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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Arduino Compatible PIR Motion Detector Module
SKU: TB-XC4444 | Brand: Little Bird
A pyroelectric infrared (PIR) motion sensor module for Arduino and microcontroller projects. It detects movement from people and animals by sensing changes in infrared radiation, outputting a digital high signal when ...
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Photo Reflective Sensor
SKU: SS-314020031 | Brand: Seeed Studio
This is a reflective sensor combines a GaA1As infrared light emitting diode with a high sensitive Darlington phototransistor in a mini package. Features Compact High performance High output Easy to m...
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FGSensors FG-3+ Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-25531 | Brand: SparkFun
The FGM-X series of devices are very high sensitivity magnetic field sensors operating in the ±50 microtesla range ( ±0.5 oersted). They are simple, essentially three terminal devices, operating from a single +5 volt ...
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LakiBeam 1S - 270 Degree Industrial-grade Single-line 2D ToF LiDAR (15m, 12V, Ethernet UDP, IP65)
SKU: DF-SEN0576 | Brand: DFRobot
The LakiBeam 1S is an industrial-grade 2D single-line pulsed Time-of-Flight (ToF) LiDAR with a 270° scanning range and up to 15 m detection distance. With 2 cm precision, an 18,000 samples/second rate, and 100K LUX st...
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Ultrasonic Distance Sensor with I2C Interface - RCWL-1601
SKU: AF-4742 | Brand: Adafruit
This ultrasonic distance sensor uses I2C communication instead of the traditional trigger/pulse interface, making it easy to integrate with microcontrollers and microcomputers that lack fast GPIO or hardware UART. It ...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (30mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0764 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (12mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0761 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (22mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0763 | Brand: DFRobot
This inductive ring proximity sensor detects metal objects as they enter or pass through a 22 mm ring opening. Operating on a 6–36 V supply with NPN normally-open output, it delivers a sub-1 ms response time — fast en...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (10mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0760 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (3mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0757 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
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Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (6mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0758 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
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Mini Basic PIR Sensor - BL412
SKU: AF-4667 | Brand: Adafruit
The BL412 is a compact passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor designed for detecting movement from people and animals at distances of approximately 3–8 m. Much smaller than standard PIR modules, it is well suited for un...
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HRXL-MaxSonar-WRST7(MB7374)
SKU: DF-SEN0272 | Brand: DFRobot
The weather resistant MB7374 HRXL-MaxSonar-WRST7 has millimeter resolution and a 6Hz read rate, and provides short to long distance detection and range information from 500mm to 5000mm for the nearest detectable targe...
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Octopus Sound Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04008 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus Electronic Bricks, you can use them to build electronics projects just as easy as piling bricks. By using Octopus electronic bricks, you may connect Arduino/Freaduino compatible boards easily with various d...
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M5StickC ToF HAT(VL53L0X)
SKU: M5-U072 | Brand: Little Bird
The ToF HAT is a high-precision laser-ranging sensor designed for the M5StickC development platform. Built around the VL53L0X Time-of-Flight module and a 940 nm VCSEL emitter, it delivers fast, accurate distance measu...
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Trace Unit (For Lidar Bot/Bala)
SKU: M5-A048 | Brand: Little Bird
Description TRACE is mainly consist of 4 sets of IR, 1x infrared emitting and 1x infrared receiver for each set. The infrared LEDs should be placed towards and close to the ground where having black tracing li...
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PIR Motion Sensor (AS312)
SKU: M5-U004 | Brand: Little Bird
Description PIR is used to measure infrared (IR) light radiating from objects in its field of view. PIR sensors are commonly called simply "PIR", or sometimes "PID", for "passive infrared detector". The term p...
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Environment Unit Kit (Earth Angle PIR HUB Light RGB IR ENV)
SKU: M5-U050 | Brand: Little Bird
Including 8 Different Units: Earth, Angle, PIR, HUB, Light, RGB, IR, ENV
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180° Infrared Refletive Unit (ITR9606)
SKU: M5-U058 | Brand: Little Bird
The OP.180 is an infrared reflective limit switch unit built around the ITR9606 sensor, which pairs an infrared emitting diode with a silicon phototransistor in a 180° (straight-through) orientation. When an object pa...
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Code Scanner V3.0 Barcode Scan Recognition Module Serial Communication Uart Interface Usb Keyboard Input
SKU: LB-LS1754 | Brand: Little Bird
Easy to operate, no need to understand complex image recognition algorithmsSupport for reading of common one-dimensional codes and two-dimensional codes such as Barcode and QROnboard Micro- USB and UART serial port fo...
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