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.
Gravity: Non-contact IR Temeperature Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0206 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION We can divide temperature measurement in to two types: contact and non-contact. Contact measurement can only accurately measure temperature when the testing object and the se...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Octopus Analog Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04097 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor uses capacitive sensing to detect soil moisture levels, avoiding the corrosion problems common with resistive sensors for a much longer service life. It outputs an analogue ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Adafruit Triple-axis Magnetometer - LIS3MDL
SKU: AF-4479 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LIS3MDL is a triple-axis magnetometer (compass) breakout from ST, with selectable measurement ranges from ±4 gauss (±400 µT) up to ±16 gauss (±1600 µT). It's ideal for detecting magnetic north, measuring ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Fermion: SHTC3 Temperature & Humidity Sensor (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0414 | Brand: DFRobot
The SHTC3 digital humidity sensor from Sensirion builds on the success of the proven SHTC1 sensor and offers consistent high accuracy within the measuring range. The sensor covers a humidity measurement range of 0 to ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Gravity: Analog pH Sensor / Meter Pro Kit V2
SKU: DF-SEN0169-V2 | Brand: DFRobot
DFRobot Gravity: Analog pH meter pro V2 is specifically designed to measure the pH of the solution and reflect the acidity or alkalinity. It is commonly used in various applications such as aquaponics, aquaculture, an...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Gravity: MCP23017 IIC 16 Digital IO Expansion Module
SKU: DF-DFR0626 | Brand: DFRobot
This is an IO expansion module that based on the chip MCP23017. The module can expand additional 16 IOs. It can set 8 IIC addresses, which means with this module, the microcontroller can connect 8 modules, and expand ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
A02YYUW Waterproof Ultrasonic Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0311 | Brand: DFRobot
A commercial-grade waterproof ultrasonic distance sensor with UART serial output. The A02YYUW features a much smaller blind zone (3 cm) and wider sensing angle than many comparable sensors, plus penetration through sm...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Capacitive Touch Kit For Arduino
SKU: DF-DFR0129 | Brand: DFRobot
A capacitive touch sensor kit for Arduino based on the MPR121 touch controller. Includes three interchangeable touch pads — a scroll wheel, a keypad with backlight support, and a grid pad for gesture and pattern recog...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
PIR (motion) sensor
SKU: AF-189 | Brand: Adafruit
PIR sensors are used to detect motion from pets/humanoids from about 20 feet away (possibly works on zombies, not guaranteed). This one has an adjustable delay before firing (approx 2-4 seconds), adjustable sensiti...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
TCS34725 RGB Color Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0212 | Brand: DFRobot
The TCS34725 is an I2C RGB colour sensor that detects the red, green, and blue components of light in its environment and returns digital colour values. With high sensitivity, a wide dynamic range, and a built-in IR b...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Thermocouple Amplifier MAX31855 breakout board (MAX6675 upgrade)
SKU: AF-269 | Brand: Adafruit
The MAX31855 Thermocouple Amplifier Breakout converts K-type thermocouple readings into digital data via SPI, handling cold-junction compensation automatically. It measures temperatures from −200°C to +1350°C in 0.25°...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
4 channel 5V relay module with light coupling 5V
SKU: LB-LR0051 | Brand: Little Bird
A 4-channel relay module with opto-isolated inputs for safe, reliable switching of high-power loads. Each relay is rated for up to 10A at 250VAC or 30VDC, making it suitable for controlling lights, motors, heaters, an...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Fermion: AHT20 Temperature and Humidity Sensor (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0527 | Brand: DFRobot
The Fermion AHT20 is a high-precision, low-cost temperature and humidity sensor breakout from DFRobot. Built around an improved MEMS semiconductor capacitive humidity sensor element, it communicates over a standard I2...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
SparkFun Micro Magnetometer - MMC5983MA (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-19921 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Micro MMC5983MA Magnetometer is a micro-sized, 0.75in. by 0.30in. sensor that utilizes the highly sensitive triple-axis magnetometer by MEMSIC. We've attached the magnetometer IC onto an incredibly ...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
BNO055 Intelligent 9-axis Sensor Module
SKU: DF-SEN0374 | Brand: DFRobot
BNO055 is a new sensor IC for implementing an intelligent 9-axis Absolute Orientation Sensor. It is a System in Package, integrating a triaxial 14-bit accelerometer, a triaxial 16-bit gyroscope, a triaxial geomagnetic...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout - BNO055
SKU: AF-2472 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit BNO055 breakout delivers complete 9-DOF orientation sensing with onboard sensor fusion — no complex algorithms to write yourself. The Bosch BNO055 combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer on...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Rotary Encoder
SKU: SF-COM-09117 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a 12-step rotary encoder with a nice ‘clicking’ feel. It’s breadboard friendly, and has a pretty handy select switch (by pushing in on the knob). The encoder is different from a potentiometer in that an enc...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Photo cell (CdS photoresistor)
SKU: AF-161 | Brand: Adafruit
CdS cells are little light sensors. As the squiggly face is exposed to more light, the resistance goes down. When its light, the resistance is about 5-10KΩ, when dark it goes up to 200KΩ. To use, connect one side o...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
RPLIDAR A1M8 - 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit
SKU: DF-DFR0315 | Brand: DFRobot
FEATURESAPPLICATIONSSPECIFICATIONSNote: It has been newest Model: A1M8 --2017/5/15 DOCUMENTS SLAMTEC Website Development Kit SDK & Datasheet Related Rplidar Review by Gavin (@MechatronicsGuy) ICP-SLAM based on Rob...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Adafruit Triple-axis Magnetometer - MMC5603
SKU: AF-5579 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MMC5603 is a triple-axis magnetometer (compass) breakout with a wide ±30 gauss (±3000 µT) measurement range and full 20-bit output resolution at up to 1000 Hz. It's sensitive enough to detect Earth's magn...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
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