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 RedBot Sensor - Line Follower
SKU: SF-SEN-11769 | Brand: SparkFun
The Line Follower sensor is an add-on for your RedBot that gives your robot the ability to detect lines or nearby objects. The sensor works by detecting reflected light coming from its own infrared LED. By measurin...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Geophone - SM-24
SKU: SF-SEN-11744 | Brand: SparkFun
Need to put your finger on the pulse of the Earth? Did I just blow your mind? A geophone works by translating ground movement into voltage, which can easily be read by a microcontroller. The SM-24 geophone element is ...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Thermocouple Type-K - Glass Braid Insulated (Bare Wire)
SKU: SF-SEN-00251 | Brand: SparkFun
36" high temperature Type-K Thermocouple with glass braid insulation.
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Rotary Encoder Breakout - Illuminated (RG/RGB)
SKU: SF-BOB-11722 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a clever little breakout board for both the RGB and R/G illuminated rotary encoders. On one side, it breaks out all of the RGB pins to standard, breadboard friendly, 0.1" headers. Turn it over and it has a foo...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Gravity: Joystick Module V2
SKU: DF-DFR0061 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Joystick Module V2 provides two-axis analogue control (X and Y) plus a digital push-button switch. Connect the two analogue outputs and one digital output to your Arduino or other microcontroller for intui...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Gravity:Analog Grayscale Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-DFR0022 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Analogue Grayscale Sensor measures reflected light intensity, outputting an analogue value that ranges from black (low) to white (high). It uses a photocell paired with an integrated white LED to illuminat...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Coin Acceptor - Programmable (6 coin types)
SKU: SF-COM-11636 | Brand: SparkFun
Are you trying to make a quick dime from electronics? Why limit yourself to dimes? This coin acceptor will take up to 6 different kinds of coin! Whether you’re building your own arcade cabinet or just charging admissi...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Dust Sensor Adapter
SKU: DF-DFR0280 | Brand: DFRobot
Sharp GP2Y1010AU Dust Sensor requires some wiring on the breadboard and a list of components to make it Arduino compatible. This has turned down several people due to the thin wires of the sharp sensor making it ...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Industrial pH Electrode - Armor Casing
SKU: DF-FIT0348 | Brand: DFRobot
This industrial-grade pH combination electrode features a sensitive glass membrane with low impedance, delivering fast response times, good thermal stability, and excellent reproducibility across the full 0–14 pH rang...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Gravity: Arduino Alcohol Sensor (MQ3)
SKU: DF-SEN0128 | Brand: DFRobot
An analogue alcohol gas sensor based on the MQ-3 probe, designed for use with Arduino and other microcontrollers. The sensor outputs a voltage proportional to the concentration of alcohol vapour in the surrounding air...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
IR distance sensor includes cable (10cm-80cm) [GP2Y0A21YK0F]
SKU: AF-164 | Brand: Adafruit
The Sharp GP2Y0A21YK0F is an infrared distance sensor that measures distances from 10 cm to 80 cm by bouncing IR light off objects. It outputs an analogue voltage proportional to distance — approximately 3 V at 10 cm ...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Tilt ball switch
SKU: AF-173 | Brand: Adafruit
The "poor man's" accelerometer! Tilt sensors are switches that can detect basic motion/orientation. The metal tube has a little metal ball that rolls around in it, when its tilted upright, the ball rolls onto the cont...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
GPS Receiver - GP-735 (56 Channel)
SKU: SF-GPS-13670 | Brand: SparkFun
The GP-735 is a slim, ultra-high performance, easy to use GPS smart antenna receiver. With -162dBm tracking sensitivity and only 29 second cold start time, the GP735 is a tiny, yet powerful, piece of tech. The slim de...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - ADXL362
SKU: SF-SEN-11446 | Brand: SparkFun
A breakout board for the Analog Devices ADXL362, a 3-axis MEMS accelerometer that operates at ultra-low power consumption. It measures both dynamic acceleration (motion, shock) and static acceleration (tilt), and comm...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
Sensor pack 900
SKU: AF-176 | Brand: Adafruit
An assortment of the most common sensors used in electronics. 9 sensors and 3 additional components to interface with the 'analog world'. We have some tutorials here, to get you started. Includes Triple-axis an...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
Thermocouple Connector - PCC-SMP-K
SKU: SF-PRT-13612 | Brand: SparkFun
This Thermocouple Connector is perfect for bridging the gap between Type-K thermocouples with standard connectors with a PCB. This little connector is actually the exact part we recommend using with our SparkFun Th...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
Light and temperature data-logger pack
SKU: AF-249 | Brand: Adafruit
This pack includes everything you need to build a light and temperature data logger with an Arduino. The Adafruit data logger shield records sensor readings to an SD card with real-time timestamps, while the included ...
Delivered by Wed 1 Jul
SparkFun Line Follower Array
SKU: SF-SEN-13582 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Line Follower Array is a long board consisting of eight IR sensors that have been configured to read as digital bits! We have designed the SparkFun Line Follower Arrays to follow a dark line of about ¾ in...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
SparkFun Digital Temperature Sensor Breakout - TMP102
SKU: SF-SEN-13314 | Brand: SparkFun
The TMP102 is an easy-to-use digital temperature sensor from Texas Instruments. The TMP102 breakout allows you to easily incorporate the digital temperature sensor into your project. While some temperature sensors use...
Delivered by Mon 22 Jun
ProtoSnap - LilyPad Development Board
SKU: SF-DEV-11262 | Brand: SparkFun
The ProtoSnap series is a new way to prototype your project without a breadboard. Everything is wired together on a single board, which makes it easy to explore the possibilities of the components before snapping t...
Delivered by Thu 11 Jun
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