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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Background Suppression Photoelectric Sensor (15~350mm)
SKU: DF-FIT0770 | Brand: DFRobot
This is a background suppression photoelectric switch with 15mm-350mm adjustable detection range (can be adjusted by the knob). Its response time is only 0.5ms, fast and stable. Adopting eco-friendly and durable ABS m...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Ring Inductive Proximity Sensor (8mm Hole Diameter)
SKU: DF-FIT0759 | Brand: DFRobot
These Inductive Ring Proximity sensors are designed to detect metal objects entering or passing through the ring. They operate on a 6-36V power supply and offer NPN output. The sensor features less than 1ms response t...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Fermion: SGP40 Air Quality Sensor (Breakout)
SKU: DF-SEN0392 | Brand: DFRobot
The SGP40 Air Quality sensor adopts the new SGP40 digital VOC sensor chip launched by the well-known Sensirion. Based on the Sensirion’s CMOSens® technology, the SGP40 offers a complete sensor system on a single chip,...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Breadboard-friendly Mini PIR Motion Sensor with 3 Pin Header
SKU: AF-4871 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor that detects movement from people and animals at distances of 2 to 5 metres. Much smaller than standard PIR modules, this sensor is ideal for unobtrusive projects and plu...
Delivered by Mon 6 Jul
Serial 6-Axis Accelerometer for Arduino
SKU: DF-SEN0386 | Brand: DFRobot
A high-precision serial 6-axis accelerometer and gyroscope module with a built-in microprocessor, Kalman filter algorithm, and attitude solver. Outputs real-time roll, pitch, and yaw angles with a static accuracy of 0...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
URM14-RS485 Precision Ultrasonic Sensor (200KHz)
SKU: DF-SEN0358 | Brand: DFRobot
DFRobot URM14 RS485 Precision Ultrasonic Sensor(200KHz) is a high-frequency precision ultrasonic sensor for industrial use. The sensor measurement and signal processing unit is completely encapsulated in an M18 metal ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
MTH02 Digital Temperature Humidity Sensor
SKU: EC-SEM02001S | Brand: Elecrow
Japan's Hokuriku resistive humidity sensor production as a Temperature & Humidity sensor.Application Idea Test and testing equipment; Automatic control; Weather station; Humidity regulator; Features Measure the relati...
Delivered by Tue 30 Jun
URM13 Ultrasonic Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0352 | Brand: DFRobot
The DFRobot URM13 is a compact ultrasonic ranging sensor with an open single-probe design. It supports three communication methods — TRIG pulse (SR04-compatible), UART, and I2C — making it versatile for a wide range o...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
SparkFun GPS Breakout - NEO-M9N, SMA (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-GPS-17285 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun NEO-M9N GPS Breakout is a high quality GPS board with equally impressive configuration options including SMA. The NEO-M9N module is a 92-channel u-blox M9 engine GNSS receiver, meaning it can receive sign...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
BME680 Environmental Sensor Module
SKU: DF-SEN0375 | Brand: DFRobot
BME680 is a 4-in-1 multi-functional MEMS environmental sensor which integrates VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor and barometer. It is designed for air quality monitor, and du...
Delivered by Tue 16 Jun
SparkFun Triple Axis Digital Accelerometer Breakout - ADXL313 (Qwiic)
SKU: SF-SEN-17241 | Brand: SparkFun
The SparkFun ADXL313 Breakout is a low power, high resolution (up to 13-bits) 3-axis accelerometer for measurement up to ±4g. This breakout measures the static acceleration of gravity in tilt-sensing applications, as ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Dual Gas CO and CH4 Detection Sensor - MQ-9B
SKU: SF-SEN-17050 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-9B is a CO and CH₄ gas detection sensor form Winsen. The sensing material of the MQ-9B is SnO2, which has a low conductivity in clean air. It detects carbon monoxide (1.5V) by method of cycling high and low tem...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Smoke Sensor - MQ-2
SKU: SF-SEN-17049 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-2 is a smoke and combustible gas sensor manufactured by Winsen. It detects flammable gases and smoke in a concentration range of 300–10,000 ppm, with particularly high sensitivity to propane and smoke. It's wid...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Sensor - MQ-136
SKU: SF-SEN-17052 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-136 is a Hydrogen Sulfide detection sensor with a sensing range of 1 - 200ppm. The sensing element is SnO2, which has lower conductivity in clean air. When H₂S gas exists, the sensor’s conductivity gets higher ...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Ammonia Gas Sensor - MQ-137
SKU: SF-SEN-17053 | Brand: SparkFun
The MQ-137 is an ammonia (NH3) gas sensor from Winsen, designed to detect ammonia concentrations in the air. The sensing element is tin dioxide (SnO2), which has lower conductivity in clean air and increases in conduc...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
8421 Encoder - Horizontal
SKU: DF-DFR0722 | Brand: DFRobot
The 8421 Encoder (Horizontal) is an absolute position encoder with 16 positions (0–F) using BCD/8421 encoding. Unlike incremental encoders or potentiometers, the mechanical position directly determines the output code...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
8421 Encoder-Vertical
SKU: DF-DFR0721 | Brand: DFRobot
The 8421 Encoder (Vertical) is an absolute position encoder with 16 positions (0–F) using BCD/8421 encoding. Unlike incremental encoders or potentiometers, the mechanical position directly determines the output code —...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
TFMini-S - Micro LiDAR Module
SKU: SF-SEN-16977 | Brand: SparkFun
The TFMini-S Micro LiDAR Module is a ToF (Time of Flight) LiDAR sensor capable of measuring the distance to an object as close as 10 centimeters (+/- 6cm up to 6m) and as far as 12 meters (+/-1% starting at 6m)! As wi...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04100 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus MG811 CO2 Gas Sensor is a CO2 electronic brick in our OCTOPUS series, the basic design for the outlook, PCB fixing holes and connections are the same with them.The higher the CO2 concentration is, the lower th...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
Octopus BME280 Pressure Sensor
SKU: EF-EF04087 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus BME280 Pressure Sensor is an electric brick, which has integrated temperature sensor, air pressure sensor and humidity sensor onboard. We can use it to measure humidity, temperature and air pressure, or eve...
Delivered by Thu 25 Jun
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