Proximity & Distance

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...

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...

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...

SKU: DF-SEN0627 | Brand: DFRobot

This compact ultrasonic ranging module is made for accurate long-range distance measurement in outdoor, environmental and industrial monitoring projects. It measures targets from 25 cm to 800 cm, making it useful for ...

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...

SKU: DF-SEN0523 | Brand: DFRobot

This IR break-beam photoelectric switch detects objects by sending an invisible infrared beam from an emitter to a receiver. When a non-transparent object passes between the two and breaks the beam, the receiver outpu...

SKU: PL-2465 | Brand: Pololu

This small digital distance sensor detects objects between 0.5 cm and 15 cm (0.2″ and 6″) away. With its quick response time, small size, low current draw, and short minimum sensing distance, this sensor is ...

SKU: PL-2461 | Brand: Pololu

Discontinuation notice: These original (irs05a) versions of our 38 kHz IR proximity sensors have been replaced by newer (irs05b) high-brightness and low-brightness versions. The main changes are the locations o...

SKU: PL-1135 | Brand: Pololu

This small digital distance sensor detects objects between 2 cm and 10 cm (0.8″ and 4″) away. With its quick response time, small size, and low current draw, this sensor is a good choice for non-contact obje...

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 ...

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...

SKU: M5-U058 | Brand: Little Bird

The OP.180 is an infrared reflective limit switch unit built around the ITR9606 sensor, which pairs an infrared emitting diode with a silicon phototransistor in a 180° (straight-through) orientation. When an object pa...

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 ...

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...