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.
Explorer pHAT
SKU: PR-PIM137 | Brand: Little Bird
Explorer pHAT is the perfect prototyping side-kick for your Raspberry Pi. A compact version of the popular Explorer HAT Pro, it's designed to fit perfectly on a Raspberry Pi Zero. Packed with useful input and output ...
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Enviro pHAT
SKU: PR-PIM203 | Brand: Little Bird
Enviro pHAT packs 4 different sensors, letting you measure temperature, pressure, light level, colour, 3-axis motion, compass heading, and analog inputs. That's up to 10 different variables! It's ideal for monitoring ...
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13.56MHz RFID/NFC Bracelet - NTAG203 Chip
SKU: AF-4043 | Brand: Adafruit
This blank 13.56 MHz RFID/NFC silicone bracelet contains an NTAG203 chip with 144 bytes of writable EEPROM storage. It is passively powered — no battery is needed. Hold the bracelet a few centimetres from a compatible...
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Bearables Fox Kit
SKU: PR-PIM318 | Brand: Little Bird
A complete Bearables Fox Kit with coloured LED badge, light sensor, thread, needles, and battery. Sewable, hackable, wearable, adorable! Bearables is a range of woodland-themed wearable LED badges and sensors. W...
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Bearables Bear Kit
SKU: PR-PIM319 | Brand: Little Bird
A complete Bearables Bear Kit with coloured LED badge, motion sensor, thread, needles, and battery. Sewable, hackable, wearable, adorable! Bearables is a range of woodland-themed wearable LED badges and sensors....
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Binary's UFO™ - a super sensing saucer!
SKU: PI-BIB002 | Brand: Pimoroni
Binary's UFO is a robot maker kit that combines flat-pack cardboard construction with real sensors and coding using the BBC micro:bit. Build the flying saucer, connect the included sensors and LED strip, then program ...
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Bearables Acorn Motion Sensor
SKU: PR-PIM316 | Brand: Little Bird
An adorable acorn-shaped motion sensor designed to work with Bearables wearable LED badges. When you move or tilt the acorn, the connected badge's LEDs light up — bringing your wearable creation to life with simple, d...
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Automation pHAT
SKU: PR-PIM214 | Brand: Little Bird
The Automation pHAT is a compact home monitoring and automation controller for Raspberry Pi in the smaller pHAT form factor. With a relay, three analogue channels, buffered inputs, and sinking outputs — all 24V tolera...
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SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor - AS7265x (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-15050 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor combines three AS7265x spectral sensors with onboard UV, visible, and IR LEDs to measure light across 18 individual frequencies — from 410 nm (UV) to 940 nm (IR). It brings light...
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IR Remote Control Kit For Arduino
SKU: LB-LR0097-1 | Brand: Little Bird
A compact infrared wireless remote control kit for Arduino projects. The kit includes an ultra-thin 20-key IR remote and a 38 kHz IR receiver module, providing a simple way to add wireless control to robots, interacti...
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Sharp long distance sensor GP2Y0A02YK0F 2Y0A02
SKU: LB-00321 | Brand: Little Bird
The Sharp GP2Y0A02YK0F is an infrared distance measuring sensor with a detection range of 20 to 150 cm. It uses triangulation — combining an infrared emitter (IRED) and a position-sensitive detector (PSD) — to output ...
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3 pin Button Key Switch Module
SKU: LB-00331 | Brand: Little Bird
A small push-button switch module on a breakout board with a built-in pull resistor, so no external resistors are needed. The 3-pin header (signal, VCC, GND) plugs directly into a solderless breadboard or connects via...
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Threshold Cubelet
SKU: MR-CB-KT-THRESHOLD-1 | Brand: Modular Robotics
The Threshold is a THINK Cubelet with a knob to alter the behavior of your robots. It will output a value of zero until its inputs exceed the threshold set by the knob. Above this threshold data will flow normally....
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Force Sensitive Resistor 0.5
SKU: DF-SEN0047 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a force sensitive resistor with a round, 0.5" diameter, sensing area. This FSR will vary its resistance depending on how much pressure is being applied to the sensing area. The harder the force, the lower t...
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Force Sensitive Resistor - Small
SKU: DF-SEN0065 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a small force sensitive resistor. It has a 0.16" (4 mm) diameter active sensing area. This FSR will vary its resistance depending on how much pressure is being applied to the sensing area. The harder the fo...
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XL-MaxSonar-AE0(MB1300)
SKU: DF-SEN0090 | Brand: DFRobot
The XL-MaxSonar-AE0 offers a wide and sensitive beam pattern for indoor use. This makes the XL-MaxSonar-AE0 an excellent choice wherever wide beam detection, reliable people detection, or reliable small obstacle de...
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XL-MaxSonar-EZ0 (MB1200)
SKU: DF-SEN0089 | Brand: DFRobot
The XL-MaxSonar-EZ0 offers a wide and sensitive beam pattern for indoor use. This makes the XL-MaxSonar-EZ0 an excellent choice wherever wide beam detection, reliable people detection, or reliable small obstacle de...
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Flexiforce Pressure Sensor - 100lbs
SKU: DF-SEN0066 | Brand: DFRobot
The FlexiForce is a thin, flexible piezoresistive force sensor that measures applied pressure from 0 to 100 lbs (440N). The harder you press on the circular sensing area, the lower the sensor's resistance — from effec...
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Sharp IR Sensor Mounting Bracket - GP2Y0A21/GP2Y0A02YK (Orange)
SKU: DF-FIT0005-OE | Brand: DFRobot
This mounting bracket is designed for Sharp GP2D12/2D15/Sharp GP2Y0A02YK IR ranger sensor. You can buy this item using 250 reward points. Specification Size:45x20x15mm(1.77x0.79x0.59") Mountin...
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LIDAR-Lite v3
SKU: SF-SEN-14032 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s back! This is the LIDAR-Lite v3, a compact, high-performance optical distance measurement sensor from Garmin™. When space and weight requirements are tight, the LIDAR-Lite v3 soars. The LIDAR-Lite v3 is the ideal...
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