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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IR Break Beam Sensor - 3mm LEDs
SKU: AF-2167 | Brand: Adafruit
Infrared (IR) break-beam sensors are a simple way to detect motion. They work by having an emitter side that sends out a beam of human-invisible IR light, then a receiver across the way which is sensitive to tha...
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Enviro Indoor (Pico W Aboard) with Accessory Kit
SKU: PR-PIM638 | Brand: Little Bird
A wireless environmental monitoring board to keep track of inside conditions in your home, office or other habitat. Onboard sensors can measure temperature, humidity, pressure, gas and light. The top of the range...
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Adafruit BMP390 - Precision Barometric Pressure and Altimeter
SKU: AF-4816 | Brand: Adafruit
The BMP390 from Bosch (also known as BMP390L) is a high-precision barometric pressure and temperature sensor, offering the best altitude accuracy in the Bosch pressure sensor lineup. With relative accuracy of ±3 Pasca...
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Mini Heart Rate Unit (MAX30100)
SKU: M5-U029 | Brand: Little Bird
Description HEART is build with MAX30100.. MAX30100 is a complete pulse oximetry and heartrate sensor system solution designed for the demanding requirements of wearable devices. The MAX30100 provides ...
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Gyroscope and Accelerometer in one with Headers
SKU: LB-LR0044-WH | Brand: Little Bird
A 6-axis motion tracking breakout module based on the InvenSense MPU-6050, combining a 3-axis MEMS gyroscope and a 3-axis MEMS accelerometer on a single chip. With 16-bit ADC hardware for each channel capturing all ax...
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MLX90640 Thermal Camera Breakout - Wide angle (110°)
SKU: PR-PIM366 | Brand: Little Bird
A sophisticated, hackable, 32x24 pixel thermal camera breakout! Use it to monitor the temperature of your CPU or coffee pot, or to build your own heat-seeking night vision camera. Works with Raspberry Pi or Arduino.It...
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SparkFun 6DoF IMU Breakout - BMI270 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22397 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun BMI270 6DoF IMU Breakout is a Qwiic-enabled board featuring the ultra-low-power BMI270 inertial measurement unit from Bosch. It combines a 16-bit tri-axial accelerometer and 16-bit tri-axial gyroscope wit...
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VL53L5CX 8x8 Time of Flight (ToF) Array Sensor Breakout
SKU: PR-PIM622 | Brand: Little Bird
A sophisticated distance sensor with 8x8 multizone ranging and a wide field of view - great for robots and advanced motion sensing. This sensor measures distance by beaming low powered infrared lasers at a target (p...
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Gravity: MEMS Gas Sensor (CO, Alcohol, NO2 & NH3) - I2C - MiCS-4514
SKU: DF-SEN0377 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a 3.3/5V compatible MEMS gas concentration sensor from DFRobot. This sensor supports the detection of various gas concentrations like CO, C2H5OH (Alcohol), H2, NO2, NH3, and integrates various gas c...
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Adafruit MCP9600 I2C Thermocouple Amplifier - K, J, T, N, S, E, B and R Type T
SKU: AF-4101 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MCP9600 I2C Thermocouple Amplifier handles all the analogue complexity of thermocouple measurement for you. Simply connect your thermocouple, wire up I2C, and read accurate temperature data from virtually...
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SparkFun Sound Detector (with Headers)
SKU: SF-SEN-14262 | 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 sound...
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Infrared IR Proximity Sensor for Arduino (10±5mm~80±20mm)
SKU: DF-SEN0556 | Brand: DFRobot
An infrared proximity sensor that detects objects at distances of 10 ±5 mm to 80 ±20 mm by measuring reflected IR energy. It outputs a simple high/low digital signal, making it easy to integrate with Arduino and other...
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SparkFun Analog MEMS Microphone Breakout - SPH8878LR5H-1
SKU: SF-BOB-19389 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Analog MEMS Microphone Breakout makes it easy to work with the SPH8878LR5H-1 analog microphone from Knowles. This board features an OpAmp to bring the output of the microphone to a usable level, allowing ...
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SparkFun Qwiic Scale - NAU7802
SKU: SF-SEN-15242 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Scale is a small breakout board for the NAU7802 that allows you to easily read load cells to accurately measure the weight of an object. By connecting the board to your microcontroller you will be a...
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QTR-1A Reflectance Sensor (2-Pack)
SKU: PL-2458 | Brand: Pololu
The QTR-1A reflectance sensor carries a single infrared LED and phototransistor pair in an inexpensive, tiny 0.5" x 0.3" module that can be mounted almost anywhere and is great for edge detection and line fo...
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ACS711EX Current Sensor Carrier -31A to +31A
SKU: PL-2453 | Brand: Pololu
A compact carrier board for the Allegro ACS711EX Hall effect-based linear current sensor with overcurrent fault output. It measures bidirectional current up to ±31 A with a proportional analogue voltage output centred...
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SparkFun Optical Tracking Odometry Sensor - PAA5160E1 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-24904 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Optical Tracking Odometry Sensor empowers you to elevate your robot's navigation capabilities with exceptional precision and streamlined integration. This compact, all-in-one sensor leverages the po...
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Adafruit MLX90640 24x32 IR Thermal Camera Breakout - 110 Degree FoV
SKU: AF-4469 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MLX90640 IR Thermal Camera Breakout features a 24×32 array of infrared thermal sensors that returns 768 individual temperature readings over I2C. It's an affordable way to add heat-vision to any microcont...
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Adafruit HDC3021 Precision Temperature & Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5989 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HDC3021 is a high-precision I²C temperature and humidity sensor breakout featuring the TI HDC302x series chip. With typical humidity accuracy of ±0.5% RH (and just 0.19% long-term drift) and temperature a...
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SparkFun Pulsed Coherent Radar Sensor - Acconeer XM125 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-24540 | Brand: SparkFun
Forget ultrasonic and infrared sensors; the SparkFun Qwiic Pulsed Coherent Radar Sensor - Acconeer XM125 brings powerful 60 GHz radar technology to your projects. This sensor isn't limited to surface detection; it c...
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