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 Module DS18B20
SKU: LB-24-TEMP | Brand: Little Bird
A pre-wired DS18B20 digital temperature sensor on a breakout module with three labelled pins for easy connection. The DS18B20 uses the 1-Wire protocol, requiring only a single data line to communicate temperature read...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Sound Detection and Microphone Module
SKU: LB-LR0003 | Brand: Little Bird
This sound detection and microphone module provides both analogue and digital outputs for detecting sound with a microcontroller. The analogue output (AO) delivers a real-time voltage signal proportional to sound inte...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
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
Standalone Toggle Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1012]
SKU: AF-1375 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "toggle" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sens...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
Adafruit Bonsai Buckaroo - micro:bit & CLUE Plant Care Helper
SKU: AF-4534 | Brand: Adafruit
The Bonsai Buckaroo is a compact add-on board for micro:bit and Adafruit CLUE that turns your board into a plant care monitoring and watering system. Bolt it on with 5 screws to get a buzzer, motor driver, and soil mo...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
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...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Sensor ELECFREAKS PlanetX DHT11
SKU: EF-EF05004 | Brand: ElecFreaks
It is sensitive to changes in ambient temperature and humidity and can be used for high-temperature alarms and environmental humidity detection.PlanetX DHT11
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
SparkFun PIR Breakout Starter Kit (170uA)
SKU: SF-KIT-19519 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun 170uA PIR Breakout Starter Kit comes with everything you need to get started using Passive Infrared (PIR) sensors. PIR sensors are great for detecting motion in a small area around the sensor. The 170µA S...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Fermion: 8-Bit Level Translator (Breakout)
SKU: DF-DFR0844 | Brand: DFRobot
After purchasing an open-source product that is not electrical level compatible, you may find that your sensor cannot work normally or even is easy to be damaged because the level of the sensor and your controller are...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Fermion: 4-Bit Level Translator (Breakout)
SKU: DF-DFR0843 | Brand: DFRobot
After purchasing an open-source product that is not electrical level compatible, you may find that your sensor cannot work normally or even is easy to be damaged because the level of the sensor and your controller are...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
SparkFun PIR Breakout - 170uA (EKMC4607112K)
SKU: SF-SEN-17372 | Brand: SparkFun
Passive Infrared (PIR) sensors are great for detecting motion in a small area around the sensor. The 170µA SparkFun EKMC4607112K PIR Breakout is a simple board equipped with an EKM-series PIR sensor from Panasonic®. T...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Standalone 5-Pad Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1070
SKU: AF-1362 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with mutiple capacitive touch sensors. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and connect up to 5 conductive pads to the 5 left-...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
SparkFun LED RingCoder Breakout - RGB
SKU: SF-BOB-11040 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun LED RingCoder Breakout provides a visual position indicator for rotary encoders. Two 8-bit shift registers drive a circular LED bargraph that displays the virtual position of the encoder as it turns, givi...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
SparkFun Photo Interrupter Breakout Board - GP1A57HRJ00F
SKU: SF-BOB-09322 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple breakout PCB for the GP1A57HR photo interrupter (also known as a photogate, photodiode, or phototransistor). This PCB has three connections for PWR, GND, and Signal.When the gate is clear, SIG will be high (>...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
SparkFun Rotary Encoder Breakout - Illuminated (RG/RGB)
SKU: SF-BOB-11722 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a clever little breakout board for both the RGB and R/G illuminated rotary encoders. On one side, it breaks out all of the RGB pins to standard, breadboard friendly, 0.1" headers. Turn it over and it has a foo...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
ANO Rotary Navigation Encoder Breakout
SKU: AF-6311 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout makes the ANO rotary encoder wheel much easier to use in a breadboard or wired prototype. The encoder is a distinctive navigation control, with a clicky scroll-wheel feel reminiscent of early iPod interf...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Allband GNSS RTK Breakout - mosaic-G5 P3
SKU: SF-GPS-29208 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around Septentrio’s mosaic-G5 P3, this compact GNSS RTK breakout is designed for projects that need survey-grade positioning without giving up space or power budget. It offers the same leading performance as the...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
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
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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