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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CMPS11-Tilt Compensated Magnetic Compass
SKU: DF-SEN0183 | Brand: DFRobot
The CMPS11 is a 3rd-generation tilt-compensated magnetic compass module that combines a 3-axis magnetometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and 3-axis accelerometer. An onboard Kalman filter fuses gyro and accelerometer data to re...
Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
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 Mon 12 Oct
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 1 Oct
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 Mon 12 Oct
Gravity: Digital Capacitive Touch Sensor For Arduino
SKU: DF-DFR0030 | Brand: DFRobot
A digital capacitive touch sensor from DFRobot's Gravity series. It detects touch through the same capacitive sensing technology used in smartphones — even through thin cloth or paper. The sensor outputs a digital hig...
Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
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 Mon 12 Oct
SparkFun Line Sensor Breakout - QRE1113 (Digital)
SKU: SF-ROB-09454 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun QRE1113 Line Sensor Breakout (Digital) is a compact IR reflectance sensor board that outputs a digital signal based on surface reflectivity. It uses a capacitor discharge circuit — the faster the 10 nF ca...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
LPG Gas Sensor - MQ-6
SKU: SF-SEN-09405 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple-to-use MQ-6 gas sensor for detecting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) — primarily propane and butane — in the air. The sensor detects concentrations from 200 to 10,000 ppm with high sensitivity and fast response...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
Adafruit ENS160 MOX Gas Sensor - Sciosense CCS811 Upgrade
SKU: AF-5606 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit ENS160 is a fully integrated metal-oxide (MOX) gas sensor from ScioSense, designed as a drop-in upgrade for the now-discontinued CCS811. It combines multiple MOX sensing and heating elements on a single c...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
LPS331AP Pressure/Altitude Sensor Carrier with Voltage Regulator
SKU: PL-2126 | Brand: Pololu
A breakout board for ST's LPS331AP digital barometric pressure sensor. This sensor measures absolute pressure from 260 to 1260 mbar with excellent accuracy (±2 mbar), making it ideal for altitude estimation, weather m...
Delivered by Thu 1 Oct
IR Thermal Imaging Camera Module – 80x62, Motion Detection, SPI/I2C, Raspberry Pi Compatible, 44° FOV
SKU: WS-31940 | Brand: Waveshare
Elevate your technological projects with our cutting-edge Long-wave IR Thermal Imaging Camera Module. Designed for seamless integration with Raspberry Pi and other development boards, this module is an ideal addition ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
50m TOF Laser Ranging Sensor (±3cm Accuracy, 100Hz, 100K LUX Resistant)
SKU: DF-SEN0648 | Brand: DFRobot
The TOFSense F2P is a professional-grade laser distance sensor using dTOF (Direct Time-of-Flight) technology. With 50m range, ±3cm accuracy, and 100Hz refresh rate, it's engineered for drones, traffic monitoring, indu...
Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
Adafruit SPA06-003 Temperature + Pressure Sensor
SKU: AF-6420 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SPA06-003 is an affordable barometric pressure and temperature sensor from Goertek, ideal for basic environmental sensing and DIY quadcopter builds. It measures 300–1100 hPa (approximately −500 to +9000 m...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Adafruit STHS34PF80 IR Presence / Motion Sensor
SKU: AF-6426 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit STHS34PF80 is a compact IR presence and motion sensor that detects human and animal presence up to 4 metres away — without requiring a lens. Unlike traditional chunky PIR sensors with simple digital outpu...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor - 3.3V (HC-SR04), 180° (red) - SparkFun Electronics
SKU: SF-SEN-28798 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor, now in Red! This economical sensor offers non-contact measurement functionality ranging from 2cm to 400cm, with a ranging accuracy of up to 3mm. Each HC-SR04 ...
Delivered by Mon 12 Oct
Adafruit INA238 DC Current Voltage Power Monitor
SKU: AF-6349 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit INA238 is a precision DC power monitor capable of measuring current, voltage, and power on either the high or low side of your circuit. With support for up to +85V DC common-mode voltage and a 16-bit ADC,...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Adafruit INA237 85V 10A 16-bit DC Current Voltage Power Monitor
SKU: AF-6340 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit INA237 is a precision DC power monitor capable of measuring current, voltage, and power on either the high or low side of your circuit. With support for up to +85V DC common-mode voltage and a 16-bit ADC,...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Adafruit OPT4048 Tri-Stimulus XYZ Color and Lux Sensor
SKU: AF-6335 | Brand: Adafruit
A modern take on the common RGB colour sensor — the OPT4048 provides true CIE XYZ tri-stimulus output so you can match readings directly to standard colour spaces. It also calculates colour temperature (based on CIE) ...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Adafruit SEN6x Breakout for Sensirion SEN66 - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-6331 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SEN6x Breakout lets you quickly connect a Sensirion SEN66 (or other SEN6x) environmental sensor node to any microcontroller or single-board computer via STEMMA QT / Qwiic — no soldering or breadboarding r...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
Finger Vein Recognition Module (B) – Cortex Core, UART, Liveness Detection
SKU: WS-30972 | Brand: Waveshare
Security, Reimagined: The Ultra-Consistent Thin-Type Finger Vein Recognition ModuleExperience the future of biometric security with our cutting-edge Thin-Type Finger Vein Recognition Module (B)—a testament to precisio...
Delivered by Fri 23 Oct
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