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.
MDBT42Q Breakout
SKU: PI-ESP004 | Brand: Pimoroni
This board has the same Bluetooth LE module that used on Puck.js and Pixl.js, pre-programmed with Espruino. Just apply power, connect with Bluetooth LE or Serial and start writing JavaScript! This is a boar...
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LSM303D 6DoF Motion Sensor Breakout
SKU: PR-PIM376 | Brand: Little Bird
This 6 Degrees of Freedom Motion Sensor Breakout can detect acceleration in three axes - X, Y, and Z - as well as three axes of magnetic heading. It's ideal for building into robots, rockets, and rov...
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ADT7410 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor Breakout Board
SKU: AF-4089 | Brand: Adafruit
Get precise temperature readings with the ADT7410 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor from Analog Devices. Featuring 16-bit resolution (0.0078°C) and ±0.5°C accuracy, this breakout delivers reliable measurements over...
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SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor - AS7265x (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-15050 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor combines three AS7265x spectral sensors with onboard UV, visible, and IR LEDs to measure light across 18 individual frequencies — from 410 nm (UV) to 940 nm (IR). It brings light...
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VCNL4010 Proximity/Light sensor
SKU: AF-466 | Brand: Adafruit
The VCNL4010 sensor is a nice way to add a small-distance proximity sensor to your microcontroller project. For longer distances (in the range of cm, you can use a SHARP IR distance sensor, but those are only good ...
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SparkFun Coulomb Counter Breakout - LTC4150
SKU: SF-BOB-12052 | Brand: SparkFun
Odometers are extremely useful for cars, they tell you how far you have gone, wouldn’t it be nice if you were able to have a device that does the same for electrical current? The LTC4150 SparkFun Coulomb Counter Break...
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SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - LIS3DH
SKU: SF-SEN-13963 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun LIS3DH breakout is a low-power, three-axis accelerometer with 12-bit resolution, ideal for adding motion and orientation detection to your projects. It communicates over I2C or SPI and includes three addi...
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Analog 2-axis Thumb Joystick with Select Button + Breakout Board
SKU: AF-512 | Brand: Adafruit
A PSP/Xbox-style analog thumb joystick with a built-in press-to-select button, mounted on a breakout board designed for easy panel mounting. Unlike simple directional joysticks, this analog stick provides precise, pro...
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SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor - APDS-9960
SKU: SF-SEN-12787 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor, a small breakout board with a built in APDS-9960 sensor that offers ambient light and color measuring, proximity detection, and touchless gesture sensing. With this RGB and...
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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...
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HMC6343 Qwiic Digital Compass
SKU: SF-SEN-30183 | Brand: SparkFun
This compact digital compass module is built around the HMC6343, a fully integrated electronic compass designed to deliver reliable heading data without making your main microcontroller do all the processing.Unlike ba...
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Qwiic Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-30480 | Brand: SparkFun
This capacitive soil moisture breakout is designed for plant monitoring projects where exposed metal probes can corrode after time in the dirt. It measures moisture using a capacitive plate embedded in the board, mana...
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STC31 CO2 Sensor (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-29260 | Brand: SparkFun
Measure high concentrations of carbon dioxide with a Qwiic breakout built around Sensirion’s STC31 sensor. It is designed for CO2 measurements up to 100% volume, using a thermal conductivity measurement principle and ...
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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...
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ANO Rotary Navigation Encoder Breakout
SKU: AF-6311 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout makes the ANO rotary encoder wheel much easier to use in a breadboard or wired prototype. The encoder is a distinctive navigation control, with a clicky scroll-wheel feel reminiscent of early iPod interf...
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PAV3015 Air Velocity Sensor (0–15 m/s, I2C)
SKU: DF-SEN0639 | Brand: DFRobot
This compact digital anemometer measures air velocity for embedded electronics and intelligent control systems. It is built around the Posifa PAV3015D thermal sensing element, using temperature differences across a th...
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LIS3DH Micro Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-29529 | Brand: SparkFun
This ultra-small Qwiic-enabled breakout adds three-axis acceleration sensing to compact projects using the LIS3DH, a smart, low-power capacitive micro-machined accelerometer with 12-bit resolution. It can be used for ...
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GNSS Timing Breakout - ZED-F9T-20B (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-30975 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around the u-blox ZED-F9T-20B receiver, this breakout is made for projects where precise time matters as much as location. Under clear skies it can provide five nanoseconds of timing accuracy without requiring e...
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AS7343 Qwiic Spectral Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-23220 | Brand: SparkFun
Measure visible and near-infrared light with a compact Qwiic breakout based on the AS7343 multi-spectral sensor. It covers approximately 380nm to 1000nm and is suited to reflected, emitted and transmitted light measur...
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Timing GNSS Breakout - mosaic-T
SKU: SF-GPS-28731 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around the Septentrio mosaic-T module, this breakout is made for demanding timing applications such as high-accuracy time stamping, frequency synchronisation and GPS-disciplined oscillators (GPSDO).The mosaic-T ...
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