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.
Octopus MQ3 Alcohol Sensor Brick
SKU: EF-EF04060 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus MQ3 Alcohol Sensor Brick from ElecFreaks is an analogue gas sensor module with high sensitivity to alcohol vapour. It outputs an analogue voltage proportional to the detected alcohol concentration, making ...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Alcohol Gas Sensor MQ-3
SKU: PL-1634 | Brand: Pololu
The MQ-3 is a semiconductor gas sensor that detects alcohol vapour at concentrations from 0.04 mg/L to 4 mg/L — a range suitable for building a breathalyser. It provides a simple analog voltage output that requires on...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Gravity: Arduino Carbon Monoxide Sensor (MQ7)
SKU: DF-SEN0132 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This is an Arduino Carbon Monoxide Sensor. It uses MQ7 probe to detect Carbon Monoxide (CO) concentrations in the air from 20 to 2000ppm. The sensitivity ca...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Carbon Monoxide Sensor (MQ7)
SKU: DF-FIT0227 | Brand: DFRobot
The MQ7 is a simple-to-use Carbon Monoxide (CO) sensor suitable for detecting CO concentrations in the air. It offers a wide detection range from 20 to 2000 ppm, making it ideal for safety monitoring and air quality p...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Gas Sensor Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-08891 | Brand: SparkFun
This breakout board provides a convenient PCB adapter for MQ-series gas sensors (MQ-3, MQ-4, MQ-6, MQ-7, and MQ-8). It converts the sensor's oversized, oddly-spaced pins into a standard breakout format that's easy to ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Alcohol Gas Sensor - MQ-3
SKU: SF-SEN-08880 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-3 is an alcohol gas sensor suitable for detecting alcohol concentration in the air, similar to a breathalyser. It provides an analog resistive output based on alcohol concentration, with high sensitivity and fa...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-13322 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor is a simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The soil moisture sensor is pretty straight forward to use. The two large exposed pads function as probe...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
LPG Gas Sensor - MQ-6
SKU: SF-SEN-09405 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple-to-use MQ-6 gas sensor for detecting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — primarily propane and butane — in the air. The sensor detects concentrations from 200 to 10,000 ppm with high sensitivity and fast response...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Methane CNG Gas Sensor - MQ-4
SKU: SF-SEN-09404 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple-to-use compressed natural gas (CNG) sensor, suitable for sensing natural gas (composed of mostly Methane [CH4]) concentrations in the air. The MQ-4 can detect natural gas concentrations anywhere from ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ5 Sensor
SKU: EF-EF05033 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ5 Sensor is an essential sensor for environmental detection. The ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ5 Sensor can be used to detect the leakage of flammable gas, you can use it to make a household gas leak a...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
UART Non-contact Optical Turbidity Sensor for Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0554 | Brand: DFRobot
This non-contact turbidity sensor detects water quality by measuring the level of turbidity. Based on the optics principle, it is capable of detecting the light transmittance and scattering rate of the liquid in trans...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Gravity: HCL Sensor (Calibrated) - I2C & UART
SKU: DF-SEN0474 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a sensor that detects hydrogen chloride concentration and supports three output modes: analog, I2C, and UART. The probe has been calibrated at the factory, which can quickly and accurately measure the concentr...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Gravity: PH3 Sensor (Calibrated) - I2C & UART
SKU: DF-SEN0476 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a sensor that detects phosphine concentration and supports three output modes: analog, I2C, and UART. The probe has been calibrated at the factory, which can quickly and accurately measure the concentration of...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Dual Gas CO and CH4 Detection Sensor - MQ-9B
SKU: SF-SEN-17050 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-9B is a CO and CH₄ gas detection sensor form Winsen. The sensing material of the MQ-9B is SnO2, which has a low conductivity in clean air. It detects carbon monoxide (1.5V) by method of cycling high and low tem...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Smoke Sensor - MQ-2
SKU: SF-SEN-17049 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-2 is a smoke and combustible gas sensor manufactured by Winsen. It detects flammable gases and smoke in a concentration range of 300–10,000 ppm, with particularly high sensitivity to propane and smoke. It's wid...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Ammonia Gas Sensor - MQ-137
SKU: SF-SEN-17053 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-137 is an ammonia (NH3) gas sensor from Winsen, designed to detect ammonia concentrations in the air. The sensing element is tin dioxide (SnO2), which has lower conductivity in clean air and increases in conduc...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04100 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor is a CO2 electronic brick in our OCTOPUS series, the basic design for the outlook, PCB fixing holes and connections are the same with them.The higher the CO2 concentration is, the lower th...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Octopus Smoke Sensor MQ-2 Brick OBMQ2
SKU: EF-EF04029 | Brand: ElecFreaks
An analogue gas sensor module based on the MQ-2 sensor, part of the Octopus Electronic Bricks series for plug-and-play integration with Arduino and compatible boards. Detects a wide range of combustible gases and smok...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Octopus Dust Sensor Detector Module with Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F
SKU: EF-EF11083 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus Dust Sensor Module features the Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F optical dust sensor, capable of detecting fine particles with a diameter as small as 0.8 μm. It uses an infrared LED and phototransistor to measure dust d...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
ADXL326 - 5V ready triple-axis accelerometer (+-16g analog out)
SKU: AF-1018 | Brand: Adafruit
A wide-range triple-axis accelerometer breakout featuring the Analog Devices ADXL326. With a ±16 g measurement range and analog outputs for X, Y, and Z axes, this sensor is ideal for detecting high-impact motion, vibr...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
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