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.
BNO055 Intelligent 9-axis Sensor Module
SKU: DF-SEN0374 | Brand: DFRobot
BNO055 is a new sensor IC for implementing an intelligent 9-axis Absolute Orientation Sensor. It is a System in Package, integrating a triaxial 14-bit accelerometer, a triaxial 16-bit gyroscope, a triaxial geomagnetic...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Basic Fingerprint Sensor With Socket Header Cable
SKU: AF-4690 | Brand: Adafruit
Secure your project with biometrics - this all-in-one optical fingerprint sensor will make adding fingerprint detection and verification super simple. It's easy to use and more affordable than ever!These modules are t...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Adafruit PMSA003I Air Quality Breakout - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4632 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PMSA003I Air Quality Breakout is a compact laser-scattering particulate matter sensor with an I2C interface — a significant advantage over the UART-based sensors that dominate this category. Simply connec...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Rain Drop Sensor Module
SKU: LB-24-RAIN | Brand: Little Bird
Give your projects weather awareness in seconds. This compact module detects the very first drop of rain and reports the strength of the shower, making it ideal for smart gardens, automatic window controls, mini weat...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
SparkFun micro:climate kit for micro:bit - v3.0
SKU: SF-KIT-16274 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun micro:climate kit is a full weather station kit that is built on top of the weather:bit carrier board. Unlike previous weather kits we've carried, this micro:climate kit is Qwiic enabled and includes o...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Octopus Temperature And Humidity Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04019 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Temperature and humidity sensor is a module based on DHT11 digital temperature and humidity sensing element. Simple design, and sensitive to the ambient temperature and humidity changes, it can be used for temperature...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
LM35DZ
SKU: LB-LR0285 | Brand: Little Bird
Feature: 0.5°C Ensured Accuracy (+25°C) Suitable for Remote Applications Low Cost Due to Wafer-Level Trimming Operates from 4 to 30 V Less than 60-μA Current Drain Low Self-Heating, 0.08°C in Still Air Low Impedance O...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Gravity: Digital 1-to-8 I2C Multiplexer
SKU: DF-DFR0576 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity I2C Multiplexer solves address conflicts when you need to connect multiple I²C devices that share the same fixed address. It provides eight independent I²C ports on a single bus, allowing up to eight ident...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
ESP8266 WIFI wifi control module ESP-12F
SKU: LB-LR0214-80A | Brand: Little Bird
ESP-12F: breakthrough design, there are new breakthroughs. The new four-layer board design, the new revision antenna RF performance optimisation, compared to the communication from the ESP-12E increased by 30% to 50%!...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout - BNO055
SKU: AF-2472 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit BNO055 breakout delivers complete 9-DOF orientation sensing with onboard sensor fusion — no complex algorithms to write yourself. The Bosch BNO055 combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer on...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Rotary Encoder
SKU: SF-COM-09117 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a 12-step rotary encoder with a nice ‘clicking’ feel. It’s breadboard friendly, and has a pretty handy select switch (by pushing in on the knob). The encoder is different from a potentiometer in that an enc...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Mini Photocell
SKU: SF-SEN-09088 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a very small light sensor. A photocell changes (also called a photodetector, photo resistor, CdS or photoconductive cell) resistance depending on the amount of light it is exposed to. These little sensors make...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Gravity: Digital Push Button (Red)
SKU: DF-DFR0029-R | Brand: DFRobot
Press to release pleasure! Our redesigned digital push buttons come with LED, immersion gold surface, and bright colored hats. A captital D at left corner indicates that it is a digital sensor. An illustration of b...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Photo cell (CdS photoresistor)
SKU: AF-161 | Brand: Adafruit
CdS cells are little light sensors. As the squiggly face is exposed to more light, the resistance goes down. When its light, the resistance is about 5-10KΩ, when dark it goes up to 200KΩ. To use, connect one side o...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
SparkFun Single Lead Heart Rate Monitor - AD8232
SKU: SF-SEN-12650 | Brand: SparkFun
The AD8232 SparkFun Single Lead Heart Rate Monitor is a cost-effective board used to measure the electrical activity of the heart. This electrical activity can be charted as an ECG or Electrocardiogram and output as a...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
RPLIDAR A1M8 - 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit
SKU: DF-DFR0315 | Brand: DFRobot
FEATURESAPPLICATIONSSPECIFICATIONSNote: It has been newest Model: A1M8 --2017/5/15 DOCUMENTS SLAMTEC Website Development Kit SDK & Datasheet Related Rplidar Review by Gavin (@MechatronicsGuy) ICP-SLAM based on Rob...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
ESP32-H2-DevKitM-1 - 4 MB Flash
SKU: AF-5715 | Brand: Adafruit
The ESP32-H2-DevKitM-1 is an entry-level development board based on the ESP32-H2-MINI-1 module, featuring Bluetooth Low Energy 5, IEEE 802.15.4, Thread, Matter, and Zigbee support on a single chip. It's an ultra-low-p...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Mini PIR Sensor with Time and Sensitivity Control - BS612
SKU: AF-5578 | Brand: Adafruit
The BS612 is a compact, fully configurable mini PIR motion sensor that detects movement from approximately 3–8 metres away with a 120° detection spread. Its small form factor makes it ideal for unobtrusive motion-sens...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N4 Module (PCB Antenna)
SKU: DF-DFR0896 | Brand: DFRobot
The ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N4 is a powerful Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE MCU module built around the ESP32-S3 SoC. Featuring a dual-core Xtensa LX7 processor running at up to 240MHz, 4MB SPI flash, and hardware acceleration for n...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
FS-600 Geiger Nuclear Radiation Detector
SKU: LB-RADI | Brand: Little Bird
FS-600 is a small height radiation detector. Its main function is to monitor X-ray, ♥-ray and ⑤-ray. The detector of this instrument is an energy compensation Geiger counter (hereinafter referred to as tube). It is...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
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