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 Triple-Axis Accelerometer - ±2/4/8g @ 14-bit - MMA8451
SKU: AF-2019 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MMA8451 is a high-precision triple-axis accelerometer with a built-in 14-bit ADC, offering selectable measurement ranges of ±2g, ±4g, and ±8g. Designed by Freescale (now NXP), this sensor detects motion, ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Gravity: Formaldehyde (HCHO) Sensor (Arduino Raspberry Pi Compatible)
SKU: DF-SEN0231 | Brand: DFRobot
The Formaldehyde (HCHO) sensor is an Arduino & Raspberry Pi compatible module, which is the ideal solution for indoor air quality monitor. This is a HCHO(CH2O) sensor module. It can be used to measure HCHO in a...
Delivered by Fri 19 Jun
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 Tue 30 Jun
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 Tue 30 Jun
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 Tue 30 Jun
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 Tue 30 Jun
STCC4 + SHT41 CO2, Temperature & Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-6478 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines the STCC4 CO2 sensor with a Sensirion SHT41 temperature and humidity sensor for convenient indoor air monitoring. The STCC4 measures true CO2 using a thermal conductivity method rather t...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
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 Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit TMP119 ±0.03°C I2C Temperature Sensor
SKU: AF-6482 | Brand: Adafruit
Built around Texas Instruments' TMP119, this breakout makes it easy to add extremely accurate temperature monitoring to your project over I2C. It is designed for applications where temperature really matters, includin...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Gravity: STCC4 True Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sensor (3-in-1 Air Quality Monitoring, 400 ~ 5000ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0678 | Brand: DFRobot
This Gravity air quality module uses Sensirion’s STCC4 gas sensing chip to directly measure carbon dioxide with the thermal conductivity measurement principle. It is designed for compact, cost-effective indoor monitor...
Delivered by Fri 19 Jun
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 Fri 19 Jun
ADS1115 16-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
SKU: AF-1085 | Brand: Adafruit
Add precision analog-to-digital conversion to any microcontroller with the ADS1115 breakout. This 16-bit ADC delivers 860 samples per second over I2C, with four single-ended or two differential input channels and a bu...
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Automation HAT
SKU: PR-PIM213 | Brand: Little Bird
The Pimoroni Automation HAT is a versatile home automation and monitoring controller for the Raspberry Pi. It provides relays, analogue inputs, buffered digital inputs, and powered outputs — all 24 V tolerant — with i...
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Adafruit BMP390 - Precision Barometric Pressure and Altimeter
SKU: AF-4816 | Brand: Adafruit
The BMP390 from Bosch (also known as BMP390L) is a high-precision barometric pressure and temperature sensor, offering the best altitude accuracy in the Bosch pressure sensor lineup. With relative accuracy of ±3 Pasca...
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Ultrasonic Distance Sensor - 3V or 5V - HC-SR04 compatible - RCWL-1601
SKU: AF-4007 | Brand: Adafruit
If you're like me, you've dreamed of being a dolphin - smoothly gliding through the water. Using your echo-location abilities to detect tasty fish treats. Until genetic modifications catches up with our desires, we'll...
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TF Mini LiDAR(ToF) Laser Range Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0259 | Brand: DFRobot
The TF Mini LiDAR is an unidirectional laser range finder based upon time-of-flight (ToF) technology. It consists of special optical and electronic devices, which integrates adaptive algorithm for indo...
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Automation HAT
SKU: PR-PIM217 | Brand: Little Bird
The Automation HAT is a versatile home monitoring and automation controller for Raspberry Pi. With relays, analog channels, powered outputs, and buffered inputs — all 24V tolerant — you can connect a wide range of sen...
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Waterproof DS18B20 Temperature Probe 0.5m with XH2.54mm Connector
SKU: LB-LS4690-50CM | Brand: Little Bird
A waterproof DS18B20 digital temperature probe with a 0.5m cable and XH2.54mm connector. Ideal for monitoring temperatures in wet or harsh environments including aquariums, hydroponics, brewing, and outdoor weather st...
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Piezoelectric Ribbon Sensor - 2 feet / 600mm long
SKU: AF-4931 | Brand: Adafruit
This thin silvery ribbon is an interesting sensor. It's made of 2mm wide by 600mm long piezoelectric film sandwich. Piezo film can be used to detect motion or vibration - when shifted around or touched, it create...
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Rotary Potentiometer - 10 kΩ
SKU: PI-COM1004 | Brand: Pimoroni
You'll find these rotary potentiometers in our Maker Essentials kit, but they're so useful we decided to offer them on their own! Pair them with something like our Explorer HAT Pro or Explorer pHAT to rea...
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