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.
Temperature Sensor - TMP36
SKU: PI-COM1701 | Brand: Pimoroni
The TMP36 is a low voltage, precision centigrade temperature sensor. It provides a voltage output that is linearly proportional to the Celsius temperature. It also doesn’t require any external calibration to provide t...
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Skywriter
SKU: PR-PIM062 | Brand: Little Bird
The big brother to the Skywriter HAT - Skywriter adds 3D gesture sensing to your project! Using our Python and Arduino libraries you can read off the positional data (x, y, z) and common gestures like ...
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SparkFun IR Array Breakout - 55 Degree FOV, MLX90640 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14844 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s time to say hip hip array for this IR Breakout! The MLX90640 SparkFun IR Array Breakout is equipped with a 32x24 array of thermopile sensors creating, in essence, a low resolution thermal imaging camera. With thi...
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MyoWare Muscle Sensor
SKU: PI-AT-04-001 | Brand: Pimoroni
The MyoWare Muscle Sensor is an all-in-one electromyography (EMG) sensor that measures the filtered and rectified electrical activity of a muscle. It outputs 0 V to Vs (supply voltage) depending on the level of activi...
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SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor - AS7265x (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-15050 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor combines three AS7265x spectral sensors with onboard UV, visible, and IR LEDs to measure light across 18 individual frequencies — from 410 nm (UV) to 940 nm (IR). It brings light...
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SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - H3LIS331DL
SKU: SF-SEN-14480 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun H3LIS331DL Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout is a low-power, high-g accelerometer with I2C and SPI interface options. Though not necessarily good at detecting minute changes, the H3LIS331DL is great for ...
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Analog Output K-Type Thermocouple Amplifier - AD8495 Breakout
SKU: AF-1778 | Brand: Adafruit
The AD8495 from Analog Devices is an analog-output K-type thermocouple amplifier on a compact breakout board. Simply power the board with 3–18V DC, connect a K-type thermocouple to the terminal block, and read the tem...
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RFID Reader ID-3LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11862 | 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-3LA, a very simple...
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SparkFun OpenScale
SKU: SF-SEN-13261 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun OpenScale is an open-source weight measurement board designed for load cells. Simply connect a four-wire or five-wire load cell of any capacity, plug into USB, open a serial terminal at 9,600 bps, and you...
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SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board - MLX90614
SKU: SF-SEN-10740 | Brand: SparkFun
An evaluation board for the MLX90614 non-contact infrared thermometer sensor. It pairs the MLX90614 with an ATmega328 running at 3.3 V (8 MHz Arduino bootloader), giving you a ready-to-use IR temperature sensor with s...
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SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor - APDS-9960
SKU: SF-SEN-12787 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor, a small breakout board with a built in APDS-9960 sensor that offers ambient light and color measuring, proximity detection, and touchless gesture sensing. With this RGB and...
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INA219 High Side DC Current Sensor Breakout - 26V ±3.2A Max
SKU: AF-904 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board will solve all your power-monitoring problems. Instead of struggling with two multimeters, you can just use the handy INA219B chip on this breakout to both measure both the high side voltage and DC...
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VCNL4030 Proximity and Lux Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-6491 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines a Vishay VCNL4030 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one board. It can measure proximity from 0 to 300mm (about 12 inches) and light from 0.004 to 16,768 lux, making it a handy...
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MAX44009 Wide-Range Lux Light Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6498 | Brand: Adafruit
Measure ambient light in real lux with a sensor that handles everything from very dim conditions to bright outdoor sunlight. This breakout is built around the MAX44009, an easy-to-use ambient light sensor that automat...
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TCS3430/TCS34303 Ambient Tri-Stimulus Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6479 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout brings ambient light tri-stimulus colour sensing to your project using CIE XYZ plus an IR channel, rather than the more common RGB-style approach. It is designed for applications where you want access to...
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