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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SparkFun IR Array Breakout - 55 Degree FOV, MLX90640 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-14844 | Brand: SparkFun
It’s time to say hip hip array for this IR Breakout! The MLX90640 SparkFun IR Array Breakout is equipped with a 32x24 array of thermopile sensors creating, in essence, a low resolution thermal imaging camera. With thi...
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Pycom Pysense - Sensor shield for WiPy, SiPy, and LoPy
SKU: PI-PYC006 | Brand: Pimoroni
The Pycom Pysense is a sensor-packed expansion shield that fits all Pycom multi-network modules — including the WiPy, SiPy, and LoPy. It gives you a head start on IoT projects by combining five sensors, a LiPo charger...
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Photo Interrupter - GP1A57HRJ00F
SKU: PI-COM1702 | Brand: Pimoroni
This sensor is composed of an infrared emitter on one upright and a shielded infrared detector on the other. By emitting a beam of infrared light from one upright to the other, the sensor can detect when an object pas...
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Light Sensor Materials Kit
SKU: PI-CBI013 | Brand: Pimoroni
You’ve learned how to blink, fade and flash lights – now learn how to sense light levels! The Chibitronics Light Sensor sticker can turn the light level shining upon it into an analog voltage. Best of all, it comes...
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Flotilla - Light
SKU: PR-PIM033 | Brand: Little Bird
The Light module detects ambient light level. It's ideal for use in a weather station, keeping track of light levels in your greenhouse, or reminding you when you've left the lights on in your house. Feat...
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SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor - AS7265x (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-15050 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor combines three AS7265x spectral sensors with onboard UV, visible, and IR LEDs to measure light across 18 individual frequencies — from 410 nm (UV) to 940 nm (IR). It brings light...
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SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board - MLX90614
SKU: SF-SEN-10740 | Brand: SparkFun
An evaluation board for the MLX90614 non-contact infrared thermometer sensor. It pairs the MLX90614 with an ATmega328 running at 3.3 V (8 MHz Arduino bootloader), giving you a ready-to-use IR temperature sensor with s...
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SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor - APDS-9960
SKU: SF-SEN-12787 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor, a small breakout board with a built in APDS-9960 sensor that offers ambient light and color measuring, proximity detection, and touchless gesture sensing. With this RGB and...
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