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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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 Mon 15 Jun
Miniature Reflective Infrared Optical Sensors - 5 Pack - ITR20001/T
SKU: AF-3930 | Brand: Adafruit
This Reflective IR Sensor is a simple plastic casing with two elements - an IR LED and an IR phototransistor. You can control the IR LED and turn it on to bounce IR off objects to determine their reflectivity. Whit...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Infrared Detector
SKU: SF-SEN-19018 | Brand: SparkFun
An Infrared detector is a detector that reacts to infrared (IR) radiation. These simple devices operate at 940nm and work well for generic IR systems including remote control and touch-less object sensing. Using a sim...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Mini Photocell
SKU: DF-FIT0180 | Brand: DFRobot
This type of photoresistor is made of environment-friendly materials(no Cadmium and Lead) compared with the traditional CDS photoresistor. It changes resistance depending on the amount of light it is exposed to. Thes...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
16 Channel Multiplexer
SKU: SF-COM-00299 | Brand: SparkFun
The Texas Instruments CD74HC4067 is a 16-channel analogue multiplexer/demultiplexer IC. It allows you to route one of 16 analogue signals to a single common pin (or vice versa) using just 4 digital control lines plus ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
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