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.
PIR Motion Sensor (JST)
SKU: SF-SEN-13285 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple to use motion sensor. Power it up and wait 1-2 seconds for the sensor to get a snapshot of the still room. If anything moves after that period, the ‘alarm’ pin will go low.This unit works great from 5...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Touch screen breakout board (0.5mm FPC)
SKU: AF-334 | Brand: Adafruit
If you've got a resistive touch screen that you'd like to use, you'll need this breakout! It has a fine pitch (0.5mm) connector soldered onto it and it's broken out into the 4 resistive wires of the panel. A petite...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
SparkFun Thermocouple Breakout - MAX31855K
SKU: SF-SEN-13266 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun MAX31855K Thermocouple Breakout is a simple 14-bit resolution, SPI-compatible, serial interface thermocouple digitizer that makes reading a wide range of temperatures possible. A thermocouple works by ...
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
Magnetic Door Switch Set
SKU: SF-COM-13247 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the Magnetic Door Switch Set, a small reed switch assembly specifically designed to alert you when doors, drawers, or any other aperture opens. These types of switches are primarily used in home security syste...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
13.56MHz RFID/NFC White Tag [1KB]
SKU: AF-360 | Brand: Adafruit
This blank 13.56 MHz RFID/NFC white tag is a compact disc-shaped token commonly used for laundry tracking, garment identification, and asset tagging. It contains a Mifare Classic 1K chip with 1 KB of writable EEPROM s...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
13.56MHz RFID/NFC Sticker [1KB]
SKU: AF-362 | Brand: Adafruit
This blank 13.56 MHz RFID/NFC sticker contains a Mifare Classic 1K chip with 1 KB of writable EEPROM storage. The thin adhesive-backed form factor makes it easy to stick onto equipment, packaging, shelves, or any smoo...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
SparkFun Altitude/Pressure Sensor Breakout - MPL3115A2
SKU: SF-SEN-11084 | Brand: SparkFun
Life has its ups and downs, so why not measure them? The MPL3115A2 is a MEMS pressure sensor that provides Altitude data to within 30cm (with oversampling enabled). The sensor outputs are digitized by a high reso...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
DS18B20 Digital temperature sensor + extras
SKU: AF-374 | Brand: Adafruit
These 1-wire digital temperature sensors are fairly precise (±0.5°C over much of the range) and can give up to 12 bits of precision from the onboard digital-to-analog converter. They work great with any microcontro...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
DHT11 basic temperature-humidity sensor + extras
SKU: AF-386 | Brand: Adafruit
The DHT11 is a basic, ultra low-cost digital temperature and humidity sensor. It uses a capacitive humidity sensor and a thermistor to measure the surrounding air, and spits out a digital signal on the data pin (no an...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Analog Mini Thumbstick Breakout Board
SKU: AF-3246 | Brand: Adafruit
A neat little breakout board designed for mounting a PSP-style mini thumbstick to your project. The board features panel-mount friendly hole placement and dual-sided headers for mechanical stability when connected to ...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Non-Invasive Current Sensor - 30A
SKU: SF-SEN-11005 | Brand: SparkFun
This non-invasive current sensor (also known as a split-core current transformer) clamps around the supply line of an electrical load to measure how much current is flowing through it. The sensor acts as an inductor, ...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
PSP 2-Axis Analog Thumb Joystick
SKU: AF-444 | Brand: Adafruit
Add a tiny joystick to your project with this PSP thumbstick. This is a replacement component for PSP1000's, but we think they'd make for a great little joystick/thumbstick add-on for a wearable, or portable pro...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
SparkFun RFID Reader Breakout
SKU: SF-SEN-13030 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun RFID Reader Breakout converts the 2mm pin spacing of ID-series RFID readers to breadboard-friendly 0.1" headers. Compatible with the ID-3LA, ID-12LA, and ID-20LA readers, this board lets you solder the re...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Gravity: Laser PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0177 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Laser PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor uses laser scattering to measure suspended particulate matter concentrations in the air. It detects particles from 0.3 to 10 µm in diameter and outputs digital concentration ...
Delivered by Wed 10 Jun
Gravity:Analog UV Sensor V2
SKU: DF-SEN0162 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Analog UV Sensor V2 uses a GUVA-S12SD photodiode to detect ultraviolet radiation in the 200–370 nm (UV-A) wavelength range. It outputs a linear analogue voltage signal proportional to UV intensity, making ...
Delivered by Fri 19 Jun
CMPS11-Tilt Compensated Magnetic Compass
SKU: DF-SEN0183 | Brand: DFRobot
The CMPS11 is a 3rd-generation tilt-compensated magnetic compass module that combines a 3-axis magnetometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and 3-axis accelerometer. An onboard Kalman filter fuses gyro and accelerometer data to re...
Delivered by Fri 19 Jun
Geiger Counter Kit - Radiation Sensor
SKU: AF-483 | Brand: Adafruit
Detect particles and/or make a cool random number generator with this handsome Geiger counter kit. This easy-to-make pack of parts turns a simple Geiger-Muller tube (included) into a portable blink, beeping radiati...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Panel Current Meter - 0 to 9.99A
SKU: AF-574 | Brand: Adafruit
Put a current meter anywhere with this very handy display. This panel meter requires a DC voltage to run, and then has two thick gauge wires to measure current draw. A shunt is already on board so its very easy to hoo...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
Panel Temperature Meter / -30 to +70 °C
SKU: AF-576 | Brand: Adafruit
Put a temperature meter anywhere with this very handy display. This panel meter displays the temperature of the attached waterproof 1% thermistor in °C. It does require a DC voltage to run, at 4.5-30VDC. It has revers...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
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