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 PCF8591 Quad 8-bit ADC + 8-bit DAC - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4648 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PCF8591 Quad 8-bit ADC + 8-bit DAC combines four analogue input channels and one analogue output channel in a single I2C breakout. Measure voltages from potentiometers, sensors, or other analogue sources ...
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
VCNL4030 Proximity and Lux Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-6491 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines a Vishay VCNL4030 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one board. It can measure proximity from 0 to 300mm (about 12 inches) and light from 0.004 to 16,768 lux, making it a handy...
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
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 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
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 Mon 24 Aug
TCS3430/TCS34303 Ambient Tri-Stimulus Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6479 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout brings ambient light tri-stimulus colour sensing to your project using CIE XYZ plus an IR channel, rather than the more common RGB-style approach. It is designed for applications where you want access to...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
GPS-RTK Board - NEO-M8P-2 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-15005 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around the u-blox NEO-M8P-2, this breakout brings high-accuracy GNSS and GPS positioning with RTK support to the Qwiic ecosystem. It’s designed for applications where standard GPS accuracy isn’t enough, with RTK...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
LIS3DH Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-29528 | Brand: SparkFun
Add motion sensing to your project with this Qwiic-enabled LIS3DH breakout. The LIS3DH is a smart, low-power, three-axis capacitive micro-machined accelerometer with 12-bit resolution, suited to translation, motion, o...
Delivered by Tue 11 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
Indoor Air Quality Combo Sensor - SCD41/SEN55 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-25200 | Brand: SparkFun
Build a detailed indoor air monitor with this Qwiic combo board, pairing Sensirion’s SCD41 CO2 sensor with the SEN55 environmental sensor node. Together they measure CO2, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particulate...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
BMP580 I2C/SPI Temperature and Pressure Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6411 | Brand: Adafruit
Bosch’s BMP580 is a precision barometric pressure, temperature and altimeter sensor for projects that need fine height or pressure tracking. It follows on from Bosch’s BMP2xx and BMP3xx sensors and can be used over ei...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Adafruit BMP581 I2C/SPI Temperature & Pressure Sensor
SKU: AF-6407 | Brand: Adafruit
This Bosch BMP581 breakout is a precision barometric pressure, temperature and altimeter sensor for environmental sensing, drones, wearables and projects that need to track height above sea level. It offers much finer...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
ANO Rotary Navigation Encoder to I2C STEMMA QT Adaptor
SKU: AF-6310 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout turns the ANO rotary encoder wheel into an easy-to-use I2C input device. The ANO wheel gives you a clicky, scroll-wheel-style interface with a rotary control plus five button switches, without needing to...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
AS5600 Magnetic Angle Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6357 | Brand: Adafruit
Add rotational sensing without a mechanical connection using the AS5600 magnetic angle sensor. This breakout can sense a rotating north/south magnetic field up to 3mm away from the chip body, making it useful for fric...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
APDS9999 Proximity, Lux & Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6461 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines RGB colour sensing, true lux light measurement and infrared proximity detection in one I2C device. With library code running on your microcontroller, it can read red, green, blue and cle...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
LSM6DS3TR-C 6-DoF Accelerometer + Gyro IMU Breakout
SKU: AF-4503 | Brand: Adafruit
Add motion and orientation sensing to your project with this compact 6 Degree of Freedom IMU breakout built around the ST LSM6DS3TR-C. It combines a 3-axis accelerometer for measuring gravity and acceleration with a 3...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
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