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.
Standalone Toggle Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1012]
SKU: AF-1375 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "toggle" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sens...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
E-Textiles Light Sensor-TEMT6000
SKU: LB-LS0239 | Brand: Little Bird
This e-textiles ambient light sensor uses the TEMT6000 phototransistor to detect light levels. Designed for wearable electronics, it features a compact 20 mm round PCB that's only 0.8 mm thick — thin enough to sew int...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Adafruit PDM MEMS Microphone Breakout
SKU: AF-3492 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PDM MEMS Microphone Breakout provides a digital audio input using Pulse Density Modulation (PDM) — a common interface in commercial products that's distinct from both analogue and I2S microphones. It's id...
Delivered by Wed 14 Oct
Gravity: Analog Signal Isolator
SKU: DF-DFR0504 | Brand: DFRobot
The Analog Signal Isolator can isolate analog signal and provide isolated power to sensors. It can effectively prevent sensor signal interference and apply to multi-parameter water quality monitoring sensors. Because...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
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 Thu 1 Oct
Piezo Vibration Sensor - Large
SKU: SF-SEN-09196 | Brand: SparkFun
This basic piezo sensor from Measurement Specialties is often used for flex, touch, vibration and shock measurements. A small AC and large voltage (up to +/-90V) is created when the film moves back and forth. A simple...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Thumb Joystick
SKU: SF-COM-09032 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a joystick very similar to the ‘analog’ joysticks on PS2 (PlayStation 2) controllers. Directional movements are simply two potentiometers - one for each axis. Pots are ~10k each. This joystick also has a se...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
MiniQ Robot chassis Encoder
SKU: DF-SEN0116 | Brand: DFRobot
An AB two-phase optical encoder designed for the DFRobot 2WD MiniQ robot chassis. Uses two infrared reflective sensors to generate quadrature pulse waveforms with approximately 90° phase difference, allowing you to de...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Gravity:Analog Rotary Switch Module For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0156 | Brand: DFRobot
A rotary switch is a switch operated by rotation. It is often used when more than 2 positions are needed, such as multi-speed control. The Rotary Switch uses an analog input to read the 12 state which saves...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Gravity: Analog Voltage Divider V2
SKU: DF-DFR0051 | Brand: DFRobot
The Analog Voltage Divider V2 can detect the supply voltage from 0.0245V to 25V. This module is based on resistor divider principle. The voltage detection module allows the input voltage to reduce 5 times. As the A...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Gravity: Digital Tilt Sensor for Arduino / Raspberry Pi
SKU: DF-DFR0028 | Brand: DFRobot
This is an arduino tilt sensor. It is used to detect orientation. Inside the sensor, there is a ball that make contact with the pins when the case is upright. Tilt the sensor over and the balls don't touch, thus n...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Gravity: Arduino ORP Meter V1.0
SKU: DF-SEN0165 | Brand: DFRobot
In the ever-increasing need and awareness for health and safety, water has become a focus point for proper disinfection treatment as aftereffects of industrialization can become a danger for contamination of water...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor (with Screw Terminals)
SKU: SF-SEN-13637 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple breakout board for measuring moisture in soil and similar materials. The two large exposed pads act as probes — functioning as a variable resistor where higher moisture means better conductivity, lower resist...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
MCP3424 18-Bit ADC-4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
SKU: DF-DFR0316 | Brand: DFRobot
A 4-channel, 18-bit delta-sigma analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) module based on the Microchip MCP3424. This module adds high-accuracy analogue input capability to Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and other microcontroller p...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
SparkFun Spectrum Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-13116 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Spectrum Shield splits a stereo audio input into 7 frequency bands per channel using two MSGEQ7 graphic equaliser ICs. Read the amplitude of each band via your Arduino's ADC to create sound-reactive proje...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Conductive Rubber Cord Stretch Sensor + extras!
SKU: AF-519 | Brand: Adafruit
Measuring stretch forces isn't easy - unless you have some conductive rubber cord! This cord is 2mm diameter, and 1 meter long, made of carbon-black impregnated rubber. Usually this material is used for EMF gasketing,...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
UHF RFID Classic Tag
SKU: DF-FIT0373 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION Are you still looking for a UHF RFID tag for your UHF RFID reader? Try this one! This RFID tag Alien higgs3 chip accords with ISO 18000-6C,EPC Class1 Gen2 standard protocol.Besides, it contains ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
UHF RFID Sticker
SKU: DF-FIT0374 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION Are you still looking for a UHF RFID tag for your UHF RFID reader? Try this one, this UHF tag accords with ISO 18000-6C,EPC Class1 Gen2 standard protocol. It contains 96 bit EPC...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
Tilt Sensor - AT407
SKU: SF-SEN-10289 | Brand: SparkFun
This AT407 basic tilt switch can easily be used to detect orientation. Inside the can is a ball that make contact with the pins when the case is upright. Tilt the case over and the balls don’t touch, thus not making a...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
ADXL335 - 5V ready triple-axis accelerometer (+-3g analog out)
SKU: AF-163 | Brand: Adafruit
A precision triple-axis accelerometer breakout featuring the Analog Devices ADXL335. With a ±3 g measurement range and analog outputs for X, Y, and Z axes, this sensor is ideal for tilt sensing, motion detection, and ...
Delivered by Tue 22 Sep
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