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.
Infrared Proximity Sensor - Sharp GP2Y0A21YK
SKU: SF-SEN-00242 | Brand: SparkFun
The Sharp GP2Y0A21YK is an infrared proximity sensor with an analogue voltage output that varies with distance — from 3.1 V at 10 cm to 0.4 V at 80 cm. It uses an IR emitter and position-sensitive detector to measure ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
SHARP GP2Y0A41SKOF Infrared Distance Sensor (4-30cm)
SKU: DF-SEN0143 | Brand: DFRobot
This Infrared Proximity Sensor made by Sharp (model: GP2Y0A41SKOF) has an analog output which varies from 3.1V (4cm) to 0.3V (30cm) with a supply voltage between 4.5 and 5.5V DC. This sensor is great for sensing obje...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Triple Axis Accelerometer BMA220 (Tiny)
SKU: DF-SEN0168 | Brand: DFRobot
This Triple Axis Accelerometer with Bosch BMA220 is an ultra small triaxial, low-g acceleration sensor breakboard with SPI and I2C interface, aiming for low power consumer market applications. It allows measurem...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-13322 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor is a simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The soil moisture sensor is pretty straight forward to use. The two large exposed pads function as probe...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
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 Thu 30 Jul
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 Thu 30 Jul
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 Thu 30 Jul
Magnetic Door Switch Set
SKU: SF-COM-13247 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the Magnetic Door Switch Set, a small reed switch assembly specifically designed to alert you when doors, drawers, or any other aperture opens. These types of switches are primarily used in home security syste...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
13.56MHz RFID/NFC White Tag [1KB]
SKU: AF-360 | Brand: Adafruit
This blank 13.56 MHz RFID/NFC white tag is a compact disc-shaped token commonly used for laundry tracking, garment identification, and asset tagging. It contains a Mifare Classic 1K chip with 1 KB of writable EEPROM s...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
SparkFun Altitude/Pressure Sensor Breakout - MPL3115A2
SKU: SF-SEN-11084 | Brand: SparkFun
Life has its ups and downs, so why not measure them? The MPL3115A2 is a MEMS pressure sensor that provides Altitude data to within 30cm (with oversampling enabled). The sensor outputs are digitized by a high reso...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
DS18B20 Digital temperature sensor + extras
SKU: AF-374 | Brand: Adafruit
These 1-wire digital temperature sensors are fairly precise (±0.5°C over much of the range) and can give up to 12 bits of precision from the onboard digital-to-analog converter. They work great with any microcontro...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
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 Thu 30 Jul
Built-in Spring GSM Antenna
SKU: DF-FIT0454 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a small built-in spring GSM antenna with IPX connector. Its working frequency is 900/1800 MHz which meets most requirements of GSM applications. Its very compact size makes it easy to carry and use. ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
SparkFun DeadOn RTC Breakout - DS3234
SKU: SF-BOB-10160 | Brand: SparkFun
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. Th...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Gravity: Arduino Infrared Motion Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0018 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a simple to use arduino 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 sensor c...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Gravity: UART Infrared CO2 Sensor (0-50000ppm), air sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0220 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity UART Infrared CO2 Sensor uses non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) technology to measure carbon dioxide concentrations from 0 to 50,000 ppm. It offers excellent selectivity with no oxygen dependency, built-in te...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Gravity: Analog Slide Position (Potentiometer) Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-DFR0053 | Brand: DFRobot
This arduino Slide Position Sensor is based on straight-slip slide potentiometer sensor. The sensor is able to give provide the position of the slider which is often considered as a linear potentiometer . The ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
SparkFun Line Sensor Breakout - QRE1113 (Digital)
SKU: SF-ROB-09454 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun QRE1113 Line Sensor Breakout (Digital) is a compact IR reflectance sensor board that outputs a digital signal based on surface reflectivity. It uses a capacitor discharge circuit — the faster the 10 nF ca...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
RFID Button - 16mm (125kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-09417 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple, thumbnail-size RFID tag. These tags are great for sensing presence, identification, etc., and they’re small, so they can be easily sewn into clothing or inserted into enclosures. Each tag comes with ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
LPG Gas Sensor - MQ-6
SKU: SF-SEN-09405 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple-to-use MQ-6 gas sensor for detecting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — primarily propane and butane — in the air. The sensor detects concentrations from 200 to 10,000 ppm with high sensitivity and fast response...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
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