Light & Colour
Browse our range of light and colour sensors, including ambient light, UV, IR, and full-spectrum colour recognition modules. Whether you need a simple photoresistor or a multi-channel spectral sensor, we stock options for every project.
Popular with Australian makers, educators, and engineers for projects like automatic lighting, UV monitoring, gesture detection, and colour-matching systems. Most modules use I2C for easy integration with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and CircuitPython.
Fast shipping across Australia.
TCS3430/TCS34303 Ambient Tri-Stimulus Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6479 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout brings ambient light tri-stimulus colour sensing to your project using CIE XYZ plus an IR channel, rather than the more common RGB-style approach. It is designed for applications where you want access to...
Delivered by Fri 10 Jul
DFRobot Ultrasonic 7-in-1 RS485 Weather Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0657 | Brand: DFRobot
This all-in-one weather station sensor brings seven key environmental measurements into a single outdoor unit: wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, light intensity and rainfall.It use...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
TEPT4400 3mm Ambient Light Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-22923 | Brand: SparkFun
This Vishay TEPT4400 is a small ambient light sensor built around a silicon NPN epitaxial planar phototransistor. It is designed to respond to visible light in a way that is similar to the human eye.Use it for simple ...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
VCNL4200 Long Distance IR Proximity & Light Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6064 | Brand: Adafruit
Need approximate distance sensing over tens of centimetres to around a metre, plus ambient light measurement from the same board? This breakout carries Vishay’s VCNL4200, a two-in-one IR proximity and ambient light se...
Delivered by Fri 10 Jul
