Sensors & Input
Explore our extensive range of sensor modules and input devices, stocked locally for fast delivery across Australia. Whether you're building a weather station, robot, or smart home project, you'll find temperature, humidity, gas, motion, distance, pressure, and biometric sensors to suit any application.
Perfect for Arduino and Raspberry Pi makers, STEM students, and professional developers alike. From IMUs and GPS modules to NFC readers and data loggers, everything you need to add real-world sensing to your next project is right here.
Standard mini Reed Switch Module
SKU: LB-LR0018 | Brand: Little Bird
A compact reed switch module that closes its circuit when a magnetic field is present. Inside the glass envelope, a pair of ferromagnetic metal contacts come together when a magnet is brought close, and spring apart w...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
VL53L0X Time-of-Flight Distance Sensor Carrier with Voltage Regulator, 200cm Max
SKU: PL-2490 | Brand: Pololu
This sensor is a carrier/breakout board for ST’s VL53L0X laser-ranging sensor, which measures the range to a target object up to 2 m away. The VL53L0X uses time-of-flight measurements of infrared pulses for rangi...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Audio Analyzer Module
SKU: DF-DFR0126 | Brand: DFRobot
This Audio Analyzer module features the MSGEQ7 graphic equalizer display filter.It will give your arduino ears. Sound is broken down into seven frequency bands and the peak level for each band can be read. The seven ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Vishay TSSP58P38 IR Detector Module, 38kHz, Automatic Gain (3-Pack)
SKU: PL-2463 | Brand: Pololu
The Vishay TSSP58P38 is a unique modulated IR receiver that is designed for IR brightness detection instead of data communication for remote control. This sensor can be used with a 38 kHz modulated IR emitter an...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Photo Interrupter - GP1A57HRJ00F
SKU: SF-SEN-09299 | Brand: SparkFun
The GP1A57HRJ00F is a slotted optical sensor (photo interrupter) with an infrared emitter on one upright and a shielded infrared detector on the other. When an object passes through the 10 mm gap between the uprights,...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
RFID Reader ID-12LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11827 | Brand: SparkFun
RFID (radio-frequency identification) is the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, for the purposes of identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. This is the ID-12LA, a very simpl...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
PIR Motion Sensor (JST)
SKU: SF-SEN-13285 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple to use motion sensor. Power it up and wait 1-2 seconds for the sensor to get a snapshot of the still room. If anything moves after that period, the ‘alarm’ pin will go low.This unit works great from 5...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Touch screen breakout board (0.5mm FPC)
SKU: AF-334 | Brand: Adafruit
If you've got a resistive touch screen that you'd like to use, you'll need this breakout! It has a fine pitch (0.5mm) connector soldered onto it and it's broken out into the 4 resistive wires of the panel. A petite...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun Thermocouple Breakout - MAX31855K
SKU: SF-SEN-13266 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun MAX31855K Thermocouple Breakout is a simple 14-bit resolution, SPI-compatible, serial interface thermocouple digitizer that makes reading a wide range of temperatures possible. A thermocouple works by ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
PSP 2-Axis Analog Thumb Joystick
SKU: AF-444 | Brand: Adafruit
Add a tiny joystick to your project with this PSP thumbstick. This is a replacement component for PSP1000's, but we think they'd make for a great little joystick/thumbstick add-on for a wearable, or portable pro...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun RFID Reader Breakout
SKU: SF-SEN-13030 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun RFID Reader Breakout converts the 2mm pin spacing of ID-series RFID readers to breadboard-friendly 0.1" headers. Compatible with the ID-3LA, ID-12LA, and ID-20LA readers, this board lets you solder the re...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Analog UV Light Sensor Breakout - GUVA-S12SD
SKU: AF-1918 | Brand: Adafruit
An analog UV light sensor breakout based on the GUVA-S12SD photodiode, detecting the 240–370nm range covering UVB and most of the UVA spectrum. An on-board op-amp amplifies the tiny photodiode current to a readable vo...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
LPS331AP Pressure/Altitude Sensor Carrier with Voltage Regulator
SKU: PL-2126 | Brand: Pololu
A breakout board for ST's LPS331AP digital barometric pressure sensor. This sensor measures absolute pressure from 260 to 1260 mbar with excellent accuracy (±2 mbar), making it ideal for altitude estimation, weather m...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Yahboom K230 vision module + Adjustable Bracket
SKU: YH-3000101267 | Brand: Yahboom
Yahboom K230 vision module is a high-performance, low-power embedded AI vision processing module designed for edge computing scenarios. It is designed based on the end-side AloT chip of the RISC-V architecture, with 6...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Fermion: GR10-30 Gesture Sensor (Breakout, UART & I2C, 12 Gestures, 0~30cm)
SKU: DF-SEN0543 | Brand: DFRobot
This GR10-30 gesture sensor is capable of recognizing 12 hand gestures: move up, down, left, right, forward & backward, rotate clockwise & counterclockwise, rotate clockwise & counterclockwise continuously, hover, and...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
MyoWare 2.0 Cable Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-18386 | Brand: SparkFun
The MyoWare® 2.0 Muscle Sensor is designed to be wearable, allowing you to attach biomedical sensor pads directly to the board itself. However, there still may be cases where you want to mount the sensor pads away fro...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun GPS Breakout - NEO-M9N, Chip Antenna (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-15733 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun NEO-M9N GPS Breakout with on-board chip antenna is a high quality, GPS board with equally impressive configuration options. The NEO-M9N module is a 92-channel u-blox M9 engine GNSS receiver, meaning it ca...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Qwiic IR Breakout
SKU: SF-SPX-15804 | Brand: SparkFun
Have you ever needed to monitor your yogurt in the community fridge because there’s a yogurt thief loose at work? Or have you ever needed the lights to flick on when walking in a room because your hands were full of g...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
M5StickC Yun Hat(SH20,BMP280,SK6812)
SKU: M5-U070 | Brand: Little Bird
The M5StickC Yun HAT is a cloud-shaped multi-sensor environmental monitoring accessory designed to mount on the M5StickC via the top socket. It integrates a temperature and humidity sensor (SHT20), barometric pressure...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun gator:particle - micro:bit Accessory Board
SKU: SF-SEN-15271 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun gator:particle micro:bit Accessory Board incorporates the powerful MAX30102 sensor, enabling sensing of pulse oximetry (SpO2), heart rate (HR) monitoring, and particle (PM) detection. As part of SparkFun'...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
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