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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SparkFun Linear 3D Hall-Effect Sensor - TMAG5273 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-23880 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun TMAG5273 Linear 3D Hall-Effect Sensor is a low-power, high-precision magnetic field sensor that detects the presence, strength, and direction of magnetic fields in three dimensions. Built on a standard 25...
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3-Axis Accelerometer Module for Arduino
SKU: TB-XC4478 | Brand: Little Bird
A compact 3-axis accelerometer module based on the ADXL335 sensor IC. Measures acceleration along the X, Y, and Z axes with a range of ±3g, providing one analogue output channel per axis. Useful for detecting motion, ...
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ACS712 Current Sensor- 5A
SKU: EC-SEL7125A | Brand: Elecrow
The ACS712 Current Sensor (5A) provides a simple way to measure AC or DC current up to ±5A. Based on the Allegro ACS712 Hall effect sensor, this module outputs a proportional analogue voltage that can be read directly...
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ESP8266 ESP-01/ESP-01S DHT11 Temperature Humidity WiFi NodeMCU Module for Arduino
SKU: EC-ESP82003S | Brand: Elecrow
A compact sensor shield that pairs with an ESP8266 ESP-01 or ESP-01S module to monitor temperature and humidity over WiFi. The onboard DHT11 sensor captures environmental data, which the ESP8266 processes and uploads ...
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SparkFun Spectral Sensor Breakout - AS7263 NIR (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14351 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun AS7263 breakout brings near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to your microcontroller projects. The sensor measures six discrete NIR wavelengths, allowing you to characterise how different materials absorb and ...
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SparkFun Spectral Sensor Breakout - AS7262 Visible (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14347 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun AS7262 Visible Spectral Sensor Breakout brings spectroscopy to the palm of your hand, making it easy to measure and characterise how different materials absorb and reflect different wavelengths of light. ...
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Grove - Alcohol Sensor
SKU: SS-101020044 | Brand: Seeed Studio
Alcohol sensor is semiconductor sensor for alcohol detection. It has good sensitivity and fast response to alcohol, suitable for portable alcohol detector. Specifications Power requirements: 5 VDC @ ~120 ...
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HIH-4030 Humidity Sensor Carrier
SKU: PL-1643 | Brand: Pololu
Sparkfun’s carrier board for the HIH-4030 relative humidity (%RH) sensor from Honeywell outputs an analog voltage that varies nearly linearly with humidity. It operates at 5 V while drawing only 200 μA and ...
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Methane Gas Sensor MQ-4
SKU: PL-1633 | Brand: Pololu
This semiconductor gas sensor detects the presence of methane (CNG) gas at concentrations from 300 ppm to 10,000 ppm, a range suitable for detecting gas leaks. The sensor’s simple analog voltage interface re...
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Pololu Carrier with Sharp GP2Y0D815Z0F Digital Distance Sensor 15cm
SKU: PL-2465 | Brand: Pololu
This small digital distance sensor detects objects between 0.5 cm and 15 cm (0.2″ and 6″) away. With its quick response time, small size, low current draw, and short minimum sensing distance, this sensor is ...
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Pololu 38 kHz IR Proximity Sensor, Fixed Gain, Low Brightness (irs05a)
SKU: PL-2461 | Brand: Pololu
Discontinuation notice: These original (irs05a) versions of our 38 kHz IR proximity sensors have been replaced by newer (irs05b) high-brightness and low-brightness versions. The main changes are the locations o...
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25m Long Distance ToF Laser Sensor (±3cm Accuracy, 100Hz, 100K LUX Resistant)
SKU: DF-SEN0647 | Brand: DFRobot
The TOFSense F2 is a high-performance laser distance sensor using dTOF (Direct Time-of-Flight) technology. With 25m range, ±3cm accuracy, and 100Hz refresh rate, it's ideal for robotics, industrial automation, drones,...
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Gravity: High-Speed CAT4 SIM7600G-H Global 4G Communication and GNSS Positioning Module (150Mbps/50Mbps)
SKU: DF-TEL0162 | Brand: DFRobot
##Introduction The SIM7600G-H is an integrated wireless communication module featuring 4G CAT4 (with anuplink speed of 50Mbps and a downlink speed of 150Mbps) and GNSS positioning (supportingGPS, BD, GLONASS). It exte...
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GY-68 BMP180 Digital Barometric Pressure Sensor Board Module
SKU: LB-LR0100 | Brand: Little Bird
Elevate your project with the GY-68 BMP180 Sensor Module, a compact and highly accurate digital barometric pressure sensor designed for precision measurements in various applications.Product Specifications: Item Name...
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Adafruit HX711 24-bit ADC for Load Cells / Strain Gauges
SKU: AF-5974 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HX711 Breakout is a high-resolution 24-bit differential ADC designed for reading load cells, strain gauges, and other Wheatstone bridge sensors. With selectable 64× or 128× gain on Channel A and fixed 32×...
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Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver - STEMMA JST PH 2mm
SKU: AF-5939 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver is a sensitive, wide-range 38 kHz IR receiver board with two selectable sensor orientations — one vertical and one horizontal. A slide switch lets you choose which sensor to re...
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SparkFun Mini Spectral UV Sensor - AS7331 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-23518 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Mini Spectral UV Sensor features the AS7331 from ams OSRAM, measuring ultraviolet radiation across three dedicated channels: UVA (320–400 nm), UVB (280–320 nm), and UVC (200–280 nm). Each channel has its ...
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SparkFun Mini Human Presence and Motion Sensor - STHS34PF80 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-23253 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Mini Human Presence and Motion Sensor is built around the STHS34PF80 Low-power, high-sensitivity infrared (IR) sensor for presence and motion detection from STMicroelectronics. This sensor features ...
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SparkFun Mini Tristimulus Color Sensor - OPT4048DTSR (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22639 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Mini Tristimulus Colour Sensor features the OPT4048DTSR from Texas Instruments — a high-speed, high-precision four-channel colour sensor with spectral responses closely matching the CIE 1931 tristim...
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SparkFun GNSS Combo Breakout - ZED-F9P, NEO-D9S (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-22560 | Brand: SparkFun
With GNSS, you can know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there anywhere on Earth within 30 seconds. This means the higher the accuracy, the better! Our versatile global positioning combo breakout pair...
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