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 Photo Interrupter Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04012 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Photo Interrupter Sensor is a sensor module based on ITR9608 photoelectric switch, together with special Arduino shield in use. It has been widely used in parts counting, motor speed and so on. Three pins electronic b...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun GPS Breakout - Chip Antenna, SAM-M8Q (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-15210 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun SAM-M8Q GPS Breakout features a u-blox SAM-M8Q 72-channel GNSS receiver with a built-in chip antenna. It supports GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou constellations simultaneously, providing improved positi...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun GPS Breakout - ZOE-M8Q (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-15193 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun ZOE-M8Q GPS Breakout is a miniaturised, high-accuracy GNSS receiver board with Qwiic (I2C) connectivity. The u-blox ZOE-M8Q is a 72-channel receiver that tracks GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo constella...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Distance Sensor Breakout - 4 Meter, VL53L1X (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14722 | Brand: SparkFun
This SparkFun Distance Sensor Breakout utilizes the VL53L1X next generation ToF (Time of Flight) sensor module to give you the highly accurate measurements at long ranges for its size. The VL53L1X uses a VCSEL (V...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
SparkFun Triple Axis Magnetometer Breakout - MLX90393 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14571 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s time to start utilizing the superior magnetometer, and what better way than to throw it onto an easy-to-use breakout board? The SparkFun MLX90393 Magnetometer Breakout is a triple-axis magnetic sensor bo...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
LilyPad Light Sensor
SKU: SF-DEV-14629 | Brand: SparkFun
The LilyPad Light Sensor is a sewable breakout board with an ALS-PT19 light sensor built in and ready to use right away. Each sensor outputs voltage between 0V and 3.3V depending on the level of ambient light shi...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun IR Array Breakout - 110 Degree FOV, MLX90640 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14843 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s time to say hip hip array for this IR Breakout! The MLX90640 SparkFun IR Array Breakout is equipped with a 32x24 array of thermopile sensors creating, in essence, a low resolution thermal imaging camera. With thi...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Adafruit HTU21D-F Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout Board - Fully Assembled
SKU: AF-3515 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HTU21D-F is an accurate I²C digital temperature and humidity sensor breakout board. With typical humidity accuracy of ±2% (optimised for 5–95% RH) and temperature accuracy of ±1°C across -30 to 90°C, it's...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
Gravity:Digital Magnetic Sensor
SKU: DF-DFR0033 | Brand: DFRobot
what's the best way to detect the magnet? Use anther magnet. But it's not sensitive enough. You have to feel it by youself.Right.This magnetic sensor knows whether there is a magnetic object nearby or not. And it c...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
SparkFun GPS Breakout - XA1110 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-14414 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun XA1110 GPS Breakout is a small I2C-supported module built for easy hookup, thanks to our Qwiic Connect System. Equipped with the XA1110 GPS module from GTOP, this board utilizes the MediaTek MT3333 chips...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
Maxbotix Ultrasonic Rangefinder - LV-EZ4 [LV-EZ4]
SKU: AF-982 | Brand: Adafruit
The LV-EZ4 from MaxBotix is a compact ultrasonic rangefinder that detects objects from 0 to 254 inches (6.45 metres), with calibrated range output from 6 to 254 inches at 1-inch resolution. Objects closer than 6 inche...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
MPL115A2 - I2C Barometric Pressure/Temperature Sensor
SKU: AF-992 | Brand: Adafruit
This pressure sensor from Freescale is a great low-cost sensing solution for measuring barometric pressure. At 1.5 hPa resolution, it's not as precise as our favorite pressure sensor, the BMx280 series, which has u...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
ADXL326 - 5V ready triple-axis accelerometer (+-16g analog out)
SKU: AF-1018 | Brand: Adafruit
A wide-range triple-axis accelerometer breakout featuring the Analog Devices ADXL326. With a ±16 g measurement range and analog outputs for X, Y, and Z axes, this sensor is ideal for detecting high-impact motion, vibr...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
IR distance sensor includes cable (20cm-150cm) [GP2Y0A02YK]
SKU: AF-1031 | Brand: Adafruit
This SHARP distance sensor bounces IR off objects to determine how far away they are. It returns an analog voltage that can be used to determine how close the nearest object is. Comes with 8" long 3-JST interface wire...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
LSM303D 6DoF Motion Sensor Breakout
SKU: PR-PIM376 | Brand: Little Bird
This 6 Degrees of Freedom Motion Sensor Breakout can detect acceleration in three axes - X, Y, and Z - as well as three axes of magnetic heading. It's ideal for building into robots, rockets, and rov...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
Adafruit Wide-Range Triple-axis Magnetometer - MLX90393
SKU: AF-4022 | Brand: Adafruit
Measure invisible magnetic fields with the Adafruit Wide-Range Triple-axis Magnetometer, featuring the MLX90393 sensor. With 16-bit resolution across all three axes and a dynamic range of ±5 mT to ±50 mT, this sensor ...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
ADT7410 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor Breakout Board
SKU: AF-4089 | Brand: Adafruit
Get precise temperature readings with the ADT7410 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor from Analog Devices. Featuring 16-bit resolution (0.0078°C) and ±0.5°C accuracy, this breakout delivers reliable measurements over...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
Garmin LIDAR-Lite Optical Distant Sensor - V3
SKU: AF-4058 | Brand: Adafruit
You've heard about the sensors in the news, when used in self-driving cars, and now you can have your own! Garmin's LIDAR-Lite V3 is the ideal high-performance (but compact) optical distant measurement sensor solution...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
Standalone 5-Pad Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - AT42QT1070
SKU: AF-1362 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout board is the simplest way to create a project with mutiple capacitive touch sensors. No microcontroller is required here - just power with 1.8 to 5.5VDC and connect up to 5 conductive pads to the 5 left-...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
CO₂ Humidity and Temperature Sensor - SCD30
SKU: SF-SEN-15112 | Brand: SparkFun
The SCD30 from Sensirion is a high quality Nondispersive Infrared (NDIR) based CO₂ sensor capable of detecting 400 to 10000ppm with an accuracy of ±(30ppm+3%). In order to improve accuracy the SCD30 has temperature an...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
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