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-002259
Cherry MX Keyswitches are top-of-the-line mechanical keyboard switches. They’re satisfyingly “clicky” reliable up to tens-of-millions of key presses and a standard in gaming and programming keyboards across the globe. More Details...
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Code: SKU-005106
The SparkFun TSH82 Configurable OpAmp Board was designed to give you the best combination of performance and flexibility that we could achieve by giving you two gain stages, each one independently accessible on the header pins. More Details...
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Code: SKU-000595
Here is a real time clock based on the DS3234 Real Time Clock IC. The DS3234 is a low-cost extremely accurate SPI bus real-time clock with an integrated temperature-compensated crystal oscillator and crystal.The RTC maintains seconds minutes hours day date month and year information. More Details...
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Code: SKU-000533
This breakout board uses the LTC3588 Piezoelectric Energy Harvester from Linear Technologies. This board can be used not only for harvesting piezoelectric energy but solar energy as well. There is a bridge rectified input for piezo elements (PZ1 and PZ2) and a direct input (VIN) for DC sources. More Details...
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Code: COM-40005
This is a basic breakout board for the FTDI FT232RL USB to serial IC. The pinout of this board matches the FTDI cable to work with 5V Arduino boards. More Details...
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Code: SKU-001905
The SparkFun I2C DAC Breakout (MCP4725) provides accurate, 12-bit analogue voltage output via I2C and features onboard EEPROM to store settings even after power loss. More Details...
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Code: SKU-002216
The SparkFun Level Shifting microSD Breakout is quite similar to the SparkFun microSD Transflash Breakout but with the included level shifting hardware this board allows you to utilise a microSD card at Arduino’s SD library’s top speed on a 5V system. More Details...
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Code: SKU-001207
This is a breakout board for the PCA9306 dual bidirectional voltage-level translator. Because different parts sometimes use different voltage levels to communicate, voltage level translators can be the key to making different parts play nice. More Details...
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Code: SKU-003710
The SparkFun Load Sensor Combinator is a bare PCB that combines four load sensors into a standard four-wire Wheatstone bridge configuration. If you open up an electronic bathroom scale you’ll find a large rat's nest of wires. More Details...
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Code: SKU-001250
This simple board breaks out a micro-B USB connector's VCC GND ID D- and D+ pins to a 0.1" pitch header. More Details...
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