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 BME680 - Temperature, Humidity, Pressure and Gas Sensor
SKU: AF-3660 | Brand: Adafruit
The BME680 from Bosch delivers comprehensive environmental sensing in a single compact package. This precision sensor measures temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and VOC gas levels, all accessible over I2C or...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Adafruit ADXL343 + ADT7410 Sensor FeatherWing
SKU: AF-4147 | Brand: Adafruit
Add motion and precision temperature sensing to any Feather board with this all-in-one sensor FeatherWing from Adafruit. It combines two high-quality Analog Devices sensors — the ADXL343 triple-axis accelerometer and ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
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 Mon 13 Jul
Flat Vibration Switch - Breadboard friendly
SKU: AF-4081 | Brand: Adafruit
This flat vibration switch is a low-sensitivity, directional trigger that closes its circuit when bumped from the side. Inside, a soft spring coiled around a metal pin makes contact when vibration or impact occurs, ac...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Standalone Momentary Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout [AT42QT1010]
SKU: AF-1374 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with a single "momentary" capacitive touch sensor. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and touch the pad to activate the sens...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Gravity: I2C BME680 Environmental Sensor (VOC, Temperature, Humidity, Barometer)
SKU: DF-SEN0248 | Brand: DFRobot
DFRobot BME680 Environmental Sensor is a low power gas, pressure, temperature & humidity sensor based on BOSCH BME680 sensor. It is a 4-in-1 multi-functional MEMS environmental sensor which integrates VOC (Volatil...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Adafruit SGP30 Air Quality Sensor Breakout - VOC and eCO2
SKU: AF-3709 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SGP30 is a multi-pixel MOX (metal-oxide) gas sensor from Sensirion that measures Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) and equivalent CO2 (eCO2) for indoor air quality monitoring. With fully calibrated ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
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 Thu 2 Jul
MCP9808 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor Breakout Board
SKU: AF-1782 | Brand: Adafruit
This I2C digital temperature sensor is one of the more accurate/precise we've ever seen, with a typical accuracy of ±0.25°C over the sensor's -40°C to +125°C range and precision of +0.0625°C. They work great with any ...
Delivered by Mon 13 Jul
Light Sensor - BH1750
SKU: DF-SEN0097 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a BH1750 light intensity sensor breakout board with a 16 bit AD converter built-in which can directly output a digital signal, there is no need for complicated calculations. This is a more acurate and easier ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Gravity: Arduino Carbon Monoxide Sensor (MQ7)
SKU: DF-SEN0132 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This is an Arduino Carbon Monoxide Sensor. It uses MQ7 probe to detect Carbon Monoxide (CO) concentrations in the air from 20 to 2000ppm. The sensitivity ca...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Carbon Monoxide Sensor (MQ7)
SKU: DF-FIT0227 | Brand: DFRobot
The MQ7 is a simple-to-use Carbon Monoxide (CO) sensor suitable for detecting CO concentrations in the air. It offers a wide detection range from 20 to 2000 ppm, making it ideal for safety monitoring and air quality p...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Crash sensor Right-
SKU: DF-SEN0138-R | Brand: DFRobot
A miniature snap-action switch, also trademarked and frequently known as a micro switch, is an electric switch that is actuated by very little physical force.Micro switches are very widely used; among their appl...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
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 Tue 23 Jun
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 Thu 2 Jul
RFID Reader ID-12LA (125 kHz)
SKU: SF-SEN-11827 | Brand: SparkFun
RFID (radio-frequency identification) is the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, for the purposes of identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. This is the ID-12LA, a very simpl...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
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 Tue 23 Jun
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 Thu 2 Jul
Triple Axis Accelerometer BMA220 (Tiny)
SKU: DF-SEN0168 | Brand: DFRobot
This Triple Axis Accelerometer with Bosch BMA220 is an ultra small triaxial, low-g acceleration sensor breakboard with SPI and I2C interface, aiming for low power consumer market applications. It allows measurem...
Delivered by Tue 23 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 Tue 23 Jun
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