Breakout Boards

Breakout Boards

Breakout Boards

What is a breakout board?

Development breakout boards

The purpose of a breakout board is that it takes an electrical component, like a small sensor, and makes it easy to connect this to your Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or whatever platform you are using. Breakout boards are designed to simplify the process of prototyping with different components in your latest electronics project.

The component being connected is usually an integrated circuit (IC) – a small computer chip – which has a number of “pins” on them. These act as the connections between the chip and the rest of the system such as for power supply, ground or input and outputs. In the past ICs were large enough that you could drill a hole in the circuit board and use this to solder in a “through hole” pin which can easily be used with solderless breadboards. Over time the size of electrical components shrunk to the point were it is not practical to drill a hole in the circuit board – this has led to the rise of surface mount devices (SMDs). The ICs in these devices can no longer be used directly with solderless breadboards – breakout boards “break out” the conductors from the SMD onto a printed circuit board which can be easily be clipped into a breadboard again.

A comparable product is an Arduino shield which also allows simplifies the process of connecting new components to the main development platform. One advantage of breakout boards are that they tend to be smaller with the printed circuit board often being of a similar size to the IC. The main benefit is that breakout boards are not designed for use with any particular platform and are compatible with most micro-controller development boards – giving you more flexibility when you are experimenting with different setups.

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  • Real Time Clock - DS3234 Real Time Clock - DS3234

    Real Time Clock - DS3234

    Sparkfun

    £11.00
    Real Time Clock - DS3234 - SparkFun COM-10079 RTC stands for real time clock folks. The DS3234 is a low-cost, extremely accurate SPI bus RTC with an integrated temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) and crystal.And yes, a breakout board is...
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  • Dual TB9051FTG Motor Driver Shield for Arduino - Pololu 2520 Dual TB9051FTG Motor Driver Shield for Arduino - Pololu 2520

    Dual TB9051FTG Motor Driver Shield for Arduino

    Pololu

    £30.00
    Dual TB9051FTG Motor Driver Shield for Arduino - Pololu 2520 This motor driver shield and its corresponding Arduino library make it easy to control two bidirectional, brushed DC motors with an Arduino or compatible board. The board features a...
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  • SMT Breakout PCB for 32-QFN or 32-TQFP - 3 Pack! main SMT Breakout PCB for 32-QFN or 32-TQFP - 3 Pack! front

    SMT Breakout PCB for 32-QFN or 32-TQFP - 3 Pack!

    Proto-PIC

    £5.00
    SMT Breakout PCB for 32-QFN or 32-TQFP - 3 Pack! Beguiled by a fancy new chip that is only available in a QFP or QFN pinout? This breakout PCB set will make your life much much easier and get you prototyping faster than ever. One side has a 32-QFP pin...
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  • 00495-01__21631__51538 00495-01__21631__515381

    SOIC to DIP Adapter 20-Pin

    Sparkfun

    £2.40
    SOIC to DIP Adapter 20-PinThis is a low-cost, basic SOIC breakout boards. This custom PCB will interface a standard SOIC package IC to 0.1" headers, which are easier to work with and integrate well with breadboards.There is DIP-standard 0.6" spacing...
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  • 00496-1__15451__17964 00496-1__15451__179641

    SparkFun BOB-00496 SOIC to DIP Adapter 28-Pin

    Sparkfun

    £3.00
    SparkFun BOB-00496 SOIC to DIP Adapter 28-PinLow-cost basic SOIC break out boards. These are custom PCB boards that interface standard SOIC devices to standard .1" headers.28-SOIC: Standard .6" spacing between pins. Will fit directly into a standard...
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  • SparkFun BOB-00497 SSOP to DIP Adapter 8-Pin main SparkFun BOB-00497 SSOP to DIP Adapter 8-Pin dimension

    SparkFun BOB-00497 SSOP to DIP Adapter 8-Pin

    Sparkfun

    £3.50
    SparkFun BOB-00497 SSOP to DIP Adapter 8-Pin 8-Pin SSOP to DIP break out board. The footprint was rotated to accommodate different width SSOP devices and can be used with 8 pin SSOPs. Designed to be used with 0.65mm pitch devices but can also be used...
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  • SSOP to DIP Adapter 20-Pin 10p size comparison SSOP to DIP Adapter 20-Pin dimension

    SSOP to DIP Adapter 20-Pin

    Sparkfun

    £2.40
    SSOP to DIP Adapter 20-Pin 8, 16, 20, and 28-Pin SSOP to DIP break-out boards. The footprint was rotated to accommodate different width SSOP devices and can be used with any pin count up to 28 pins.Designed to be used with 0.65mm pitch devices but can...
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  • SOT23 to DIP Adapter - Sparkfun BOB-00717 main SOT23 to DIP Adapter - Sparkfun BOB-00717 dimensions

    SOT23 to DIP Adapter (BOB-00717)

    Sparkfun

    £1.00
    SOT23 to DIP Adapter - Sparkfun BOB-00717 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, Voltage Regulators (SOT-23-5), and various other Micro6, Micro5, etc packages.DIP...
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  • SparkFun BOB-13655 SOIC to DIP Adapter - 8-Pin main SparkFun BOB-13655 SOIC to DIP Adapter - 8-Pin front

    SparkFun BOB-13655 SOIC to DIP Adapter - 8-Pin

    Sparkfun

    £3.50
    SparkFun BOB-13655 SOIC to DIP Adapter - 8-Pin The SparkFun 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 modding and upgrading devices that use 8-pin DIP ICs, when the...
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  • SparkFun SEN-13030 RFID Reader Breakout main SparkFun SEN-13030 RFID Reader Breakout front

    SparkFun SEN-13030 RFID Reader Breakout

    Sparkfun

    £2.00
    SparkFun SEN-13030 RFID Reader Breakout This is a simple breakout board for our RFID readers. The SparkFun RFID Reader Breakout converts the 2mm pins to bread board friendly 0.1" headers. With this ability the ID-3LA, ID-12LA, and the ID-20LA you can...
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  • SOIC to DIP Adapter 8-Pin

    SOIC to DIP Adapter 8-Pin

    Proto-PIC

    £2.50
    SOIC to DIP Adapter 8-Pin A basic SOIC break-out board. What’s the difference? The 8 Pin board is TINY. And you can’t beat the price! These are custom PCB boards that interface standard JEDEC SOIC devices to standard .1" headers.This board...
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  • Breakout Board for ADMP401 MEMS Microphone - SparkFun BOB-09868 main Breakout Board for ADMP401 MEMS Microphone - SparkFun BOB-09868 dimensions

    Breakout Board for ADMP401 MEMS Microphone (BOB-09868)

    Sparkfun

    £10.00
    Breakout Board for ADMP401 MEMS Microphone - SparkFun BOB-09868 Discontinued last chance to buy! This tiny breakout board features the ADMP401 MEMs microphone. One of the key advantages to this breakout and microphone is the bottom ported input. This...
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