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.
Adafruit MLX90640 24x32 IR Thermal Camera Breakout - 110 Degree FoV
SKU: AF-4469 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MLX90640 IR Thermal Camera Breakout features a 24×32 array of infrared thermal sensors that returns 768 individual temperature readings over I2C. It's an affordable way to add heat-vision to any microcont...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit VL6180X Time of Flight Distance Ranging Sensor (VL6180)
SKU: AF-3316 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VL6180X is a close-range Time-of-Flight (ToF) distance sensor from ST that measures from approximately 5 mm to 100 mm (up to 150–200 mm in good conditions). It also includes a built-in ambient light senso...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor
SKU: AF-3595 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit APDS9960 is a multi-function sensor that combines proximity detection, ambient light sensing, RGB colour sensing and gesture recognition in a single I2C breakout. It uses an integrated IR LED and four dir...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit S-35710 Low-Power Wake Up Timer Breakout
SKU: AF-5959 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit S-35710 Wake Up Timer Breakout is an ultra-low-power watchdog timer that can be programmed to trigger an alarm from 1 second up to 194 days, using a 24-bit second counter. Drawing only 0.2 µA, it's an int...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
AM2315C - Encased I2C Temperature/Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5182 | Brand: Adafruit
The AM2315C is an enclosed I2C temperature and humidity sensor featuring the modern AHT20 sensor inside a rugged housing with mounting bracket. It offers the same convenient form factor as the original AM2315 but with...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit PiRTC - Precise DS3231 Real Time Clock for Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-4282 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PiRTC Precise DS3231 is a high-accuracy, battery-backed real-time clock that plugs directly onto your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header. Built around a genuine Maxim DS3231 with an integrated temperature-compens...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Flora Lux Sensor - TSL2561 Light Sensor [v1.0]
SKU: AF-1246 | Brand: Adafruit
Add light-reactive sensing to your wearable Flora project with this high precision Lux sensor. The TSL2561 luminosity sensor is an advanced digital light sensor, ideal for use in a wide range of light situations. Comp...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
ChronoDot - Ultra-precise Real Time Clock [v2.1]
SKU: AF-255 | Brand: Adafruit
THIS IS THE LATEST VERSION 2.1The ChronoDot RTC is an extremely accurate real time clock module, based on the DS3231 temperature compensated RTC (TCXO). It includes a CR1632 battery, which should last at least 8 years...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit ENS160 MOX Gas Sensor - Sciosense CCS811 Upgrade
SKU: AF-5606 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit ENS160 is a fully integrated metal-oxide (MOX) gas sensor from ScioSense, designed as a drop-in upgrade for the now-discontinued CCS811. It combines multiple MOX sensing and heating elements on a single c...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit MAX17048 LiPoly / LiIon Fuel Gauge and Battery Monitor
SKU: AF-5580 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MAX17048 LiPoly/LiIon Fuel Gauge and Battery Monitor gives you accurate battery voltage and charge percentage readings for your 1S 3.7–4.2V lithium polymer or lithium ion battery. Instead of guessing rema...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit Chainable DS18B20 Extender Breakout - STEMMA JST PH 2mm
SKU: AF-5971 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Chainable DS18B20 Extender Breakout makes it easy to connect multiple DS18B20 temperature sensors in a daisy chain using standard STEMMA JST PH 2mm cables. Each breakout includes screw terminal blocks for...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
AGS02MA I2C TVOC Gas Sensor
SKU: AF-5593 | Brand: Adafruit
The AGS02MA is a compact MOX-based TVOC (Total Volatile Organic Compounds) gas sensor with an I2C interface. It features a built-in ADC that outputs gas resistance and parts-per-billion (ppb) readings — higher ppb val...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit HTU21D-F Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout Board - Fully Assembled
SKU: AF-3515 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HTU21D-F is an accurate I²C digital temperature and humidity sensor breakout board. With typical humidity accuracy of ±2% (optimised for 5–95% RH) and temperature accuracy of ±1°C across -30 to 90°C, it's...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit ATSAMD09 Breakout with seesaw
SKU: AF-3657 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit ATSAMD09 Breakout with seesaw is a versatile I2C peripheral board built on the Adafruit seesaw framework. Seesaw is a near-universal converter that lets you add GPIO, ADC, PWM, and more to any I2C-capable...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit Wide-Range Triple-axis Magnetometer - MLX90393
SKU: AF-4022 | Brand: Adafruit
Measure invisible magnetic fields with the Adafruit Wide-Range Triple-axis Magnetometer, featuring the MLX90393 sensor. With 16-bit resolution across all three axes and a dynamic range of ±5 mT to ±50 mT, this sensor ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
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...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Garmin LIDAR-Lite Optical Distant Sensor - V3
SKU: AF-4058 | Brand: Adafruit
You've heard about the sensors in the news, when used in self-driving cars, and now you can have your own! Garmin's LIDAR-Lite V3 is the ideal high-performance (but compact) optical distant measurement sensor solution...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
AM2320 Digital Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-3721 | Brand: Adafruit
The AM2320 is a low-cost digital temperature and humidity sensor with an I2C interface — a simpler alternative to the classic DHT11/DHT22 sensors that require timing-critical bit-bang protocols. With standard I2C comm...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
L3GD20H Triple-Axis Gyro Breakout Board - L3GD20/L3G4200 Upgrade [L3GD20H]
SKU: AF-1032 | Brand: Adafruit
A gyroscope is a type of sensor that can sense twisting and turning motions. Often paired with an accelerometer, you can use these to do 3D motion capture and inertial measurement (that is - you can tell how an object...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit Si7021 Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout Board
SKU: AF-3251 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Si7021 is a temperature and humidity sensor from Silicon Labs with a PTFE filter for protection against dust and contaminants. It provides ±3% relative humidity accuracy over 0–80% RH and ±0.4 °C temperat...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
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