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-001820
This is the SparkFun USB to Serial Breakout for the FT232RL, a small board with a built in USB to serial UART interface. This little breakout is built around the FT232RL IC from FTDI, with an internal oscillator, EEPROM, and a 28-pin SSOP package this is a serious little chip. More Details...
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Code: SKU-005221
With this USB breakout you will finally be able to incorporate a USB-C connector into your projects without needing to solder each tiny SMD pad. More Details...
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Code: SKU-001128
This is a breakout board for the Texas Instruments TXB0104 module. The TXB0104 is a 4-bit bidirectional voltage-level translator with automatic direction sensing. This 4-bit noninverting translator uses two separate configurable power-supply rails. The A port is designed to track VCCA. More Details...
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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-003307
This simple board breaks out the pins of a microSD card 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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