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.
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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Bare Conductive Touch Board
SKU: SF-DEV-13298 | Brand: SparkFun
The Touch Board from Bare Conductive is an easy-to-use Arduino@Heart board that gives you the ability to turn almost any material or surface into a sensor. Each Touch Board offers 12 electrodes for your a conductiv...
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Adafruit 9-DOF Accel/Mag/Gyro+Temp Breakout Board - LSM9DS1
SKU: AF-3387 | Brand: Adafruit
Add motion, direction and orientation sensing to your project with this all-in-one 9-DOF sensor from Adafruit. The LSM9DS1 from ST Micro combines a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis magnetometer and 3-axis gyroscope into a...
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Adafruit Sensirion SHT45 Precision Temp & Humidity with PTFE
SKU: AF-6174 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Sensirion SHT45 is the highest-accuracy sensor in the SHT4x family, delivering ±1.0% typical relative humidity accuracy and ±0.1 °C typical temperature accuracy. Featuring a PTFE membrane for protection a...
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Adafruit HDC3021 Precision Temperature & Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5989 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HDC3021 is a high-precision I²C temperature and humidity sensor breakout featuring the TI HDC302x series chip. With typical humidity accuracy of ±0.5% RH (and just 0.19% long-term drift) and temperature a...
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3-Axis Accelerometer Module for Arduino
SKU: TB-XC4478 | Brand: Little Bird
A compact 3-axis accelerometer module based on the ADXL335 sensor IC. Measures acceleration along the X, Y, and Z axes with a range of ±3g, providing one analogue output channel per axis. Useful for detecting motion, ...
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SparkFun 6DoF IMU Breakout - LSM6DSV16X (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-21325 | Brand: SparkFun
Looking for an extremely accurate way to detect motion utilizing AI? We've got you covered with the Qwiic-enabled, SparkFun LSM6DSV16X 6DoF IMU Breakout. The LSM6DSV16X, from STMicroelectronics, is a high-performance,...
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SparkFun DataLogger IoT - 9DoF
SKU: SF-DEV-20594 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun DataLogger IoT - 9DoF is a preprogrammed data logger that automatically detects, configures, and logs Qwiic-compatible sensors — all without writing a single line of code. Simply plug in your sensors, pow...
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SparkFun 9DoF IMU Breakout - ISM330DHCX, MMC5983MA (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-19895 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun 9DoF IMU Breakout combines the high-performance ISM330DHCX 3D accelerometer and gyroscope from STMicroelectronics with the MMC5983MA triple-axis magnetometer from MEMSIC, delivering nine degrees of freedo...
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Adafruit LSM6DS3TR-C + LIS3MDL - Precision 9 DoF IMU
SKU: AF-5543 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LSM6DS3TR-C + LIS3MDL is a precision 9 Degree of Freedom (9-DoF) inertial measurement unit on a single breakout board. It pairs the LSM6DS3TR-C accelerometer/gyroscope with the LIS3MDL magnetometer — prov...
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Arduino Infrared Remote Control IOT Smart IR Module
SKU: EC-WIS00975M | Brand: Elecrow
The Smart IR Module is a compact infrared transceiver board designed for IoT remote control projects. With four IR transmitters arranged for 360° coverage and an integrated IR receiver, it allows you to learn remote c...
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Strain Gauge Load Cell - 4 Wires - 1Kg
SKU: AF-4540 | Brand: Adafruit
A strain gauge is a type of electronic sensor used to measure force or strain (big surprise there). They are made of an insulating flexible backing with a metallic foil pattern. The resistance of a strain gauge change...
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NFC/RFID breakout Module
SKU: EF-EF03081 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The NFC/RFID breakout based on PN532, which is the most popular NFC chip, and is what is embedded in pretty much every phone or device that does NFC. It can pretty much do it all, such as read and write to tags and...
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Octopus Real-time Clock
SKU: EF-EF04005 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus Electronic Bricks, you can use them to build electronics projects just as easy as piling bricks. By using Octopus electronic bricks, you may connect Arduino / Freaduino compatible boards easily with various...
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Rotary Potentiometer - 100k Ohm, Linear (Panel Mount)
SKU: SF-COM-14622 | Brand: SparkFun
An adjustable potentiometer can open up many interesting user interfaces. With this rotary potentiometer just turn the dial and the resistance changes. This potentiometer has a ¼" metal knurled shaft diameter, solder ...
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Ultimate GPS Module - 66 channel w/10 Hz updates [MTK3339 chipset]
SKU: AF-790 | Brand: Adafruit
A high-sensitivity GPS module built around the MTK3339 chipset, capable of tracking up to 22 satellites on 66 channels with 10 Hz position updates. At just 16 × 16 × 5 mm and under 6 grams, it packs an internal patch ...
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SparkFun Spectral Sensor Breakout - AS7263 NIR (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14351 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun AS7263 breakout brings near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to your microcontroller projects. The sensor measures six discrete NIR wavelengths, allowing you to characterise how different materials absorb and ...
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SparkFun Spectral Sensor Breakout - AS7262 Visible (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14347 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun AS7262 Visible Spectral Sensor Breakout brings spectroscopy to the palm of your hand, making it easy to measure and characterise how different materials absorb and reflect different wavelengths of light. ...
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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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Standalone Momentary Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1010]
SKU: AF-1374 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "momentary" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sens...
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