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 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 Mon 6 Jul
Adafruit TSMP96000 "Code Learning" Infrared IR Receiver Breakout
SKU: AF-5970 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit TSMP96000 "Code Learning" Infrared IR Receiver Breakout detects IR signals across a wide frequency range of 20–60 KHz, making it perfect for "code learning" applications where you need your device to work...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
Adafruit Chainable DS18B20 Extender Breakout - STEMMA JST PH 2mm
SKU: AF-5971 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit Chainable DS18B20 Extender Breakout makes it easy to connect multiple DS18B20 temperature sensors in a daisy chain using standard STEMMA JST PH 2mm cables. Each breakout includes screw terminal blocks for...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
Adafruit SEN54 or SEN55 Adapter Breakout - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
SKU: AF-5964 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit SEN54/SEN55 Adapter Breakout lets you quickly connect a Sensirion SEN5x environmental sensor node to any microcontroller or single-board computer via STEMMA QT / Qwiic — no soldering or breadboarding requ...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
Adafruit BNO055 + BMP280 BFF Add-On for QT Py
SKU: AF-5937 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit BNO055 + BMP280 BFF is a compact add-on board that gives any QT Py or Xiao board powerful 9-degree-of-freedom (9-DoF) motion sensing plus barometric pressure and altitude measurement. It mounts directly o...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
MyoWare 2.0 Power Shield
SKU: SF-DEV-21868 | Brand: SparkFun
The MyoWare® 2.0 Power Shield is designed to easily power the MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor for remote applications. The MyoWare Power Shield is equipped with snap connectors on the board so you can easily stack it to the...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun GPS-RTK Dead Reckoning pHAT for Raspberry Pi
SKU: SF-GPS-21305 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun GPS-RTK Dead Reckoning pHAT brings high-precision GNSS positioning with automotive dead reckoning to the Raspberry Pi. Built around the u-blox ZED-F9R module, it fuses GNSS measurements with an integrated...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Mini Human Presence and Motion Sensor - STHS34PF80 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-23253 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Mini Human Presence and Motion Sensor is built around the STHS34PF80 Low-power, high-sensitivity infrared (IR) sensor for presence and motion detection from STMicroelectronics. This sensor features ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Panasonic® PIR Motion Sensor - EKMB1107112
SKU: SF-COM-23946 | Brand: SparkFun
Passive Infrared (PIR) sensors are great for detecting motion in a small area around the sensor. This is an EKM-series PIR sensor from Panasonic®. The EKMB-series PIR sensors are optimized for small movements to offer...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Mini Tristimulus Color Sensor - OPT4048DTSR (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22639 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Qwiic Mini Tristimulus Colour Sensor features the OPT4048DTSR from Texas Instruments — a high-speed, high-precision four-channel colour sensor with spectral responses closely matching the CIE 1931 tristim...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Ultrasonic Distance Ranging Obstacle Avoidance Sensor (5m, RS485, IP67)
SKU: DF-SEN0592 | Brand: DFRobot
The ultrasonic distance range sensor uses ultrasonic technology to detect obstacles up to 5 meters away in robot automation control applications. It offers advantages such as small blind zones (Measurement accura...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Tristimulus Color Sensor - OPT4048DTSR (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22638 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun Tristimulus Color Sensor is built around the Texas Instruments OPT4048DTSR — a high-speed, high-precision four-channel colour sensor. Three channels closely match the CIE 1931 tristimulus XYZ spectra with...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun Environmental Combo Breakout - ENS160/BME280 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22858 | Brand: SparkFun
A combined air quality and environmental sensor breakout featuring the ENS160 (air quality index, eCO2, TVOCs) and BME280 (temperature, humidity, barometric pressure) on a single Qwiic-enabled board. The two sensors w...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Formaldehyde HCHO Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 0-3ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0563 | Brand: DFRobot
Fermion: MEMS Formaldehyde HCHO Gas Detection Sensor employs state-of-the-art micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology, endowing the sensor with compact dimensions (13x13x2.5mm), low power consumption (<20mA),...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Fermion: MEMS Nitrogen Dioxide NO2 Gas Detection Sensor (Breakout, 0.1-10ppm)
SKU: DF-SEN0574 | Brand: DFRobot
Fermion: MEMS Nitrogen Dioxide NO2 Gas Detection Sensor employs state-of-the-art micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology, endowing the sensor with compact dimensions (13x13x2.5mm), low power consumption (<20m...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Adafruit TSC2046 SPI Resistive Touch Screen Controller
SKU: AF-5767 | Brand: Adafruit
The Adafruit TSC2046 is an SPI resistive touch screen controller that offloads touch reading from your microcontroller. Instead of tying up analog pins and constantly polling, the TSC2046 handles all touch sensing ove...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
SparkFun CO₂ Humidity and Temperature Sensor - SCD40 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-22395 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun SCD40 breakout board measures CO₂ concentration, humidity, and temperature using Sensirion's PASens photoacoustic measurement technology. The sensor detects CO₂ from 0 to 40,000 ppm with high accuracy ove...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Ultrasonic ToF Material Detection Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0560 | Brand: DFRobot
This ultrasonic time-of-flight (ToF) material detection sensor identifies surface materials by analysing the difference in ultrasonic echo energy reflected from various surfaces. It can distinguish between hard and so...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Gravity: GR10-30 Gesture Sensor (UART & I2C, 12 Gestures, 0~30cm)
SKU: DF-SEN0561 | Brand: DFRobot
This GR10-30 gesture sensor is capable of recognizing 12 hand gestures: move up, down, left, right, forward, backward, rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, rotate clockwise and counterclockwise continuously, hover, ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
LakiBeam 1L - 270 Degree Industrial-grade Single-line 2D ToF LiDAR (40m, 12V, Ethernet UDP, IP65)
SKU: DF-SEN0578 | Brand: DFRobot
This 2D single-line pulsed time-of-flight (ToF) LiDAR can realize the scanning measurement of the environmental profile within 270 degrees of the horizontal plane, with a precision of 2cm within a detection range of 0...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
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