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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Adafruit LTR-303 Light Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-5610 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit LTR-303 is a low-cost I2C digital light sensor that provides 16-bit measurements for both infrared and visible+IR spectrums. Subtract one from the other to get human-visible light readings. With configura...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit PCF8523 Real Time Clock Breakout Board
SKU: AF-5189 | Brand: Adafruit
Keep track of time even when your project loses power or gets reprogrammed. This updated PCF8523 Real Time Clock breakout features STEMMA QT / Qwiic connectors for solderless I2C wiring, plus traditional breadboard he...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit SCD-40 - True CO2, Temperature and Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5187 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SCD-40 is a photoacoustic true CO2 sensor that directly measures carbon dioxide concentration in ambient air, rather than estimating it from volatile organic compounds. It also includes integrated tempera...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit TMP117 ±0.1°C High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4821 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit TMP117 is a high-accuracy I2C temperature sensor from Texas Instruments, offering 16-bit resolution (0.0078°C) and up to ±0.1°C accuracy across the most common temperature ranges. It's ideal for applicati...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit SGP40 Air Quality Sensor Breakout - VOC Index - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4829 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SGP40 is a next-generation MOX (metal-oxide) gas sensor from Sensirion for indoor air quality monitoring. Unlike its predecessor the SGP30, the SGP40 outputs a raw signal that is processed through Sensiri...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
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...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit Mini GPS PA1010D - UART and I2C - STEMMA QT
SKU: AF-4415 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Mini GPS PA1010D is a compact 25×25 mm GPS/GNSS breakout with a built-in patch antenna, dual UART and I2C interfaces, and STEMMA QT connectors for solderless plug-and-play use. Powered by the MTK3333 chip...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit VL6180X Time of Flight Distance Ranging Sensor (VL6180)
SKU: AF-3316 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VL6180X is a close-range Time-of-Flight (ToF) distance sensor from ST that measures from approximately 5 mm to 100 mm (up to 150–200 mm in good conditions). It also includes a built-in ambient light senso...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor
SKU: AF-3595 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit APDS9960 is a multi-function sensor that combines proximity detection, ambient light sensing, RGB colour sensing and gesture recognition in a single I2C breakout. It uses an integrated IR LED and four dir...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
FLORA Sensor Pack
SKU: AF-1458 | Brand: Adafruit
Sense the world around you! The FLORA Sensor Pack includes many types of sensors for your wearable enjoyment. Sense motion, direction, color, light levels, touch, and connections with FLORA sensor breakouts and con...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
AM2315C - Encased I2C Temperature/Humidity Sensor
SKU: AF-5182 | Brand: Adafruit
The AM2315C is an enclosed I2C temperature and humidity sensor featuring the modern AHT20 sensor inside a rugged housing with mounting bracket. It offers the same convenient form factor as the original AM2315 but with...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit HTU31 Temperature & Humidity Sensor Breakout Board
SKU: AF-4832 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit HTU31 is a third-generation I²C temperature and humidity sensor from TE, offering improved accuracy and useful extras over its predecessor, the HTU21D. With typical humidity accuracy of ±2% (at 20–100% RH...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit AHT20 - Temperature Humidity Sensor Breakout Board - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-4566 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit AHT20 is an affordable I2C temperature and humidity sensor from the makers of the popular DHT22. It delivers reliable readings with standard I2C communication, making it easy to use with any Arduino, Rasp...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit VCNL4040 Proximity and Lux Sensor - STEMMA QT
SKU: AF-4161 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit VCNL4040 is a two-in-one proximity and ambient light sensor from Vishay. It measures proximity from 0 to 200 mm (~7.5 inches) using an on-board IR LED, and ambient light from 0.0125 to 6,553 lux — all ove...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit PiRTC - Precise DS3231 Real Time Clock for Raspberry Pi
SKU: AF-4282 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit PiRTC Precise DS3231 is a high-accuracy, battery-backed real-time clock that plugs directly onto your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header. Built around a genuine Maxim DS3231 with an integrated temperature-compens...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
SHT-30 Mesh-protected Weather-proof Temperature/Humidity Sensor - 1M Cable
SKU: AF-4099 | Brand: Adafruit
Take your next outdoor sensor project to the next level with this SHT-30 based temperature/humidity sensor. The sensor includes a dual-use sensor module from Sensiron in a sintered metal mesh encasing. The casing is w...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Flora Lux Sensor - TSL2561 Light Sensor [v1.0]
SKU: AF-1246 | Brand: Adafruit
Add light-reactive sensing to your wearable Flora project with this high precision Lux sensor. The TSL2561 luminosity sensor is an advanced digital light sensor, ideal for use in a wide range of light situations. Comp...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
Adafruit SGP30 Air Quality Sensor Breakout - VOC and eCO2
SKU: AF-3709 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SGP30 is a multi-pixel MOX (metal-oxide) gas sensor from Sensirion that measures Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) and equivalent CO2 (eCO2) for indoor air quality monitoring. With fully calibrated ...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit ENS160 MOX Gas Sensor - Sciosense CCS811 Upgrade
SKU: AF-5606 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit ENS160 is a fully integrated metal-oxide (MOX) gas sensor from ScioSense, designed as a drop-in upgrade for the now-discontinued CCS811. It combines multiple MOX sensing and heating elements on a single c...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
Adafruit MAX17048 LiPoly / LiIon Fuel Gauge and Battery Monitor
SKU: AF-5580 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit MAX17048 LiPoly/LiIon Fuel Gauge and Battery Monitor gives you accurate battery voltage and charge percentage readings for your 1S 3.7–4.2V lithium polymer or lithium ion battery. Instead of guessing rema...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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