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.
Octopus Soil Moisture Sensor Brick
SKU: EF-EF04027 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus Soil Moisture Sensor Brick can read the amount of moisture present in the soil surrounding it. It's a low tech sensor, but ideal for monitoring an urban garden, or your pet plant's water level. This is a mu...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Adafruit BMP388 - Precision Barometric Pressure and Altimeter
SKU: AF-3966 | Brand: Adafruit
The BMP388 from Bosch is a high-precision barometric pressure and temperature sensor, offering significantly improved altitude accuracy over the BMP280. With altitude noise as low as 0.1 metres and a relative accuracy...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
37 in 1 Sensor Kit for Arduino
SKU: LB-LR07 | Brand: Little Bird
A comprehensive collection of 37 different sensors and modules for Arduino, covering a wide range of inputs and outputs for electronics projects. Everything comes neatly organised in a clear plastic storage case. Fro...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Incremental Photoelectric Rotary Encoder - 400P/R
SKU: DF-SEN0230 | Brand: DFRobot
This is an industrial incremental photoelectric rotary encoder with aluminum material, metal shell and stainless steel shaft. It generates AB two-phase orthogonal pulse signal though the rotation of the grating dis...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Short Flex Sensor
SKU: AF-1070 | Brand: Adafruit
This sensor can detect flexing or bending in one direction. They were popularized by being used in the Nintendo PowerGlove as a gaming interface.These sensors are easy to use, they are basically resistors that chan...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Opto Interrupter IRT9608 DIP-4
SKU: LB-LS1216 | Brand: Little Bird
This sensor is composed of an infrared emitter on one upright and a shielded infrared detector on the other. By emitting a beam of infrared light from one upright to the other, the sensor can detect when an object pas...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Triple Axis Accelerometer ADXL345
SKU: DF-SEN0032 | Brand: DFRobot
Breakout board for the Analog Device ADXL345. The ADXL345 is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16 g. Digital output data is formatted as 16-bit twos ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Gravity: Arduino LPG Gas Sensor (MQ4)
SKU: DF-SEN0129 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This is an Arduino CH4 gas sensor. It uses MQ4 probe which is able to detect nature gas, CH4. It is less sensitivity in detecting alcohol, cooking fumes, and cigarette smok...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
IR (Infrared) Receiver Sensor [TSOP38238]
SKU: AF-157 | Brand: Adafruit
IR sensor tuned to 38KHz, perfect for receiving commands from a TV remote control. Runs at 3V to 5V so it's great for any microcontroller.To use, connect pin 3 (all the way to the right) to 5V power, pin 2 (middle) to...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Reed Switch - Insulated
SKU: SF-COM-10601 | Brand: SparkFun
An insulated reed switch that closes when exposed to a magnetic field and opens when the field is removed. The encapsulated design is more durable than glass reed switches and can be easily populated on a PCB. Key Fe...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Gravity:Digital Line Tracking (Following) Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0017 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a line tracking (following) sensor to guide your robot by telling white from black quickly and accurately. It is commonly used in arduino robot project, and probably is the best line following sens...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun Line Sensor Breakout - QRE1113 (Analog)
SKU: SF-ROB-09453 | Brand: SparkFun
This version of the QRE1113 breakout board features an easy-to-use analog output, which will vary depending on the amount of IR light reflected back to the sensor. This tiny board is perfect for line sensing applic...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Gravity: Arduino Analog Flame Sensor
SKU: DF-DFR0076 | Brand: DFRobot
This Gravity analog flame sensor detects fire and infrared light sources in the 760–1,100 nm wavelength range. With a 60° detection angle and analogue output proportional to flame distance, it's widely used in firefig...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Adafruit PiRTC - PCF8523 Real Time Clock for Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-3386 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PiRTC is a battery-backed real-time clock that plugs directly onto your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header, letting your Pi keep accurate time even when powered off. Built around the PCF8523 RTC with native Linux...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Industrial Modbus RTU 8-Channel Relay Module (D) with Digital Input and RS485 Interface
SKU: WS-26517 | Brand: Waveshare
The Industrial Modbus RTU 8-Channel Relay Module (D) is a reliable RS485-controlled relay module with 8 digital inputs. Designed for industrial applications, it supports the Modbus RTU protocol and includes multiple i...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Transceiver - STEMMA JST PH 2mm
SKU: AF-5990 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Transceiver combines a high-powered IR transmitter and a sensitive 38 kHz IR receiver on a single board. With two 940 nm IR LEDs (one vertical, one horizontal) driven by an onboard N-ch...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Fermion: MEMS Carbon Monoxide CO Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 5-5000ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0564 | Brand: DFRobot
The Fermion MEMS Carbon Monoxide Sensor uses micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology to detect CO gas concentrations from 5 to 5,000 ppm. Its compact size, low power consumption, short preheat time, and fast ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
I2C Temperature & Humidity Sensor (Stainless Steel Shell)
SKU: DF-SEN0546 | Brand: DFRobot
This I2C digital temperature & humidity sensor offers high accuracy of ±3.0RH% for humidity and ±0.5°C for temperature and features a user-programmable humidity & temperature alarm function.Its housing is made of 304 ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Conductive Rubber Sheet / Stretch Sensor- 200mm x 200mm x 0.5mm
SKU: AF-5464 | Brand: Adafruit
This rubber sheet is made of the same carbon-black impregnated rubber material that our conductive rubber cord uses. Traditionally it would be used for EMF shielding, or conductive gaskets - but it's very fun to play ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun OpenLog Artemis (without IMU)
SKU: SF-DEV-19426 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun OpenLog Artemis (OLA) is an open-source data logger built on the Artemis module (Cortex-M4F Apollo3 microcontroller). It comes pre-programmed to automatically detect, configure, and log data from Qwiic-en...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
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