Proximity & Distance
Proximity and distance sensors for every project — ultrasonic, IR, LiDAR, ToF, and capacitive types, all stocked in Australia. Whether you're building a robot, an obstacle-avoidance system, or a smart home trigger, you'll find the right sensor here.
Popular with makers, students, and engineers alike, these sensors suit Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and microcontroller projects at any skill level. From short-range gesture detection to 50m laser ranging, there's a solution for hobbyist, STEM, and professional applications.
Garmin LIDAR-Lite Optical Distance LED Sensor - V4
SKU: AF-4441 | Brand: Adafruit
The Garmin LIDAR-Lite V4 LED is a compact, low-power optical distance sensor that measures up to 10 metres using lensed LED light (not a laser, despite the name). Drawing only 85 mA during acquisition with measurement...
Delivered by Wed 26 Aug
LIDAR-Lite v3HP
SKU: SF-SEN-14599 | Brand: SparkFun
The LIDAR-Lite v3HP is a compact, high-performance optical distance measurement sensor from Garmin. Housed in a durable IPX7-rated enclosure, it delivers accurate range measurements from 5 cm to 40 m, making it an ide...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Garmin LIDAR-Lite Optical Distant Sensor - V3
SKU: AF-4058 | Brand: Adafruit
You've heard about the sensors in the news, when used in self-driving cars, and now you can have your own! Garmin's LIDAR-Lite V3 is the ideal high-performance (but compact) optical distant measurement sensor solution...
Delivered by Wed 26 Aug
VCNL4010 Proximity/Light sensor
SKU: AF-466 | Brand: Adafruit
The VCNL4010 sensor is a nice way to add a small-distance proximity sensor to your microcontroller project. For longer distances (in the range of cm, you can use a SHARP IR distance sensor, but those are only good ...
Delivered by Wed 26 Aug
SparkFun ToF Range Finder Sensor - VL6180
SKU: SF-SEN-12785 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun “Time-of-Flight” Range Finder, a sensor board for the VL6180 distance sensor. Unlike most distance sensors that rely on reflected light intensity or reflected angles to determine range, the VL6180...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SRF08 Ultrasonic Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0007 | Brand: DFRobot
The SRF08 is an evolutionary step up from the SRF04. It requires less power to operate, has a longer range (up to 6m) and it performs its own internal timing of the return echo. The SRF08 is also fitted with an LDR...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
VCNL4020 Proximity & Light Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-5810 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout combines Vishay's VCNL4020 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one compact I2C board, making it a handy choice when you want to detect nearby objects and measure light levels at the same time. T...
Delivered by Wed 26 Aug
APDS9999 Proximity, Lux & Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6461 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines RGB colour sensing, true lux light measurement and infrared proximity detection in one I2C device. With library code running on your microcontroller, it can read red, green, blue and cle...
Delivered by Wed 26 Aug
DFRobot Ultra-Compact ToF Laser Ranging Sensor - 7.8m
SKU: DF-SEN0646 | Brand: DFRobot
This ultra-compact dToF laser ranging sensor uses 940nm laser pulses to measure distance up to 7.8 metres with typical ±4cm accuracy. It is designed for precise, real-time ranging in compact robotics, drone, IoT and a...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
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 Wed 26 Aug
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor with I2C Interface - RCWL-1601
SKU: AF-4742 | Brand: Adafruit
This ultrasonic distance sensor uses I2C communication instead of the traditional trigger/pulse interface, making it easy to integrate with microcontrollers and microcomputers that lack fast GPIO or hardware UART. It ...
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M5StickC ToF HAT(VL53L0X)
SKU: M5-U072 | Brand: Little Bird
The ToF HAT is a high-precision laser-ranging sensor designed for the M5StickC development platform. Built around the VL53L0X Time-of-Flight module and a 940 nm VCSEL emitter, it delivers fast, accurate distance measu...
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Garmin LIDAR-Lite v4 LED - Distance Measurement Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-15776 | Brand: SparkFun
The LIDAR-Lite v4 LED sensor is the next step in the LIDAR-Lite line. A small, lightweight, low-power optical ranging sensor. It's the first to incorporate ANT profile wireless networking technology into an optical se...
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I2CXL-MaxSonar-WR(MB7040)
SKU: DF-SEN0274 | Brand: DFRobot
The weather resistant MB7040 I2CXL-MaxSonar-WR sensor features centimeter resolution and an I2C interface, and provides short to long distance detection and range information from 20cm to 765cm for the nearest detecta...
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LIDAR-Lite v3
SKU: SF-SEN-14032 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s back! This is the LIDAR-Lite v3, a compact, high-performance optical distance measurement sensor from Garmin™. When space and weight requirements are tight, the LIDAR-Lite v3 soars. The LIDAR-Lite v3 is the ideal...
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Micro Proximity Sensor - 20 cm VCNL4040 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-30161 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around the VCNL4040, this tiny Qwiic Micro breakout provides short-range presence detection for projects where space and weight are tight. It is designed for qualitative sensing: detecting whether an object is p...
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