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.
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 Thu 30 Jul
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 Thu 30 Jul
Carbon Monoxide Sensor (MQ7)
SKU: DF-FIT0227 | Brand: DFRobot
The MQ7 is a simple-to-use Carbon Monoxide (CO) sensor suitable for detecting CO concentrations in the air. It offers a wide detection range from 20 to 2000 ppm, making it ideal for safety monitoring and air quality p...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Crash sensor Right-
SKU: DF-SEN0138-R | Brand: DFRobot
A miniature snap-action switch, also trademarked and frequently known as a micro switch, is an electric switch that is actuated by very little physical force.Micro switches are very widely used; among their appl...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Gas Sensor Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-08891 | Brand: SparkFun
This breakout board provides a convenient PCB adapter for MQ-series gas sensors (MQ-3, MQ-4, MQ-6, MQ-7, and MQ-8). It converts the sensor's oversized, oddly-spaced pins into a standard breakout format that's easy to ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Alcohol Gas Sensor - MQ-3
SKU: SF-SEN-08880 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-3 is an alcohol gas sensor suitable for detecting alcohol concentration in the air, similar to a breathalyser. It provides an analog resistive output based on alcohol concentration, with high sensitivity and fa...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Spare 13.56MHz RFID NFC Card
SKU: TB-ZZ8978 | Brand: Little Bird
A blank 13.56MHz RFID/NFC card with 1KB of data storage, compatible with common RFID reader modules and many NFC-enabled Android phones. This standard credit-card-sized card operates at 13.56MHz and is ideal for acce...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
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 Thu 30 Jul
Smart Grayscale Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0147 | Brand: DFRobot
This time we reinvented the line-tracking sensor. Beyond recognizing two specific colors or output through digital or analog only, the Smart Gray Sensor has integrated both digital and analog output features. In ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
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
Pololu Carrier for Sharp GP2Y0D815Z0F, GP2Y0D810Z0F, and GP2Y0D805Z0F Sensors
SKU: PL-1133 | Brand: Pololu
This compact carrier board from Pololu makes it easy to integrate a Sharp GP2Y0D815Z0F, GP2Y0D810Z0F, or GP2Y0D805Z0F digital distance sensor into your project. It provides all the required external components, an on-...
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
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