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.
Piezo Buzzer [PS1240]
SKU: AF-160 | Brand: Adafruit
The PS1240 is a compact piezo buzzer for generating beeps, tones, and alerts in electronic projects. Drive it with a 3–30 V peak-to-peak square wave from a timer or microcontroller. It produces its loudest output arou...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Hall effect sensor [US5881LUA]
SKU: AF-158 | Brand: Adafruit
Hall effect sensors detect whether a magnet is near. Useful for non-contact/waterproof type switches, position sensors, rotary/shaft encoders. I tried dozens of different hall effect sensors to see which one wou...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit Feather M0 Adalogger
SKU: AF-2796 | Brand: Adafruit
The Feather M0 Adalogger is an all-in-one datalogger built around the ATSAMD21G18 ARM Cortex M0 processor, with a built-in MicroSD card holder, native USB, and LiPo battery charging. With 256KB of flash and 32KB of RA...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
PIR (motion) sensor
SKU: AF-189 | Brand: Adafruit
PIR sensors are used to detect motion from pets/humanoids from about 20 feet away (possibly works on zombies, not guaranteed). This one has an adjustable delay before firing (approx 2-4 seconds), adjustable sensiti...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Membrane 3x4 Matrix Keypad + extras [3x4]
SKU: AF-419 | Brand: Adafruit
Punch in your secret key into this numeric matrix keypad. This keypad has 12 buttons, arranged in a telephone-line 3x4 grid. It's made of a thin, flexible membrane material with an adhesive backing (just remove the...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
4 channel 5V relay module with light coupling 5V
SKU: LB-LR0051 | Brand: Little Bird
A 4-channel relay module with opto-isolated inputs for safe, reliable switching of high-power loads. Each relay is rated for up to 10A at 250VAC or 30VDC, making it suitable for controlling lights, motors, heaters, an...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
IR (Infrared) Receiver Sensor [TSOP38238]
SKU: AF-157 | Brand: Adafruit
IR sensor tuned to 38KHz, perfect for receiving commands from a TV remote control. Runs at 3V to 5V so it's great for any microcontroller.To use, connect pin 3 (all the way to the right) to 5V power, pin 2 (middle) to...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
IR Break Beam Sensor - 5mm LEDs
SKU: AF-2168 | 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 that s...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Rotary Encoder + Extras
SKU: AF-377 | Brand: Adafruit
This high-quality 24-pulse rotary encoder features detented rotation with a satisfying click at each step, a built-in push-button switch, and a panel-mount design. It comes with a soft-touch knob with an arrow indicat...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Five Direction Navigation Button Rocker Joystick Module
SKU: LB-LS7051 | Brand: Little Bird
Five-Direction Navigation Button Switch — Game On, Maker Style!Ready to level-up your next Arduino or microcontroller project? The Five-Direction Navigation Button Switch Module is your ticket to classic game controls...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Tracking Module for ring:bit car v2
SKU: EF-EF03424 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Ring:bit car V2 line following module is a dedicated module designed for the Ring:bit car V2, it is easy to be installed to achieve the line following function for the Ring:bit car V2.Equipped with double infrared ...
Delivered by Fri 19 Jun
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...
Delivered by Fri 19 Jun
Adafruit TSC2007 I2C Resistive Touch Screen Controller
SKU: AF-5423 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit TSC2007 is an I2C resistive touch screen controller that offloads touch reading from your microcontroller. Instead of using multiple analog pins and constant polling, the TSC2007 handles all the touch sen...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Mini Basic PIR Sensor - BS412
SKU: AF-4666 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor that detects movement from approximately 3–8 metres away. Much smaller than standard PIR modules, making it ideal for unobtrusive, space-constrained projects. Fully self-...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Sense
SKU: AF-4516 | Brand: Adafruit
The Feather nRF52840 Sense takes the popular Feather nRF52840 Express and adds a suite of on-board environmental and motion sensors. It features Bluetooth Low Energy, native USB, CircuitPython and Arduino support, plu...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Multifunction DHT11 LM35 Temperature Humidity Easy Module Shield for Arduino UNO
SKU: EC-ARS03218S | Brand: Elecrow
The board is designed for beginners in Arduino, with various components available that makes you build more than 10 projects easily. You won’t have to solder or connect anything at all, just plug it in a shield and st...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sonar Distance Sensor + 2 x 10K resistors
SKU: AF-3942 | Brand: Adafruit
The HC-SR04 is an ultrasonic distance sensor that measures distances from approximately 2 cm to 400 cm (best results between 10–250 cm). Widely used in robotics, automation, interactive art, and motion sensing project...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Magnetic contact switch (door sensor)
SKU: AF-375 | Brand: Adafruit
A magnetic reed switch encased in an ABS plastic shell, commonly used to detect when a door, window, or drawer is opened. The switch half contains a normally-open reed contact, and the other half is a magnet. When the...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Gravity: Voice Recorder Module
SKU: DF-SEN0197 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Voice Recorder Module is a compact board with integrated record and playback functions, based on the ISD1820 chip. Simply press the record button, speak into the onboard microphone, and release to save up ...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Liquid Flow Meter - Plastic 1/2 NPS Threaded
SKU: AF-828 | Brand: Adafruit
An inline flow sensor for measuring liquid or water flow in solar heating, computer cooling, irrigation, and other fluid projects. The sensor uses a pinwheel with a magnet and an external hall effect sensor to count r...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
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