color

Digital RGB LED Weatherproof Strip - LPD8806 32 LED

Product ID: 306

These LED strips are fun and glowy. There are 32 RGB LEDs per meter, and you can control each LED individually! Yes, that's right, this is the digitally-addressable type of LED strip. You can set the color of each LED's red, green and blue component with 7-bit PWM precision (so 21-bit color per pixel). The LEDs are controlled by shift-registers that are chained up...