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.
SparkFun RedBot Sensor - Wheel Encoder
SKU: SF-SEN-12617 | Brand: SparkFun
Knowing where your robot is can be very important! The RedBot Wheel Encoder allows you to track the number of revolutions each wheel has made. This sensor works by detecting the movement of small teeth connected to a ...
Delivered by Thu 30 Jul
RPLIDAR A2 - 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit
SKU: DF-DFR0445 | Brand: DFRobot
RPLIDAR A2 is the next generation low cost 360 degree 2D laser scanner (LIDAR) solution developed by SLAMTEC. It can take up to 4000 samples of laser ranging per second with high rotation speed. And equipped with S...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
ALS-PT19 Light Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-12566 | Brand: SparkFun
The ALS-PT19 is a compact SMD ambient light sensor, significantly smaller than standard through-hole alternatives like the TEMT6000. Functioning as an NPN phototransistor, it provides an analogue voltage output propor...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Barometric Pressure Sensor - MPL115A1
SKU: SF-SEN-09602 | Brand: SparkFun
The MPL115A1 is a digital barometer that uses MEMs technology to give accurate pressure measurements between 50kPa and 115kPa. We stock the SPI interface version of the sensor. Average current consumption is 10µA at o...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
SRF08 Ultrasonic Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0007 | Brand: DFRobot
The SRF08 is an evolutionary step up from the SRF04. It requires less power to operate, has a longer range (up to 6m) and it performs its own internal timing of the return echo. The SRF08 is also fitted with an LDR...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Adafruit AMG8833 IR Thermal Camera Breakout
SKU: AF-3538 | Brand: Adafruit
Add heat-vision to your project with the Adafruit AMG8833 Grid-EYE Breakout. This sensor from Panasonic contains an 8×8 array of infrared thermal sensors that returns 64 individual temperature readings over I2C — like...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
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...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Adafruit AMG8833 IR Thermal Camera FeatherWing
SKU: AF-3622 | Brand: Adafruit
Add heat-vision to any Feather board with the Adafruit AMG8833 Thermal Camera FeatherWing. This sensor from Panasonic contains an 8×8 array of infrared thermal sensors that returns 64 individual temperature readings o...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
VCNL4020 Proximity & Light Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-5810 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout combines Vishay's VCNL4020 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one compact I2C board, making it a handy choice when you want to detect nearby objects and measure light levels at the same time. T...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Adafruit INA228 85V 20-bit I2C Power Monitor Breakout
SKU: AF-5832 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout brings the INA228 power monitoring chip out to an easy-to-use board for measuring DC current, bus voltage and calculated power on either the high side or the low side of a circuit. It combines a wide com...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
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...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
MLX90632 FIR Remote Thermal Temperature Sensor
SKU: AF-6403 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout uses Melexis' MLX90632 FIR sensor to read the temperature of a target without making contact. It's handy for checking surfaces that are hot, cold, moving, delicate or awkward to reach with a prob...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Adafruit QMC5883P Triple-Axis Magnetometer
SKU: AF-6388 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout makes it easy to measure magnetic fields in three axes for compass, navigation and orientation projects. It is built around the QMC5883P, a magnetometer commonly used in quadcopter and robotics d...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
FPC2534 Qwiic Fingerprint Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-29854 | Brand: SparkFun
This breakout brings secure fingerprint authentication to embedded projects while keeping the complex biometric work on the sensor itself. Built around the FPC2534 from Fingerprint Cards AB, it handles enrolment, encr...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
MicroMod GNSS RTK Carrier Board - ZED-F9P
SKU: SF-GPS-17722 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around the u-blox ZED-F9P, this MicroMod carrier gives your project high-precision GNSS and RTK positioning in a swappable, solderless MicroMod format. It supports rover and base station operation, with RTK accu...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
MicroMod Asset Tracker Carrier Board - SARA-R510AWS
SKU: SF-WRL-29210 | Brand: SparkFun
This MicroMod carrier board is built around the u-blox SARA-R510AWS module and AWS IoT ExpressLink, giving your MicroMod processor a simpler path to secure AWS cloud connectivity over LTE-M. Please note that this modu...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
GNSS-RTK Positioning Kit with LoRa (915MHz)
SKU: DF-KIT0198-US | Brand: DFRobot
This dual-module GNSS-RTK kit brings a base station and mobile rover together for high-precision positioning projects. It uses Real-Time Kinematics, where the stationary base station sends correction data to the movin...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
4G GNSS-RTK Positioning Kit (EMEA & Thailand)
SKU: DF-KIT0212 | Brand: DFRobot
Designed for high-accuracy navigation projects, this kit uses Network RTK to deliver 5 cm + 1 ppm centimetre-level positioning across a typical 15-20km operational range. Its onboard 4G module receives RTCM correction...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
GNSS-RTK Positioning Kit with LoRa 868MHz (EU)
SKU: DF-KIT0198-EU | Brand: DFRobot
This GNSS-RTK kit is a complete base-and-rover positioning setup for projects that need centimetre-level location data. It uses Real-Time Kinematic correction, with a stationary base station sending RTCM correction da...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
Gravity 8x8 Matrix ToF Distance Sensor - I2C/UART
SKU: DF-SEN0628 | Brand: DFRobot
This compact 3D depth-sensing module sits between a simple single-point distance sensor and a full depth camera. It uses an 8×8 Time-of-Flight matrix to return depth data from 64 points, giving your robot or interacti...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
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