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 INA3221 - Triple 0-26 VDC, ±3.2 Amp Power Monitor
SKU: AF-6062 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit INA3221 breakout monitors current, voltage, and power on up to three independent power rails simultaneously over I2C. Each channel supports high or low-side measurement up to +26V DC at ±3.2A with ±1% pre...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
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×...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
RP-C7.6-LT Thin Film Pressure Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0298 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a circular flexible thin film pressure sensor of long legs with a diameter of 7.6mm, which can be used to realize highly sensitive detection of pressure. The sensor is durable and designed to sense static and ...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
RP-L-400 Thin Film Pressure Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0299 | Brand: DFRobot
The RP-L-400 is a long, flexible thin-film pressure sensor with a 400 mm active length. It detects both static and dynamic pressure by converting applied force into a variable resistance — resistance decreases as pres...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
Octopus Linear Slider Potentiometer Brick
SKU: EF-EF04061 | Brand: ElecFreaks
A linear sliding potentiometer module from the ElecFreaks Octopus series. Provides an analogue voltage output proportional to the slider position, making it useful as a variable input for controlling volume, brightnes...
Delivered by Mon 15 Jun
SparkFun Current Sensor Breakout - INA169
SKU: SF-SEN-12040 | Brand: SparkFun
The INA169 is a “high-side current monitor,” which means that you place a resistor (a “shunt resistor”) on the positive power rail and the INA169 measures the voltage drop across that resistor. The INA169 outputs a sm...
Delivered by Wed 24 Jun
PSP 3000 2-Axis Analog Thumb Joystick
SKU: AF-3103 | Brand: Adafruit
Sometimes a simple analog control device can be the perfect tactile solution for your project, but they can be surprisingly hard to come by. Luckily we've found a low cost, quality PSP 3000 2-Axis Analog Thumb...
Delivered by Fri 3 Jul
ADS1015 12-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
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...
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Piezoelectric Ribbon Sensor - 2 feet / 600mm long
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...
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SparkFun Qwiic Scale - NAU7802
SKU: SF-SEN-15242 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Scale is a small breakout board for the NAU7802 that allows you to easily read load cells to accurately measure the weight of an object. By connecting the board to your microcontroller you will be a...
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Rotary Potentiometer - 10 kΩ
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...
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Rotary Potentiometer - 100k Ohm, Linear (Panel Mount)
SKU: SF-COM-14622 | Brand: SparkFun
An adjustable potentiometer can open up many interesting user interfaces. With this rotary potentiometer just turn the dial and the resistance changes. This potentiometer has a ¼" metal knurled shaft diameter, solder ...
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