Sensors
Browse our extensive range of sensor modules and breakout boards, covering temperature, distance, motion, touch, liquid level, radar, infrared, and more. Whether you're building with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or your own custom PCB, you'll find the right sensor for your project.
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Adafruit LPS35HW Water Resistant Pressure Sensor
SKU: AF-4258 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LPS35HW is a water-resistant barometric pressure and temperature sensor from ST. The sensing element is housed in a ceramic package with waterproof gel protection, making it safe to use in damp and humid ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Maxbotix Ultrasonic Rangefinder - LV-EZ0 [LV-EZ0]
SKU: AF-979 | Brand: Adafruit
The LV-EZ0 from MaxBotix is a compact ultrasonic rangefinder providing short to long-range detection. It can detect objects from 0 to 254 inches (6.45 m) and provides calibrated range information from 6 inches out to ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Grove - Sound Sensor
SKU: SS-101020023 | Brand: Seeed Studio
The Sound sensor module is a simple microphone. Based on the power amplifier LM386 and the electret microphone, it can be used to detect the sound strength of the environment. The value of output can be adjusted b...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Adafruit BMP280 I2C or SPI Barometric Pressure Altitude Sensor
SKU: AF-2651 | Brand: Adafruit
The BMP280 from Bosch is a precision barometric pressure and temperature sensor, and the next-generation upgrade to the BMP085/BMP180/BMP183 family. With support for both I2C and SPI communication, it offers flexibili...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Adafruit Silicon MEMS Microphone Breakout - SPW2430
SKU: AF-2716 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SPW2430 Silicon MEMS Microphone Breakout is a compact, low-cost microphone module that detects sound and converts it to an analog voltage — no external bias resistor or amplifier needed. With a frequency ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - ADXL335
SKU: SF-SEN-09269 | Brand: SparkFun
Breakout board for the 3 axis ADXL335 from Analog Devices. This is the latest in a long, proven line of analog sensors - the holy grail of accelerometers. The ADXL335 is a triple axis MEMS accelerometer with extremely...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Pololu Carrier for MQ Gas Sensors (Bare PCB Only)
SKU: PL-1479 | Brand: Pololu
This carrier board is designed to work with any of the MQ-series gas sensors, simplifying the interface from 6 to 3 pins—ground, power and analog voltage output—that are broken out with a 0.1" spacing, making the boar...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Crash sensor (Left)
SKU: DF-SEN0138-L | Brand: DFRobot
A compact crash sensor (left-side variant) based on a miniature snap-action micro switch with roller lever. Designed for Arduino and compatible microcontrollers, this sensor module includes an onboard pull-up resistor...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
SparkFun Humidity and Temperature Sensor Breakout - Si7021
SKU: SF-SEN-13763 | Brand: SparkFun
A low-cost, highly accurate digital humidity and temperature sensor breakout board based on the Silicon Labs Si7021. Communicates over I²C with just two data lines, providing relative humidity and precise temperature ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Gravity: Arduino CO/Combustible Gas Sensor (MQ9)
SKU: DF-SEN0134 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity MQ-9 gas sensor detects carbon monoxide (CO) and combustible gases including methane and propane. It uses a semiconductor SnO2 sensing element that cycles between high and low temperatures — detecting CO a...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
PN532 NFC/RFID controller breakout board [v1.6]
SKU: AF-364 | Brand: Adafruit
The PN532 is the most popular NFC chip, and is what is embedded in pretty much every phone or device that does NFC. It can pretty much do it all, such as read and write to tags and cards, communicate with phones (s...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Sharp GP2Y0A21YK0F Analog Distance Sensor 10-80cm
SKU: PL-136 | Brand: Pololu
The Sharp GP2Y0A21YK0F is an infrared distance sensor that outputs an analogue voltage corresponding to the distance of the nearest object within its 10–80 cm detection range. Using IR triangulation, it provides relia...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - ADXL345
SKU: SF-SEN-09836 | Brand: SparkFun
This new version adds 2 standoff holes as well as an extra decoupling capacitor. The ADXL345 is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis MEMS accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to +-16 g. Digital...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Infrared Thermometer - MLX90614
SKU: SF-SEN-09570 | Brand: SparkFun
Melexis' MLX90614ESF-BAA is an infrared thermometer designed for non-contact temperature sensing. An internal 17-bit ADC and a powerful DSP contribute to the MLX90614’s high accuracy and resolution. It has a huge numb...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
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 Mon 15 Jun
SparkFun Human Presence and Motion Sensor - STHS34PF80 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22494 | Brand: SparkFun
The STHS34PF80 sensor, from ST Microelectronics, is designed to measure the precise black-body radiation (as described by Planck's law) of an object; as well as monitor ambient temperature conditions within its 80° fi...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Gravity: ENS160 Air Quality Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0514 | Brand: DFRobot
This Gravity: ENS160 Air Quality Sensor, based on ScioSense's new ENS160 sensor chip, is specifically designed for indoor air quality monitoring and offers detection of multiple IAQ data (TVOC, eCO2, AQI).The innovati...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Gravity: I2C LIS331HH Triple Axis Accelerometer Sensor (±6g/±12g/±24g)
SKU: DF-SEN0411 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity: LIS331HH is a high-performance 3-axis linear accelerometer with ultra-low power consumption of just 10 µA in low-power mode. It offers user-selectable measurement ranges of ±6g, ±12g, or ±24g and delivers...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Breadboard Friendly I2C Temperature Sensor - TC74A0
SKU: AF-4375 | Brand: Adafruit
A simple I2C temperature sensor in a breadboard-friendly TO-220 package. The TC74A0 provides basic temperature readings with ±2°C accuracy — a straightforward choice when you need easy temperature logging or monitorin...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
BMP280 Digital Pressure Sensor Module
SKU: DF-SEN0372 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a breakout version of BMP280 Barometric Pressure Sensor from DFRobot with temperature and pressure measurement functions, supporting Arduino code control.Housed in an extremely compact package, the BMP280 is b...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
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