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.
Adafruit 9-DOF Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout - BNO085 (BNO080) - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4754 | Brand: Adafruit
The BNO085 from Hillcrest Laboratories is a 9-DOF IMU with built-in sensor fusion — it combines accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer data on-chip and delivers ready-to-use orientation, motion detection and activi...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
VL53L0X Time-of-Flight (ToF) Laser Ranging Sensor - GY-530
SKU: LB-LS6503 | Brand: Little Bird
The VL53L0X Time-of-Flight (ToF) Laser Ranging Sensor is an advanced distance sensor module that provides highly accurate distance measurements using infrared laser technology. With a range of up to 2 meters, this com...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
10DOF Module MPU6050 HMC5883L BMP180 GY87 Sensor Module
SKU: LB-LS5114 | Brand: Little Bird
The GY-87 is a 10 degrees-of-freedom (10DOF) sensor module that combines three chips on a single compact board: the MPU6050 (3-axis gyroscope + 3-axis accelerometer), HMC5883L (3-axis magnetometer), and BMP180 (barome...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Pico - 10DOF-IMU IC Test Board
SKU: WS-19358 | Brand: Waveshare
A 10-DOF IMU sensor expansion board designed for the Raspberry Pi Pico. Combines a 9-axis ICM20948 motion sensor (gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer) with an LPS22HB barometric pressure sensor, all communicating o...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Gravity: Offline Language Learning Voice Recognition Sensor for Arduino / Raspberry Pi / Python / ESP32 - I2C & UART
SKU: DF-SEN0539-EN | Brand: DFRobot
What is voice recognition? Voice recognition is a computer technology that recognizes and converts speech signals into editable text or operational commands through analysis. It allows people to interact with...
Delivered by Fri 19 Jun
Adafruit Ultimate GPS Breakout - 66 channel w/10 Hz updates [Version 3]
SKU: AF-746 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Ultimate GPS Breakout (Version 3) is a high-performance GPS module built around the MTK3339 chipset. With 66 channels, -165 dBm tracking sensitivity, and up to 10 Hz position updates, it delivers accurate...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Enviro Indoor (Pico W Aboard) with Accessory Kit
SKU: PR-PIM638 | Brand: Little Bird
A wireless environmental monitoring board to keep track of inside conditions in your home, office or other habitat. Onboard sensors can measure temperature, humidity, pressure, gas and light. The top of the range...
Delivered by Wed 17 Jun
Electret Microphone Amplifier - MAX4466 with Adjustable Gain
SKU: AF-1063 | Brand: Adafruit
A well-designed electret microphone amplifier breakout built around the Maxim MAX4466 op-amp, specifically engineered for microphone amplification with excellent power supply noise rejection. The board comes fully ass...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit Universal Thermocouple Amplifier MAX31856 Breakout
SKU: AF-3263 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Universal Thermocouple Amplifier MAX31856 Breakout reads temperature from virtually any thermocouple type — K, J, N, R, S, T, E, or B — with 0.0078125°C resolution and a measurement range of -210°C to +18...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Gravity: HUSKYLENS 2 - 6 TOPS LLM MCP AI Vision Sensor (20+ Models, Deploy Custom Models)
SKU: DF-SEN0638 | Brand: DFRobot
HUSKYLENS 2 is a powerful AI vision sensor with a 1.6GHz dual-core processor and 6 TOPS AI accelerator. With 20+ built-in AI models and the ability to train and deploy custom YOLO models, it brings advanced computer v...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit TLV493D Triple-Axis Magnetometer - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4366 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit TLV493D is a 3-axis magnetometer designed for detecting and tracking nearby magnets in three dimensions. Manufactured by Infineon, this sensor measures magnetic fields across the X, Y, and Z axes with 12-...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit STEMMA Soil Sensor - I2C Capacitive Moisture Sensor
SKU: AF-4026 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit STEMMA Soil Sensor uses capacitive measurement to detect soil moisture — a more durable approach than resistive sensors that corrode over time. With a single probe and no exposed metal, it avoids oxidatio...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Tue 30 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Wed 10 Jun
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 Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit MPU-6050 6-DoF Accel and Gyro Sensor - STEMMA QT Qwiic
SKU: AF-3886 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MPU-6050 breakout combines a 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope in a single compact sensor, providing 6 degrees of freedom (6-DoF) motion sensing over I2C. A proven and popular IMU, the MPU-6050 is...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit BMP388 - Precision Barometric Pressure and Altimeter
SKU: AF-3966 | Brand: Adafruit
The BMP388 from Bosch is a high-precision barometric pressure and temperature sensor, offering significantly improved altitude accuracy over the BMP280. With altitude noise as low as 0.1 metres and a relative accuracy...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
TCA9548A I2C Multiplexer
SKU: AF-2717 | Brand: Adafruit
The TCA9548A 1-to-8 I2C multiplexer solves the common problem of needing multiple I2C devices with the same address on a single bus. It acts as a gatekeeper, routing I2C traffic to any of its eight downstream channels...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
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