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.
DE2290D 2D Barcode Scanner Breakout v2
SKU: SF-SEN-30942 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around DYscan's DE2290D module, this SparkFun breakout brings 1D and 2D barcode scanning to USB and embedded projects. It uses CMOS image recognition with a 300,000-pixel global shutter camera, giving it the abi...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor - 3V or 5V - HC-SR04 compatible - RCWL-1601
SKU: AF-4007 | Brand: Adafruit
If you're like me, you've dreamed of being a dolphin - smoothly gliding through the water. Using your echo-location abilities to detect tasty fish treats. Until genetic modifications catches up with our desires, we'll...
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Vishay TSSP58038 IR Detector Module, 38kHz, Fixed Gain (3-Pack)
SKU: PL-2462 | Brand: Pololu
The Vishay TSSP58038 is a modulated IR receiver that is designed specifically for sensing applications instead of data communication for remote control. Unlike most similar-looking units, it has a fixed gain that mak...
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Waterproof DS18B20 Temperature Probe 0.5m with XH2.54mm Connector
SKU: LB-LS4690-50CM | Brand: Little Bird
A waterproof DS18B20 digital temperature probe with a 0.5m cable and XH2.54mm connector. Ideal for monitoring temperatures in wet or harsh environments including aquariums, hydroponics, brewing, and outdoor weather st...
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Rain/Steam Sensor
SKU: EC-SPM01021S | Brand: Elecrow
This water sensor works by having a series of exposed traces connected to ground and interlaced between the grounded traces are the sens traces. The sensor board has a demension of 5.0 x 4.0cm. There is also a on-boar...
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Sharp GP2Y0D805Z0F Digital Distance Sensor 5cm
SKU: PL-1131 | Brand: Pololu
This small digital distance sensor detects objects between 0.5 cm and 5 cm (0.2″ and 2″) away. With its quick response time, small size, low current draw, and short minimum sensing distance, this sensor is a...
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Arduino Compatible PIR Motion Detector Module
SKU: TB-XC4444 | Brand: Little Bird
A pyroelectric infrared (PIR) motion sensor module for Arduino and microcontroller projects. It detects movement from people and animals by sensing changes in infrared radiation, outputting a digital high signal when ...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (3mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0757 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (6mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0758 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
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HRXL-MaxSonar-WRST7(MB7374)
SKU: DF-SEN0272 | Brand: DFRobot
The weather resistant MB7374 HRXL-MaxSonar-WRST7 has millimeter resolution and a 6Hz read rate, and provides short to long distance detection and range information from 500mm to 5000mm for the nearest detectable targe...
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Mini Dual Button Unit
SKU: M5-U025 | Brand: Little Bird
Description Dual Button, as its namesake, has two buttons with different color. If the Button unit is not enough, how about double it up to a pair. They share the exact same mechanism, button status can be detected...
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Photo Interrupter - GP1A57HRJ00F
SKU: PI-COM1702 | Brand: Pimoroni
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...
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LIDAR-Lite v3
SKU: SF-SEN-14032 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s back! This is the LIDAR-Lite v3, a compact, high-performance optical distance measurement sensor from Garmin™. When space and weight requirements are tight, the LIDAR-Lite v3 soars. The LIDAR-Lite v3 is the ideal...
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SparkFun Coulomb Counter Breakout - LTC4150
SKU: SF-BOB-12052 | Brand: SparkFun
Odometers are extremely useful for cars, they tell you how far you have gone, wouldn’t it be nice if you were able to have a device that does the same for electrical current? The LTC4150 SparkFun Coulomb Counter Break...
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Coin Acceptor - Programmable (6 coin types)
SKU: SF-COM-11636 | Brand: SparkFun
Are you trying to make a quick dime from electronics? Why limit yourself to dimes? This coin acceptor will take up to 6 different kinds of coin! Whether you’re building your own arcade cabinet or just charging admissi...
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Tilt ball switch
SKU: AF-173 | Brand: Adafruit
The "poor man's" accelerometer! Tilt sensors are switches that can detect basic motion/orientation. The metal tube has a little metal ball that rolls around in it, when its tilted upright, the ball rolls onto the cont...
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