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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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 Wed 5 Aug
Temperature and Humidity Sensor Module KY-028
SKU: LB-LR0010 | Brand: Little Bird
Digital TempTemperature sensing module using an NTC thermistor. The output signal at ‘DO’ switches high when the preset (adjustable) temperature is reached. An analog output signal from the sensor is availab...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
INA169 Analog DC Current Sensor Breakout - 60V 5A Max
SKU: AF-1164 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board will solve all your current-monitoring problems. Instead of struggling with a multimeter, you can just use the handy INA169 chip on this breakout to both measure both the DC current draw and have a...
Delivered by Thu 27 Aug
Gravity: Analog Sound Level Meter
SKU: DF-SEN0232 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Analog Sound Level Meter is an Arduino-compatible decibel meter that accurately measures environmental noise levels. It uses an instrumentation-grade circuit with a low-noise microphone for high-precision ...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
LilyPad Temperature Sensor
SKU: SF-DEV-08777 | Brand: SparkFun
Detecting temperature changes has never been easier. The MCP9700 is a small thermistor type temperature sensor. This sensor will output 0.5V at 0 degrees C, 0.75V at 25 C, and 10mV per degree C. Doing an analog to dig...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
Infrared Proximity Sensor - Sharp GP2Y0A21YK
SKU: SF-SEN-00242 | Brand: SparkFun
The Sharp GP2Y0A21YK is an infrared proximity sensor with an analogue voltage output that varies with distance — from 3.1 V at 10 cm to 0.4 V at 80 cm. It uses an IR emitter and position-sensitive detector to measure ...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
Pulse Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-11574 | Brand: SparkFun
Heart rate data can be really useful whether you’re designing an exercise routine, studying your activity or anxiety levels or just want your shirt to blink with your heart beat. The problem is that heart rate can be ...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
Touch screen breakout board (0.5mm FPC)
SKU: AF-334 | Brand: Adafruit
If you've got a resistive touch screen that you'd like to use, you'll need this breakout! It has a fine pitch (0.5mm) connector soldered onto it and it's broken out into the 4 resistive wires of the panel. A petite...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
Analog Mini Thumbstick Breakout Board
SKU: AF-3246 | Brand: Adafruit
A neat little breakout board designed for mounting a PSP-style mini thumbstick to your project. The board features panel-mount friendly hole placement and dual-sided headers for mechanical stability when connected to ...
Delivered by Thu 27 Aug
Gravity:Analog UV Sensor V2
SKU: DF-SEN0162 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Analog UV Sensor V2 uses a GUVA-S12SD photodiode to detect ultraviolet radiation in the 200–370 nm (UV-A) wavelength range. It outputs a linear analogue voltage signal proportional to UV intensity, making ...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
SparkFun Sound Detector
SKU: SF-SEN-12642 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Sound Detector is a small and very easy to use audio sensing board with three different outputs. The Sound Detector not only provides an audio output, but also a binary indication of the presence of so...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
Analog UV Light Sensor Breakout - GUVA-S12SD
SKU: AF-1918 | Brand: Adafruit
An analog UV light sensor breakout based on the GUVA-S12SD photodiode, detecting the 240–370nm range covering UVB and most of the UVA spectrum. An on-board op-amp amplifies the tiny photodiode current to a readable vo...
Delivered by Thu 27 Aug
Gravity: Heart Rate Monitor Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0203 | Brand: DFRobot
The DFRobot heart rate sensor is a thumb-sized heart rate monitor designed for Arduino microcontrollers. This sensor is a pulse sensor which is developed based on PPG (PhotoPlethysmoGraphy) techniques. This ...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
IR Reflectance Sensor - QRE1113
SKU: SF-COM-09542 | Brand: SparkFun
The QRE1113 is a small IR reflectance sensor. This sensor is often used in line following robots because, if it can sense if a surface is white or black. There are four pins on the QRE1113 - two control the IR em...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
Gravity: Thin-film Pressure Sensor for Pressure Science Course
SKU: DF-SEN0616 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity: Thin-film Pressure Sensor measures pressure through the deformation of a flexible film material. As pressure increases, the film deforms, producing higher analog output values, while lighter pressure resu...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
Sensor ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ2
SKU: EF-EF05031 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The gas sensor is an essential sensor for environmental detection. ELECFREAKS PlanetX MQ2 Sensor can be used for smoke detection, the greater the smoke is, the greater the voltage value will be. It is able to detect t...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
ELECFREAKS PlanetX CO2 Sensor
SKU: EF-EF05030 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The gas sensor is an essential sensor for environmental detection. The ELECFREAKS PlanetX CO2 Sensor is designed to detect the concentration of CO2 with high sensitivity. The higher the concentration of CO2 is, the sm...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
Intelligent Rain Detection Module
SKU: DF-SEN0545 | Brand: DFRobot
This smart rain sensor offers a fast way to detect rainfall change on glass in real-time free from effects like sunlight, dust, leaves, etc., and feeds back information (no rain, light rain, moderate rain, or heavy ra...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
MyoWare 2.0 Link Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-18425 | Brand: SparkFun
The MyoWare 2.0 Link Shield connects a MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor to your Arduino microcontroller via a 3.5mm TRS cable. Simply snap the Link Shield onto your Muscle Sensor using the built-in snap connectors, connect a...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
Octopus LM35 Analog Temperature Brick
SKU: EF-EF04070 | Brand: ElecFreaks
The Octopus LM35 Analog Temperature Brick is a plug-and-play temperature sensor module based on the TI LM35D precision centigrade temperature sensor. The LM35 outputs a voltage linearly proportional to temperature (10...
Delivered by Fri 14 Aug
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