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.
AltIMU-10 v5 Gyro, Accelerometer, Compass, and Altimeter (LSM6DS33, LIS3MDL, and LPS25H Carrier)
SKU: PL-2739 | Brand: Pololu
The Pololu AltIMU-10 v5 is a compact inertial measurement unit (IMU) and altimeter that combines a gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, and barometric pressure sensor on a single board. It provides ten independent ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Alcohol Gas Sensor MQ-3
SKU: PL-1634 | Brand: Pololu
The MQ-3 is a semiconductor gas sensor that detects alcohol vapour at concentrations from 0.04 mg/L to 4 mg/L — a range suitable for building a breathalyser. It provides a simple analog voltage output that requires on...
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
Gravity: Arduino Carbon Monoxide Sensor (MQ7)
SKU: DF-SEN0132 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This is an Arduino Carbon Monoxide Sensor. It uses MQ7 probe to detect Carbon Monoxide (CO) concentrations in the air from 20 to 2000ppm. The sensitivity ca...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
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 Tue 22 Sep
LilyPad Temperature Sensor
SKU: SF-DEV-08777 | Brand: SparkFun
Detecting temperature changes has never been easier. The MCP9700 is a small thermistor type temperature sensor. This sensor will output 0.5V at 0 degrees C, 0.75V at 25 C, and 10mV per degree C. Doing an analog to dig...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
RFID Reader ID-20LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11828 | 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-20LA, a very simpl...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
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
Pulse Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-11574 | Brand: SparkFun
Heart rate data can be really useful whether you’re designing an exercise routine, studying your activity or anxiety levels or just want your shirt to blink with your heart beat. The problem is that heart rate can be ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
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 Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun Atmospheric Sensor Breakout - BME280
SKU: SF-SEN-13676 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun BME280 Atmospheric Sensor Breakout measures barometric pressure, humidity, and temperature in a compact package. Whether you're building a weather station, home automation system, or indoor air quality mo...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
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 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
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ChronoDot - Ultra-precise Real Time Clock [v2.1]
SKU: AF-255 | Brand: Adafruit
THIS IS THE LATEST VERSION 2.1The ChronoDot RTC is an extremely accurate real time clock module, based on the DS3231 temperature compensated RTC (TCXO). It includes a CR1632 battery, which should last at least 8 years...
Delivered by Wed 14 Oct
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
Gravity: Laser PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0177 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Laser PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor uses laser scattering to measure suspended particulate matter concentrations in the air. It detects particles from 0.3 to 10 µm in diameter and outputs digital concentration ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Gravity:Analog UV Sensor V2
SKU: DF-SEN0162 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Analog UV Sensor V2 uses a GUVA-S12SD photodiode to detect ultraviolet radiation in the 200–370 nm (UV-A) wavelength range. It outputs a linear analogue voltage signal proportional to UV intensity, making ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
CMPS11-Tilt Compensated Magnetic Compass
SKU: DF-SEN0183 | Brand: DFRobot
The CMPS11 is a 3rd-generation tilt-compensated magnetic compass module that combines a 3-axis magnetometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and 3-axis accelerometer. An onboard Kalman filter fuses gyro and accelerometer data to re...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
SparkFun Sound Detector
SKU: SF-SEN-12642 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Sound Detector is a small and very easy to use audio sensing board with three different outputs. The Sound Detector not only provides an audio output, but also a binary indication of the presence of so...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
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