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.
MDBT42Q Breakout
SKU: PI-ESP004 | Brand: Pimoroni
This board has the same Bluetooth LE module that used on Puck.js and Pixl.js, pre-programmed with Espruino. Just apply power, connect with Bluetooth LE or Serial and start writing JavaScript! This is a boar...
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LSM303D 6DoF Motion Sensor Breakout
SKU: PR-PIM376 | Brand: Little Bird
This 6 Degrees of Freedom Motion Sensor Breakout can detect acceleration in three axes - X, Y, and Z - as well as three axes of magnetic heading. It's ideal for building into robots, rockets, and rov...
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Light Sensor Materials Kit
SKU: PI-CBI013 | Brand: Pimoroni
You’ve learned how to blink, fade and flash lights – now learn how to sense light levels! The Chibitronics Light Sensor sticker can turn the light level shining upon it into an analog voltage. Best of all, it comes...
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Heelight Core
SKU: PI-LNG002 | Brand: Pimoroni
Heelight Core is a smart sound sensor that can recognize up to 500+ digital voice commands. Heelight Core is tiny, only 20mm*17mm. By using the design of the stamp hole, you can easily integrate Heelight core in...
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Handheld 2D 1D USB Barcode Scanner
SKU: PI-SK-2010 | Brand: Pimoroni
Barcodes, QR codes, DataMatrix, this scanner reads them all!This handheld barcode scanner from Sinmark is an affordable solution for all your barcoding needs. It can scan traditional one-dimensional such as UPC, EAN a...
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Adafruit AS7262 6-Channel Visible Light / Color Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-3779 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit AS7262 is a 6-channel visible light spectral sensor from AMS that measures light intensity across six specific wavelength bands: violet (450 nm), blue (500 nm), green (550 nm), yellow (570 nm), orange (60...
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Flotilla - Slider
SKU: PR-PIM037 | Brand: Little Bird
The Flotilla Slider module is a slide potentiometer with five bright white LEDs that illuminate as the slider is moved. It connects to a Flotilla Dock via a micro USB cable and is perfect for controlling synths, robot...
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Flotilla - Weather
SKU: PR-PIM031 | Brand: Little Bird
The Weather module reads temperature and pressure. It's ideal for setting up a mini weather station to monitor conditions in your house or garage. Features BMP280 sensor Detects temperature and pressure ...
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Flotilla - Light
SKU: PR-PIM033 | Brand: Little Bird
The Light module detects ambient light level. It's ideal for use in a weather station, keeping track of light levels in your greenhouse, or reminding you when you've left the lights on in your house. Feat...
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Flotilla - Dial
SKU: PR-PIM035 | Brand: Little Bird
The Dial module is... a dial! It has a rotary potentiometer and five bright white LEDs that illuminate as the dial is turned. It's perfect for using as a simple game controller for games li...
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Flotilla - Colour
SKU: PR-PIM030 | Brand: Little Bird
The Colour module detects RGB colour, as well as ambient light level. It also has two bright white LEDs to illuminate objects whose colour is being detected. It uses the TCS3472 colour sensor. I...
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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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