Many microchips these days are only available in a SMD (Surface Mount Device) packages. These chips have very tiny legs that are very close together making them super difficult to individually solder. The leg spacing and orientation also means that the chips can not be put in a breadboard for experimentation.
A breakout board is a basic printed circuit board PCB that has the surface mount chip soldered on and some or all of the pins connected to more easily accessible solder points or holes.
In addition the breakout board may include a few little passive components like resistors or capacitors to support the main microchip so you don't need to add them.
Code: SKU-004823
This simple board breaks out the power, USB 2.0 data, configuration, and sideband pins of a USB Type-C connector to a 0.1″ spacing that is compatible with standard perfboards, solderless breadboards, and 0.1″ connectors. More Details...
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Code: SKU-003713
This simple board breaks out all five pins of a USB Micro-B connector to a 0.1″ pin spacing that is compatible with standard perfboards, solderless breadboards, and 0.1″ connectors. More Details...
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Code: SKU-003303
This simple board breaks out all five pins of a USB Mini-B connector to a 0.1″ pin spacing that is compatible with standard perfboards, solderless breadboards, and 0.1" connectors. More Details...
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Code: SKU-003298
This compact board breaks out the pins of a microSD card connector necessary to interface with the card through SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface), and it can be directly integrated into 5 V systems thanks to its on board 3.3 V regulator and level shifting circuity. More Details...
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Code: SKU-000160
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" standard spacing dual row header. The spacing between 0.1" headers is 0.5" making it breadboard DIP friendly. More Details...
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Code: SKU-000080
Use this unique device to download data and control GPIB bus enabled oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, function generators, power supplies, and any other GPIB instrument seamlessly through USB! Features: Drivers for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Win7, Mac OS-8/9/X, Linux Support for multiple devices ... More Details...
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Code: SKU-000702
This simple breakout board makes it easy to use our LED tactile switches in a breadboard, or your next project. Note: Populate the board according to the polarity of the LED on the switch. The markings for the switch are irrelevant and can be reversed. Documents: Schematic Eagle Files GitHub More Details...
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Code: MCU-60151
The real time clock module provides seconds, minutes, hours, days, date, months, and year information. This real time clock module communicates with a microprocessor via an I2C interface and has a battery backup. ** Supplied without a battery for express air delivery ** More Details...
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Code: SKU-002160
Are you low on I/O? No problem! The SX1509 Breakout is a 16-channel GPIO expander with an I 2 C interface – that means with just two wires, your microcontroller can interface with 16 fully configurable digital input/output pins. More Details...
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Code: SKU-005893
Do you need to power a project with 12V and 5V from one power supply? The ATX power connector breakout board breaks out the standard 4-pin computer peripheral port when mated with an ATX connector for your 12V and 5V devices! Once you have chosen a power supply (whether it be an ATX power supply ... More Details...
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