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.
SparkFun Photon IMU Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-13629 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun Photon IMU Shield, a versatile motion-sensing add-on board for your Photon device. Each IMU shield is equipped with an on-board LSM9DS1 system-in-a-chip that houses a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
3-Axis MEMS Accelerometer - MMA8452Q
SKU: SF-COM-10953 | Brand: SparkFun
The MMA8452Q is a low-power, 3-axis capacitive MEMS accelerometer with 12-bit resolution. Packed with embedded motion-detection functions and configurable interrupt outputs, it can monitor events autonomously while st...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board - MLX90614
SKU: SF-SEN-10740 | Brand: SparkFun
An evaluation board for the MLX90614 non-contact infrared thermometer sensor. It pairs the MLX90614 with an ATmega328 running at 3.3 V (8 MHz Arduino bootloader), giving you a ready-to-use IR temperature sensor with s...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
SparkFun Pressure Sensor Breakout - MS5803-14BA
SKU: SF-SEN-12909 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the MS5803-14BA Pressure Sensor Breakout, a high resolution pressure sensor with both an I2C and SPI interface. This MEMS pressure sensor measures the absolute pressure of the fluid around it which includes ai...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Pimoroni Rainbow HAT for Android Things™ and Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-3354 | Brand: Adafruit
The Rainbow HAT from Pimoroni has a buffet of sensors, inputs, and displays to explore Android Things™. Use it as a weather station, a clock, a timer or stopwatch, a mood light, or endless other things.Pimoroni collab...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun RFM69 Breakout (434MHz)
SKU: SF-WRL-12823 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun RFM69 Breakout, a small piece of tech that breaks out all the pins available on the RFM69HCW module as well as making the transceiver easy to use. The RFM69HCW is an inexpensive and versatile r...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
SparkFun ToF Range Finder Breakout - VL6180
SKU: SF-SEN-12784 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun “Time-of-Flight” Range Finder, a breakout for the VL6180 distance sensor. Unlike most distance sensors that rely reflected light intensity or reflected angles to determine range, the VL6180 use...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun ToF Range Finder Sensor - VL6180
SKU: SF-SEN-12785 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun “Time-of-Flight” Range Finder, a sensor board for the VL6180 distance sensor. Unlike most distance sensors that rely on reflected light intensity or reflected angles to determine range, the VL6180...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Adafruit AMG8833 IR Thermal Camera FeatherWing
SKU: AF-3622 | Brand: Adafruit
Add heat-vision to any Feather board with the Adafruit AMG8833 Thermal Camera FeatherWing. This sensor from Panasonic contains an 8×8 array of infrared thermal sensors that returns 64 individual temperature readings o...
Delivered by Wed 14 Oct
SparkFun Micro 6DoF IMU Breakout - LSM6DSV16X (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-21336 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Micro 6DoF IMU Breakout features the STMicroelectronics LSM6DSV16X — a high-performance, low-power 6-axis IMU with a 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope. Its triple-core architecture processes data ...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
FPC2534 Qwiic Fingerprint Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-29854 | Brand: SparkFun
This breakout brings secure fingerprint authentication to embedded projects while keeping the complex biometric work on the sensor itself. Built around the FPC2534 from Fingerprint Cards AB, it handles enrolment, encr...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
MicroMod Asset Tracker Carrier Board - SARA-R510AWS
SKU: SF-WRL-29210 | Brand: SparkFun
This MicroMod carrier board is built around the u-blox SARA-R510AWS module and AWS IoT ExpressLink, giving your MicroMod processor a simpler path to secure AWS cloud connectivity over LTE-M. Please note that this modu...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Fermion BMP585 Pressure & Temperature Sensor - I2C/SPI/I3C
SKU: DF-SEN0666 | Brand: DFRobot
This compact Fermion breakout brings the Bosch BMP585 MEMS pressure and temperature sensor to a tiny board for projects where space, power use and reliable environmental sensing matter. It measures barometric pressure...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Fermion BMV080 Fanless PM1/PM2.5/PM10 Air Quality Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0663 | Brand: DFRobot
This ultra-compact particulate matter sensor breakout is built around the Bosch BMV080 sensing unit, using laser-based light scattering with a fanless measurement principle. It can monitor PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 mass con...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Fermion BMP581 Barometric Pressure & Temperature Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0667 | Brand: DFRobot
This compact Fermion module is built around Bosch Sensortec’s BMP581 high-performance barometric pressure sensor chip. It measures pressure and temperature with high precision, offering ±0.3 hPa typical absolute press...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
RFID Qwiic Reader for ID Innovations Modules
SKU: SF-SEN-15191 | Brand: SparkFun
This Qwiic RFID reader breakout makes it much easier to add low-frequency 125kHz RFID scanning to a project. It is designed for ID Innovations ID-3LA, ID-12LA and ID-20LA reader modules, converting the module output i...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - LIS3DH with Headers
SKU: SF-SEN-20659 | Brand: SparkFun
Add 3-axis motion sensing to your project with this LIS3DH accelerometer breakout from SparkFun. The LIS3DH is a low-power, capacitive micro-machined accelerometer with 12 bits of resolution, suitable for detecting tr...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Micro Proximity Sensor - 20 cm VCNL4040 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-30161 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around the VCNL4040, this tiny Qwiic Micro breakout provides short-range presence detection for projects where space and weight are tight. It is designed for qualitative sensing: detecting whether an object is p...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Gravity LED Self-Locking Switch - Red
SKU: DF-DFR0789-R | Brand: DFRobot
This illuminated pushbutton module is a simple self-locking switch with a built-in red LED for clear visual feedback. Press it once and the module outputs High while the LED turns on; press it again and the output goe...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Gravity Flexible Non-Contact Capacitive Liquid Level Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0508 | Brand: DFRobot
This flexible capacitive liquid level sensor detects liquid through the wall of a non-conductive container, so it does not need to touch the liquid itself. It is designed for containers with a wall thickness of less t...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
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