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.
VCNL4200 Long Distance IR Proximity & Light Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6064 | Brand: Adafruit
Need approximate distance sensing over tens of centimetres to around a metre, plus ambient light measurement from the same board? This breakout carries Vishay’s VCNL4200, a two-in-one IR proximity and ambient light se...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
ScoutMakes DRV5032 Digital Hall Effect Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6051 | Brand: Adafruit
Add magnetic sensing to your project with this breakout built around the Texas Instruments DRV5032 digital Hall effect sensor. Its digital output changes when the magnetic flux density threshold is crossed, making it ...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
DFRobot Fermion BMI323 6DOF IMU Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0693 | Brand: DFRobot
Built around the Bosch BMI323, this compact Fermion module combines a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope on a 16 mm × 16 mm board. It provides high-rate acceleration and angular velocity data over I²C for emb...
Delivered by Wed 12 Aug
Adafruit TMAG5273 A2 3D Hall Effect Magnetometer Breakout
SKU: AF-6490 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout carries the TMAG5273 A2, a low-power linear 3D Hall-effect sensor for measuring magnetic fields across the X, Y and Z axes. Its built-in 12-bit ADC provides axis readings over I2C, and there is also an i...
Delivered by Tue 25 Aug
DE2290D 2D Barcode Scanner Breakout v2
SKU: SF-SEN-30942 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around DYscan's DE2290D module, this SparkFun breakout brings 1D and 2D barcode scanning to USB and embedded projects. It uses CMOS image recognition with a 300,000-pixel global shutter camera, giving it the abi...
Delivered by Wed 12 Aug
DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor Module
SKU: LB-DHT11-SENSOR | Brand: Little Bird
The Little Bird DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor Module provides calibrated digital temperature and humidity readings from a single sensor. Designed and made in Sydney, Australia, it requires no extra components ...
Out of stock
Little Bird PN532 NFC MODULE
SKU: LB-LR0214-148A | Brand: Little Bird
This PN532-based NFC module is designed for near field communication projects in the 13.56MHz range, with a maximum communication distance of 30mm.The board includes its own antenna and can communicate via SPI, IIC (I...
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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...
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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...
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Little Bird Buzzer Module
SKU: LB-24-BUZZER | Brand: Little Bird
A passive buzzer module that can generate a range of tones and frequencies when driven by a PWM signal. Unlike an active buzzer, a passive buzzer requires a frequency input, giving you full control over the pitch and ...
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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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Mini Heart Rate Unit (MAX30100)
SKU: M5-U029 | Brand: Little Bird
Description HEART is build with MAX30100.. MAX30100 is a complete pulse oximetry and heartrate sensor system solution designed for the demanding requirements of wearable devices. The MAX30100 provides ...
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Gyroscope and Accelerometer in one with Headers
SKU: LB-LR0044-WH | Brand: Little Bird
A 6-axis motion tracking breakout module based on the InvenSense MPU-6050, combining a 3-axis MEMS gyroscope and a 3-axis MEMS accelerometer on a single chip. With 16-bit ADC hardware for each channel capturing all ax...
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MLX90640 Thermal Camera Breakout - Wide angle (110°)
SKU: PR-PIM366 | 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 Arduino.It...
Out of stock
SparkFun 6DoF IMU Breakout - BMI270 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22397 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun BMI270 6DoF IMU Breakout is a Qwiic-enabled board featuring the ultra-low-power BMI270 inertial measurement unit from Bosch. It combines a 16-bit tri-axial accelerometer and 16-bit tri-axial gyroscope wit...
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VL53L5CX 8x8 Time of Flight (ToF) Array Sensor Breakout
SKU: PR-PIM622 | Brand: Little Bird
A sophisticated distance sensor with 8x8 multizone ranging and a wide field of view - great for robots and advanced motion sensing. This sensor measures distance by beaming low powered infrared lasers at a target (p...
Out of stock
Gravity: MEMS Gas Sensor (CO, Alcohol, NO2 & NH3) - I2C - MiCS-4514
SKU: DF-SEN0377 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a 3.3/5V compatible MEMS gas concentration sensor from DFRobot. This sensor supports the detection of various gas concentrations like CO, C2H5OH (Alcohol), H2, NO2, NH3, and integrates various gas c...
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Adafruit LSM6DSOX + LIS3MDL - Precision 9 DoF IMU
SKU: AF-4517 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LSM6DSOX + LIS3MDL is a precision 9 Degree of Freedom (9-DoF) inertial measurement unit on a single breakout board. It combines the LSM6DSOX accelerometer/gyroscope — known for exceptionally low gyro drif...
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Adafruit MCP9600 I2C Thermocouple Amplifier - K, J, T, N, S, E, B and R Type T
SKU: AF-4101 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MCP9600 I2C Thermocouple Amplifier handles all the analogue complexity of thermocouple measurement for you. Simply connect your thermocouple, wire up I2C, and read accurate temperature data from virtually...
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SparkFun Sound Detector (with Headers)
SKU: SF-SEN-14262 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Sound Detector is a small and very easy-to-use audio sensing board with three different outputs. The Sound Detector not only provides an audio output, but also a binary indication of the presence of sound...
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