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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AM2320 Digital Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-3721 | Brand: Adafruit
The AM2320 is a low-cost digital temperature and humidity sensor with an I2C interface — a simpler alternative to the classic DHT11/DHT22 sensors that require timing-critical bit-bang protocols. With standard I2C comm...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
SparkFun Human Presence Sensor Breakout - AK9753 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14349 | Brand: SparkFun
This is not your normal Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor! The SparkFun AK9753 Human Presence Sensor Breakout is a Qwiic-enabled, 4-channel Nondispersive Infrared (NDIR) sensor. Each channel has a different field of view...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Navigation Switch Breakout
SKU: SF-COM-08236 | Brand: SparkFun
This is a fully assembled simple breakout board for the surface mount 3-way switch. These switches are commonly found on handheld devices like MP3 players. This switch allows the user to navigate using up and down sel...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
Thermocouple Amplifier with 1-Wire Breakout Board - MAX31850K
SKU: AF-1727 | Brand: Adafruit
The MAX31850K breakout board is a 1-Wire thermocouple amplifier with cold-junction compensation for K-type thermocouples. Unlike SPI-based amplifiers, the 1-Wire interface allows any number of thermocouple breakouts t...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
L3GD20H Triple-Axis Gyro Breakout Board - L3GD20/L3G4200 Upgrade [L3GD20H]
SKU: AF-1032 | Brand: Adafruit
A gyroscope is a type of sensor that can sense twisting and turning motions. Often paired with an accelerometer, you can use these to do 3D motion capture and inertial measurement (that is - you can tell how an object...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
SRF02 ultrasonic sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0005 | Brand: DFRobot
This low cost SFR02 ultrasonic ranger has both I2C and Serial interfaces. New AutoTune algorithms intelligently back the minimum range right up to the transducer ringdown for the very best performance possible, aut...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Air Quality Monitor (PM 2.5, Formaldehyde, Temperature Humidity Sensor)
SKU: DF-SEN0233 | Brand: DFRobot
A multifunction air quality monitor that measures particulate matter (PM2.5), formaldehyde concentration, temperature, and humidity. It uses laser scattering to detect suspended particles in the air, an electrochemica...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
QTR-L-1A Reflectance Sensor (2-Pack)
SKU: PL-2454 | Brand: Pololu
The QTR-L-1A reflectance sensor incorporates a right-angle infrared LED and a right-angle phototransistor in an inexpensive, tiny 0.35″ × 0.3″ module that can be mounted almost anywhere and is great for e...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
SparkFun Photo Interrupter Breakout Board - GP1A57HRJ00F
SKU: SF-BOB-09322 | Brand: SparkFun
A simple breakout PCB for the GP1A57HR photo interrupter (also known as a photogate, photodiode, or phototransistor). This PCB has three connections for PWR, GND, and Signal.When the gate is clear, SIG will be high (>...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
VCNL4010 Proximity/Light sensor
SKU: AF-466 | Brand: Adafruit
The VCNL4010 sensor is a nice way to add a small-distance proximity sensor to your microcontroller project. For longer distances (in the range of cm, you can use a SHARP IR distance sensor, but those are only good ...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
Gravity: Arduino Propane Gas Sensor (MQ6)
SKU: DF-SEN0131 | Brand: DFRobot
INTRODUCTION This is an Arduino Propane Gas Sensor. It uses MQ6 probe to detect iso-butane, propane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It is less sensitive with alcohol, cooking fumes an...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Carbon Monoxide Flammable Gas Sensor MQ-9
SKU: PL-1483 | Brand: Pololu
This semiconductor gas sensor detects the presence of Carbon Monoxide at concentrations from 10 to 1,000 ppm and combustible gas from 100 to 10,000 ppm. The sensor’s simple analog voltage interface requires ...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
10 DOF Mems IMU Sensor (Arduino Compatible)
SKU: DF-SEN0140 | Brand: DFRobot
The DFRobot 10 DOF MEMS IMU Sensor combines four sensors on a single compact board — the ADXL345 accelerometer, ITG-3205 gyroscope, HMC5883L magnetometer, and BMP085 barometric pressure sensor. Together they provide 1...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Ambient Light Sensor - TEMT6000x01
SKU: SF-COM-08348 | Brand: SparkFun
The TEMT6000x01 is a compact ambient light sensor that operates as an NPN phototransistor. The more light that hits the sensor, the stronger the base bias, producing an analog output proportional to the ambient light ...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
SparkFun Current Sensor Breakout - INA169
SKU: SF-SEN-12040 | Brand: SparkFun
The INA169 is a “high-side current monitor,” which means that you place a resistor (a “shunt resistor”) on the positive power rail and the INA169 measures the voltage drop across that resistor. The INA169 outputs a sm...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
The Laser Photoelectric Switch GAB100M-AK-5V
SKU: DF-FIT0319 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a photoelectric switch that is composed of emitter and receptor.The emitter consists of a laser diode,and the laser has the characteristics of high precision, good orientation etc.The receptor consists of a p...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - LIS3DH
SKU: SF-SEN-13963 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun LIS3DH breakout is a low-power, three-axis accelerometer with 12-bit resolution, ideal for adding motion and orientation detection to your projects. It communicates over I2C or SPI and includes three addi...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
MinIMU-9 v2 Gyro, Accelerometer, and Compass
SKU: PL-1268 | Brand: Pololu
The Pololu MinIMU-9 v2 is a compact (0.8″ × 0.5″) board that combines ST’s L3GD20 3-axis gyroscope and LSM303DLHC 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis magnetometer to form an inertial measurement unit (IMU); we therefore r...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
MinIMU-9 Gyro, Accelerometer, and Compass
SKU: PL-1265 | Brand: Pololu
This board has been replaced by the newer MinIMU-9 v2 L3GD20 and LSM303DLHC carrier, which offers improved magnetic sensing resolution, a wider acceleration measurement range, and gyro measurements that are more resis...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
SparkFun Infrared Temperature Breakout - TMP006
SKU: SF-SEN-11859 | Brand: SparkFun
This is not your typical temperature sensor. The TMP006 Breakout can measure the temperature of an object without making contact with it. By using a thermopile to detect and absorb the infrared energy an object is emi...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
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