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.
Arduino Infra-red obstacle sensor
SKU: LB-LR0006 | Brand: Little Bird
The infrared obstacle sensor is a compact IR proximity module designed for robotics and automation projects. It detects obstacles within a 2–40 cm range and outputs a TTL-level signal, making it easy to integrate with...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Capacitive Touch Sensor for Arduino
SKU: LB-LR0214-47 | Brand: Little Bird
This is a touch sensor for Arduino. This sensor is a toggle output type: touch-on then touch-off. Onboard TTP223 touch capacitive touch sensor IC. With an on-board-level status indicator. Wor...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
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 Thu 1 Oct
MLX90640 Thermal Camera Breakout - Standard (55°)
SKU: PR-PIM365 | Brand: Little Bird
A sophisticated, hackable, 32x24 pixel thermal camera breakout! Use it to monitor the temperature of your CPU or coffee pot, or to build your own heat-seeking night vision camera. Works with Raspberry Pi or Ardu...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
VL53L1X Time of Flight (ToF) Sensor Breakout
SKU: PR-PIM373 | Brand: Little Bird
The VL53L1X Time of Flight sensor breakout uses a low-power laser to measure distances with excellent accuracy and speed. With a detection range of 4 cm to 4 metres and up to 50 Hz sampling frequency, it's ideal for p...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
DHT22 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0137 | Brand: DFRobot
DHT22 capacitive humidity sensing digital temperature and humidity module is one that contains the compound has been calibrated digital signal output of the temperature and humidity sensors. Application of a dedicate...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Adafruit BME688 - Temperature, Humidity, Pressure and Gas Sensor
SKU: AF-5046 | Brand: Adafruit
The BME688 from Bosch delivers comprehensive environmental sensing in a single compact package. This precision sensor measures temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and VOC gas levels, all accessible over I2C or...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Adafruit BME280 I2C or SPI Temperature Humidity Pressure Sensor
SKU: AF-2652 | Brand: Adafruit
Measure indoor environmental conditions with Bosch’s BME280 sensor on an easy-to-use Adafruit breakout. It combines temperature, barometric pressure and humidity sensing in a compact board that suits weather stations,...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Rotary Encoder Module
SKU: LB-LR0024 | Brand: Little Bird
The rotary encoder is an electro-mechanical switch. Its output signal can be used to determine the direction that its knob is being rotated. Not only that, but it is also capable of continuous rotation, unlike a regul...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
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...
Delivered by Wed 14 Oct
IR Break Beam Sensor (50cm)
SKU: DF-SEN0503 | Brand: DFRobot
An infrared break-beam sensor pair for simple, reliable motion detection. The emitter sends a beam of invisible IR light to the receiver — when an object passes between them and breaks the beam, the receiver outputs a...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Hall-Effect Sensor - AH1815 (Non-Latching)
SKU: SF-SEN-14709 | Brand: SparkFun
The AH1815 is an integrated Hall-Effect non-latched sensor. That’s nice but what does it do? Holding a magnet near the sensor will cause the output pin to toggle. This makes for a robust presence sensor. A reed sen...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Electret Microphone Amplifier - MAX9814 with Auto Gain Control
SKU: AF-1713 | Brand: Adafruit
Add an ear to your project with this well-designed electret microphone amplifier with AGC. This fully assembled and tested board comes with a 20-20KHz electret microphone soldered on. For the amplification, we use th...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
IR Break Beam Sensor - 3mm LEDs
SKU: AF-2167 | Brand: Adafruit
Infrared (IR) break-beam sensors are a simple way to detect motion. They work by having an emitter side that sends out a beam of human-invisible IR light, then a receiver across the way which is sensitive to tha...
Delivered by Wed 14 Oct
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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 Tue 22 Sep
LM75A Temperature Sensor I2C Interface Development Board Module For Raspberry Pi
SKU: LB-LS3579 | Brand: Little Bird
LM75A Temperature Sensor I2C Interface Development Board Module LM75A is a high-speed I2C interface, temperature sensor, in the temperature range -55 ? ~ + 125. The temperature was directly converted to a digital sign...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Microphone Sound Sensor Module For Arduino
SKU: LB-LR0004 | Brand: Little Bird
Features Model: KY-038 Adopt LM393 main chip Electric condenser microphone Features Single channel signal output Low level output signal used for sound control light Great module for sound alarm system Working voltage...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
6 DOF Sensor - MPU6050
SKU: DF-SEN0142 | Brand: DFRobot
A compact breakout board for the MPU-6050, combining a 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer with an onboard Digital Motion Processor (DMP) on a single chip. The integrated DMP handles complex motion fusion algori...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Little Bird 45 in 1 sensor kit for Arduino
SKU: LB-LR20 | Brand: Little Bird
This kit brings together a wide range of sensor and interface modules for Arduino projects, experiments and classroom learning. It includes input sensors, output modules, switching modules, power modules and useful bu...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
RP2040 Microcontroller Development Board, with 1.28inch Round Touch LCD, Compact size, Accelerometer And Gyroscope Sensor
SKU: WS-24580 | Brand: Waveshare
RP2040 Microcontroller Development Board, with 1.28inch Round Touch LCD, Compact size, Accelerometer And Gyroscope Sensor RP2040-Touch-LCD-1.28 Based on Raspberry Pi RP2040 ...
Delivered by Wed 14 Oct
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