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.
Adafruit ALS-PT19 Analog Light Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-2748 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit ALS-PT19 is a compact analog light sensor that provides a simple voltage output proportional to ambient light intensity. Its spectral response closely matches that of the human eye, thanks to a high infra...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
SoftPot Membrane Potentiometer - 200mm
SKU: SF-SEN-08679 | Brand: SparkFun
A thin, flexible membrane potentiometer that senses finger or stylus position along a 200 mm strip. Pressing anywhere on the strip varies resistance linearly from 100 Ω to 10 kΩ, providing accurate positional data for...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
SoftPot Membrane Potentiometer - 50mm
SKU: SF-SEN-08680 | Brand: SparkFun
These are very thin variable potentiometers. By pressing down on various parts of the strip, the resistance linearly changes from 100Ohms to 10,000Ohms allowing the user to very accurately calculate the relative posit...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
2-Axis Joystick
SKU: AF-245 | Brand: Adafruit
The 2-Axis Joystick provides analogue input for your projects using two independent 10K potentiometers — one per axis. It reports position as either voltage or resistance, making it compatible with a wide range of mic...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Force Sensitive Resistor - Small
SKU: SF-SEN-09673 | Brand: SparkFun
A compact force sensitive resistor (FSR) from Interlink Electronics with a 4 mm (0.16″) diameter active sensing area. The resistance changes based on applied pressure — from over 1 MΩ with no pressure down to approxim...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Gravity: Linear / Analog Hall Effect Sensor with ±1200 GS Magnetic Field Range
SKU: DF-DFR1132 | Brand: DFRobot
##Introduction Gravity: Linear/Analog Hall Sensor is a high-precision device designed for measuring and monitoring magnetic field strength. Advanced Hall effect circuitry at the core converts magnetic induction streng...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Sensor ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ3
SKU: EF-EF05032 | Brand: ElecFreaks
An alcohol vapour sensor module from the ELECFREAKS PlanetX range, designed for use with micro:bit via an RJ11 connector. The MQ3 sensor uses a tin dioxide (SnO2) sensing element whose conductivity increases with alco...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Sensor Trimpot ELECFREAKS PlanetX
SKU: EF-EF05018 | Brand: ElecFreaks
An analogue trimpot (trimmer potentiometer) sensor module from the ELECFREAKS PlanetX series, designed for use with micro:bit via RJ11 connection. The potentiometer provides stepless rotation over a 0°–300° range, out...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Line Follower Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-24048 | Brand: SparkFun
A line follower sensor 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 measuring the amount of reflected infrared ligh...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
MyoWare 2.0 Arduino Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-18426 | Brand: SparkFun
The MyoWare® 2.0 Arduino Shield is designed to easily connect up to six MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensors and Link Shields using 3.5mm TRS-to-TRS audio cables. The board comes pre-populated with male headers so all you would...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
ESP32-C3-MINI-1-N4 Module (PCB antenna)
SKU: DF-DFR0809 | Brand: DFRobot
The ESP32-C3-MINI-1-N4 is a compact Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy module from Espressif, built around the ESP32-C3FN4 chip with a 32-bit RISC-V single-core processor running at up to 160 MHz. It includes 4 MB of embe...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Adafruit Bonsai Buckaroo - micro:bit & CLUE Plant Care Helper
SKU: AF-4534 | Brand: Adafruit
The Bonsai Buckaroo is a compact add-on board for micro:bit and Adafruit CLUE that turns your board into a plant care monitoring and watering system. Bolt it on with 5 screws to get a buzzer, motor driver, and soil mo...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
Adafruit Touch Screen Breakout Board for 4 pin 1.0mm FPC
SKU: AF-3575 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Touch Screen Breakout Board provides a simple way to connect a 4-wire resistive touch panel with a 1.0mm pitch FPC connector to your project. The connector is soldered onto a compact breakout board, with ...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
Thumb Joystick - Deluxe
SKU: SF-COM-16273 | Brand: SparkFun
A 16 mm deluxe thumb joystick similar to the analogue sticks found in PlayStation controllers. Two 10K potentiometers provide analogue position data for the full range of motion on both axes, and a built-in select but...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Octopus Temperature Sensor Brick TMP36 Analog for Arduino Micro:bit
SKU: EF-EF04079 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus TMP36 Temperature Sensor Brick is a temperature sensor with low voltage and accurate celsius read. It can provide voltage output,which forms a linear relationship with celsius temperature. TMP36 do not need an...
Delivered by Thu 13 Aug
Strain Gauge Load Cell - 4 Wires - 1Kg
SKU: AF-4540 | Brand: Adafruit
A strain gauge is a type of electronic sensor used to measure force or strain (big surprise there). They are made of an insulating flexible backing with a metallic foil pattern. The resistance of a strain gauge change...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
Strain Gauge Load Cell - 4 Wires - 5Kg
SKU: AF-4541 | Brand: Adafruit
A strain gauge is a type of electronic sensor used to measure force or strain (big surprise there). They are made of an insulating flexible backing with a metallic foil pattern. The resistance of a strain gauge change...
Delivered by Fri 4 Sep
RP-C18.3-ST Thin Film Pressure Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0294 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a circular flexible thin film pressure sensor of short legs with a diameter of 18.3mm, which can be used to realize highly sensitive detection of pressure. The sensor is durable and designed to sense static an...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Rotary Potentiometer - 100k Ohm, Linear (Panel Mount)
SKU: SF-COM-14622 | Brand: SparkFun
An adjustable potentiometer can open up many interesting user interfaces. With this rotary potentiometer just turn the dial and the resistance changes. This potentiometer has a ¼" metal knurled shaft diameter, solder ...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
Mini Load Cell - 500g, Straight Bar (TAL221)
SKU: SF-SEN-14728 | Brand: SparkFun
This miniature straight bar load cell (sometimes called a strain gauge) can translate up to 500g of pressure (force) into an electrical signal. Each load cell is able to measure the electrical resistance that cha...
Delivered by Mon 24 Aug
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