Sensors & Modules
Explore a broad range of sensors and modules for electronics projects, from temperature and distance sensors to IMUs, relay modules, ADC breakouts, and liquid level sensors. Whether you're building a weather station, robotics project, or home automation system, you'll find the right component here.
Popular with Australian hobbyists, STEM educators, and professional makers, these modules work with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and other common platforms. Fast shipping across Australia to get your project moving.
Standalone Momentary Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1010]
SKU: AF-1374 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "momentary" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sens...
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Adafruit SGP30 Air Quality Sensor Breakout - VOC and eCO2
SKU: AF-3709 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SGP30 is a multi-pixel MOX (metal-oxide) gas sensor from Sensirion that measures Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) and equivalent CO2 (eCO2) for indoor air quality monitoring. With fully calibrated ...
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Grove - Alcohol Sensor
SKU: SS-101020044 | Brand: Seeed Studio
Alcohol sensor is semiconductor sensor for alcohol detection. It has good sensitivity and fast response to alcohol, suitable for portable alcohol detector. Specifications Power requirements: 5 VDC @ ~120 ...
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HIH-4030 Humidity Sensor Carrier
SKU: PL-1643 | Brand: Pololu
Sparkfun’s carrier board for the HIH-4030 relative humidity (%RH) sensor from Honeywell outputs an analog voltage that varies nearly linearly with humidity. It operates at 5 V while drawing only 200 μA and ...
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Methane Gas Sensor MQ-4
SKU: PL-1633 | Brand: Pololu
This semiconductor gas sensor detects the presence of methane (CNG) gas at concentrations from 300 ppm to 10,000 ppm, a range suitable for detecting gas leaks. The sensor’s simple analog voltage interface re...
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Pololu Carrier with Sharp GP2Y0D815Z0F Digital Distance Sensor 15cm
SKU: PL-2465 | Brand: Pololu
This small digital distance sensor detects objects between 0.5 cm and 15 cm (0.2″ and 6″) away. With its quick response time, small size, low current draw, and short minimum sensing distance, this sensor is ...
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Pololu 38 kHz IR Proximity Sensor, Fixed Gain, Low Brightness (irs05a)
SKU: PL-2461 | Brand: Pololu
Discontinuation notice: These original (irs05a) versions of our 38 kHz IR proximity sensors have been replaced by newer (irs05b) high-brightness and low-brightness versions. The main changes are the locations o...
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RFID Reader ID-20LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11828 | Brand: SparkFun
RFID (radio-frequency identification) is the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, for the purposes of identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. This is the ID-20LA, a very simpl...
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SparkFun Atmospheric Sensor Breakout - BME280
SKU: SF-SEN-13676 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun BME280 Atmospheric Sensor Breakout measures barometric pressure, humidity, and temperature in a compact package. Whether you're building a weather station, home automation system, or indoor air quality mo...
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25m Long Distance ToF Laser Sensor (±3cm Accuracy, 100Hz, 100K LUX Resistant)
SKU: DF-SEN0647 | Brand: DFRobot
The TOFSense F2 is a high-performance laser distance sensor using dTOF (Direct Time-of-Flight) technology. With 25m range, ±3cm accuracy, and 100Hz refresh rate, it's ideal for robotics, industrial automation, drones,...
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Adafruit STHS34PF80 IR Presence / Motion Sensor
SKU: AF-6426 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit STHS34PF80 is a compact IR presence and motion sensor that detects human and animal presence up to 4 metres away — without requiring a lens. Unlike traditional chunky PIR sensors with simple digital outpu...
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Adafruit SHT45 Trinkey - USB Temp and Humidity Sensor with PTFE
SKU: AF-6260 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SHT45 Trinkey is a tiny USB A device that combines an ATSAMD21 microcontroller with Sensirion's highest-precision SHT45 temperature and humidity sensor, protected by a PTFE filter. Simply plug it into any...
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Adafruit OPT4048 Tri-Stimulus XYZ Color and Lux Sensor
SKU: AF-6335 | Brand: Adafruit
A modern take on the common RGB colour sensor — the OPT4048 provides true CIE XYZ tri-stimulus output so you can match readings directly to standard colour spaces. It also calculates colour temperature (based on CIE) ...
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ROS-Compatible 10-Axis IMU Sensor with ARM DSP, BLE 5.3, and Environmental Sensors
SKU: WS-29207 | Brand: Waveshare
Revolutionize Your Robotics and Drones with the 10-Axis ROS IMU SensorDive into Dynamic Orientation and Precision with Our State-of-the-Art SensorTransform your robotic creations into masterpieces of precision and agi...
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GY-68 BMP180 Digital Barometric Pressure Sensor Board Module
SKU: LB-LR0100 | Brand: Little Bird
Elevate your project with the GY-68 BMP180 Sensor Module, a compact and highly accurate digital barometric pressure sensor designed for precision measurements in various applications.Product Specifications: Item Name...
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MyoWare 2.0 Wireless Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-23387 | Brand: SparkFun
The MyoWare® 2.0 Wireless Shield is designed to take in readings from the MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor and wirelessly transmit sensor data with the ESP32-WROOM! This shield also includes a built-in LiPo battery to remote...
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Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver - STEMMA JST PH 2mm
SKU: AF-5939 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver is a sensitive, wide-range 38 kHz IR receiver board with two selectable sensor orientations — one vertical and one horizontal. A slide switch lets you choose which sensor to re...
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SparkFun Mini Linear 3D Hall-Effect Sensor - TMAG5273 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-23881 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun TMAG5273 Qwiic Mini Linear 3D Hall-Effect Sensor is a low-power, high-precision magnetic field sensor that can detect a magnetic field's presence, strength, and direction in three dimensions. This board i...
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SparkFun Mini Spectral UV Sensor - AS7331 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-23518 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Mini Spectral UV Sensor features the AS7331 from ams OSRAM, measuring ultraviolet radiation across three dedicated channels: UVA (320–400 nm), UVB (280–320 nm), and UVC (200–280 nm). Each channel has its ...
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SparkFun GPS-RTK Dead Reckoning Breakout - ZED-F9R, SMA (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-22660 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Dead Reckoning Breakout SMA - ZED-F9R is a high precision, sensor fusion GPS board with equally impressive configuration options and takes advantage of u-blox's Automotive Dead Reckoning (ADR) technology....
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