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.
Light Sensor Gizmo for Playground - Analog Input
SKU: TR-GIZLIGHT | Brand: 4tronix
The Playground system is an easy way to connect from Crumble, Raspberry Pi or BBC micro:bit to useful GizmosThe Light Sensor Gizmo provides an easy way to connect an Analog input which varies with the brightness of th...
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Skywriter
SKU: PR-PIM062 | Brand: Little Bird
The big brother to the Skywriter HAT - Skywriter adds 3D gesture sensing to your project! Using our Python and Arduino libraries you can read off the positional data (x, y, z) and common gestures like ...
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SparkFun IR Array Breakout - 55 Degree FOV, MLX90640 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14844 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s time to say hip hip array for this IR Breakout! The MLX90640 SparkFun IR Array Breakout is equipped with a 32x24 array of thermopile sensors creating, in essence, a low resolution thermal imaging camera. With thi...
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Pycom Pytrack - GPS+motion shield for WiPy, SiPy, and LoPy
SKU: PI-PYC007 | Brand: Pimoroni
The Pycom Pytrack is a GPS and motion sensor shield compatible with Pycom multi-network modules including the WiPy, SiPy, and LoPy. It provides accurate GNSS positioning, a 3-axis accelerometer, USB serial access, LiP...
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Pycom Pysense - Sensor shield for WiPy, SiPy, and LoPy
SKU: PI-PYC006 | Brand: Pimoroni
The Pycom Pysense is a sensor-packed expansion shield that fits all Pycom multi-network modules — including the WiPy, SiPy, and LoPy. It gives you a head start on IoT projects by combining five sensors, a LiPo charger...
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MyoWare Muscle Sensor
SKU: PI-AT-04-001 | Brand: Pimoroni
The MyoWare Muscle Sensor is an all-in-one electromyography (EMG) sensor that measures the filtered and rectified electrical activity of a muscle. It outputs 0 V to Vs (supply voltage) depending on the level of activi...
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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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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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SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - LIS3DH
SKU: SF-SEN-13963 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun LIS3DH breakout is a low-power, three-axis accelerometer with 12-bit resolution, ideal for adding motion and orientation detection to your projects. It communicates over I2C or SPI and includes three addi...
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SparkFun OpenScale
SKU: SF-SEN-13261 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun OpenScale is an open-source weight measurement board designed for load cells. Simply connect a four-wire or five-wire load cell of any capacity, plug into USB, open a serial terminal at 9,600 bps, and you...
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SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor - APDS-9960
SKU: SF-SEN-12787 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor, a small breakout board with a built in APDS-9960 sensor that offers ambient light and color measuring, proximity detection, and touchless gesture sensing. With this RGB and...
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TSSP77038 38kHz IR Demodulator Breakout
SKU: AF-5940 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout uses Vishay's TSSP77038 infrared demodulator to give you the raw demodulated output from a 38kHz IR signal, without the extra filtering used in typical remote-control receivers. That makes it a handy cho...
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HMC6343 Qwiic Digital Compass
SKU: SF-SEN-30183 | Brand: SparkFun
This compact digital compass module is built around the HMC6343, a fully integrated electronic compass designed to deliver reliable heading data without making your main microcontroller do all the processing.Unlike ba...
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Qwiic Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-30480 | Brand: SparkFun
This capacitive soil moisture breakout is designed for plant monitoring projects where exposed metal probes can corrode after time in the dirt. It measures moisture using a capacitive plate embedded in the board, mana...
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PAV3015 Air Velocity Sensor (0–15 m/s, I2C)
SKU: DF-SEN0639 | Brand: DFRobot
This compact digital anemometer measures air velocity for embedded electronics and intelligent control systems. It is built around the Posifa PAV3015D thermal sensing element, using temperature differences across a th...
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Qwiic 24-Bit 4-Channel ADC Breakout - ADS1219
SKU: SF-SEN-27544 | Brand: SparkFun
When the ADC built into your microcontroller is not precise enough, this Qwiic breakout adds a high-resolution Texas Instruments ADS1219 for measuring very small analogue voltage changes.The board provides four channe...
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LIS3DH Micro Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-29529 | Brand: SparkFun
This ultra-small Qwiic-enabled breakout adds three-axis acceleration sensing to compact projects using the LIS3DH, a smart, low-power capacitive micro-machined accelerometer with 12-bit resolution. It can be used for ...
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