Sensors

SKU: DF-SEN0019 | Brand: DFRobot

This is an Arduino infrared distance sensor. It has an adjustable detection range, 3cm - 80cm. It is small, easy to use, assemble, and inexpensive. Useful for robotics, interactive media, industrial assembly line,...

SKU: DF-SEN0451 | Brand: DFRobot

This industrial Gravity kit measures electrical conductivity in aqueous solutions, helping you evaluate water quality by tracking dissolved content or salinity. It is suited to hydroponics, aquaculture and environment...

SKU: SF-DEV-27924 | Brand: SparkFun

Control a project with muscle activity instead of buttons, levers or joysticks. The MyoWare® 2.0 Muscle Sensor is an all-in-one surface electromyography (sEMG) sensor that detects the electrical signals generated when...

SKU: SF-SEN-28868 | Brand: SparkFun

This wind vane is used to indicate the direction from which the wind is blowing. Inside the vane are eight switches, each paired with a unique resistor, allowing a microcontroller to read direction based on the vane’s...

SKU: SF-SEN-26092 | Brand: SparkFun

Visualise magnetic fields in real time with a dense 8x8 array of Hall-effect sensors. This tile lets you observe nearby magnets, current flow in wires and fields generated by electric motors as a live magnetic image.T...

SKU: DF-SEN0475 | Brand: DFRobot

Measure hydrogen fluoride concentration with a factory-calibrated electrochemical probe that supports analogue, I2C and UART output modes. It is designed for quickly building an HF concentration detector for industria...

SKU: DF-SEN0469 | Brand: DFRobot

This calibrated gas sensor measures ammonia concentration in the environment using an electrochemical probe. It supports three output modes — analogue, I2C and UART — so it can slot into a wide range of microcontrolle...

SKU: DF-SEN0690 | Brand: DFRobot

Add a slim linear touch input to curved or space-constrained surfaces with this flexible ribbon-style potentiometer. At just 0.45mm thick, it can conform to wearables, curved dashboards, soft robotics and other builds...

SKU: SF-SEN-27312 | Brand: SparkFun

This 50mm MagnetoPot provides potentiometric position feedback without needing a traditional external wiper or actuator. An outside magnet guides the built-in magnetic element, allowing the sensor to report position t...

SKU: LB-DHT11-SENSOR | Brand: Little Bird

The Little Bird DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor Module provides calibrated digital temperature and humidity readings from a single sensor. Designed and made in Sydney, Australia, it requires no extra components ...

SKU: LB-LR0102 | Brand: Little Bird

The DHT22 (also known in Australia by RHT03) is a low cost humidity and temperature sensor with a single wire digital interface. The sensor comes pre-calibrated and in a breadboard compatible module form so you don...

SKU: EC-SSE01209P | Brand: Elecrow

This is a high-precision temperature control module, it can not only show the temperature, but also according to the current temperature of the relay control, it can control some of the power equipment through the ...

SKU: AF-1083 | Brand: Adafruit

Add high-speed analog-to-digital conversion to any microcontroller with the ADS1015 breakout. This 12-bit ADC delivers 3,300 samples per second over I2C, with four single-ended or two differential input channels and a...

SKU: AF-4931 | Brand: Adafruit

This thin silvery ribbon is an interesting sensor. It's made of 2mm wide by 600mm long piezoelectric film sandwich. Piezo film can be used to detect motion or vibration - when shifted around or touched, it create...

SKU: PI-COM1004 | Brand: Pimoroni

You'll find these rotary potentiometers in our Maker Essentials kit, but they're so useful we decided to offer them on their own! Pair them with something like our Explorer HAT Pro or Explorer pHAT to rea...

SKU: PI-PSA001 | Brand: Pimoroni

The Pulse Sensor Amped is a plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino. It detects pulse by measuring changes in reflected light as blood pumps through your tissues, providing a real-time analogue signal that fluctua...

SKU: PL-1696 | Brand: Pololu

This force-sensing resistor (FSR) from Interlink Electronics is a passive component that exhibits a decrease in resistance when there is an increase in the force applied to the 0.58″-diameter (1.5 cm) active area...

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...

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...

SKU: AF-5628 | Brand: Adafruit

A compact, self-centering analogue thumbstick with a feel and size similar to Nintendo Joy-Con joysticks. It uses two 10kΩ potentiometers (one for each axis) to provide proportional X/Y analogue output, plus a centre-...