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 PiRTC - PCF8523 Real Time Clock for Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-3386 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PiRTC is a battery-backed real-time clock that plugs directly onto your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header, letting your Pi keep accurate time even when powered off. Built around the PCF8523 RTC with native Linux...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit VL53L4CX Time of Flight Distance Sensor - ~1 to 6000mm
SKU: AF-5425 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VL53L4CX is the longest-range Time-of-Flight (ToF) distance sensor in ST's VL5 series, measuring from approximately 1 mm up to 6000 mm (6 metres). It uses an invisible laser to precisely time how long lig...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit INA260 High or Low Side Voltage, Current, Power Sensor
SKU: AF-4226 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit INA260 is a precision DC power sensor that measures current, voltage, and power on either the high or low side of your circuit. With an integrated 2 mΩ (0.002Ω) 0.1% shunt resistor and 16-bit ADC, it hand...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit VL53L0X Time of Flight Distance Sensor - ~30 to 1000mm
SKU: AF-3317 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VL53L0X is a Time-of-Flight (ToF) distance sensor from ST that uses an invisible laser to measure distances from approximately 50 mm to 1200 mm. By timing how long the laser light takes to bounce back, it...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit Sensirion SHT45 Precision Temperature & Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5665 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Sensirion SHT45 is the highest-accuracy sensor in the SHT4x family, delivering ±1.0% typical relative humidity accuracy and ±0.1 °C typical temperature accuracy. This version does not include a PTFE membr...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit NAU7802 24-Bit ADC - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4538 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit NAU7802 is a high-resolution 24-bit differential ADC breakout designed specifically for reading strain gauges, load cells, and other Wheatstone bridge sensors. With built-in gain amplification and calibra...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
AM2301B - Wired Enclosed AHT20 - Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5181 | Brand: Adafruit
The AM2301B is an affordable enclosed temperature and humidity sensor featuring an I2C interface — a modern upgrade over the classic DHT22/AM2302 sensors that required bit-bang timing protocols. Inside is the proven A...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit MCP9808 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-5027 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MCP9808 is a high-accuracy digital temperature sensor with ±0.25°C typical accuracy over its −40°C to +125°C range and 0.0625°C resolution. It communicates over standard I2C and runs on 2.7V to 5.5V power...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit VL53L1X Time of Flight Distance Sensor - ~30 to 4000mm
SKU: AF-3967 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VL53L1X (also known as VL53L1CX) is a next-generation Time-of-Flight (ToF) distance sensor from ST with an impressive 4-metre range and LIDAR-like precision. Using an invisible laser and matching sensor, ...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit Triple-axis Magnetometer - LIS2MDL - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4488 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LIS2MDL is a triple-axis magnetometer (compass) breakout from ST, capable of sensing magnetic fields across a wide ±50 gauss (±5000 µT) range with no range configuration required. It's ideal for detecting...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit MLX90640 IR Thermal Camera Breakout - 55 Degree
SKU: AF-4407 | 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 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...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit VEML7700 Lux Sensor - I2C Light Sensor
SKU: AF-4162 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VEML7700 is a high-accuracy ambient light sensor from Vishay that outputs calibrated lux values over I2C. Unlike basic light sensors that return unitless brightness readings, the VEML7700 calculates lux (...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
ADS1015 12-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
SKU: AF-1083 | Brand: Adafruit
Add high-speed analog-to-digital conversion to any microcontroller with the ADS1015 breakout. This 12-bit ADC delivers 3,300 samples per second over I2C, with four single-ended or two differential input channels and a...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Adafruit Sensiron SHT31-D Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-2857 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Sensirion SHT31-D is a high-accuracy temperature and humidity sensor with a true I2C interface and PTFE filter for protection against dust and contaminants. Part of Sensirion's third-generation SHT sensor...
Delivered by Wed 10 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
Adafruit EMC2101 I2C PC Fan Controller and Temperature Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4808 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit EMC2101 breakout is an I2C fan controller and temperature sensor that makes it easy to integrate 3-pin or 4-pin PC fans into your projects. The Microchip/SMSC EMC2101 handles PWM speed control and tachome...
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
CAP1188 - 8-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - I2C or SPI
SKU: AF-1602 | Brand: Adafruit
Add lots of touch sensors to your next microcontroller project with this easy-to-use 8-channel capacitive touch sensor breakout board, starring the CAP1188. This chip can handle up to 8 individual touch pads, and has ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Adafruit Capacitive Touch HAT for Raspberry Pi - Mini Kit [MPR121]
SKU: AF-2340 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Capacitive Touch HAT adds 12 capacitive touch sensors to your Raspberry Pi using the MPR121 touch controller over I2C. Each sensor has a figure-8 hole designed for alligator clip connections — attach clip...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
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