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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MPL115A2 - I2C Barometric Pressure/Temperature Sensor
SKU: AF-992 | Brand: Adafruit
This pressure sensor from Freescale is a great low-cost sensing solution for measuring barometric pressure. At 1.5 hPa resolution, it's not as precise as our favorite pressure sensor, the BMx280 series, which has u...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
SparkFun gator:bit v2.0 - micro:bit Carrier Board
SKU: SF-DEV-15162 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun gator:bit v2.0 is an all-in-one “carrier” board for your micro:bit that provides you with a fully functional development and prototyping platform. Almost every pin on the micro:bit is broken out to pads t...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
CO₂ Humidity and Temperature Sensor - SCD30
SKU: SF-SEN-15112 | Brand: SparkFun
The SCD30 from Sensirion is a high quality Nondispersive Infrared (NDIR) based CO₂ sensor capable of detecting 400 to 10000ppm with an accuracy of ±(30ppm+3%). In order to improve accuracy the SCD30 has temperature an...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Littlebits Temperature
SKU: LI-650-0022 | Brand: Little Bird
The littleBits Temperature Sensor responds to the ambient temperature surrounding its probe, sending a stronger signal as the temperature increases. It's a simple way to add temperature sensing to your littleBits circ...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Gravity: I2C VEML7700 Ambient Light Sensor (0~120Klx)
SKU: DF-SEN0228 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity VEML7700 is a high-accuracy digital ambient light sensor that outputs readings directly in lux (lx) over an I²C interface. Built around the Vishay VEML7700 IC, it features a 16-bit ADC, a high-sensitivity ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
VCNL4020 Proximity & Light Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-5810 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout combines Vishay's VCNL4020 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one compact I2C board, making it a handy choice when you want to detect nearby objects and measure light levels at the same time. T...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
VCNL4030 Proximity and Lux Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-6491 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines a Vishay VCNL4030 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one board. It can measure proximity from 0 to 300mm (about 12 inches) and light from 0.004 to 16,768 lux, making it a handy...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
MLX90632 FIR Remote Thermal Temperature Sensor
SKU: AF-6403 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout uses Melexis' MLX90632 FIR sensor to read the temperature of a target without making contact. It's handy for checking surfaces that are hot, cold, moving, delicate or awkward to reach with a prob...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
STCC4 + SHT41 CO2, Temperature & Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-6478 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines the STCC4 CO2 sensor with a Sensirion SHT41 temperature and humidity sensor for convenient indoor air monitoring. The STCC4 measures true CO2 using a thermal conductivity method rather t...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit QMC5883P Triple-Axis Magnetometer
SKU: AF-6388 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout makes it easy to measure magnetic fields in three axes for compass, navigation and orientation projects. It is built around the QMC5883P, a magnetometer commonly used in quadcopter and robotics d...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
TCS3430/TCS34303 Ambient Tri-Stimulus Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6479 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout brings ambient light tri-stimulus colour sensing to your project using CIE XYZ plus an IR channel, rather than the more common RGB-style approach. It is designed for applications where you want access to...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
GPS-RTK Board - NEO-M8P-2 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-15005 | Brand: SparkFun
Built around the u-blox NEO-M8P-2, this breakout brings high-accuracy GNSS and GPS positioning with RTK support to the Qwiic ecosystem. It’s designed for applications where standard GPS accuracy isn’t enough, with RTK...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
LIS3DH Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-29528 | Brand: SparkFun
Add motion sensing to your project with this Qwiic-enabled LIS3DH breakout. The LIS3DH is a smart, low-power, three-axis capacitive micro-machined accelerometer with 12-bit resolution, suited to translation, motion, o...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
FPC2534 Qwiic Fingerprint Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-29854 | Brand: SparkFun
This breakout brings secure fingerprint authentication to embedded projects while keeping the complex biometric work on the sensor itself. Built around the FPC2534 from Fingerprint Cards AB, it handles enrolment, encr...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Indoor Air Quality Combo Sensor - SCD41/SEN55 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-25200 | Brand: SparkFun
Build a detailed indoor air monitor with this Qwiic combo board, pairing Sensirion’s SCD41 CO2 sensor with the SEN55 environmental sensor node. Together they measure CO2, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particulate...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Qwiic Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-30480 | Brand: SparkFun
This capacitive soil moisture breakout is designed for plant monitoring projects where exposed metal probes can corrode after time in the dirt. It measures moisture using a capacitive plate embedded in the board, mana...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Gravity: STCC4 True Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sensor (3-in-1 Air Quality Monitoring, 400 ~ 5000ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0678 | Brand: DFRobot
This Gravity air quality module uses Sensirion’s STCC4 gas sensing chip to directly measure carbon dioxide with the thermal conductivity measurement principle. It is designed for compact, cost-effective indoor monitor...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Gravity 8x8 Matrix ToF Distance Sensor - I2C/UART
SKU: DF-SEN0628 | Brand: DFRobot
This compact 3D depth-sensing module sits between a simple single-point distance sensor and a full depth camera. It uses an 8×8 Time-of-Flight matrix to return depth data from 64 points, giving your robot or interacti...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Fermion BMP585 Pressure & Temperature Sensor - I2C/SPI/I3C
SKU: DF-SEN0666 | Brand: DFRobot
This compact Fermion breakout brings the Bosch BMP585 MEMS pressure and temperature sensor to a tiny board for projects where space, power use and reliable environmental sensing matter. It measures barometric pressure...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Fermion BMV080 Fanless PM1/PM2.5/PM10 Air Quality Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0663 | Brand: DFRobot
This ultra-compact particulate matter sensor breakout is built around the Bosch BMV080 sensing unit, using laser-based light scattering with a fanless measurement principle. It can monitor PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 mass con...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
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