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.
Gas Sensor Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-08891 | Brand: SparkFun
This breakout board provides a convenient PCB adapter for MQ-series gas sensors (MQ-3, MQ-4, MQ-6, MQ-7, and MQ-8). It converts the sensor's oversized, oddly-spaced pins into a standard breakout format that's easy to ...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Alcohol Gas Sensor - MQ-3
SKU: SF-SEN-08880 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-3 is an alcohol gas sensor suitable for detecting alcohol concentration in the air, similar to a breathalyser. It provides an analog resistive output based on alcohol concentration, with high sensitivity and fa...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-13322 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor is a simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The soil moisture sensor is pretty straight forward to use. The two large exposed pads function as probe...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Non-Invasive Current Sensor - 30A
SKU: SF-SEN-11005 | Brand: SparkFun
This non-invasive current sensor (also known as a split-core current transformer) clamps around the supply line of an electrical load to measure how much current is flowing through it. The sensor acts as an inductor, ...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Panel Current Meter - 0 to 9.99A
SKU: AF-574 | Brand: Adafruit
Put a current meter anywhere with this very handy display. This panel meter requires a DC voltage to run, and then has two thick gauge wires to measure current draw. A shunt is already on board so its very easy to hoo...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
LPG Gas Sensor - MQ-6
SKU: SF-SEN-09405 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple-to-use MQ-6 gas sensor for detecting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — primarily propane and butane — in the air. The sensor detects concentrations from 200 to 10,000 ppm with high sensitivity and fast response...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Methane CNG Gas Sensor - MQ-4
SKU: SF-SEN-09404 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a simple-to-use compressed natural gas (CNG) sensor, suitable for sensing natural gas (composed of mostly Methane [CH4]) concentrations in the air. The MQ-4 can detect natural gas concentrations anywhere from ...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Gravity: Conductivity Sensor Switch
SKU: DF-SEN0223 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Conductivity Sensor Switch module can be used to detect if an object has electrical conductivity. Its maximum detection value is 10MΩ. It can detect not only coins, wires, metal and other good conducto...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ5 Sensor
SKU: EF-EF05033 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ5 Sensor is an essential sensor for environmental detection. The ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ5 Sensor can be used to detect the leakage of flammable gas, you can use it to make a household gas leak a...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Formaldehyde HCHO Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 0-3ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0563 | Brand: DFRobot
Fermion: MEMS Formaldehyde HCHO Gas Detection Sensor employs state-of-the-art micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology, endowing the sensor with compact dimensions (13x13x2.5mm), low power consumption (<20mA),...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Nitrogen Dioxide NO2 Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 0.1-10ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0574 | Brand: DFRobot
Fermion: MEMS Nitrogen Dioxide NO2 Gas Detection Sensor employs state-of-the-art micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology, endowing the sensor with compact dimensions (13x13x2.5mm), low power consumption (<20m...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
UART Non-contact Optical Turbidity Sensor for Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0554 | Brand: DFRobot
This non-contact turbidity sensor detects water quality by measuring the level of turbidity. Based on the optics principle, it is capable of detecting the light transmittance and scattering rate of the liquid in trans...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Gravity: HCL Sensor (Calibrated) - I2C & UART
SKU: DF-SEN0474 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a sensor that detects hydrogen chloride concentration and supports three output modes: analog, I2C, and UART. The probe has been calibrated at the factory, which can quickly and accurately measure the concentr...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Gravity: PH3 Sensor (Calibrated) - I2C & UART
SKU: DF-SEN0476 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a sensor that detects phosphine concentration and supports three output modes: analog, I2C, and UART. The probe has been calibrated at the factory, which can quickly and accurately measure the concentration of...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Gas Sensor - MiCS-5524 (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0440 | Brand: DFRobot
A compact MEMS gas sensor breakout based on the MiCS-5524, capable of detecting concentrations of multiple gases including carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4), ethanol (C2H5OH), propane (C3H8), butane (C4H10), hydroge...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Gas Sensor - MiCS-2714 (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0441 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a hydrogen and nitrogen oxide gas concentration sensor launched by DFRobot. The sensor uses MEMS technology to support gas concentration detection of NO, NO2 and H2. The matching sample code integrates the co...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Dual Gas CO and CH4 Detection Sensor - MQ-9B
SKU: SF-SEN-17050 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-9B is a CO and CH₄ gas detection sensor form Winsen. The sensing material of the MQ-9B is SnO2, which has a low conductivity in clean air. It detects carbon monoxide (1.5V) by method of cycling high and low tem...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Smoke Sensor - MQ-2
SKU: SF-SEN-17049 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-2 is a smoke and combustible gas sensor manufactured by Winsen. It detects flammable gases and smoke in a concentration range of 300–10,000 ppm, with particularly high sensitivity to propane and smoke. It's wid...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Ammonia Gas Sensor - MQ-137
SKU: SF-SEN-17053 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-137 is an ammonia (NH3) gas sensor from Winsen, designed to detect ammonia concentrations in the air. The sensing element is tin dioxide (SnO2), which has lower conductivity in clean air and increases in conduc...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04100 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor is a CO2 electronic brick in our OCTOPUS series, the basic design for the outlook, PCB fixing holes and connections are the same with them.The higher the CO2 concentration is, the lower th...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
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